Patents by Inventor Onofrio F. Pavonetti

Onofrio F. Pavonetti 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).

  • Collapsible/portable soccer goal
    Patent number: 6432002
    Abstract: A collapsible soccer goal, comprising vertical side frame supports, each having a pair of adjacently disposed vertical section. An elongated top beam having a plurality of adjacently disposed horizontal sections including opposite end sections resting atop the pair of vertical sections; and the vertical and horizontal sections are formed as hollow tubular elements with joints, including corner joints formed by the elongated top beam with the pair of vertical sections, and the adjacently disposed sections are all joined together by a plurality of bar means. Each vertical side frame support further includes at least a plurality of adjustable/extendible or telescoping struts; and the plurality of adjustable/extendible or telescoping struts forms a truss-like structure connectable to a vertical section for supporting the vertical and horizontal sections as a unitary soccer goal in a vertical upright position orthogonal to ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Inventor: Onofrio F. Pavonetti
  • Collapsible/portable soccer goal
    Patent number: 5902195
    Abstract: A collapsible soccer goal for an athletic field having a matched pair of vertical side supporting frame sections, and a crossbar beam having a plurality of horizontal sections. All of the vertical and some of the horizontal sections comprising a locking hinge enabling some of the sections to be folded in half. The plurality of horizontal sections are detachably connected together by either locking and/or clamping means to form the overall 24 foot standard crossbar beam; and the vertical frame sections each having an overhead hinge removably connectable to a horizontal section for clamping and pulling together all sections of the horizontal crossbar beam to the two vertical goal posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Inventor: Onofrio F. Pavonetti
  • Collapsible/portable soccer goal
    Patent number: 5586768
    Abstract: A collapsible soccer goal for an athletic field having a matched pair of vertical side supporting frame sections, and a crossbar beam having a plurality of horizontal sections. Each of the vertical and horizontal sections comprising a locking hinge enabling each of the sections to be folded in half. The plurality of horizontal sections are detachably connected together by clamping means to form the crossbar beam; and the vertical frame sections each having an overhead elongated hinge removably connectable to a horizontal section for supporting the crossbar beam in a hanging manner from the vertical side supporting frame sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Inventor: Onofrio F. Pavonetti