Patents by Inventor Alain Choquet

Alain Choquet 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: 6755744
    Abstract: A communication device between an audiovisual information playback system and at least one electronic game machine, each game machine including a viewing means for interacting with the user and a means of payment, wherein each electronic game machine is connected to the playback system via a network interface and an associated network. The device also includes specific managing means for managing means of payment, a viewing means and an interactive means to enable the selection and payment of at least one selection stored on the playback system, the managing means being triggered by activation of the electronic game machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Touchtunes Music Corporation
    Inventors: Guy Nathan, Tony Mastronardi, Alain Choquet
  • Publication number: 20020074421
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fitting for a motor vehicle, in particular a dashboard. The permitting the circulation of at least one stream of air, along a given path, behind at least one thickness of material defining a face of the fitting. The fitting further includes means for diffusing an active compound into the at least one stream of air. The diffusing means are capable of being introduced, wholly or in part, through at least one orifice, or passing through the thicknesses of material. The loading orifices being orientated transversely to the path of the stream. The diffusing means are held in the area of the thickness or thicknesses of material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventor: Alain Choquet
  • Patent number: 5810414
    Abstract: The present invention is a receptacle for storing objects within a space within a vehicle, such as the dashboard area. The receptacle is intended for storing miscellaneous articles so as to be used as a glove compartment and the like. The receptacle is delimited by a set of faces which define an opening. One of the faces is formed of a deformable material. A stiffening frame is provided within the deformable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Reydel Societe Anonyme
    Inventor: Alain Choquet
  • Patent number: 5733060
    Abstract: A device for mounting objects such as a cupholder, a case for glasses, an ashtray, or other items, on a support with an inner surface and an aesthetically pleasing outer surface formed in the passenger compartment of a vehicle. The mounting device includes an opening provided in the support, a projection secured to the object to be mounted and designed to be releasably inserted through the opening and at least partially into the space behind the support, a holder so as to retain at least part of the projection against the inner surface of the support in order to stabilize the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Reydel Societe Anonyme
    Inventor: Alain Choquet