Kenneth J Jonas

US Patent:

6419610, Jul 16, 2002

Filed:

Sep 15, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/663641

Inventors:

Kenneth J. Jonas - Janesville WI
Randall C. Grutza - Janesville WI
Matthew T. Bolland - Stoughton WI

Assignee:

PlayCore Wisconsin, Inc. - Chattanooga TN

International Classification:

A63B 1700

US Classification:

482 35, 482 37, 446110

Abstract:

A truncated triangular inclined climbing wall is attached to a wooden play structure, and is tilted at about a forty-eight degree angle against the play structure, and is fastened by a flange to an elevated deck which is accessible through a wood framed inlet. The climbing wall is staked to the ground, and narrows from a wide, ground-engaging, base, to a narrower summit, which is immediately adjacent the framed inlet. The climbing wall is formed with a number of rock-simulative ledges, which progress from the base to the summit. Each molded ledge preferably has a child-graspable hand grip integrally molded in the riser. The top surfaces of the step-like ledges define treads which are inclined from the horizontal to direct the childs foot inward toward the climbing wall rather than away from the wall and off the structure. To contribute to the rock-simulative visual effect of the thermoformed plastic assembly, polyethylene is extruded with a pattern of streaks or striations which, when molded, simulate the color variations of naturally occurring rock formations. The hypotenuse of the triangle provides both a climbing surface and a means for directing climbing children to the inlet.

US Patent:

7203416, Apr 10, 2007

Filed:

Nov 21, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/719694

Inventors:

Gary J. Craw - Delafield WI, US
Daniel L. Karst - Beaver Dam WI, US
Christopher J. Nemacheck - Sussex WI, US
Kenneth J. Jonas - Mequon WI, US

Assignee:

Broan-NuTone LLC - Hartford WI

International Classification:

F24D 5/10

US Classification:

392350, 392360

Abstract:

The invention provides a ventilating and heating apparatus for installation in a building structure. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a main housing in which is located a ventilating fan assembly and a heater fan assembly having a heater and a discharge duct terminating in a discharge outlet, wherein the heater is located within and connected to the discharge duct of the heater fan assembly. The heater can be shielded from the discharge outlet by at least one interior wall of the discharge duct. In some embodiments, the discharge duct can have a tapered portion approaching the discharge outlet. In some embodiments, a discharge aperture of a cover is recessed with respect to the discharge outlet of a fan housing.

US Patent:

D577805, Sep 30, 2008

Filed:

Jan 2, 2008

Appl. No.:

29/299680

Inventors:

John R. Adrian - Oshkosh WI, US
Brent E. Coffey - Pewaukee WI, US
Jesse Allen Hollingsworth - West Bend WI, US
Kenneth J. Jonas - Mequon WI, US
David L. Pringle - Waukesha WI, US

Assignee:

Broan-NuTone LLC - Hartford WI

International Classification:

2304

US Classification:

D23371

US Patent:

D582093, Dec 2, 2008

Filed:

Feb 23, 2007

Appl. No.:

29/273025

Inventors:

Mirko Zakula - New Berlin WI, US
Corey Scott Jacak - Kewaskum WI, US
Kenneth John Jonas - Mequon WI, US
Stephen Pennington - Chicago IL, US
Taiwon Choi - Chicago IL, US

Assignee:

Broan-NuTone, LLC - Hartford WI

International Classification:

2699

US Classification:

D26152, D26 89

US Patent:

7654495, Feb 2, 2010

Filed:

Jan 11, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/330041

Inventors:

John R. Adrian - Oshkosh WI, US
Richard G. McDonald - Plymouth WI, US
Robert G. Penlesky - Waukesha WI, US
Kenneth J. Jonas - Mequon WI, US
Daniel L. Karst - Beaver Dam WI, US

Assignee:

Broan-Nutone LLC - Hartford WI

International Classification:

E04G 25/00

US Classification:

2482001, 248342, 248906

Abstract:

A hanger assembly configured to mount a fan housing in a building including a first support having a lower surface and a second support. The hanger includes a body having a first end engageable with the first support and a second end engageable with the second support. The body is connectable to the fan housing to support the fan housing between the first and second supports and is adjustable to change a length defined between the first and second ends. The first end includes an outwardly extending flange, which is engageable with the first support to orient the body and the fan housing relative to the lower surface of the first support and to maintain a predetermined distance between the lower surface of the support and a lower surface of one of the fan housing and the hanger body.

US Patent:

D626644, Nov 2, 2010

Filed:

Apr 22, 2008

Appl. No.:

29/317076

Inventors:

Corey Scott Jacak - Kewaskum WI, US
Kenneth J. Jonas - Mequon WI, US
Robert G. Penlesky - Waukesha WI, US

Assignee:

Broan-Nutone LLC - Hartford WI

International Classification:

2304

US Classification:

D23393

US Patent:

20050246989, Nov 10, 2005

Filed:

Apr 2, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/817149

Inventors:

David Pringle - Waukesha WI, US
Kenneth Jonas - Mequon WI, US
Donovan Gehring - West Bend WI, US
Christopher Nemacheck - Sussex WI, US
Karen Formico - Mequon WI, US

International Classification:

B08B003/00
B08B006/00
B08B003/12
E04F013/08

US Classification:

052384000, 052390000

Abstract:

Some embodiments of the present invention provide a backsplash for protecting a first surface adjacent a work surface. In some embodiments, the backsplash includes a layer of tiles having a front surface exposed and resistant to byproducts of work performed on the work surface. In some embodiments, the layer of tiles are coupled together for installation and removal from the first surface as a single integral unit. Also, in some embodiments the backsplash includes a mount positioned to releasably and removably couple the backsplash to the first surface in at least one location between the backsplash and the first surface. The mount can retain the layer of tiles in a substantially perpendicular relationship with respect to the work surface when the backsplash is in the mounted position upon the first surface. Also, some embodiments of the present invention provide a method of releaseably coupling a backsplash to a first surface adjacent a work surface.

US Patent:

20090170421, Jul 2, 2009

Filed:

Jan 2, 2008

Appl. No.:

11/968250

Inventors:

John R. Adrian - Oshkosh WI, US
Brent E. Coffey - Pewaukee WI, US
Jesse Allen Hollingsworth - West Bend WI, US
Kenneth J. Jonas - Mequon WI, US
David L. Pringle - Waukesha WI, US

International Classification:

F24F 7/10
F24F 7/06

US Classification:

454349, 454354

Abstract:

The present invention provides, among other things, an exhaust vent fan including a housing having an inlet through which air is received within the housing and an outlet through which the air exits the housing, a fan wheel supported in the housing and operable to generate a flow of the air out of the outlet, a louvered first grille positioned across the inlet, a heating element supported in the housing, and a second grille supported on the housing and being moveable relative to the first grille while the first grille is secured to the housing to direct a heated air flow from the heating element out of the housing.