Patents by Inventor Gregory Tropea
Gregory Tropea 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).
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Publication number: 20240010418Abstract: According to an embodiment, a blade dispenser includes a body portion; and a lid portion slidable relative to the body portion to move the blade dispenser between a closed configuration and an extended configuration. The lid portion comprises a first lid portion having a first blade chamber and a second lid portion having a second blade chamber. The first lid portion and the second lid portion are coupled by a hinge portion configured to permit the first lid portion to pivot relative to the second lid portion to move the blade dispenser from the extended configuration to an open configuration. In the open configuration blades may be removed from or inserted into both the first blade chamber and the second blade chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2022Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Cole Thomas Sanders, Gregory Tropea, Matthew Alan Seibert
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Patent number: 11833658Abstract: In one embodiment, a tool container system includes a container with base and cover pivotably attached by a hinge, base and cover locking members, and a latch moveable between unlatched and latched positions to allow or prevent movement of the cover relative to the base. The system also includes a utility knife blade retainer configured to be received in and held by the container, the retainer configured to define a generally trapezoidal shape and contact multiple faces of blades received therein. The retainer comprises an engagement feature to engage with the container to limit movement of the retainer. In another embodiment, a knife blade retainer is configured to be received in a container. The retainer includes a generally trapezoidal shape defined therein to contact multiple faces of a trapezoidal shape of blades received therein. An engagement feature engages with the container to limit movement of the retainer within the container.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.Inventors: John Kenneth Adams, Gregory Tropea, Austin Charles Allessio, Aaron Jonathan Jones, Ralf Strauss
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Publication number: 20230015233Abstract: In one embodiment, a tool container system includes a container with base and cover pivotably attached by a hinge, base and cover locking members, and a latch moveable between unlatched and latched positions to allow or prevent movement of the cover relative to the base. The system also includes a utility knife blade retainer configured to be received in and held by the container, the retainer configured to define a generally trapezoidal shape and contact multiple faces of blades received therein. The retainer comprises an engagement feature to engage with the container to limit movement of the retainer. In another embodiment, a knife blade retainer is configured to be received in a container. The retainer includes a generally trapezoidal shape defined therein to contact multiple faces of a trapezoidal shape of blades received therein. An engagement feature engages with the container to limit movement of the retainer within the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: John Kenneth Adams, Gregory Tropea, Austin Charles Allessio, Aaron Jonathan Jones, Ralf Strauss
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Patent number: 11472020Abstract: In one embodiment, a tool container system includes a container with base and cover pivotably attached by a hinge, base and cover locking members, and a latch moveable between unlatched and latched positions to allow or prevent movement of the cover relative to the base. The system also includes a utility knife blade retainer configured to be received in and held by the container, the retainer configured to define a generally trapezoidal shape and contact multiple faces of blades received therein. The retainer comprises an engagement feature to engage with the container to limit movement of the retainer. In another embodiment, a knife blade retainer is configured to be received in a container. The retainer includes a generally trapezoidal shape defined therein to contact multiple faces of a trapezoidal shape of blades received therein. An engagement feature engages with the container to limit movement of the retainer within the container.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.Inventors: John Kenneth Adams, Gregory Tropea, Austin Charles Allessio, Aaron Jonathan Jones, Ralf Strauss
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Publication number: 20220226981Abstract: In one embodiment, a tool container system includes a container with base and cover pivotably attached by a hinge, base and cover locking members, and a latch moveable between unlatched and latched positions to allow or prevent movement of the cover relative to the base. The system also includes a utility knife blade retainer configured to be received in and held by the container, the retainer configured to define a generally trapezoidal shape and contact multiple faces of blades received therein. The retainer comprises an engagement feature to engage with the container to limit movement of the retainer. In another embodiment, a knife blade retainer is configured to be received in a container. The retainer includes a generally trapezoidal shape defined therein to contact multiple faces of a trapezoidal shape of blades received therein. An engagement feature engages with the container to limit movement of the retainer within the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2021Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: John Kenneth Adams, Gregory Tropea, Austin Charles Allessio, Aaron Jonathan Jones, Ralf Strauss
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Patent number: 9676079Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to a clamp. In one embodiment, the clamp includes a bar, and a first jaw, movable along the bar and positioned on a first side of the bar. The clamp also includes a second jaw positioned on the bar on a second side of the bar, opposite the first side. The clamp also includes an actuator for moving the first jaw toward the second jaw for clamping one or more workpieces, and the actuator includes one or more drive plates operatively coupled to the bar when the first jaw is in a driving mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.Inventor: Gregory Tropea
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Publication number: 20140252711Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to a clamp. In one embodiment, the clamp includes a bar, and a first jaw, movable along the bar and positioned on a first side of the bar. The clamp also includes a second jaw positioned on the bar on a second side of the bar, opposite the first side. The clamp also includes an actuator for moving the first jaw toward the second jaw for clamping one or more workpieces, and the actuator includes one or more drive plates operatively coupled to the bar when the first jaw is in a driving mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventor: Gregory Tropea
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Patent number: 6397836Abstract: A pair of door mounting assemblies mount an oven door assembly to an oven such that the oven door assembly may move between a closed baking position, a broiling position, and an open position. Each of the door mounting assemblies includes a mounting member that is pivotally connected to the door assembly. Each door mounting assembly includes a spring biased mechanism to enable the oven door assembly to be biased by the weight thereof when in a first range of movement, to be biased toward and into the broiling position when in a second range of movement, and to be biased toward and into the baking position when in a third range of movement. A damper assembly provides resistance to the movement of the oven door assembly within the second and third ranges to limit the rate of movement of the oven door assembly toward the broiling and baking positions.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2001Date of Patent: June 4, 2002Assignee: The Stanley WorksInventors: Thomas A Pelletier, Steven Levine, Gregory Tropea, Kenneth Strickland
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Patent number: 6209171Abstract: Apparatus for use in mounting a door on an overhead track comprising a carriage assembly constructed and arranged to be moved horizontally along the track in such a way as to limit upward movement thereof, and a door mounted assembly constructed and arranged to be mounted on an upper edge of the door so as to be moved with the door. The door mounted assembly is movable with the door (1) into an initial position wherein a locking member on the carriage assembly is in an initial vertically aligned position with respect to a locking member receiving opening on the door mounted assembly and (2) from the initial position upwardly with a snap action into a locking position wherein the locking member is in a locking position within the opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1999Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: The Stanley WorksInventors: Thomas Pelletier, Gregory Tropea
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Patent number: D688109Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.Inventors: Karl Vanderbeek, Gregory Tropea, Nidta Viyakornvilas