Patents by Inventor Andrew T. Kostanecki

Andrew T. Kostanecki 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: 4280257
    Abstract: An improved clasp is provided for an adjustable watch band having overlapping strands, each comprising transversely abutting links, to releasably connect the strands together on the wrist of the wearer. The clasp includes a decorative cover member attached to the free end of the first strand with the cover member having one or more transversely oriented, preferably C-shaped hooks projecting therefrom to effect releasable engagement around links of the second strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1981
    Assignee: Timex Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew T. Kostanecki
  • Patent number: 4161796
    Abstract: A sailboat hull comprised of a monolithic structure fabricated of low-density polymer foam and having integrally formed therewith an internal H-shaped structure. The H-shaped structure serves to reinforce the hull and provides buoyancy chambers extending along either side of the hull and a centerboard trunk medially of the hull. The chambers define leg space therebetween and are so proportioned that said leg space is buoyantly supported above the surface of the water when the hull is in a tipped vertically disposed position. The hull is provided with a rudder comprised of a pair of separate cheek plates vertically disposed in spaced parallel relationship to one another and held in this position by extruded aluminum pintle blocks secured between the plates. The pintle blocks extend forwardly of the plates and carry aligned pintle pins. A tiller is fixedly attached between the upper edges of the plates and the rudder is pivotally secured between the plates beneath the tiller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1979
    Assignee: Kransco Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew T. Kostanecki