Patents by Inventor Karl Collida

Karl Collida 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: 7188443
    Abstract: A charm display apparatus and method of charm display capable of continuously retrieving charms or hearts from a hopper and blowing or moving the charms into a transparent outer display tube whereby a levitating effect is shown. In the preferred embodiment, the art of the present invention allows a person to retrieve a charm between the display tube and the hopper as it flutters in the turbulent air of the tube under gravitational force. Also in a preferred embodiment, a unique venturi flow generator assembly is utilized to move the charms from the hopper into the outer display tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Inventors: Karl A. Collida, Edwin T. Wood
  • Patent number: 6860092
    Abstract: A fiber stuffing and fluffing machine utilized for fiber stuffing toys, pillows, and other skins having a venturi vacuum system, a unique agitation cavity and blade arrangement, and various unique mechanical and electrical features which provide improved stuffing and fluffing capabilities over the prior art. The art of the present invention is capable of integration into a single stand alone unit which performs improved fluffing and stuffing operations without the need for external pneumatic sources. The art of the present invention, in its various embodiments, also utilizes scroll compressors or turbine compressors heretofore not found in prior art stuffing and fluffing applications. The present art further provides means for separating foreign objects from the ingested stuffing fibers to protect the fluffer blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Inventors: Karl Collida, Edwin T. Wood, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20040040264
    Abstract: A fiber stuffing and fluffing machine utilized for fiber stuffing toys, pillows, and other skins having a venturi vacuum system, a unique agitation cavity and blade arrangement, and various unique mechanical and electrical features which provide improved stuffing and fluffing capabilities over the prior art. The art of the present invention is capable of integration into a single stand alone unit which performs improved fluffing and stuffing operations without the need for external pneumatic sources. The art of the present invention, in its various embodiments, also utilizes scroll compressors or turbine compressors heretofore not found in prior art stuffing and fluffing applications. The present art further provides means for separating foreign objects from the ingested stuffing fibers to protect the fluffer blower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Karl Collida, Edwin T. Wood, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20030217490
    Abstract: A charm display apparatus and method of charm display capable of continuously retrieving charms or hearts from a hopper and blowing or moving the charms into a transparent outer display tube whereby a levitating effect is shown. In the preferred embodiment, the art of the present invention allows a person to retrieve a charm between the display tube and the hopper as it flutters in the turbulent air of the tube under gravitational force. Also in a preferred embodiment, a unique venturi flow generator assembly is utilized to move the charms from the hopper into the outer display tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Karl A. Collida, Edwin T. Wood
  • Patent number: D486162
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Inventors: Karl Collida, Edwin T. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: D427209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Build-A-Bear Workshop, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Karl Collida, Edwin T. Wood, Jr.