Patents by Inventor Joseph J. Chioffe

Joseph J. Chioffe 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).

  • Earring back adapter
    Patent number: 5588309
    Abstract: The device includes a conventional ornament holder with a friction post which is connected to a conventional back clutch. Attached to the back clutch is a clutch adapter, which is designed to move along a bridge mechanism that is composed of a bent spring wire. At the other end of the spring wire, a base is provided to which a second ornament holder may be affixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Inventor: Joseph J. Chioffe
  • Kit assembly for transforming a container into a kaleidoscope
    Patent number: 4732439
    Abstract: A kit assembly for transforming a container into a kaleidoscope consisting of a hand supportable container which has an open first end and a second end having a viewing hole. A reflecting means is inserted into the container between the first end and the viewing hole. A picture or decal adhered to a rotatable means is placed over the first end of the container and is viewed through the viewing hole and the reflecting means. An image of the picture is defined by a reflecting surface of the reflecting means at the viewing hole so that, when the rotatable means is turned, a viewer sees a varying composite image of the picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1988
    Inventor: Joseph J. Chioffe
  • Earring back device
    Patent number: 4688400
    Abstract: An earring back device consisting of a back clutch movably attached to a bridge mechanism whose ends are inserted into an ornament holder. The ends of the bridge mechanism are inserted through two peripheral channels in the back clutch enabling the clutch to be moved up and down on the bridge mechanism to adjust the distance between the back clutch and the ornament holder, so that a wearer may place the ornament holder in a desired position at the base of her ear lobe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1987
    Assignee: Montclair Jewelry Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph J. Chioffe
  • Medical pendant
    Patent number: 4249330
    Abstract: A pendant type capsule is provided to be worn on the person as jewelry and having within an air and water-tight cavity therewithin a small microfilm containing the medical history or medical and personal characteristics of the person carrying or wearing the jewerly together with a suitable light sensitive backing for or adjacent to the film to provide lighting characteristics, and a lens at the other end of the cavity, with the film and lens fixedly mounted to provide fixed focus for observing the medical history of the person without the necessity of using other devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1981
    Inventor: Joseph J. Chioffe