Patents by Inventor Tobin J. Vetting
Tobin J. Vetting 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).
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Publication number: 20240093476Abstract: A toilet assembly includes a flush engine having a bowl defining a sump and a trapway extending from the sump. A bowl insert is configured to be located in the bowl and a shroud is configured to be positioned over the flush engine to conceal at least a portion of the flush engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Billy Jack Ahola, Andrew L. Smith, Mark E. Baumgartner, Donald G. Bogenschuetz, Tobin J. Vetting, Lawrence E. Duwell, Peter W. Swart
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Patent number: 11866921Abstract: A toilet assembly includes a flush engine having a bowl defining a sump and a trapway extending from the sump. A bowl insert is configured to be located in the bowl and a shroud is configured to be positioned over the flush engine to conceal at least a portion of the flush engine.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Billy Jack Ahola, Andrew L. Smith, Mark E. Baumgartner, Donald G. Bogenschuetz, Tobin J. Vetting, Lawrence E. Duwell, Peter W. Swart
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Publication number: 20220049485Abstract: A toilet assembly includes a flush engine having a bowl defining a sump and a trapway extending from the sump. A bowl insert is configured to be located in the bowl and a shroud is configured to be positioned over the flush engine to conceal at least a portion of the flush engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Billy Jack Ahola, Andrew L. Smith, Mark E. Baumgartner, Donald G. Bogenschuetz, Tobin J. Vetting, Lawrence E. Duwell, Peter W. Swart
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Patent number: 11180910Abstract: A toilet assembly includes a flush engine having a bowl defining a sump and a trapway extending from the sump. A bowl insert is configured to be located in the bowl and a shroud is configured to be positioned over the flush engine to conceal at least a portion of the flush engine.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Billy Jack Ahola, Andrew L. Smith, Mark E. Baumgartner, Donald G. Bogenschuetz, Tobin J. Vetting, Lawrence E. Duwell, Peter W. Swart
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Publication number: 20200048886Abstract: A toilet assembly includes a flush engine having a bowl defining a sump and a trapway extending from the sump. A bowl insert is configured to be located in the bowl and a shroud is configured to be positioned over the flush engine to conceal at least a portion of the flush engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Billy Jack Ahola, Andrew L. Smith, Mark E. Baumgartner, Donald G. Bogenschuetz, Tobin J. Vetting, Lawrence E. Duwell, Peter W. Swart
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Patent number: 10435232Abstract: A cooperative packaging system includes a base package, a first member, a second member, and a third member. The base package includes a first side and a second side. The second side is contiguous with the first side. The first member covers a portion of the first side of the base package. The second member covers the second side of the base package. The third member covers the first member and a portion of the second member. The first member and the second member are configured to mitigate impacts sustained by the cooperative packaging system prior to the impacts being transferred to the base package.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: KOHLER CO.Inventors: Stephen C. Hokanson, Tobin J. Vetting, Steven Raden
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Publication number: 20180290819Abstract: A cooperative packaging system includes a base package, a first member, a second member, and a third member. The base package includes a first side and a second side. The second side is contiguous with the first side. The first member covers a portion of the first side of the base package. The second member covers the second side of the base package. The third member covers the first member and a portion of the second member. The first member and the second member are configured to mitigate impacts sustained by the cooperative packaging system prior to the impacts being transferred to the base package.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Stephen C. Hokanson, Tobin J. Vetting, Steven Raden
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Patent number: 9816259Abstract: One embodiment of the present application relates to a water tank for a toilet. The water tank includes a first chamber comprising an orifice for connecting to a toilet bowl. The water tank further includes a free-floating member within the first chamber that is not coupled to any other component and that is configured to selectively engage with and disengage from the orifice to selectively block or allow a flow of water through the orifice. The free-floating member can be selectively disengaged from the orifice via an actuator or a differential pressure within the water tank.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: KOHLER CO.Inventors: Billy Jack Ahola, Andrew L. Smith, Lawrence Westphal, Peter W. Swart, Mark E. Baumgartner, Lawrence Duwell, Don Bogenshuetz, Tobin J. Vetting, John F. Emmerling
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Publication number: 20140366259Abstract: One embodiment of the present application relates to a water tank for a toilet. The water tank includes a first chamber comprising an orifice for connecting to a toilet bowl. The water tank further includes a free-floating member within the first chamber that is not coupled to any other component and that is configured to selectively engage with and disengage from the orifice to selectively block or allow a flow of water through the orifice. The free-floating member can be selectively disengaged from the orifice via an actuator or a differential pressure within the water tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Billy Jack Ahola, Andrew L. Smith, Lawrence Westphal, Peter W. Swart, Mark E. Baumgartner, Lawrence Duwell, Don Bogenshuetz, Tobin J. Vetting, John F. Emmerling
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Patent number: 7748527Abstract: Packaging for one or more shower doors is provided where the doors are displayed to the consumer at the time of sale while associated hardware/header rails are secured from view, vandalism, and theft. The packaging provides a buffering frame around the doors. There are lateral wrap structures that retain the hardware and header rails, and end caps that provide locking cradles for the ends of the doors.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2007Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Mark A. Wisecarver, John R. Marquardt, Philip A. Blankenship, Mike Gammons, Buddy J. Thompson, Chris C. Beardsley, Tobin J. Vetting, Jason M. Roman, Kenneth S. Bashore
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Publication number: 20080148692Abstract: Packaging for one or more shower doors is provided where the doors are displayed to the consumer at the time of sale while associated hardware/header rails are secured from view, vandalism, and theft. The packaging provides a buffering frame around the doors. There are lateral wrap structures that retain the hardware and header rails, and end caps that provide locking cradles for the ends of the doors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Mark A. Wisecarver, John R. Marquardt, Philip A. Blankenship, Mike Gammons, Buddy J. Thompson, Chris C. Beardsley, Tobin J. Vetting, Jason M. Roman, Kenneth S. Bashore
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Patent number: D743012Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2014Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: KOHLER CO.Inventors: Billy Jack Ahola, John F. Emmerling, Mark E. Baumgartner, Andrew Smith, Tobin J. Vetting, Lawrence Duwell, Peter W. Swart, Don Bogenschuetz
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Patent number: D747447Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: KOHLER CO.Inventors: Billy Jack Ahola, John F. Emmerling, Mark E. Baumgartner, Andrew Smith, Tobin J. Vetting, Lawrence Duwell, Peter W. Swart, Don Bogenschuetz
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Patent number: D747448Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: KOHLER CO.Inventors: Billy Jack Ahola, John F. Emmerling, Mark E. Baumgartner, Andrew Smith, Tobin J. Vetting, Lawrence Duwell, Peter W. Swart, Don Bogenschuetz
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Patent number: D747786Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: KOHLER CO.Inventors: Billy Jack Ahola, John F. Emmerling, Mark E. Baumgartner, Andrew Smith, Tobin J. Vetting, Lawrence Duwell, Peter W. Swart, Don Bogenschuetz