Patents by Inventor Joseph G. Vaiana

Joseph G. Vaiana 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).

  • Ergonomic garbage container
    Publication number: 20090084794
    Abstract: A garbage container includes two shoulder-receiving recesses formed in its bottom edge. The shoulder recesses are contoured indentations formed in the container and are concavely curved and dimensioned to comfortably receive the shoulder of a worker transporting the garbage container. Each shoulder recess includes a removable and replaceable cushion pad. An adapter having two shoulder-receiving recesses is: mountable to the bottom end of a conventional garbage container to provide the conventional garbage container with such ergonomic features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: EZ-Can, Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph G. Vaiana, Frank Leparik
  • Patient transfer arrangement
    Patent number: 4797960
    Abstract: An arrangement of a wheelchair with a movable seat and leg rest and a bed equipped with transfer apparatus provided with rollers, a movable sheet and lift arms, for transporting a patient comfortably across the bed to a sitting position in the wheelchair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1989
    Assignee: Nova Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph G. Vaiana, Paul DiMatteo, Charles F. Chubb