Patents by Inventor Joaquin Franco Munoz

Joaquin Franco Munoz 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).

  • Publication number: 20050054410
    Abstract: It consists of an opaque blind (4) susceptible to covering part of the display (1) carrying the images (2) that are visible through the screen of the machine at the end of each play, for the purpose of temporarily hiding said images (2) to substitute them with others existing on the outer face of the blind (4). This blind (4) is associated to an arm (5) finished off with a ring (6) assembled with rotational freedom on a support (10), said disc ring (6) having a gearing (7) through which it receives the movement from a micromotor (9) which makes the blind (4) rock between the operating and non-operating limit positions, duly defined by a pair of end stops (11-11?) or by the electronic control of a “stepper” type drive motor (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Joaquin Franco Munoz, Jesus Munoz
  • Patent number: 6257573
    Abstract: The board game (1), with the conventional pivots (2) determining the labyrinth-type course for the ball, is framed by a circumferential channel (5) in which there is a ring (8) provided with at least one lateral, internal opening (12) so that, upon the rotation of said ring (8) each housing (12) is placed, in sequence, opposite a lower opening (7) of the circumferential channel (5) in order to receive a ball (16) and opposite another upper opening (6) via which the ball returns, under gravity, to the game zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Proindumar, S.L.
    Inventors: Joaquin Franco Munoz, Jesus Franco Munoz
  • Patent number: D473899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Proindumar S.L.
    Inventors: Jesus Franco Muñoz, Joaquín Franco Muñoz
  • Patent number: D484548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Proindumar, S.L.
    Inventors: Jesus Franco Muñoz, Joaquín Franco Muñoz
  • Patent number: D489417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Proindumar, S.L.
    Inventors: Jesus Franco Muñoz, Joaquín Franco Muñoz
  • Patent number: D492365
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Proindumar, S.L.
    Inventors: Jesús Franco Muñoz, Joaquín Franco Muñoz