Patents by Inventor Mark Marinovich
Mark Marinovich 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).
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Patent number: 9676107Abstract: A utility knife includes a handle and a blade carrier mechanically coupled to the handle, the blade carrier being configured to support a blade. The utility knife also includes a blade hood mechanically coupled to the handle facilitating manipulability of the blade hood to an extended position over the blade, a pushrod mechanically coupled to the blade hood, and a blade release member including a button that extends through a slot in the handle, the blade release member being repositionable by moving the button along the slot, a portion of the blade release member within the handle coming into contact with a protrusion of the pushrod when the blade release member is moved along the slot such that the pushrod is repositioned within the handle and the blade hood is retracted from the extended position to allow the blade to be removed from the blade carrier.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: PACIFIC HANDY CUTTER, INC.Inventors: Joseph P. Garavaglia, Markus Gropl, Mark Marinovich
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Publication number: 20160318195Abstract: A cutter apparatus includes a housing with a blade carrier configured for holding a blade, and a handle coupled to the housing via an engagement interface configured to allow a user of the cutter apparatus to selectively interfit together the housing and the handle in multiple different cutter apparatus configurations, wherein the engagement interface includes a coupler configured to permit the housing and the handle to be repositioned further apart in a housing/handle reconfiguring mode in which the coupler permits the handle to be rotatably repositioned in relation to the housing or vice versa while substantially limiting longitudinal movement of the housing relative to the handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2015Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.Inventors: Joseph P. Garavaglia, Brandon L. Spoelstra, Markus Gropl, Chris Lung, Mark Marinovich
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Publication number: 20160288351Abstract: A cutter apparatus includes a housing configured for gripping by a hand, a blade holder and/or blade coupled to the housing, a guard secured to the housing, and a handle coupled to the housing via an engagement interface configured to allow a user of the cutter apparatus to selectively interfit together the housing and the handle in multiple different cutter apparatus configurations including a pair of configurations in which the guard, in relation to each configuration, faces the blade from right and left sides, respectively, of the cutter apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2015Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.Inventors: Joseph P. Garavaglia, Brandon L. Spoelstra, Markus Gropl, Mark Marinovich
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Patent number: 9205568Abstract: A cutter apparatus includes a housing configured for gripping by a hand, a blade holder and/or blade coupled to the housing, a guard secured to the housing, and a handle coupled to the housing via an engagement interface configured to allow a user of the cutter apparatus to selectively interfit together the housing and the handle in multiple different cutter apparatus configurations including a pair of configurations in which the guard, in relation to each configuration, faces the blade from right and left sides, respectively, of the cutter apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2011Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: PACIFIC HANDY CUTTER, INC.Inventors: Joseph P. Garavaglia, Brandon L. Spoelstra, Markus E. Gropl, Mark Marinovich
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Patent number: 9205569Abstract: A cutter apparatus includes a housing with a blade carrier configured for holding a blade, and a handle coupled to the housing via an engagement interface configured to allow a user of the cutter apparatus to selectively interfit together the housing and the handle in multiple different cutter apparatus configurations, wherein the engagement interface includes a coupler configured to permit the housing and the handle to be repositioned further apart in a housing/handle reconfiguring mode in which the coupler permits the handle to be rotatably repositioned in relation to the housing or vice versa while substantially limiting longitudinal movement of the housing relative to the handle.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2013Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: PACIFIC HANDY CUTTER, INC.Inventors: Joseph P. Garavaglia, Brandon L. Spoelstra, Markus Gropl, Chris Lung, Mark Marinovich
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Publication number: 20150283712Abstract: A utility knife includes a handle, a blade carrier, and a blade depth adjustment assembly. The blade carrier is mechanically coupled to the handle and configured to support a blade. The blade depth adjustment assembly is mechanically coupled to the handle and configured to permit a user of the utility knife to reposition components of the blade depth adjustment assembly to select one of a plurality of blade depth positions which causes the blade carrier to be repositioned along the handle depending upon which of the blade depth positions is selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2014Publication date: October 8, 2015Applicant: Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.Inventors: Joseph P. Garavaglia, Markus Gropl, Mark Marinovich
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Publication number: 20150202781Abstract: A cutter apparatus includes a housing shaped to be hand-held, a slider configured to support a front blade, the slider being mechanically coupled to the housing and configured to be moved longitudinally along the housing, and a blade guard mechanically coupled to the housing and configured to be extended and retracted adjacent to the front end of the housing, wherein the slider and the blade guard are configured to move in tandem.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Yen-Chao Chung, Joseph P. Garavaglia, Glen Kanemoto, Markus Gropl, Dave Puglisi, Mark Marinovich
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Patent number: 8904649Abstract: A utility knife includes a handle, a blade carrier, and a blade depth adjustment assembly. The blade carrier is mechanically coupled to the handle and configured to support a blade. The blade depth adjustment assembly is mechanically coupled to the handle and configured to permit a user of the utility knife to reposition components of the blade depth adjustment assembly to select one of a plurality of blade depth positions which causes the blade carrier to be repositioned along the handle depending upon which of the blade depth positions is selected.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2012Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.Inventors: Joe Garavaglia, Markus Gropl, Mark Marinovich
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Patent number: 8819942Abstract: A cutter apparatus includes a housing shaped to be hand-held, a slider configured to support a front blade, the slider being mechanically coupled to the housing and configured to be moved longitudinally along the housing, and a blade guard mechanically coupled to the housing and configured to be extended and retracted adjacent to the front end of the housing, wherein the slider and the blade guard are configured to move in tandem.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.Inventors: Yen-Chao Chung, Joe Garavaglia, Glen Kanemoto, Markus Gropl, Dave Puglisi, Mark Marinovich
