Patents by Inventor Jonathan Paul Grasso

Jonathan Paul Grasso 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: 5836496
    Abstract: A phone presentation device for holding and displaying a portable telephone handset within an automotive vehicle has a housing, an adjustable cradle attached to an inner surface of the housing, and a pivoting mount member for pivotally mounting the housing to a trim piece in the vehicle for movement between a stowed position hidden from view within a depression in the trim piece and a deployed position in which the handset is presented for use. The adjustable cradle has an elongate base member with a handset receiving section, a fixed grip mounted on a first end of the base member, an adjustable grip mounted on a second end of the base member for movement between a first position biasing the handset longitudinally toward the fixed grip and a second position in which the handset may be released from the fixed grip, and a pair of springs for biasing the adjustable grip between the first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: David Hastings Levin, Jonathan Paul Grasso, Licheng Tseng