Patents by Inventor Ignazio Macaluso

Ignazio Macaluso 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: 20080319397
    Abstract: A holder for receiving a stomach insert feeding tube therein for use in the gastronomical feeding of a patient. The feeding tube holder includes a substantially donut-shaped housing having a passageway for receiving the feeding tube therethrough. The donut-shaped housing includes a channel connected to the passageway for allowing the removal of the feeding tube holder without the need for removing the feeding tube from the stomach wall of the patient. The donut-shaped housing also includes an outer flange member for contacting a pad positioned on the stomach surface of the patient. Additionally, the donut-shaped housing further includes an exterior circular side wall and an interior circular side wall being connected to each other by a top wall member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventor: Ignazio Macaluso
  • Patent number: 5365694
    Abstract: A vehicle anti-theft parking space device including a vertically slideable post telescopingly received in a receptacle base securely mounted underground from ground level in a driveway and the like so that the post can be raised and locked in the raised position above ground level by a padlock to prevent unauthorized movement of a vehicle parked on the driveway. A spring mechanism is disposed between the post and the receptacle base to maintain the post in the raised position in a vertical alignment with the receptacle base. A hasp is pivotally mounted within the post so that the hasp can freely pivot through a slot in the post into a horizontal position extending outwardly from the post, and secured in the horizontal position by the padlock so that the post cannot be lowered into the receptacle base. The hasp is pivoted back into the post, when the padlock is removed, as the post is being lowered into the receptacle base. A handle is provided for pulling the post up to the raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Inventor: Ignazio Macaluso