Patents by Inventor Michael A. Marra

Michael A. Marra 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: 4424094
    Abstract: A fabric repairing tool is provided with a cutter which is operable in a one-shot shearing operation to remove a portion of fabric from a folded piece of material held in the tool with a foldable clamp, and is further provided with heating means which is energizable to a controlled temperature effective in a desirable period of time to bond a thermoplastic pad and patch to a damaged fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1984
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: Michael Laude, Michael Marra, Corbett W. Stone, Artin G. Vartoukian
  • Patent number: 4406723
    Abstract: A damaged area of a fabric is repaired by removing the damaged area from the fabric while folded across the damaged site, and thereafter bonding a patch and underlying thermoplastic impregnated pad to each other and to the fabric with the application of heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1983
    Assignee: The Singer Company
    Inventors: Michael Marra, Thomas J. Pendleton, Douglas W. Smith, Artin G. Vartoukian
  • Patent number: 4265449
    Abstract: A simulated bowling game wherein a reflected image of fixed illuminated ten pin shaped lamps is provided. A plurality of fixed illuminated bowling pin lamps are disposed in a ten pin pattern and are each normally illuminated to produce an image representative of a bowling pin. A semi-reflective surface is positioned at an incline with respect to a bowling alley, and is further positioned in facing relationship with respect to the plurality of illuminated bowling pin lamps so that the semi-reflective surface produces an image of each of the illuminated bowling pin lamps at the other end of the bowling alley. A plurality of contacts are positioned in a predetermined pattern at a rear end of the bowling alley and are adapted to produce contact signals when contacted by the bowling ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1981
    Assignee: Louis Marx & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence L. Reiner, Michael Marra, Michael F. Hennig