Patents by Inventor Achilles P. Ligeras

Achilles P. Ligeras 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: 6029836
    Abstract: A cap device, particularly for a wine bottle, is disclosed as including a cap having a recessed top opening for receiving a screw for threadable insertion into the cork of the wine bottle. The recess at the top of the cap is of basically square shape with two recess extensions for receiving a butter knife, or the like, for turning the cork and screw as a unit and thereby unscrewing the cap, which is threadably attached to the outside of the neck of the wine bottle. The threading direction of the threads of the cap and neck of the wine bottle are opposite to the threading direction between the cork and the screw. Additionally, the cap is structured to extend a distance above the extent of the cork in the neck of the wine bottle, the cork is bullet-shaped and channels are defined transverse to the threads extending outwardly of the neck of the wine bottle, in order to allow the escape of compressed carbon dioxide in a sparkling wine or champagne bottle as the cap is unscrewed and the cork lifted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Inventor: Achilles P. Ligeras
  • Patent number: 5516189
    Abstract: This device presents a portable seat design, suitable for use in home, automobile, boat, or the like, wherein both the back and the seat portion of the portable seat have embedded therein a heating element for powering by DC in a boat or automobile and by AC in a home. Separate theremostats are provided for the back and seat portion and the powering can be switchable from AC to DC, and the reverse, by using an AC/DC converter switch. The heating elements themselves are embedded or inserted to a rubber or plastic material such as styrofoam, enveloped by a waterproof rubber or plastic, which in turn is surrounded by a flexible plastic cushion material, and then a fabric material. Provisions are made for attaching the back and/or seat portions to an automobile seat or a chair in the home.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Inventor: Achilles P. Ligeras