Patents by Inventor Mark A. Lacko

Mark A. Lacko 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: 7654025
    Abstract: A frame is mounted to a front surface of a previously mounted mirror so that recesses in the back side of the frame receive protruding portions of fasteners which attach the frame to a supporting structure. Guide structures are temporarily mounted to the front surface of the mirror to facilitate the mounting of the frame to the mirror. The guide structures are used to suspend the frame in a position forward of the mirror. Then, while the frame is suspended by the guide structures, the frame is pushed toward the mirror so that the frame slides along the guide structures. As a result, adhesive strips, which are mounted to the back of the frame, engage the front surface of the mirror and become adhered thereto, so that the frame is mounted to the front surface of the mirror by the adhesive strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Mirrormate, LLC
    Inventors: Lisa Huntting, Mark Lacko
  • Publication number: 20080202957
    Abstract: A CD or DVD tray made from paperboard is provided. The tray may be made from 100% recycled paperboard and can be 100% recyclable. The design of the tray or holder (used interchangeably throughout) uses the structural geometry of facets, central hole and radial slits to form a hub that achieves the function of securing the CD to the tray. Non-structural paper stock is formed into an effective fastening device whereby the fit of the hub is determined by the geometry of the folded paper. The paper tray of the present invention duplicates the functionality of plastic trays and is compatible with industry auto-loading, while providing the environmental benefits of paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Mark Lacko, James O'Rourke
  • Publication number: 20060196148
    Abstract: A frame is mounted to a front surface of a previously mounted mirror so that recesses in the back side of the frame receive protruding portions of fasteners which attach the frame to a supporting structure. Guide structures are temporarily mounted to the front surface of the mirror to facilitate the mounting of the frame to the mirror. The guide structures are used to suspend the frame in a position forward of the mirror. Then, while the frame is suspended by the guide structures, the frame is pushed toward the mirror so that the frame slides along the guide structures. As a result, adhesive strips, which are mounted to the back of the frame, engage the front surface of the mirror and become adhered thereto, so that the frame is mounted to the front surface of the mirror by the adhesive strips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: MIRRORMATE, LLC
    Inventors: Lisa Huntting, Mark Lacko
  • Patent number: 7093403
    Abstract: A frame is mounted to a front surface of a previously mounted mirror so that recesses in the back side of the frame receive protruding portions of fasteners which attach the frame to a supporting structure. Guide structures are temporarily mounted to the front surface of the mirror to facilitate the mounting of the frame to the mirror. The guide structures are used to suspend the frame in a position forward of the mirror. Then, while the frame is suspended by the guide structures, the frame is pushed toward the mirror so that the frame slides along the guide structures. As a result, adhesive strips, which are mounted to the back of the frame, engage the front surface of the mirror and become adhered thereto, so that the frame is mounted to the front surface of the mirror by the adhesive strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Mirrormate, LLC
    Inventors: Lisa Huntting, Mark Lacko
  • Publication number: 20050055907
    Abstract: A frame is mounted to a front surface of a previously mounted mirror so that recesses in the back side of the frame receive protruding portions of fasteners which attach the frame to a supporting structure. Guide structures are temporarily mounted to the front surface of the mirror to facilitate the mounting of the frame to the mirror. The guide structures are used to suspend the frame in a position forward of the mirror. Then, while the frame is suspended by the guide structures, the frame is pushed toward the mirror so that the frame slides along the guide structures. As a result, adhesive strips, which are mounted to the back of the frame, engage the front surface of the mirror and become adhered thereto, so that the frame is mounted to the front surface of the mirror by the adhesive strips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Lisa Huntting, Mark Lacko
  • Patent number: 6026850
    Abstract: A pressure regulating valve adapted to be interposed between a pressurized liquid supply whose pressure varies and a spray nozzle or other liquid applicator from which the liquid is discharged. The valve, actuated only when the pressure of the incoming liquid exceeds a predetermined minimum level, functions to maintain the flow of liquid fed to the applicator at a substantially constant pressure level regardless of variations in the pressure of the liquid supply, and to cut off flow automatically should the supply pressure fall below an acceptable level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Global Agricultural Technology and Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: John R. Newton, Mark A. Lacko, John R. Lavereck, Edward A. Gilcrest, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5911607
