Patents by Inventor Leo J. Reina

Leo J. Reina 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: 6181772
    Abstract: A grid enclosure for an X-ray cassette has a rugged construction, and is easy to us efficient in operation, with open corners therein to achieve the desired protection of an X-ray cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Inventors: Leo J. Reina, James T. Sorgani
  • Patent number: 4706269
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of an anti-scatter grod structure for protectively housing a grid therein, the steps of cutting a solid upper and lower plates to a given size lightly larger than the cassette to be housed by the grid structure, forming a generally U-shaped frame structure with interior vertically spaced ledges with an upper ledge being sized for supporting the lower plate and with a lower ledge being vertically spaced therefrom and sized for under lapping the lower plate and supporting a cassette in assembly with the frame, securing the lower plate in assembly with the frame while engaged with the upper ledge, mounting a grid in centered relation on the lower plate and limiting the extent of shifting movement of the grid relative to the lower plate, positioning a solid upper plate over the grid in parallel relation to the lower plate, and securing the solid upper plate to the U-shaped frame structure in unitary assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1987
    Inventors: Leo J. Reina, William J. Antolik