Patents by Inventor Joseph Ortoleva

Joseph Ortoleva 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).

  • Track spacer for twin sliding door installations
    Patent number: 6324727
    Abstract: A system for installing a pair of separate door guiding tracks in a predetermined parallel relation below and to an overhead structure of a door opening comprising applying a series of track spacing members to a pair of separate tracks while the tracks are disposed in predetermined parallel relation at longitudinally spaced positions along the tracks so as to retain the tracks in predetermined parallel relation, fixedly securing the tracks while retained in predetermined parallel relation by a series of spacing members below and to the overhead structure of the door opening, and moving each track spacing member downwardly with respect to the pair of tracks after installation to remove the series of track spacing members from the tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: The Stanley Works
    Inventors: Joseph Ortoleva, Thomas Pelletier, Susanna Perrett