Patents by Inventor Michael David Farinella

Michael David Farinella 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).

  • Ballistically deployed restraining net system
    Patent number: 5988036
    Abstract: A ballistically deployed restraining net system including a cartridge receivable within a barrel, the cartridge having a base and an opposing open end. There is a restraining net packaged in the cartridge and a set of weights attached to the restraining net and packaged within the cartridge between the base of the cartridge and the restraining net. A deployment charge ejects the restraining net and the set of weights out of the barrel and out of the cartridge and a spreader charge deploys the weights after the net and the set of weight exit the cartridge so that the weights overtake the net in flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Foster-Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnis Mangolds, Michael David Farinella, Daniel Rene Deguire, Robert Lee Cardenas
  • Ballistically deployed restraining net
    Patent number: 5898125
    Abstract: A ballistically deployed restraining net system including a cartridge receivable within a barrel, the cartridge having a base and an opposing open end. There is a restraining net packaged in the cartridge and a set of weights attached to the restraining net and packaged within the cartridge between the base of the cartridge and the restraining net. A deployment charge ejects the restraining net and the set of weights out of the barrel and out of the cartridge and a spreader charge deploys the weights after the net and the set of weight exit the cartridge so that the weights overtake the net in flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Foster-Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnis Mangolds, Michael David Farinella, Daniel Rene Deguire, Robert Lee Cardenas
  • Ballistically deployed restraining net
    Patent number: 5750918
    Abstract: A ballistically deployed restraining net system including a projectile, a net packaged in the projectile, a net deployment device for unfurling the net in flight, and a fuze for triggering the net deployment device upon the occurrence of a preestablished criteria such as the impact of the projectile with an object, the expiration of a preestablished time period after launch or upon the projectile reaching a predetermined distance to an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Foster-Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnie Mangolds, Michael David Farinella, Daniel Rene Deguire, Robert Lee Cardenas