Patents by Inventor Anthony Caringella
Anthony Caringella 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).
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Patent number: 8641346Abstract: A cleat is provided. The cleat includes, but is not limited to, a head, a shank, and a vertical slot formed through the head and a portion of the shank. The shank is connected to the head and has a pair of opposing planar faces and a pair of opposing short edges, a wide portion and a point. The edges are provided with at least one serration fixed relative to said wide portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Illinois Tool Works, Inc.Inventors: Kyle Kestner, Anthony Caringella, Tomasz Sikora
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Patent number: 8616512Abstract: A cable support has a body formed from a strap of self-supporting material, with a hook portion having a free end and an opposite attachment end. A stem is formed by the attachment end and includes an end segment movable relative to a main segment between a first, linearly-aligned position, and a second, normally-oriented position for facilitating selective mounting of the support on vertical and horizontal substrates.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2010Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Justin C. McMath, Asim Siddiqui, Anthony Caringella, Tom Colangelo
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Patent number: 8419401Abstract: A nozzle head for dispensing sealant within a gap is provided. The nozzle head includes, but is not limited to, a body section and a port connected with the body section. The body section forms a primary channel through which sealant is dispensed. The primary channel forms an entrance through which sealant enters the body section and an exit through which sealant is dispensed from the nozzle. The port is connected with the body section and surrounds the exit. The port forms a chamber having a tip portion opposed to a rear opening. The chamber forms an angled path from the tip portion to the rear opening to trap and guide excess sealant within the chamber to the rear opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2009Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Michael J. McMahon, Stanely Piotrowski, George Mathew Davis, Anthony Caringella, Kyle Kestner, Donald L. VanErden
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Patent number: 8366065Abstract: A laser stand for supporting a laser leveling device during construction involving metal studs and leg tracks provides a planar shelf including a first end and a second end, at least one first leg depending from the first end, at least one second leg depending from the second end, and a magnet enclosure mounted to the second leg and including at least one magnet for supporting the leveling device while attached to the metal stud. The shelf is configured for pivotably accommodating the leveling device and the stand is configured for supporting the leveling device when placed over the leg track on a substrate or attached to the metal stud.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2009Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Steven Gregory Kane, Jr., George Matthew Davis, Anthony Caringella, A. James Walz
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Publication number: 20130017038Abstract: A cleat is provided. The cleat includes, but is not limited to, a head, a shank, and a vertical slot formed through the head and a portion of the shank. The shank is connected to the head and has a pair of opposing planar faces and a pair of opposing short edges, a wide portion and a point. The edges are provided with at least one serration fixed relative to said wide portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Kyle Kestner, Anthony Caringella, Tomasz Sikora
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Publication number: 20120298816Abstract: An electrical box support assembly for mounting an electrical box between a pair of studs is provided. The electrical box support assembly includes, but is not limited to, a pair of telescoping overlapping struts and a pair of engaging tabs detachably coupled with each end of the pair of telescoping overlapping struts. Each strut has a face to which the electrical box may be secured. Each of the pair of engaging tabs includes a first engagement member for primarily engaging a closed face of one of the studs and a side engagement member connected generally perpendicular with the first engagement member. Each end of the pair of telescoping overlapping struts may be detachably coupled at one of two positions on each engaging tab in order to accommodate electrical boxes of varying depths.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: Asim Siddiqui, Anthony Caringella, Tom Colangelo
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Publication number: 20120297723Abstract: A support assembly connected with a stud for securing and guiding conduit and/or cable is provided. The support assembly includes, but is not limited to, a securing arm for securing and guiding the conduit and/or cable and an engaging tab coupled with an end of the securing arm. The engaging tab includes a first engagement member facing a second engagement member, a side engagement member connecting the first and second engagement members together, and a first compressible member extending in a first direction D1 either from the first engagement member towards the second engagement member or from the second engagement member towards the first engagement member. The first compressible member is compressible in a second direction D2 opposite that of the first direction D1.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Asim Siddiqui, Anthony Caringella, Tom Colangelo, Justin McMath
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Patent number: 8303228Abstract: A cleat is provided, including a head and a shank connected to the head. The shank has a pair of opposing planar faces and a pair of opposing short edges, a wide portion and a point. The edges are provided with at least one serration fixed relative to the wide portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Anatoly Gosis, Anthony Caringella, Yury Shkolnikov, Kyle Thomas Kestner
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Patent number: 8235270Abstract: One example of the invention is a holding bracket for attachment to a fastening tool, the fastening tool having a barrel for firing a fastener, the tool defining a major axis, the holding bracket for holding overlapping portions of two members to be fastened to one another. An example holding bracket comprises a mounting portion configured for attachment to the tool and an extension portion extending from the mounting portion. A holding arm is attached to the extension portion and spaced apart from the mounting portion in the direction of the tool major axis to define a gap between the holding arm and the mounting portion, the gap for holding the overlapping portions of the two members for insertion of a fastener ejected from the barrel.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2007Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Anatoly Gosis, Anthony Caringella, Yury Shkolnikov, Kyle T. Kestner
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Patent number: 8181836Abstract: A fastener driving tool is provided, including a housing substantially enclosing a power source including a reciprocating piston with a driver blade. A nosepiece is associated with the housing and is configured for receiving the driver blade and for sequentially receiving fasteners for engagement with the driver blade for driving into a workpiece. A magazine is configured for retaining a supply of the fasteners and for sequentially feeding the fasteners to the nosepiece, the magazine storing a plurality of elongate strips of the fasteners, and being configured for rotating about a longitudinal axis of the magazine for providing access of fasteners in each fastener strip to the nosepiece.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2009Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Yury Shkolnikov, Anatoly Gosis, Anthony Caringella, Asim B. Siddiqui, Kyle Thomas Kestner
