Patents by Inventor Antonio M. Arias

Antonio M. Arias 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: 7434861
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising guide rails and rolling brackets mounted on opposite side panels extending up from the bed of a truck, and longitudinally extensible and retractable arm members for engagement removably to respective joints on said rolling brackets, for rolling a trunk and a pair of reclinable seats until retained in place either in the middle of the truck bed or on the end of said bed next to the cab of the truck is disclosed. The joints, which receive the arm members with which the trunk and the seats are secured to the side panels, can be set at different distances from the top of said side panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Inventor: Antonio M. Arias
  • Publication number: 20080007082
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising guide rails and rolling brackets mounted on opposite side panels extending up from the bed of a truck, and longitudinally extensible and retractable arm members for engagement removably to respective joints on said rolling brackets, for rolling a trunk and a pair of reclinable seats until retained in place either in the middle of the truck bed or on the end of said bed next to the cab of the truck is disclosed. The joints, which receive the arm members with which the trunk and the seats are secured to the side panels, can be set at different distances from the top of said side panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventor: Antonio M. Arias
  • Publication number: 20040154523
    Abstract: A platform structure surrounded by water is disclosed. The platform structure is put together with rigid hollow tubes passing through recesses and internal passages of inflated sacks floating on the water surface, to support a series of rigid slats under the water. The series of slats comprise a firm and flat underwater platform in the middle of two or more inflated sacks floating on the water surface. The apparatus is specially designed to be disassembled and carried compactly on the trunk of an automobile, with the sacks deflated and the series of slats rolled up. The rigid hollow tubes which join together the sacks and the slats can also be separated from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventor: Antonio M. Arias
  • Publication number: 20040074270
    Abstract: A seat retainer arrangement for use on the cargo compartment of a pickup truck or the like comprising a substantially rigid, longitudinally extensible and retractable arm member for engagement removably to respective openings on mounting brackets secured to opposite side walls of the cargo compartment is disclosed. The seat used with this seat retainer arrangement has a backrest which can be reclined back and down and a leg rest segment which can be extended up and to the front when said seat is engaged to said arm member and said arm member is secured to said openings on said mounting brackets on opposite side walls of the cargo compartment. Additionally, the legs of the seat are extensible and retractable so that the seat rests on the bottom of the cargo compartment even when the mounting brackets are installed on the side walls of cargo compartments of different pickup trucks having different heights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventor: Antonio M. Arias
  • Publication number: 20040065245
    Abstract: A platform structure surrounded by water is disclosed. The platform structure is put together with hollow tubes passing through recesses and internal passages of inflated sacks floating on the water surface and holding in between and underwater a series of slats to comprise a firm and flat underwater platform. The apparatus is specially designed to be disassembled and carried compactly on the trunk of an automobile, with the sacks deflated and the series of slats rolled up. The hollow tubes which join together the sacks and the slats can also be separated from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventor: Antonio M. Arias
  • Patent number: 6651469
    Abstract: A seat retainer arrangement for use on the cargo compartment of a pickup truck or the like comprising a substantially rigid, longitudinally extensible and retractable arm member for engagement removably to respective joints on the bed liner sections covering two opposite side walls of the cargo compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Inventor: Antonio M. Arias
  • Publication number: 20020088259
    Abstract: A seat retainer arrangement for use on the cargo compartment of a pickup truck or the like comprising a substantially rigid, longitudinally extensible and retractable arm member for engagement removably to respective joints on the bed liner sections covering two opposite side walls of the cargo compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventor: Antonio M. Arias
  • Patent number: 4261447
    Abstract: The suitcase cart includes a suitcase and parallel tubular frame members affixed to the bottom of the suitcase. The frame members are L-shaped. A U-shaped handle telescopes relative to one pair of legs of the frame members, and a U-shaped base member telescopes relative to the other pair of legs of the frame members. Wheels are provided at the corners of the frame members. The handle is manipulated to wheel the suitcase along with or without an additional article on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1981
    Inventors: Antonio M. Arias, Juan F. Cerna