Patents by Inventor Gerard Buonpane

Gerard Buonpane 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: 10538934
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are building opening protection panel systems and methods for windows, doors, and other portals that may be vulnerable to damage, such as external projectiles or wind and debris forces active during storms. The protection panel systems and methods may include a lightweight multi-wall plastic panel housed within a lightweight solid plastic shell, which can be inserted into the building opening to prevent external wind pressures and other elements from infiltrating and/or causing damage to the building and its interior contents. The multi-wall plastic panel may include through-holes and/or other apertures for threading anchoring straps. The multi-wall plastic panel threaded with straps may then be inserted and affixed within the solid plastic shell to provide a wind proof exterior face. The multi-wall plastic panel within the solid plastic shell may then be fastened to a window sash, door, and/or other anchoring structure within the building opening using the straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Inventors: Gerard Buonpane, Diane Buonpane
  • Publication number: 20190242149
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are building opening protection panel systems and methods for windows, doors, and other portals that may be vulnerable to damage, such as external projectiles or wind and debris forces active during storms. The protection panel systems and methods may include a lightweight multi-wall plastic panel housed within a lightweight solid plastic shell, which can be inserted into the building opening to prevent external wind pressures and other elements from infiltrating and/or causing damage to the building and its interior contents. The multi-wall plastic panel may include through-holes and/or other apertures for threading anchoring straps. The multi-wall plastic panel threaded with straps may then be inserted and affixed within the solid plastic shell to provide a wind proof exterior face. The multi-wall plastic panel within the solid plastic shell may then be fastened to a window sash, door, and/or other anchoring structure within the building opening using the straps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Gerard BUONPANE, Diane BUONPANE
  • Patent number: 10081979
    Abstract: A window protector device and method is provided that includes a polycarbonate receptacle configured to be received in an outermost groove of a double-hung tilt-wash window frame, a multi-wall polycarbonate rectangular cuboid panel configured for being received in said receptacle via a two sided adhesive material, the device being coupled to double-hung tilt window sashes via buckled straps disposed in horizontally oriented slotted apertures with the straps sandwiched between the receptacle and the panel, with the ends of the straps extending outwardly from the panel for strapping onto the respective window sashes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Inventors: Gerard Buonpane, Diane Buonpane
  • Publication number: 20080289699
    Abstract: A downspout skirt includes a first skirt member having first and second exposed ends and having an inner surface configured to engage a side wall of a downspout, and including a second skirt member having third and fourth exposed ends and having an inner surface configured to engage a different side wall of the downspout. The downspout skirt also includes a fastening system for removably coupling the first and second exposed ends of the first skirt member to the third and fourth exposed ends of the second skirt member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventor: Gerard Buonpane