Patents by Inventor Daniel R. Spagnuolo

Daniel R. Spagnuolo 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).

  • Retractable nonlinear garment hook
    Patent number: 6422524
    Abstract: A garment hook assembly includes a housing which can be injection molded and includes two halves hinged together for surrounding and receiving a retractable garment hook. The housing halves each include an arcuate slot which align with one another when the housing is folded over the garment hook to a closed position for receiving a pair of laterally extending spaced pins extending from the hook into the arcuate slots of the housing for guiding the translation motion of the garment hook along a nonlinear arcuate path as it extends from and retracts into the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Daniel R. Spagnuolo, Ronald C. Perry