Patents by Inventor Donald S. Lupa

Donald S. Lupa 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).

  • Publication number: 20170057116
    Abstract: A material forming apparatus is disclosed herein having a plurality of bed arms or members, a plurality of clamps connected to the bed arms or members and positioned to receive a piece of material to be formed, and the bed arms or members are movable to bend the piece of material to be formed into a desired shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Donald S. Lupa, Steve B. Torre
  • Patent number: 9492942
    Abstract: A material forming apparatus is disclosed herein having a plurality of bed arms or members, a plurality of clamps connected to the bed arms or members and positioned to receive a piece of material to be formed, and the bed arms or members are movable to bend the piece of material to be formed into a desired shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: SD MACHINERY, LLC
    Inventors: Donald S. Lupa, Steve B. Torre
  • Patent number: 9185977
    Abstract: A furniture skid plate to transport and protect a piece of furniture or a cabinet that includes a general triangular shape base skid plate that includes a bottom surface with a bottom perimeter and a top surface with a top perimeter, a pair of linear rail protrusions that protrude upward and are disposed on the top perimeter of the base skid plate and are in contact with furniture or appliance transported and a pair of indentations that are disposed on the bottom surface of the base skid plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: SD Machinery, LLC
    Inventor: Donald S Lupa
  • Publication number: 20150217476
    Abstract: The present invention is a material forming apparatus that includes an array of gears including a plurality of drive gears and a plurality of driven gears, each driven gear in engagement with a drive gear to form a gear set, and at least one of the driven gear and corresponding drive gear being non-circular so as to alter the pitch as the drive gear adjusts its respective driven gear, includes a flexible bed having a plurality of bed arms, each bed arm being connected to a corresponding gear set, the flexible bed arms form a generally flat bed and a second position where the plurality of bed arms are positioned in desired positions in order to manipulate the flexible bed into a non-linear configuration at least at some point, and includes at least one clamp to hold a workpiece to the flexible bed so that the workpiece matches the non-linear configuration of the flexible bed when the flexible bed is moved from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventor: Donald S. LUPA
  • Publication number: 20150197032
    Abstract: A material forming apparatus is disclosed herein having a plurality of bed arms or members, a plurality of clamps connected to the bed arms or members and positioned to receive a piece of material to be formed, and the bed arms or members are movable to bend the piece of material to be formed into a desired shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Donald S. Lupa, Steve B. Torre
  • Patent number: 9004900
    Abstract: The present invention is a material forming apparatus that includes a piece of material that is a piece of laminated wood, a cover sheet made of plastic material, a flexible bed, a plurality of bed arms and a plurality of drive gears. The material forming apparatus also includes a numerical digital display, a plurality of roller clamps, one or more cranks with a grasping knob and a plurality of pivoting arms that are rotated by rotation of the drive gears and move the bed arms to force the flexible bed and the piece of material into a desired arc radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: SD Machinery, LLC
    Inventors: Donald S. Lupa, Steve B. Torre
  • Publication number: 20130071506
    Abstract: The present invention is a material forming apparatus that includes a piece of material that is a piece of laminated wood, a cover sheet made of plastic material, a flexible bed, a plurality of bed arms and a plurality of drive gears. The material forming apparatus also includes a numerical digital display, a plurality of roller clamps, one or more cranks with a grasping knob and a plurality of pivoting arms that are rotated by rotation of the drive gears and move the bed arms to force the flexible bed and the piece of material into a desired arc radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: Donald S. Lupa