Patents by Inventor Franco Torta

Franco Torta 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: 4210303
    Abstract: A support and guide device for an adjustable seat of the kind fitted to motor vehicles comprises a pair of fixed elongate generally U-shape guides with outwardly turned lateral flanges for attachment to the vehicle floor, a pair of cooperating movable guides for attachment to the seat, the movable guides being elongate and generally U-shape in cross section, the arms of which are shaped to fit over the lateral flanges of the fixed guides, and a latching device housed entirely between one of the fixed guides and the associated movable guide and comprising a shaft carrying one or more teeth for engagement in a row of windows in a ridge formed in the base of the fixed guide to hold the seat in a selected position and so positioned that neither the windows in the guide nor the teeth of the shaft are exposed in any adjustment of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1980
    Assignee: Lifel di Torta Franco & C. s.a.s.
    Inventors: Franco Torta, Mario Torta