Patents by Inventor Hector M. Pitencel

Hector M. Pitencel 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: 5622405
    Abstract: A dual-aspect headrest especially suitable for use on a vehicle having a seatback for supporting a user of the vehicle, which headrest has (a) a support body having (i) a front face and (ii) a rear face having an anatomical cavity therein for supporting the head of a user of the vehicle, the support body having in an tipper edge thereof a nondeformable neck support having the shape of a semicircle and having an inner part, the neck support being open toward the rear face, and intersecting the anatomical cavity, and having a rigid inner core incorporated in the internal structure of the body, and a spongy material covering the core; (b) pivoting means pivotally connected to the body for pivoting the support body around a horizontal axis and allowing the body to be flipped over the seatback between a first position at which the front face faces the head of a user and a second position at which the rear face faces the head of a user, so that the anatomical cavity and the neck support are positioned to receive, r
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Inventor: Hector M. Pitencel