Patents by Inventor Julie Arcuri

Julie Arcuri 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: 7748417
    Abstract: An improved beer tender apparatus for hands-free drawing of beer, including an improved main pitcher support assembly having pivoting parallel support bar means depending from a base means and connected on one end to pivot about a pivot axis, pitcher support means connected to the other end of the pivoting support bars means, suitable to support an empty pitcher in an upright angularly tilted position, improved biasing means connected between the base means and the pitcher support means, biasing the pitcher support means into a first angular tilted position, and being responsive to the increasing weight of the pitcher to move the pitcher support means to an upright position, and to again assume the first angular titled position when the filled beer pitcher is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Inventor: Julie Arcuri
  • Publication number: 20090229699
    Abstract: This disclosure and the method of its use are now disclosed. This patent is directed to provide an invention that can be placed under a beer tapping system, and allow for a hands free operation to transfer dispensed beer into a pitcher. This disclosure includes a main pitcher support assembly that attached to pivoting support bars. The support bars are pivotal, and designed to connect to a motion control device that allow for the pitcher angle to change from a tilted position to upright position as the weight of the pitcher increases. Both the main support assembly and pivoting support arms are connected to a solid base. The disclosure begins at a tilted angle, as weight of the pitcher increases, the pivoting arms connected with the motion control assembly allows the beer to flow into the pitcher at a tilted position and slowly move the pitcher to an upright position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventor: Julie Arcuri