Patents by Inventor Rosario Messina

Rosario Messina 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: 8860834
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a modular apparatus for a mobile control room, realized in a flexible manner and such that to be advantageously assembled, continuously modified and provided according to needs and requirements of for example, a client. An important improvement for rendering the directing apparatus modular consists in that several modules are provided and there are inserted inside thereof almost the whole of the apparatuses which are needed for the control of the videocameras (or other functions in the case of different kind of modules); Therefore, the most of the investment is flexible since is moved and incorporated to the same modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Gruppo Comunicazione Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Rosario Messina, Giulio Politi, Roberto Mazzantini
  • Publication number: 20110176026
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a modular apparatus for a mobile control room, realised in a flexible manner and such that to be advantageously assembled, continuously modified and provided according to needs and requirements of for example, a client. An important improvement for rendering the directing apparatus modular consists in that several modules are provided and there are inserted inside thereof almost the whole of the apparatuses which are needed for the control of the videocameras (or other functions in the case of different kind of modules); Therefore, the most of the investment is flexible since is moved and incorporated to the same modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Rosario Messina, Giulio Politi, Robert Mazzantini
  • Patent number: 6397411
    Abstract: Divan bed comprising a fixed frame (1) which has a movable frame (2) sliding inside it, said fixed frame (1) having longitudinal sections (10) forming, inside them, longitudinal guides (11,12) inside which corresponding means (33) for engaging the movable frame (2) are able to slide, there also being provided elements (23,23a) for resting the movable frame (2) on the ground, which rotate from a raised position to a lowered position and vice versa when the movable frame (2) is in the position extracted from/inserted inside the fixed frame (1), and associated means (40) for operating and actuating said elements (23) for resting on the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Flou S.p.A.
    Inventor: Rosario Messina
  • Patent number: 5771508
    Abstract: A movable headboard for beds, easy chairs and the like has at least one fixed bottom vertical surface joined to the base of the bed and at least one movable top surface hinging on the fixed bottom surface by means of a hinging device so as to be brought from a vertical position which is substantially coplanar with the bottom surface into a position in which the top surface is advanced and inclined with respect to the fixed surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: FLOU S.p.A.
    Inventor: Rosario Messina
  • Patent number: 5657500
    Abstract: Foldable spring mattress for divan-beds and the like, comprising at least one pair of elements (1a, 2a, 3a; 102, 103a) which are independent of one another and contain the springs (4) and the padding (6, 7, 8, 9, 10) and which are arranged adjacent to one another along their respective long edges (1b, 2b, 3b), said elements being joined together by means of stitches (11a) performed along the top edge of the same long sides and by means of a layer (12) of fabric attached to said elements along the external perimeter of the assembly and forming a single continuous upper closing surface for supporting the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: FLOU S.p.A.
    Inventor: Rosario Messina
  • Patent number: 5067187
    Abstract: A sofa bed has a pair of arm rests that support a pivotable seat-back. The seat back is pivotally connected to a pair of U-shaped saddles that are positionable on upper edges of the arm rests, and movable forwardly or rearwardly on the arm rests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1991
    Assignee: Flou S.p.A.
    Inventor: Rosario Messina
  • Patent number: 5038422
    Abstract: Support structure for sofa beds, with pull-out, raisable auxiliary bed, which comprises an upper frame carrying support means for a mattress and connected, by means of rods linked as a parallelogram, to two lower bars transverse to the larger dimension of the frame, blocking means being present for the raised position and balancing means for the weight of the frame, the sofa bed being equipped with a seat-back adjustable in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: Flou S.p.A.
    Inventor: Rosario Messina
  • Patent number: D326367
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Assignee: Flou S.P.A.
    Inventor: Rosario Messina