Patents by Inventor Michael J. Kowalczyk

Michael J. Kowalczyk 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).

  • Apparatus for the display of tile sections
    Patent number: 6070346
    Abstract: An apparatus for the display of tile sections having a first side panel with a plurality of tile-receiving slots extending along at least a portion of a top of the first side panel, a second side panel with a plurality of tile-receiving grooves extending along at least a portion of a top of the second side panel, a first cross member having slots engaged within slots formed on the first and second side panels, and a second cross member having slots engaged within slots formed in the first and second side panels. The first and second side panels have identical configurations. The first and second cross members have identical configurations. The first and second side panels include first and second upright abutment surfaces extending upwardly from opposite ends of the plurality of grooves on the top edge of the respective first and second side panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Michael J. Kowalczyk
  • Apparatus for the display of tile sections
    Patent number: 5974707
    Abstract: An apparatus for the display of tile sections having a first side panel with a plurality of tile-receiving slots extending along at least a portion of a top edge of the first side panel, a second side panel with a plurality of tile-receiving slots extending along at least a portion of a top edge of the second side panel, a first cross member having slots engaged within grooves formed on the first and second side panels, and a second cross member having slots engaged with grooves formed in the first and second side panels. The first and second side panels have identical configurations. The first and second cross members have identical configurations. Each of the plurality of tile-receiving slots has a width dimension greater than a thickness of the tile to be received therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Inventor: Michael J. Kowalczyk
  • Door molding
    Patent number: D468451
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: ODL, Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael J. Kowalczyk, Michael S. Eveland, David A. DeBlock