Patents by Inventor Andrew S. Bianco

Andrew S. Bianco 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: 4811870
    Abstract: A low profile, liquid container, preferably of molded plastic construction, has rotatably mounted on it a dispensing spout which can be rotated between a pouring position and a stowed position overlying a carrying handle for the container. The rotatable spout is provided with outwardly projecting ribs which are alternately engageable with projections formed on the container to lock the spout in either the pouring or the stowed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1989
    Assignee: The Dyson-Kissner-Moran Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew S. Bianco
  • Patent number: 4265378
    Abstract: A reversible closure-spout assembly for a liquid container such as a gasoline can or the like is provided with a threaded closure cap having a central opening therein, an annular gasket in the cap, and a flexible pour spout having an outwardly projecting flange on one end. The flange has mounted on it a disc-shaped sealing member having a tapered upstanding central cylindrical portion, an inner annular portion having a plurality of slots, and a plurality of ribs extending inwardly toward the flange. In storage, the upstanding portion of the disc-shaped member forms a seal with the closure cap. In use, the direction of the spout assembly in the cap is reversed and liquid flows from the container through the slots in the disc-shaped member into the spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1981
    Assignee: Huffy Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew S. Bianco
  • Patent number: 4257288
    Abstract: A wrench particularly adapted for removing automotive oil filters and similar cannister type filters without crushing the relatively thin outer shell of the filter. The wrench includes a relatively wide, flat, flexible metal strap having a length less than the circumference of the filter and pivotally connected at one end to an end of a rigid handle. The strap carries a pivotally mounted hook at its opposite end and the hook is adapted to engage the cross pins of a link chain which is pivotally connected at one end to the handle at a point spaced inwardly from the end of the handle to which the strap is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1981
    Assignee: Huffy Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew S. Bianco
  • Patent number: D286376
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1986
    Assignee: The Dyson-Kissner-Moran Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew S. Bianco