    Abstract: A sealing assembly for a rotary drive shaft that extends through the hull of a boat, the outboard end of the shaft being coupled to a propeller and the inboard end to a marine engine for rotating the propeller. The assembly includes a cylindrical housing joined by a flexible hose to a tube in the stern of the boat through which the shaft passes. Received within the housing is an annular bearing whose bore diameter depends on the size of the shaft whereby the bearing installed in the housing has an internal diameter appropriate to the size of the shaft being sealed by the assembly. Coupled to one end of the housing is an annular cap having an elastomeric lip seal therein that frictionally engages the shaft to prevent sea water from leaking into the boat. A reservoir defined by an annular space within the housing between the lip seal and the bearing is continuously fed with water to cool and lubricate the lip seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Inventors: Mark A. Lacko, John R. Newton
  • Patent number: 5447305
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a training device which can be worn by a user to teach the correct body position when hitting a baseball comprising: an adjustable sensing mechanism fitted on the batter's helmet to sense the movement in three mutually perpendicular axes of the batter's head in relation to his shoulder during a swing; an audible sound device connected to the sensing mechanism to alert the batter when his head is not correctly positioned in relation to his shoulders during the swing; and an electrical power supply integrated with the sensing mechanism and said audible device and wherein said electrical power supply has sufficient voltage to activate the audible device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Creative Sports Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Socci, Mark A. Lacko
  • Patent number: 5380001
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a training device which can be worn by a user to teach the correct body position when hitting a baseball comprising: an adjustable sensing mechanism fitted on the batters helmet to sense the vertical movement of the batters's head in relation to his shoulder during a swing; an audible sound device connected to the sensing mechanism to alert the batter when his head is not correctly positioned in relation to his shoulders during the swing; and an electrical power supply integrated with the sensing mechanism and said audible device and wherein said electrical power supply has sufficient voltage to activate the audible device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Creative Sports Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Socci, Mark A. Lacko
  • Patent number: 4936033
    Abstract: A unitary poster assembly molded of flexible synthetic plastic material, the assembly including a rectangular backing plate whose dimensions are slightly smaller than those of the poster. The plate is bordered by an integrated frame formed of top, bottom and left and right side branches, the top branch being spaced from the upper edge of the plate to form an inlet gap. The inner walls of the branches, save for the top branch, are slotted to define a U-shaped socket for receiving the corresponding margins of a poster supported on the backing plate. To install a poster, the top branch is momentarily bent back to admit the lower end of the poster into the inlet gap and to permit insertion of the side margins thereof into the slots of the side branches, the poster then being pushed down until its bottom margin lies in the slot of the bottom branch, at which point the poster is properly mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1990
    Assignee: Index Industrial Design & Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Lacko
  • Patent number: 4490141
    Abstract: A device for securing a catheter or like instrument to a patient comprises a first portion having an adhesive surface for securing that portion to the skin of a patient. A second portion is hingedly connected to the first portion and is adapted to fold thereover. The second portion has an adhesive surface to provide securement to the first portion when folded thereover. A slot and a hole are preferably associated with the first and second portions, respectively, for operably positioning the second portion around a catheter, which has been previously connected to the patient, so that the catheter extends through the plane formed by the second portion. This arrangement thereby facilitates the securement of the catheter in place on the patient.A method of securing a previously connected catheter or like instrument to a patient includes securing a device substantially as described above to a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1984
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Mark A. Lacko, Malcolm J. Brooks, Douglas M. Spranger, Peter P. Mitchell
  • Patent number: D565307
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Inventors: Lisa Hunting, Mark Lacko
  • Patent number: D339329
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: New York Telephone Company
    Inventor: Mark Lacko