Patents by Inventor Edward Mauro

Edward Mauro 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: 11980577
    Abstract: A motorized accessory for a wheelchair includes a housing having a top end and a bottom end, a handlebar assembly secured to the top end of the housing, and a wheel assembly coupled to the lower end of the housing. The motorized accessory also includes an electric motor coupled to the wheel assembly that is configured to drive the wheel assembly. In addition, the motorized accessory includes a tow bar assembly having a proximal end coupled to the housing and extending outward to a free distal end, where the free distal end is configured to be removably coupled to the wheelchair. The motorized accessory is configured to latch to the manually driven wheelchair in order to convert the manually driven wheelchair into a motorized wheelchair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Edward Mauro
  • Patent number: 11820207
    Abstract: A sliding golf cart windshield assembly includes a first elongated rail, a second elongated rail spaced apart from the first elongated rail, and an upper windshield pane having a first longitudinal edge and an opposing second longitudinal edge. The upper windshield pane is slidably positioned between the first and second elongated rails. The assembly also includes a lower drive pulley, an upper drive pulley, and a drive belt stretched between the lower drive pulley and the upper drive pulley. In addition, the assembly includes a drive panel slidingly engaged with the second rail and secured to the upper window pane and the drive belt, and a motor coupled to the lower drive pulley and configured to rotate the lower drive pulley to raise and lower the upper windshield pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Edward Mauro
  • Publication number: 20230301859
    Abstract: An articulating bed includes an outer support frame, an inner convertible frame coupled to and supported within the outer support frame, and a mattress platform mounted above the inner convertible frame and configured to support a mattress thereon. The mattress platform has a body platform and a leg platform. The articulating bed also includes a support plate secured to the inner convertible frame, a body lifting device secured to the support plate and to the body platform configured to raise and lower the body platform, and a leg lifting device secured to the support plate and to the leg platform configured to raise and lower the leg platform. The support plate is configured to spin the mattress platform over the outer support frame when the body platform and the leg platform are raised and the mattress platform is converted into an assist chair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Edward MAURO
  • Publication number: 20230028164
    Abstract: A motorized lifting and transfer chair includes a base having a front portion and an opposing rear portion, where the rear portion has a pair of foot rests. The chair also includes a plurality of wheels mounted to the base configured to be selectively locked, and a vertical post assembly secured proximate to the rear portion of the base and extending upwards from the base. In addition, the chair includes a seating platform cantilevered from the vertical post assembly, where the seating platform comprises two portions with an aperture formed along two adjacent edges of the two portions and the two portions are configured to swing open and closed about the vertical post assembly. The chair includes a motorized device that raises and lowers the seating platform, and a latch is configured to secure the two portions of the seating platform closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: Edward MAURO
  • Publication number: 20220126651
    Abstract: A sliding golf cart windshield assembly includes a first elongated rail, a second elongated rail spaced apart from the first elongated rail, and an upper windshield pane having a first longitudinal edge and an opposing second longitudinal edge. The upper windshield pane is slidably positioned between the first and second elongated rails. The assembly also includes a lower drive pulley, an upper drive pulley, and a drive belt stretched between the lower drive pulley and the upper drive pulley. In addition, the assembly includes a drive panel slidingly engaged with the second rail and secured to the upper window pane and the drive belt, and a motor coupled to the lower drive pulley and configured to rotate the lower drive pulley to raise and lower the upper windshield pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventor: Edward MAURO
  • Publication number: 20220020299
    Abstract: A sign for on-board use in ride sharing vehicles comprising a case having front and rear portions and the case is configured to be removably coupled to an inside of a windshield. The sign also includes at least one visual display carried by the front portion of the case, and a power supply coupled to the at least one visual display. In addition, the sign includes a plurality of electronic components coupled to a remote application, the power supply, and the at least one visual display. The electronic components are configured to receive a name of a rider from the remote application and to display the name on the at least one visual display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventor: Edward MAURO
  • Patent number: 11167623
    Abstract: A sliding golf cart windshield assembly includes a first elongated rail having a top end and a bottom end, and a second elongated rail spaced apart from the first elongated rail and having a top end and a bottom end. An upper windshield pane has a first longitudinal edge and an opposing second longitudinal edge, where the upper windshield pane is positioned between the first and second elongated rails. In addition, the assembly includes a first upper plate secured to the first longitudinal edge of the upper windshield pane and being slidable within the first elongated rail, a first lower hub coupled to the bottom end of the first elongated rail, and a first belt having a first end first end fixed to the top end of the first elongated rail and passes around the first lower hub to the second end that is fixed to the first upper plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventor: Edward Mauro
