Patents by Inventor Thierry Supernat

Thierry Supernat has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6585301
    Abstract: A lock fitting with at least two lock bolts for a sliding door, window, patio door or the like includes a sliding assembly which is mobile inside and in the longitudinal direction of a chamber of the section constituting the front upright of the door, window, patio door or the like. The sliding assembly comprises a first bolt-carrier the opening in which, facing a corresponding first slot in the front wall of the chamber, receives the tail of a first bolt introduced from the outside of the chamber, if necessary in an adjustable manner. The sliding assembly is slidingly connected by an operating rod extending in the longitudinal direction of the section to at least one auxiliary bolt-carrier the opening in which, facing a corresponding second slot in the front wall of the chamber, receives the tail of an auxiliary bolt, if necessary in an adjustable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Ferco International Ferrures et Serrures de Batiment
    Inventors: Gérard Prevot, Thierry Supernat
  • Patent number: 6357808
    Abstract: An operating fitting for a sliding door or window panel includes an adjustable fixing member which includes a rotary clamping member which bears on a location other than a visible face of a cover plate so as not to be visible on the corresponding visible face of a structural member. The rotary clamping member produces a force clamping the cover plate against the corresponding visible wall of the structural member or operates or immobilizes a system for producing a force of this kind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Ferco International Ferrures et Serrures de Batiment
    Inventor: Thierry Supernat
  • Patent number: 6270129
    Abstract: In a locking device for a sliding door, window or the like, an operating rod is slidingly surface-mounted on the leading edge of the door, window or the like. An entrainment member for the operating rod moves with the rod and bears on the back and the rims of a groove on the leading edge of the door, window or the like to guide the rod inside a passage on the leading edge of the door, window or the like. The entrainment member has a matching opening through which the body of a main bolt can pass so that the main bolt entrains the entrainment member when it is moved by an actuator mechanism of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Ferco International Ferrures et Serrures de Batiment
    Inventors: Gérard Prevot, Thierry Supernat