Patents by Inventor Gennaro Sardonico

Gennaro Sardonico 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: 6558106
    Abstract: Lifting device (1) for disabled people in wheelchairs and children's pushchairs, comprising a supporting frame (2), permanently applied to a motor vehicle or a fixed installation, and a sliding foldaway platform (3) moving between a retracted position and an extracted position, with respect to said supporting frame (2). The platform (3) can also move in said extracted position, between a lowered position and a raised position, by means of an articulated parallelogram linkage system (17). The movements of the platform (3) are achieved by means of electrical actuators (9, 20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Rollon S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gennaro Sardonico
  • Patent number: 6470523
    Abstract: Foldaway ramp for the access of disabled people's wheelchairs and children's pushchairs aboard vehicles with low floors, comprising a platform, displaceable between a retracted position and an extracted position, with respect to a supporting frame, provided underneath the floor. Cams are provided for controlling slant of the platform, during the final phase of its displacement towards the extracted position, from a position parallel to the floor to a position which is slanted downwards, where the front edge of the platform rests on the ground, and the return of the platform to the position in which it is parallel to the floor during the initial phase of its displacement towards the retracted position, by effect respectively of raising and lowering the rear side of the platform operated by the cams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Rollon S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gennaro Sardonico
  • Patent number: 6419050
    Abstract: Mobile device for disabled persons comprising a trolley carrying a vertically displaceable platform designed to bear a wheelchair. The trolley is motor-driven and is equipped with an aligning system to line-up the platform with respect to an access site of the wheelchair. The platform can also be shifted in a transverse direction relative to the trolley and includes a transfer ramp longitudinally displaceable between a retracted position and an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Bestgroup SRL
    Inventor: Gennaro Sardonico
  • Publication number: 20010048872
    Abstract: Lifting device (1) for disabled people in wheelchairs and children's pushchairs, comprising a supporting frame (2), permanently applied to a motor vehicle or a fixed installation, and a sliding foldaway platform (3) moving between a retracted position and an extracted position, with respect to said supporting frame (2). The platform (3) can also move in said extracted position, between a lowered position and a raised position, by means of an articulated parallelogram linkage system (17). The movements of the platform (3) are achieved by means of electrical actuators (9, 20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Applicant: ROLLON S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gennaro Sardonico