Patents by Inventor Thomas SIMEK

Thomas SIMEK 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: 11877707
    Abstract: A shower door assembly is provided with a shower door pane, and a track with a side opening. A pair of wheels is mounted for rotation upon the shower door pane. Each of the pair of wheels is sized to be received in the track for translation along the track. A diameter of each of the pair of wheels is greater than a vertical dimension of the side opening to prevent removal of the pair of wheels from the track while in a vertical orientation, and to permit the pair of wheels to be removed in an angled orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Thomas Simek, Nathaniel Faltin Dutton Schultz
  • Publication number: 20230243198
    Abstract: A guide assembly for a sliding shower door is provided with a bracket sized to be fastened to a shower door opening. The bracket has a first lengthwise retainer. A guide with a second lengthwise retainer is sized to be retained by the first lengthwise retainer of the bracket. The guide has at least one channel formed therein and is sized to receive a shower door pane within the channel for translation of the shower door pane relative to the guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas SIMEK
  • Publication number: 20230180969
    Abstract: A shower door assembly is provided with a track with a cavity, and an opening providing access to a channel in the cavity that provides a track guide for receipt of the pair of wheels. A shower door pane is provided with a pair of wheels mounted for rotation upon the shower door pane. Each of the pair of wheels is sized to be received in the channel for translation along the track. A vertical clearance of each of the pair of wheels within the cavity is less than a depth of the channel to prevent removal of the pair of wheels from the track while in a vertical orientation, and to permit the pair of wheels to be removed in an angled orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas SIMEK, Nathaniel Faltin Dutton SCHULTZ
  • Patent number: 11655658
    Abstract: A guide assembly for a sliding shower door is provided with a bracket sized to be fastened to a shower door opening. The bracket has a first lengthwise retainer. A guide with a second lengthwise retainer is sized to be retained by the first lengthwise retainer of the bracket. The guide has at least one channel formed therein and is sized to receive a shower door pane within the channel for translation of the shower door pane relative to the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG. CORP.
    Inventor: Thomas Simek
  • Publication number: 20220282542
    Abstract: A guide assembly for a sliding shower door is provided with a bracket sized to be fastened to a shower door opening. The bracket has a first lengthwise retainer. A guide with a second lengthwise retainer is sized to be retained by the first lengthwise retainer of the bracket. The guide has at least one channel formed therein and is sized to receive a shower door pane within the channel for translation of the shower door pane relative to the guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas SIMEK
  • Publication number: 20220022701
    Abstract: A shower door assembly is provided with a shower door pane, and a track with a side opening. A pair of wheels is mounted for rotation upon the shower door pane. Each of the pair of wheels is sized to be received in the track for translation along the track. A diameter of each of the pair of wheels is greater than a vertical dimension of the side opening to prevent removal of the pair of wheels from the track while in a vertical orientation, and to permit the pair of wheels to be removed in an angled orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas SIMEK, Nathaniel Faltin Dutton SCHULTZ