Patents by Inventor Joseph Skovajsa

Joseph Skovajsa 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).

  • Portable device for transporting skis
    Patent number: 4699415
    Abstract: A portable device for transporting skis comprises a cradle (10) made of a material which is at least semi-rigid and comprising a web (11) which is generally horizontal and two flanges (12, 13) which are generally parallel and vertical and which together with said web define an upwardly open, U-shaped, ski-receiving channel. A belt (20) is fixed to the cradle (10) and is suitable for being worn by the user to hold the cradle (10) substantially at waist height and on the hip of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1987
    Inventor: Joseph Skovajsa
  • Device for ski training
    Patent number: 4678183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ski training device which comprises a generally horizontal support plate, oscillating about a principal axis of symmetry, and two sole plates on which rest the feet of a user, carried pivotally on the support plate respectively on one side and the other of a plane of symmetry passing through the principal pivoting axis of the support plate, about respective auxiliary axes generally perpendicular to the upper surface of the support plate. Alternating pivotings of the sole plates about their respective axes, induced by the user, are accompanied by an alternating rocking of the support plate about the associated principal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1987
    Inventor: Joseph Skovajsa
  • Device for gripping articles for robot-type manipulator
    Patent number: 4585260
    Abstract: The device is comprised of a part (10) susceptible of being joined to the end of the manipulator arm and which is provided with a first generally flared orifice (20) intended to receive a part which has substantially a shape corresponding to that of the article to be gripped, and a second orifice (19) extending substantially perpendicularly to the first orifice (20) and opening in the latter, as well as a rod inserted in the second orifice (19) wherein the rod is free to slide, the displacement of said rod being controlled by the manipulator so as to bear against the inserted portion of the article into the first orifice (20), in order to prevent that portion from moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1986
    Assignee: Societe Invo Plastic S.A.R.L.
    Inventor: Joseph Skovajsa
  • Device for the local treatment of a patient, and more particularly applicable in acupuncture and auriculotheraphy
    Patent number: 4232678
    Abstract: A device for the local treatment of a patient by acupuncture or auriculotherapy. Instead of needles, a treatment head is approached the body of the patient. It includes an infra-red laser diode being excitable recurrently and in a controlled manner. The recurrence frequency is selectable among a plurality of discrete frequencies, each of which may be finely adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1980
    Inventor: Joseph Skovajsa