Patents by Inventor Charles A. Cucci

Charles A. Cucci 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: 5788787
    Abstract: A portable tire valve extension is disclosed which is capable of enabling the inflation of an inner tire while it remains mounted to a second outer tire, as is often the case with many trucks, buses, recreational vehicles, and motor homes. A cylinder including an air valve (of identical size, shape, and configuration as is traditionally used on a tire) is located at one end of the cylinder, and an air valve (of identical size, shape, and configuration as is traditionally used on an air pump) is located at a second end. In a preferred embodiment, the cylinder is of approximately 12 inches in length and 1/4 inch in diameter, so as to allow it to fit through the rim of the outer tire to access the inner tire valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Inventor: Charles Cucci
  • Patent number: 5713498
    Abstract: A cargo container is provided for being removably mounted to a roof rack system of an automobile. The container includes a body portion having a bottom, a continuous sidewall having a peripheral edge and extending up from the bottom at the peripheral edge, an interior space defined by the continuous sidewall and the bottom, a top releasably engageable to the continuous sidewall for providing access to the interior space, and a lip along the body portion to interconnect the peripheral edge and the bottom. The lip is constructed to extend beyond the peripheral edge to coact with at least one strut member of the roof rack system so as to be releasably secured in the space between the strut and the automobile roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Inventor: Charles A. Cucci
  • Patent number: 5662331
    Abstract: A game playing piece is described for playing a game laid out on a flat street, sidewalk or driveway surface, having a generally rounded disc shape of diameter 3-4 times greater than its thickness, a flat bottom, and composed substantially entirely of glass, adapted for finger actuating propulsion along the laid-out playing field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Inventor: Charles Cucci