Patents by Inventor John Chiodo

John Chiodo 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: 20060032109
    Abstract: The need for having multiple fishing lures, each with a separate visual characteristic such as pattern, color or colors, is reduced by providing a fishing lure with a selectively removable insert to permit another insert having a different visual characteristic to be substituted. An inner body is disposed within an outer body to form an insert chamber to receive a selectively removable insert. The color, colors or pattern of a fishing lure may be changed by substituting one insert with another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventor: John Chiodo
  • Patent number: 5253791
    Abstract: A rack for supporting goods, such as hot food, on the seat of a car during delivery includes a platform having a leg extending in one direction at one side, and a second leg extending in an opposite direction from an opposite side. The first leg acts as a edge or rail to catch the object on the support surface of the platform and the second leg extends from the platform to the car seat to maintain the platform on a generally horizontal plane. The first and second legs have differing lengths, so that the rack may be inverted to accommodate different depths of seat crevices. Also disclosed is an extension member for seats having unusually deep crevices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Inventor: John A. Chiodo
  • Patent number: 4895414
    Abstract: A wheel cover attachment assembly for vehicles has an engagement clip member and a detent member which fit together. Arms project from the clip. The arms having a pointed end to facilitate entry into the groove of a tire rim. The arms have claws to diggingly grip into the rim. The clip has projecting feet with toes for gripping a recess wall of a wheel cover to hold the clip thereto. The detent has a projecting nose which is aligned with the clip arms, and a pair of legs aligned with the clip legs. The end of the detent nose has an upper slanted surface and an arcuate underside to facilitate removel from the rim. The detent has bosses that fit in holes of the clip to hold the two together during assembly. The detent nose is of a resilient self-lubricating material such as plastic. The detent nose and the clip arms are shaped so that upon insertion, a side of the nose has substantial contact with the tire rim while the edges of the clip arms do not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: Siegel-Robert, Inc.
    Inventors: Alvin R. Fleming, John Chiodo