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Publication number: 20120074268Abstract: A cable support has a body formed from a strap of self-supporting material, with a hook portion having a free end and an opposite attachment end. A stem is formed by the attachment end and includes an end segment movable relative to a main segment between a first, linearly-aligned position, and a second, normally-oriented position for facilitating selective mounting of the support on vertical and horizontal substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2010Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Justin C. McMath, Asim Siddiqui, Anthony Caringella, Tom Colangelo
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Patent number: 8056785Abstract: A movable holding bracket is provided for attachment to a fastening tool having a nosepiece for driving a fastener, the holding bracket configured for holding overlapping portions of two members to be fastened to one another, the bracket including a fixed portion configured for attachment to a workpiece contact element of the tool, and a movable portion movably attached to said fixed portion. A holding arm is attached to the movable portion and defines a gap configured for holding the overlapping portions of the two members for insertion of a fastener driven from the tool nosepiece.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2008Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Anatoly Gosis, Anthony Caringella, Yury Shkolnikov, Kyle T. Kestner
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Publication number: 20110091590Abstract: A nozzle head for dispensing sealant within a gap is provided. The nozzle head includes, but is not limited to, a body section and a port connected with the body section. The body section forms a primary channel through which sealant is dispensed. The primary channel forms an entrance through which sealant enters the body section and an exit through which sealant is dispensed from the nozzle. The port is connected with the body section and surrounds the exit. The port forms a chamber having a tip portion opposed to a rear opening. The chamber forms an angled path from the tip portion to the rear opening to trap and guide excess sealant within the chamber to the rear opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Michael J. McMahon, Stanely Piotrowski, George Mathew Davis, Anthony Caringella, Kyle Kestner, Donald L. VanErden
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Publication number: 20110089192Abstract: A nozzle for dispensing sealant is provided. The nozzle includes, but is not limited to, a body section and a coupling member. The body section forms a primary channel through which sealant is dispensed. The primary channel forming an entrance through which sealant enters the body section and an exit through which sealant is dispensed from the nozzle. The coupling member is at the entrance of the primary channel and has a first fastener configured to mate with a second fastener of the sealant container.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Michael J. McMahon, Stanely Piotrowski, George Mathew Davis, Anthony Caringella, Kyle Kestner, Donald L. VanErden
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Publication number: 20100243833Abstract: A laser stand for supporting a laser leveling device during construction involving metal studs and leg tracks provides a planar shelf including a first end and a second end, at least one first leg depending from the first end, at least one second leg depending from the second end, and a magnet enclosure mounted to the second leg and including at least one magnet for supporting the leveling device while attached to the metal stud. The shelf is configured for pivotably accommodating the leveling device and the stand is configured for supporting the leveling device when placed over the leg track on a substrate or attached to the metal stud.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Steven Gregory KANE, JR., George Matthew Davis, Anthony Caringella, A. James Walz
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Publication number: 20100115878Abstract: A spring bracket for installing a framing stud between a ceiling and a floor, the spring bracket including at least one clamping portion configured for gripping an end of the frame stud; and at least one leg attached to the clamping portion and configured for engaging the ceiling or floor, wherein the spring bracket is the sole device for securing the framing stud in place relative to the floor upon installation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Anatoly Gosis, Anthony Caringella, Kyle Thomas Kestner
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Publication number: 20100051666Abstract: A fastener driving tool is provided, including a housing substantially enclosing a power source including a reciprocating piston with a driver blade. A nosepiece is associated with the housing and is configured for receiving the driver blade and for sequentially receiving fasteners for engagement with the driver blade for driving into a workpiece. A magazine is configured for retaining a supply of the fasteners and for sequentially feeding the fasteners to the nosepiece, the magazine storing a plurality of elongate strips of the fasteners, and being configured for rotating about a longitudinal axis of the magazine for providing access of fasteners in each fastener strip to the nosepiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: Yury Shkolnikov, Anatoly Gosis, Anthony Caringella, Asim B. Siddiqui, Kyle Thomas Kestner
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Publication number: 20090320328Abstract: A cleat is provided, including a head and a shank connected to the head. The shank has a pair of opposing planar faces and a pair of opposing short edges, a wide portion and a point. The edges are provided with at least one serration fixed relative to the wide portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2009Publication date: December 31, 2009Inventors: Anatoly Gosis, Anthony Caringella, Yury Sholnikov, Kyle Thomas Kestner
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Publication number: 20090095789Abstract: A movable holding bracket is provided for attachment to a fastening tool having a nosepiece for driving a fastener, the holding bracket configured for holding overlapping portions of two members to be fastened to one another, the bracket including a fixed portion configured for attachment to a workpiece contact element of the tool, and a movable portion movably attached to said fixed portion. A holding arm is attached to the movable portion and defines a gap configured for holding the overlapping portions of the two members for insertion of a fastener driven from the tool nosepiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Inventors: Anatoly GOSIS, Anthony Caringella, Yury Shkolnikov, Kyle T. Kestner
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Publication number: 20090095786Abstract: One example of the invention is a holding bracket for attachment to a fastening tool, the fastening tool having a barrel for firing a fastener, the tool defining a major axis, the holding bracket for holding overlapping portions of two members to be fastened to one another. An example holding bracket comprises a mounting portion configured for attachment to the tool and an extension portion extending from the mounting portion. A holding arm is attached to the extension portion and spaced apart from the mounting portion in the direction of the tool major axis to define a gap between the holding arm and the mounting portion, the gap for holding the overlapping portions of the two members for insertion of a fastener ejected from the barrel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2007Publication date: April 16, 2009Inventors: Anatoly Gosis, Anthony Caringella, Yury Shkolnikov, Kyle T. Kestner