Patents by Inventor Richard J. Landy

Richard J. Landy 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: 7380479
    Abstract: A steering wheel cover in the form of an elongated endless resilient member or band with an endless bungee cord secured along each lateral edge. The cover has a substantially flat relaxed state, for packaging and display purposes, from which state the member may be stretched to a limited extent to allow a central portion of the band to extend around the periphery of the steering wheel rim with the lateral edges extending inwardly beyond the cross-sectional center point of the rim with the bungee cord being placed in tension to retain the cover in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Plasticolor Molded Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Landy, Eric M. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20080105076
    Abstract: A steering wheel cover in the form of an elongated endless resilient member or band with an endless bungee cord secured along each lateral edge. The cover has a substantially flat relaxed state, for packaging and display purposes, from which state the member may be stretched to a limited extent to allow a central portion of the band to extend around the periphery of the steering wheel rim with the lateral edges extending inwardly beyond the cross-sectional center point of the rim with the bungee cord being placed in tension to retain the cover in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Richard J. Landy, Eric M. Peterson
  • Patent number: 4490910
    Abstract: An improved cutting head for a string trimmer, wherein a spool holding a length of flexible line is located on and driven by a motor drive shaft, and a housing over the spool is located on the drive shaft and driven by the shaft through the spool, this arrangement reducing the vibration experienced as the string trimmer is operated. The housing is attached to the drive shaft independently of the spool, allowing the spool to be quickly and easily changed, without the need for special tools, by unlocking and removing a hub portion of the housing, slipping the old spool from the drive shaft, slipping on a new spool, and reinstalling the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1985
    Assignee: Allegretti & Co.
    Inventors: Charles A. Mattson, Richard J. Landy
  • Patent number: D329367
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: Allied International
    Inventor: Richard J. Landy