Patents by Inventor Kosta Gianakopoulos

Kosta Gianakopoulos 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).

  • Passenger vehicle personal electronic device holders
    Patent number: 11904812
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to personal electronic device holders. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to phone and tablet holders for use with passenger seating for passenger vehicles, such as a passenger aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: REINHOLD INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kosta Gianakopoulos, Clarence Hightower
  • Tablet holder
    Patent number: 11897615
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a tablet support that can be readily affixed to one side of a substantially upright seatback and one that can conveniently function to support numerous types of informational displays, including, but not limited to books, magazines, tablet computers, note book computers, media players, smart phones and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Reinhold Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Kosta Gianakopoulos
  • Monitor mounting apparatus
    Patent number: 11338740
    Abstract: A monitor mounting apparatus for use in connection with passenger vehicles such as aircraft, trains, and buses. The unique pivoting mechanism of the mounting apparatus permits lowering of the monitor in a manner that permits the top of the monitor screen to be visible even to the tallest of passengers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Reinhold Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Kosta Gianakopoulos
  • Passenger seating foot pedestal
    Patent number: 11202510
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to foot pedestals for passenger vehicles. More specifically, the present disclosure describes a deployable foot pedestal that provides support and comfort to a passenger. The foot pedestal includes an internal torsion spring so that it remains stowed and flush with the rear of the seat back when not in use. It can be deployed for use by the passenger using their foot, or hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: REINHOLD INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Clough, Kosta Gianakopoulos
  • Tablet Holder
    Publication number: 20210291984
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a tablet support that can be readily affixed to one side of a substantially upright seatback and one that can conveniently function to support numerous types of informational displays, including, but not limited to books, magazines, tablet computers, note book computers, media players, smart phones and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Kosta Gianakopoulos
  • PASSENGER VEHICLE PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE HOLDERS
    Publication number: 20210178977
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to personal electronic device holders. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to phone and tablet holders for use with passenger seating for passenger vehicles, such as a passenger aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Kosta Gianakopoulos, Clarence Hightower
  • PASSENGER SEATING FOOT PEDESTAL
    Publication number: 20210068549
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to foot pedestals for passenger vehicles. More specifically, the present disclosure describes a deployable foot pedestal that provides support and comfort to a passenger. The foot pedestal includes an internal torsion spring so that it remains stowed and flush with the rear of the seat back when not in use. It can be deployed for use by the passenger using their foot, or hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Clough, Kosta Gianakopoulos
  • Deployable seatback holder for portable electronic devices
    Patent number: 10029793
    Abstract: A portable electronic device holder incorporated in a seatback of a passenger seat. The device holder includes a shelf and a release latch arranged to hold the respective bottom and top edges of a portable electronic device for hands-free use. The latch holds the shelf in a stowed position flush with the seatback and releases to allow the shelf to rotate away from the seatback for use. The shelf is positioned apart from a tray table, when present, so that the device holder and tray table can be deployed and used at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Nicholas Pozzi, Francis Xavier L. Garing, Robert J. Henshaw, Adam Britton, Kosta Gianakopoulos
  • PASSENGER SEAT WITH FULL SEATBACK VIDEO DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20160159481
    Abstract: A passenger seat for an airliner including a seat bottom, a seatback pivotally attached to the seat bottom such that the seatback is configured to pivot relative to the seat bottom between an upright sitting position and a reclined sitting position, and at least one video monitor mounted to a back of the seatback in a position viewable by a passenger seated aft of the passenger seat, the at least one video monitor dimensioned to cover more than 50% of the back of the seatback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Kosta Gianakopoulos, Alexander Nicholas Pozzi, Glenn Allen Johnson