Patents by Inventor Michael A. Grillo

Michael A. Grillo 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: 6932394
    Abstract: A cross connecting stop apparatus and method includes a plate with a rail, the plate attached to a movable structure, the movable structure having two sides, a top, a bottom, an inside and an outside, wherein the plate is attached to the inside of the movable structure. A bolt movably attached to the rail and a mount attached to nonmovable structure on both sides of the movable structure wherein the mount is conformed to receive the bolt on both sides of the movable structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Inventor: Michael A. Grillo
  • Patent number: 5473841
    Abstract: There is disclosed a device for limiting the swinging of a door hingedly connected to a second wall adjacent to the first wall. The device includes a bracket adapted to be mounted on the door hinge for swinging about its axis, as well as first and second arms pivotally connected to the bracket for swinging toward and away from the door and adjacent wall, respectively. A strut extends between the arms to limit swinging the first arm toward the second arm when the second arm is against the second wall, and one end of the strut is movable away from a stop on the second arm to permit the door to be opened and/or the arms to be stored next to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Inventor: Michael A. Grillo
  • Patent number: 4356929
    Abstract: A pop-top lid with a pre-formed opening which serves for dispensing the contents, is located in the lid plane, and is provided with essentially parallel side edges. The lid also includes a closure part which is provided with a tab and is slidably guided along the side edges of the pre-formed opening. The closure part is provided with an uninterrupted peripheral groove which corresponds to the shape of the pre-formed opening; to limit the slide path of the closure part, an abutment or stop is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1982
    Assignee: Fried. Krupp Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Helmut Muller-Kuhn, Gunter Scharren, Wilfried Kohlmeier, Michael Grillo, Jurgen Rost