Patents by Inventor Carlos Alberto Rodriguez

Carlos Alberto Rodriguez 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: 9772172
    Abstract: A tool capable of creating and measuring circles and circular profiles of any size without the need for a pivoting center arm. Circle size can be selectively adjusted and held, and both the inside and outside of tool creates and measures circles of a near infinite number of size. The tool contains marking rules such as radius, diameter, arc length, circumference, sector area, area of a circle for any size circle, etc., obviating the need for calculating the same, and any or a combination of unit measure systems can be employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Inventors: Frank Pinal, Carlos Alberto Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20140373367
    Abstract: A tool capable of creating and measuring circles and circular profiles of any size without the need for a pivoting center arm. Circle size can be selectively adjusted and held, and both the inside and outside of tool creates and measures circles of a near infinite number of size. The tool contains marking rules such as radius, diameter, arc length, circumference, sector area, area of a circle for any size circle, etc., obviating the need for calculating the same, and any or a combination of unit measure systems can be employed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: KOALA TOOLS, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Pinal, Carlos Alberto Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 8250771
    Abstract: A multifunctional ruler and protractor tool with the ability to form and scale a near infinite number of geometric shapes. The tool comprises both a standalone ruler and protractor unit. Rulers are capable of being added to each other successively, creating straight ruler assemblies of virtually any length. The protractor unit can be slid onto a single ruler or a straight ruler assembly containing any number of consecutively connected rulers, and is capable of fastening another ruler to its sides by a quick connect/disconnect mechanism. The protractor component of the protractor unit pivots, allowing for the creation of angles between rulers that are laterally fastened and slidably engaged to it. The sliding lock on the protractor unit can arrest both rotational and translational motion of the protractor unit along any ruler, if it is manipulated to do so. Multiple rulers and protractors can be connected to form both open and closed, regular and irregular, polygons, and other sided geometric shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Inventors: Frank Pinal, Carlos Alberto Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20120096725
    Abstract: A multifunctional ruler and protractor tool with the ability to form and scale a near infinite number of geometric shapes. The tool comprises both a standalone ruler and protractor unit. Rulers are capable of being added to each other successively, creating straight ruler assemblies of virtually any length. The protractor unit can be slid onto a single ruler or a straight ruler assembly containing any number of consecutively connected rulers, and is capable of fastening another ruler to its sides by a quick connect/disconnect mechanism. The protractor component of the protractor unit pivots, allowing for the creation of angles between rulers that are laterally fastened and slidably engaged to it. The sliding lock on the protractor unit can arrest both rotational and translational motion of the protractor unit along any ruler, if it is manipulated to do so. Multiple rulers and protractors can be connected to form both open and closed, regular and irregular, polygons, and other sided geometric shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Frank Pinal, Carlos Alberto Rodriguez