  • Publication number: 20210322234
    Abstract: A motorized accessory for a wheelchair includes a housing having a top end and a bottom end, a handlebar assembly secured to the top end of the housing, and a wheel assembly coupled to the lower end of the housing. The motorized accessory also includes an electric motor coupled to the wheel assembly that is configured to drive the wheel assembly. In addition, the motorized accessory includes a tow bar assembly having a proximate end coupled to the housing and extending outward to a free distal end, where the free distal end is configured to be removably coupled to the wheelchair. The motorized accessory is configured to latch to the manually driven wheelchair in order to convert the manually driven wheelchair into a motorized wheelchair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventor: Edward MAURO
  • Publication number: 20190389280
    Abstract: A sliding golf cart windshield assembly includes a first elongated rail having a top end and a bottom end, and a second elongated rail spaced apart from the first elongated rail and having a top end and a bottom end. An upper windshield pane has a first longitudinal edge and an opposing second longitudinal edge, where the upper windshield pane is positioned between the first and second elongated rails. In addition, the assembly includes a first upper plate secured to the first longitudinal edge of the upper windshield pane and being slidable within the first elongated rail, a first lower hub coupled to the bottom end of the first elongated rail, and a first belt having a first end first end fixed to the top end of the first elongated rail and passes around the first lower hub to the second end that is fixed to the first upper plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventor: Edward MAURO
  • Patent number: 8087711
    Abstract: A golf cart windshield assembly is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the assembly includes a longitudinal U-shaped channel, where a first longitudinal slot is disposed adjacent to the U-shaped channel and the first slot is adapted to receive an edge of a lower windshield pane. A second longitudinal slot is disposed adjacent to the first slot, where the second slot is adapted to slidingly engage an edge of an upper windshield pane. A flange is joined along a longitudinal edge of the second slot and extends generally at a right angle to the second longitudinal slot and includes at least one aperture. The assembly also includes a spring loaded pin secured to the upper windshield pane, where the pin is adapted to engage the aperture of the flange to restrain the upper windshield pane in a desired vertical position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Inventor: Edward Mauro
  • Patent number: 7891111
    Abstract: A goniometer including an arcuate rotor plate rotatable about an axis of motion spaced apart from the rotor plate for supporting a device and a base having an arcuate base plate The rotor is rotationally coupled to the base by shaft and a resilient shaft bearing mounting exerting a resilient force on the shaft to maintain a positive engagement between the roller and rotor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Inventor: George Edward Mauro
  • Publication number: 20100162580
    Abstract: A goniometer including an arcuate rotor plate rotatable about an axis of motion spaced apart from the rotor plate for supporting a device and a base having an arcuate base plate The rotor is rotationally coupled to the base by shaft and a resilient shaft bearing mounting exerting a resilient force on the shaft to maintain a positive engagement between the roller and rotor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: George Edward MAURO
  • Patent number: 4965906
    Abstract: A combination golf ball and golf club head cleaner that is mounted to the fender of a golf cart or to a conveniently located post. The device includes a water-tight housing member having a first brush-lined cylindrical chamber for cleaning a golf ball and a second brush-lined parallelepiped chamber for cleaning a club head. A ball holder that retains a ball while allowing it to rotate when scrubbed is mounted for reciprocation along its vertical axis in the ball cleaning chamber. Brushes lining the first chamber scrub the ball and rotate it as the holder is reciprocated. The chambers are in fluid communication with one another so that removal of a single plug drains both chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Inventor: Edward Mauro
  • Patent number: 4936583
    Abstract: A flat sheet of material of nominal thickness bears an actual size photograph of a golf hole on a first side as the hole appears from a distance such as three feet when viewed by a golfer of average height. The reverse side of the flat sheet of material bears an actual size photograph of a golf hole as the hole appears from a distance such as ten feet when viewed by a golfer of the same height. Other embodiments provide photographs of actual golf holes from different distances and from different heights. The device enhances the transferability of skills acquired during indoor practice sessions to real life golf courses because the practice device precisely simulates the appearance of golf holes on real golf courses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1990
    Inventors: Dean Peabody, Edward Mauro
  • Patent number: D873347
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SOURCE DIRECT INC.
    Inventor: Edward Mauro
  • Patent number: D935970
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventor: Edward Mauro