Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Moncaster

Thomas R. Moncaster 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: 5893181
    Abstract: An enclosure for the entrance to a bathing facility, such as a bathtub/shower combination, or other area that can be completely closed, completely opened, or partially closed or opened. The preferred embodiment includes a column mounted in the plane of and at one side of the entrance; a dual cantilever extended from the column intermediate its upper and lower ends; and dual shower doors mounted on the cantilever so that a vertical plane containing the center of gravity of the doors intersects the column. The doors are mounted so that one of the doors is translationally movable for changing the degree of closure of the bathing facility and so that both doors can be pivoted out of the entrance to the facility to open it completely. The mounting of the doors, which features a bearing carriage in the dual cantilever, eliminates both a header and the typical tub rail, and allows the doors to be frameless.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Inventor: Thomas R. Moncaster
  • Patent number: D397414
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Inventor: Thomas R. Moncaster