Patents by Inventor Charles F. Zala

Charles F. Zala 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: 8627599
    Abstract: A planting pot system is provided. In the system, a multi-compartment tray that contains compartments that have either no vertical planes of symmetry or only one vertical plane of symmetry causes pots that have either one vertical plane of symmetry or no vertical planes of symmetry to be limited or precluded from being rotated and consistently urged into a place in only one orientation. Through this system efficient and effective orienting of and displaying of the contents of the pots may be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Costa Farms, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Contillo, III, Charles F. Zala, Fabian Eduardo Saenz
  • Publication number: 20120066970
    Abstract: A planting pot system is provided. In the system, a multi-compartment tray that contains compartments that have either no vertical planes of symmetry or only one vertical plane of symmetry causes pots that have either one vertical plane of symmetry or no vertical planes of symmetry to be limited or precluded from being rotated and consistently urged into a place in only one orientation. Through this system efficient and effective orienting of and displaying of the contents of the pots may be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: COSTA FARMS, LLC.
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Contillo, III, Charles F. Zala, Fabian Eduardo Saenz