Patents by Inventor Alan J. Santorsola

Alan J. Santorsola 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: 6385875
    Abstract: Two plastic film transparencies are rotatably attached side-by-side by engagement of film portions on one transparency with at least one incision on the other. There are images on each transparency and the rotatable attachment allows relative rotation of the transparencies to overlay the images on the transparencies. The images are cooperative so that overlaid images provide cooperative images. The rotatable attachment is accomplished by film portions on one transparency engaging an incision or incisions on the other. In some embodiments of the subject invention at least one of the transparencies is essentially circular. In all embodiments of the invention the relative rotation of the transparencies is in a range of 10° to 360°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Inventor: Alan J. Santorsola
  • Patent number: 6272776
    Abstract: A first plastic film transparency (10) is formed to include an image (14). A second plastic film transparency (12) is formed to include a complementary image (16). The transparencies (10, 12) are positioned side-by-side. The first transparency (10) is formed to include a circle of circumferentially spaced apart incisions (18) in it. The second transparency (12) includes film portions (20) that project through the incisions (18) and connect the transparencies (10, 12) together for at least some rotation, one relative to the other. One transparency (10, 12) can be rotated relative to the other to bring the images (14, 16) into a predetermined relationship, each to the other, so that the two images (14, 16) when viewed together will provide a predetermined combined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Inventor: Alan J. Santorsola
  • Patent number: 5669165
    Abstract: A picture card (9) including a front card (11), a back card (10), a first transparency (14) and a second transparency (18). First and second transparencies are rotatably secured together by means of grommet (20) and second transparency (18) is mounted to back card (10). First transparency (14) preferably includes an image similar to that of second transparency (18), whereby first transparency (14) can be rotated to align its image with the image of second transparency (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Inventor: Alan J. Santorsola