Patents by Inventor Mark A. Fornataro

Mark A. Fornataro 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).

  • Method and apparatus for painting a surface by moving a device through a paint reservoir and across the surface
    Patent number: 5310579
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for painting an object. The object is affixed to a holder and a reservoir of paint is formed either on or adjacent to the surface of the object. The holder then is tilted sufficiently to cause a paint distribution device, such as a sphere or spinning top, to travel through the pain and across the surface of the object, leaving paint along the travel path of the paint distribution device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: Creative Time, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark A. Fornataro