Patents by Inventor Douglas R. Marchio

Douglas R. Marchio 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: 10155579
    Abstract: A wireless controller configured to operate the propulsion system of a vehicle, and in particular a watercraft, using intuitive, analog controls, whereby the controls allow for movement of the vehicle in forward, reverse, left, and right directions, at varying speeds, with the propulsion system in one embodiment having a pair of fixed motors each with a rotating propeller, with all directional and speed variations accomplished by operating each of the propellers in the same or opposite direction as the other propeller, each propeller operating at various speeds or no speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Inventor: Douglas R. Marchio
  • Publication number: 20180201354
    Abstract: A wireless controller configured to operate the propulsion system of a vehicle, and in particular a watercraft, using intuitive, analog controls, whereby the controls allow for movement of the vehicle in forward, reverse, left, and right directions, at varying speeds, with the propulsion system in one embodiment having a pair of fixed motors each with a rotating propeller, with all directional and speed variations accomplished by operating each of the propellers in the same or opposite direction as the other propeller, each propeller operating at various speeds or no speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventor: Douglas R. Marchio
  • Patent number: 4079241
    Abstract: A lamp for illuminating, storing and displaying small objects is disclosed and includes at least one tray for supporting the small objects and means for supporting the tray selectively in either a position nesting adjacent a tray receiving means or a position spaced below the tray receiving means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1978
    Inventor: Douglas R. Marchio
  • Patent number: 3942735
    Abstract: A web of material is drawn by the machine from a removable supply roll over a first self-centering pulley, across a flat reviewing surface, over a second set of self-centering pulleys arranged in a figure S fashion, and is wound on a removable takeup shaft. Cutting means are provided for severing the portion of the web wound on the takeup shaft from the remainder of the web, and motor driven means are provided for selectively driving either the takeup shaft forwardly or the supply roll rearwardly in order to collate different web segments on one or more takeup shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1976
    Assignee: Levi Strauss & Co.
    Inventors: Douglas R. Marchio, Marino J. Marchio