Patents by Inventor Marcellino Santoro

Marcellino Santoro 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).

  • Publication number: 20230174267
    Abstract: A container includes a first end structure defining a first opening therein, the first end structure being configured to receive a first cover positioned on the first end structure and extending across the first opening. A second end structure is positioned opposite the first end structure and defines a second opening extending through the second end structure. The container further includes two opposing side walls coupled to the second end structure along a respective first set of fold lines and two opposing end walls coupled to the second end structure along a respective second set of fold lines. At least one of the two opposing end walls extends obliquely relative to the second end structure and taper outwards from the second end structure. The container further includes a second cover positioned on the second end structure and extending across the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Tom J. Whatling, Alyssa J. Scherer, John Valencia, Marcellino Santoro, Eric M. O'Malley, Bradford J. Walling
  • Patent number: 10706747
    Abstract: Pyramidical displays and methods for forming the same are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first panel, a second panel, a third panel, and a fourth panel, when in an erected position, the first panel, the second panel, the third panel and the fourth panel form a first cross-section at a first height and a second cross-section at a second height, the first cross-section having a greater area than the second cross-section, the first height lower than the second height. The example apparatus includes a first stop extending between a first vertex between the first panel and the third panel and a second vertex between the second panel and the fourth panel, the first stop to prevent movement of the first panel about the first vertex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    Inventor: Marcellino Santoro
  • Publication number: 20200168127
    Abstract: Pyramidical displays and methods for forming the same are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first panel, a second panel, a third panel, and a fourth panel, when in an erected position, the first panel, the second panel, the third panel and the fourth panel form a first cross-section at a first height and a second cross-section at a second height, the first cross-section having a greater area than the second cross-section, the first height lower than the second height. The example apparatus includes a first stop extending between a first vertex between the first panel and the third panel and a second vertex between the second panel and the fourth panel, the first stop to prevent movement of the first panel about the first vertex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Marcellino Santoro
  • Patent number: 10573202
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a shroud having a first substrate and a second substrate disposed in opposition to one another, the first substrate and the second substrate being connected to one another at a first side by a first joint and at a second side by a second joint. A free-floating stop member is disposed in a volume of the shroud between the first and second substrates and between the first and second joints, the free-floating stop member including a channel extending along the free-floating stop member for at least a portion of a length of the free-floating stop member. An elastic member couples the first joint to the second joint to exert a tensile force therebetween and passes through the channel of the free-floating stop member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    Inventors: James Warmus, Douglas R. Cwidak, Robert B. Lipscomb, Todd Alan Arnett, Marcellino Santoro, Jr., William David Collings
  • Patent number: 10170020
    Abstract: A pop-up display apparatus includes a shroud having first and second sheets disposed in opposition to one another, the first and second sheets being connected to one another at a first side by a first joint and at a second side by a second joint. A stop member is disposed between the first and second sheets between the first and second joints and is connected to the first and second joints at a first height of the shroud. The stop member includes first and second stop elements arranged for translational movement in opposite directions relative to one another between a first and a second position. An elastic member, separate from the stop member, is connected to the first and second joints at a second height, the elastic member and being configured to bias the first joint toward the second joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    Inventors: Douglas R. Cwidak, Robert B. Lipscomb, William David Collings, Marcellino Santoro, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9978292
    Abstract: Self-erectable displays and methods of making such self-erectable displays are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a first panel, a second panel, and a third panel. In this example, in an erected position, the first panel, the second panel, and the third panel form a triangular cross-section. The example apparatus also includes a stop that extends between a base of one of the first panel, the second panel, or the third panel and a vertex of the others of the first panel and the second panel, the first panel and the third panel, or the second panel and the third panel. The example stop prevents movement of the vertex toward the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
    Inventor: Marcellino Santoro, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180075781
    Abstract: A pop-up display apparatus includes a shroud having first and second sheets disposed in opposition to one another, the first and second sheets being connected to one another at a first side by a first joint and at a second side by a second joint. A stop member is disposed between the first and second sheets between the first and second joints and is connected to the first and second joints at a first height of the shroud. The stop member includes first and second stop elements arranged for translational movement in opposite directions relative to one another between a first and a second position. An elastic member, separate from the stop member, is connected to the first and second joints at a second height, the elastic member and being configured to bias the first joint toward the second joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Douglas R. Cwidak, Robert B. Lipscomb, William David Collings, Marcellino Santoro, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180075788
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a shroud having a first substrate and a second substrate disposed in opposition to one another, the first substrate and the second substrate being connected to one another at a first side by a first joint and at a second side by a second joint. A free-floating stop member is disposed in a volume of the shroud between the first and second substrates and between the first and second joints, the free-floating stop member including a channel extending along the free-floating stop member for at least a portion of a length of the free-floating stop member. An elastic member couples the first joint to the second joint to exert a tensile force therebetween and passes through the channel of the free-floating stop member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: James Warmus, Douglas R. Cwidak, Robert B. Lipscomb, Todd Alan Arnett, Marcellino Santoro, JR., William David Collings
  • Publication number: 20170213485
    Abstract: Self-erectable displays and methods of making such self-erectable displays are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a first panel, a second panel, and a third panel. In this example, in an erected position, the first panel, the second panel, and the third panel form a triangular cross-section. The example apparatus also includes a stop that extends between a base of one of the first panel, the second panel, or the third panel and a vertex of the others of the first panel and the second panel, the first panel and the third panel, or the second panel and the third panel. The example stop prevents movement of the vertex toward the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventor: Marcellino Santoro, JR.