Patents by Inventor Larry D. Pacetti

Larry D. Pacetti 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: 5664856
    Abstract: A drawer partition includes a molded, one-piece, plastic tray with a base wall and upstanding side walls. The side walls have laterally aligned and longitudinally spaced-apart dovetail-shaped grooves in the inner surfaces thereof slidably mateable with dovetail-shaped tongues at the ends of divider panels for dividing the tray into compartments. Pairs of ribs define slots on the side walls to receive end edges of the divider panels. Pairs of flexible legs on the bottom edge of the divider panel are snap-fitted into apertures in the base wall to lock the divider panels in place. The bottom outside edges of the side walls have longitudinal grooves mateable respectively with the upper edges of the side walls of another partition to facilitate guided longitudinal relative sliding movement of stacked partitions. Each tray has front and rear end portions which respectively have recessed outer and inner surfaces to permit overlapping nesting of the ends of longitudinally aligned partitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Snap-on Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Larry D. Pacetti
  • Patent number: 5607215
    Abstract: A drawer partition includes a molded, one-piece, plastic tray with a base wall and upstanding side walls. The side walls have laterally aligned and longitudinally spaced-apart dovetail-shaped grooves in the inner surfaces thereof slidably mateable with dovetail-shaped tongues at the ends of divider panels for dividing the tray into compartments. Pairs of ribs define slots on the side walls to receive end edges of the divider panels. Pairs of flexible legs on the bottom edge of the divider panel are snap-fitted into apertures in the base wall to lock the divider panels in place. The bottom outside edges of the side walls have longitudinal grooves mateable respectively with the upper edges of the side walls of another partition to facilitate guided longitudinal relative sliding movement of stacked partitions. Each tray has front and rear end portions which respectively have recessed outer and inner surfaces to permit overlapping nesting of the ends of longitudinally aligned partitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Snap-on Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry D. Pacetti, Charles H. Heiligenthal
  • Patent number: 5228761
    Abstract: A tool cabinet has rollers depending from a bottom wall for rolling engagement with an underlying floor. A retractable step has depending legs and spring-loaded casters which support the step so that it can freely roll except when weight is placed on the step driving the legs into engagement with the floor. The step has a vertical slot in which is received a depending arm of an angle bracket which is fixed to a roller slide assembly mounted on the underside of the cabinet so that the step can be horizontally rolled between a stowed position beneath the cabinet and an extended position extending from beneath the cabinet and can move between raised and lowered positions when extended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Snap-on Tools Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Huebschen, George R. Slivon, Larry D. Pacetti
  • Patent number: 4942356
    Abstract: The modular electronic device includes a main unit and at least one plug-in module adapted to be removably slid on to and mounted on the main unit. There are first and second interfitting connectors respectively on the main unit and the module which automatically interfit when the module is mounted. First and second interfitting track structure are respectively on the module and main unit to facilitate sliding the module onto the main unit. Finally, there is first and second interfitting latching elements respectively on the main unit and the module to hold the module latched in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: Snap-on Tools Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Ellingen, Steven E. Michalski, Daniel Mieczkowski, Larry D. Pacetti
  • Patent number: 4656418
    Abstract: A clamp-type ammeter probe includes two opposed jaws interconnected for pivotal movement between open and closed conditions and biased to the closed condition, with each of the jaws being of unitary one-piece molded construction. Each jaw includes a magnetic core unit comprising a core segment molded to a spacer segment and fitted within a channel-shaped shield segment to form a unit which is then molded between an outer shell and an inner segment of the jaw for encompassing the core unit except for exposed end portions thereof. These exposed portions on one jaw mate with those on the other jaw when the jaws are closed so that the core segments form a magnetic loop to encircle an associated conductor while the shield segments form a shield path encompassing the core loop. Stop surfaces on the inner segments provide a gap in the core loop in which a magnetic sensor is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: Snap-on Tools Corporation
    Inventors: John T. Boston, Larry D. Pacetti
  • Patent number: 4497405
    Abstract: The wrench holder comprises a pair of elongated, plastic members that slide or telescope together. Each of the members includes a body and a pair of bifurcated legs extending therefrom. The members pass through openings in a set of wrenches and telescope or slide together. Heads respectively at the ends of the elongated members retain the wrenches therebetween. A latching element at the distal ends of the legs and another latching element on the body in the region of the head enable the two members to be releasably interconnected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1985
    Assignee: Snap-on Tools Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Mikic, John E. Fuhreck, Larry D. Pacetti
  • Patent number: D292893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1987
    Assignee: Snap-on Tools Corporation
    Inventors: Mark S. Bakula, Donald W. Doman, David R. Ellingen, Gene P. Hopp, Keith R. Malek, Steven E. Michalski, Larry D. Pacetti, William T. Pagac, Steven R. Wente, Raymond R. Zuzinec, Sr.
  • Patent number: D313563
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: Snap-on Tools Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Mieczkowski, David R. Ellingen, Larry D. Pacetti, Steven E. Michalski
  • Patent number: D326197
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Snap-on Tools Corporation
    Inventors: Charles H. Heiligenthal, Larry D. Pacetti, Jack A. Parise, George R. Slivon
  • Patent number: D326198
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Snap-on Tools Corporation
    Inventors: Larry D. Pacetti, Jack A. Parise, George R. Slivon
  • Patent number: D326199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Snap-on Tools Corporation
    Inventors: Charles H. Heiligenthal, Larry D. Pacetti, Jack A. Parise, George R. Slivon
  • Patent number: D326381
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Assignee: Snap-on Tools Corporation
    Inventors: Charles H. Heiligenthal, Larry D. Pacetti, Jack A. Parise, George R. Slivon
  • Patent number: D335093
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Snap-on Tools Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Holmen, Larry D. Pacetti, Theodore J. Caron, Thomas J. Green, David R. Ellingen, Michael C. Putrow, Craig F. Govekar
  • Patent number: D345117
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Assignee: Snap-on Tools Corporation
    Inventors: Larry D. Pacetti, Dave R. Ellingen, Austin Munson, Thomas J. Green