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Publication number: 20130104405Abstract: A cutter apparatus includes a housing configured for gripping by a hand, a blade holder and/or blade coupled to the housing, a guard secured to the housing, and a handle coupled to the housing via an engagement interface configured to allow a user of the cutter apparatus to selectively interfit together the housing and the handle in multiple different cutter apparatus configurations including a pair of configurations in which the guard, in relation to each configuration, faces the blade from right and left sides, respectively, of the cutter apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Inventors: Joseph P. Garavaglia, Brandon L. Spoelstra, Markus E. Gropl, Mark Marinovich
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Publication number: 20120279071Abstract: A utility knife includes a handle, a blade carrier, and a blade depth adjustment assembly. The blade carrier is mechanically coupled to the handle and configured to support a blade. The blade depth adjustment assembly is mechanically coupled to the handle and configured to permit a user of the utility knife to reposition components of the blade depth adjustment assembly to select one of a plurality of blade depth positions which causes the blade carrier to be repositioned along the handle depending upon which of the blade depth positions is selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Inventors: Joe Garavaglia, Markus Gropl, Mark Marinovich
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Publication number: 20120216412Abstract: A cutter apparatus includes a housing shaped to be hand-held, a slider configured to support a front blade, the slider being mechanically coupled to the housing and configured to be moved longitudinally along the housing, and a blade guard mechanically coupled to the housing and configured to be extended and retracted adjacent to the front end of the housing, wherein the slider and the blade guard are configured to move in tandem.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2011Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventors: Yen-Chao Chung, Joe Garavaglia, Glen Kanemoto, Marks Gropl, Dave Puglisi, Mark Marinovich
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Publication number: 20120110858Abstract: A cutter apparatus includes a housing and a blade holder coupled to the housing, wherein the housing includes a distal portion (e.g., a blade storage compartment) that is both slidably and pivotally coupled to portions of the housing and configured to serve as a cover for the blade holder. The cutter apparatus can also include a cover release device configured to facilitate repositioning the cover between a locked position at which the cover is secured to the housing and a released position at which at least a portion of the cover is free to pivotally reposition away from the housing providing access to the blade holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventors: Joseph P. Garavaglia, Brandon L. Spoelstra, Markus E. Gropl, Mark Marinovich
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Publication number: 20120102756Abstract: A cutter apparatus includes a housing, a blade carrier configured to support a front blade, the blade carrier being coupled to and repositionable in relation to the housing, an auxiliary tool configured to be deployable from another portion of the housing, and a selector repositionable in relation to the housing and configured for mutually exclusively facilitating the user-controlled actions of setting a maximum blade depth to which the front blade is extendable from the housing and activating the auxiliary tool. The selector includes, for example, a biasing component for selectively engaging stop surfaces and a counter-biasing component configured to disengage the one or more biased engagement portions from the stop surfaces in response to a user of the cutter apparatus initiating an action of repositioning the selector along the path.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Inventors: Joseph P. Garavaglia, Brandon L. Spoelstra, Markus E. Gropl, Mark Marinovich
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Publication number: 20120102754Abstract: A cutter apparatus includes a housing shaped to be hand-held, a blade holder configured to support a blade, and multiple actuators for extending the blade from the housing, the actuators including a safety actuator (e.g., a blade guard) that drives at least one of the other actuators while repositioning to extend the blade. The multiple actuators include, for example, a slider and a blade guard configured such that the slider when pushed forward repositions independently of the blade guard to extend the blade from the housing and such that the blade guard when pushed forward repositions the blade as the blade guard is deployed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Inventors: Joseph P. Garavaglia, Brandon L. Spoelstra, Markus E. Gropl, Mark Marinovich
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Patent number: 8127452Abstract: A utility knife includes a handle, a blade carrier, and a blade depth adjustment assembly. The blade carrier is mechanically coupled to the handle and configured to support a blade. The blade depth adjustment assembly is mechanically coupled to the handle and configured to permit a user of the utility knife to reposition components of the blade depth adjustment assembly to select one of a plurality of blade depth positions which causes the blade carrier to be repositioned along the handle depending upon which of the blade depth positions is selected.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2009Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.Inventors: Joe Garavaglia, Markus Gropl, Mark Marinovich
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Patent number: 8069571Abstract: A cutter apparatus includes a housing shaped to be hand-held, a slider configured to support a front blade, the slider being mechanically coupled to the housing and configured to be moved longitudinally along the housing, and a blade guard mechanically coupled to the housing and configured to be extended and retracted adjacent to the front end of the housing, wherein the slider and the blade guard are configured to move in tandem.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2008Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.Inventors: Yen-Chao Chung, Joe Garavaglia, Glen Kanemoto, Markus Gropl, Dave Puglisi, Mark Marinovich
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Publication number: 20100212164Abstract: A utility knife includes a handle, a blade carrier, and a blade depth adjustment assembly. The blade carrier is mechanically coupled to the handle and configured to support a blade. The blade depth adjustment assembly is mechanically coupled to the handle and configured to permit a user of the utility knife to reposition components of the blade depth adjustment assembly to select one of a plurality of blade depth positions which causes the blade carrier to be repositioned along the handle depending upon which of the blade depth positions is selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2009Publication date: August 26, 2010Inventors: Joe Garavaglia, Markus Gropl, Mark Marinovich
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Patent number: D708499Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2013Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.Inventors: Joseph P. Garavaglia, Brandon L. Spoelstra, Markus Gropl, Chris Lung, Mark Marinovich
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Patent number: D714612Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.Inventors: Markus Gropl, Brandon L. Spoelstra, Joseph P. Garavaglia, Mark Marinovich