Patents by Inventor Michael A. Guido

Michael A. Guido 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: 9238575
    Abstract: Improved ice luge trays and methods for use and assembly thereof. The ice luge trays include a trough and a lid that fits above the trough. The trough, with the lid disposed thereon, is configured to be filled with water and placed in a freezer to form an ice block. The lid includes features that forms a channel extending along or through the ice block. The tray is mounted on a support structure to enable a beverage to be chilled as it flows down the channel under gravity, and delivered to a drinking vessel or directly into the mouth of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Inventor: Michael Guido
  • Publication number: 20130221031
    Abstract: Improved ice luge trays and methods for use and assembly thereof. The ice luge trays include a trough and a lid that fits above the trough. The trough, with the lid disposed thereon, is configured to be filled with water and placed in a freezer to form an ice block. The lid includes features that forms a channel extending along or through the ice block. The tray is mounted on a support structure to enable a beverage to be chilled as it flows down the channel under gravity, and delivered to a drinking vessel or directly into the mouth of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventor: Michael Guido
  • Patent number: 8504460
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention is a method for providing a financial instrument including determining a current account balance for a financial account, calculating a liability ratio for the financial account, and determining whether to transfer at least a portion of the account balance from a variable sub-account to a low-risk sub-account based on the liability ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: The Prudential Insurance Company of America
    Inventors: Jacob M. Herschler, Daniel O. Kane, N. David Kuperstock, Robert F. O'Donnell, Steven L. Putterman, Dain E. Runestad, Robert J. Schwartz, Nicholas Berardis, Jr., John L. Grucza, Michael A. Guido, J. Scott Dunn
  • Publication number: 20110083393
    Abstract: A set of extruded interlocking moldings joins together panels of framed glass and/or framed glass doors. A first molding has a channel along an edge of one face and a groove in the opposite face. A second molding has a tongue extending along an edge of one face and a flange along an edge of the opposite face. The channel of the first molding is configured to receive and hold the tongue of the second molding to secure the moldings together as the panels are aligned. The flange of the first molding snaps into the groove of the second molding when the moldings are rotated to a predetermined angle with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: SHOWER ENCLOSURES AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: MICHAEL GUIDOS, MICHAEL H. CLARK
  • Patent number: 7856771
    Abstract: A set of extruded interlocking moldings joins together panels of framed glass and/or framed glass doors. A first molding has a channel along an edge of one face and a groove in the opposite face. A second molding has a tongue extending along an edge of one face and a flange along an edge of the opposite face. The channel of the first molding is configured to receive and hold the tongue of the second molding to secure the moldings together as the panels are aligned. The flange of the first molding snaps into the groove of the second molding when the moldings are rotated to a predetermined angle with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Shower Enclosures America
    Inventors: Michael Guidos, Michael H. Clark
  • Publication number: 20090211175
    Abstract: A set of extruded interlocking moldings joins together panels of framed glass and/or framed glass doors. A first molding has a channel along an edge of one face and a groove in the opposite face. A second molding has a tongue extending along an edge of one face and a flange along an edge of the opposite face. The channel of the first molding is configured to receive and hold the tongue of the second molding to secure the moldings together as the panels are aligned. The flange of the first molding snaps into the groove of the second molding when the moldings are rotated to a predetermined angle with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventor: Michael Guidos