Patents by Inventor Vincent J. Francavilla

Vincent J. Francavilla 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: 4140222
    Abstract: A display holder, useful as a children's dental hygiene teaching aid and adapted to hold three or more different but related functional articles, such as toothbrushes, tubes of toothpaste and dispensers for dental floss, includes a display surface having a scene depicted thereon such that parts of the scene relate to and are adapted to include the functional articles, when held in place therein, to participate in and complete the scene, and has means for holding the functional articles in place with respect to the display surface so that they participate in and complete the scene depicted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1979
    Inventor: Vincent J. Francavilla
  • Patent number: 3966055
    Abstract: A display holder, useful as a children's dental hygiene teaching aid and adapted to hold three or more different but related functional articles, such as toothbrushes, tubes of toothpaste and dispensers for dental floss, includes a display surface having a scene depicted thereon such that parts of the scene relate to and are adapted to include the functional articles, when held in place therein, to participitate in and complete the scene, and has means for holding the functional articles in place with respect to the display surface so that they participate in and complete the scene depicted. Preferably the display holder is made of a pair of three dimensional film plastic forms, made by vacuum forming of sheet materials, which are held together, the scene is that of a tooth, representing a castle, and includes as parts of the scene means for holding a toothbrush, tube of toothpaste and dispenser, of dental floss, all of which represent decay fighters or weapons used to protect against tooth decay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1976
    Inventor: Vincent J. Francavilla