Patents by Inventor Vincent Trapani

Vincent Trapani 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: 9204749
    Abstract: A quick release antimicrobial hospital curtain is disclosed. The curtain is made up of a ventilated top portion attached by curtain carriers and eyelets to the existing curtain track, and a bottom portion, the bottom portion being impregnated with an antimicrobial material and woven through with elemental silver threads. The quick release mechanism is a breakaway zipper, also preferably made of an antimicrobially impregnated polymer that may be unfastened either with a conventional zipper handle or simply pulled to detach the bottom portion from the upper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Inventor: Vincent Trapani
  • Patent number: 8464365
    Abstract: Breakaway sports pants having a slider that when lifted beyond the mating teeth at the top of opposing zipper tracks enables the user to disengage the zipper by pulling the tracks apart rather than sliding the zipper the length of the pants legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Inventors: Daron D Nunn, Vincent Trapani
  • Publication number: 20120117708
    Abstract: An antimicrobial woven fabric having interwoven silver threads in manufacturing antimicrobial medical garments including tunics, gowns, coveralls, jackets, scrub tops, scrub pants, lab coats, footwear covers, linens, curtains and dividers wherein the woven fabric is selected from one or more of cotton, wool, silk, hemp, polyester, polypropylene, spandex and nylon, preferably the fabric is a blend of cotton and polyester fibers, with the medical garments providing for a garment closure, such as a zipper, extending approximately from a top front of the garment to a bottom front of the garment for opening said garment; and a plurality of pockets on a front portion of said garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventor: Vincent Trapani