Patents by Inventor Giovanni Zaniboni

Giovanni Zaniboni 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).

  • Overmask element for vehicle wheels
    Patent number: 7997663
    Abstract: A wheel cover suitable for being mounted on vehicle wheels having an outer surface adapted for facing away from a wheel of a vehicle and an inner surface adapted for facing towards the wheel when mounting the wheel cover. Central fasteners and peripheral fasteners extend from the inner surface towards the wheel of the vehicle. The central fasteners are arranged at bolts of the wheel. Both the central fasteners and the peripheral fasteners are shaped so as to make an exclusively snap-type mounting of the wheel cover on elements of the wheel. A ridge projects from the inner surface of the wheel cover to make abutment with the head of the bolt at the same time the rib or tooth abuts onto the sloped section of the bolt head to stop the insertion movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Lupini Targhe S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giovanni Zaniboni
  • Overmask Element For Vehicle Wheels
    Publication number: 20090179481
    Abstract: A overmask element suitable for being mounted on vehicle wheels comprises an outer surface suitable for facing towards the outside of the overmask and of the vehicle and an inner surface suitable for facing towards the wheel of the vehicle. Central fastening means and peripheral fastening means extend from the inner surface towards the wheel of the vehicle. The central fastening means are arranged along a first circumference of the overmask element at bolts of the wheel and the peripheral fastening means are arranged along a second circumference having a greater diameter than the first circumference. Both the central fastening means and the peripheral fastening means are shaped so as to make an exclusively snap-type mounting of the overmask element on elements of the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: LUPINI TARGHE S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giovanni Zaniboni
  • Wheel overmask
    Patent number: 6672676
    Abstract: A wheel overmask for a vechicle having a wheel made of aluminium or alminium alloy. The overmask includes a body of the same material as the wheel and is conformed to the same shape as the contact surface of the wheel to which it is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Lupini Targhe S.r.l.
    Inventor: Giovanni Zaniboni
  • Wheel overmask
    Publication number: 20030020322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wheel overmask for a vehicle having a wheel made of aluminum or aluminium alloy, the overmask being characterized in that it comprises a body of the same material as the said wheel and conformed to the same shape as the contact surface of the said wheel to which it is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventor: Giovanni Zaniboni