Patents by Inventor Sophocles S. Sophocleous

Sophocles S. Sophocleous 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: 5893226
    Abstract: An easy to install, reliable, and portable assistance summoning device that displays a need for assistance through interchangeable reflective symbols and letters, and more particularly to a banner like device that is temporarily attachable to vehicles such as cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats, campers, and aircraft. The banner like device is made of a light weight, flexible, and foldable sheet of material to allow compact storage of the device. The sheet of material having at least two support rods to maintain the banner in an unfurled position. The support rods may also be made of magnetic material to allow attachment of said banner to metallic surfaces. Each support rod having a durable elastic band attached to each respective end thereof, whereby said elastic bands may be attached to protruding elements of a surface to maintain the device in an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Inventors: Sophocles S. Sophocleous, Teresa Sophocleous