Patents by Inventor Michael A. Zabbo

Michael A. Zabbo 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: 8756864
    Abstract: A slideable and pivotable door assembly configured to selectively permit passage through an opening between a first side and a second side of the opening. The slideable and pivotable door assembly has a normally fixed door panel arranged to cover a first portion of the opening when in a normally closed fixed position. The door assembly also includes a slideable door panel slidable relative to the fixed door panel. The slideable door panel is slidable between a 1) closed position wherein the door panel covers a second portion of the opening and 2) an open position wherein the second portion of the opening is uncovered. A first pivot structure enables pivotal movement of the normally fixed door panel upon a pivoting actuation and a second pivot structure enables pivotal movement of the slideable door panel at any position relative to the normally fixed door panel while the normally fixed door panel remains in its normally fixed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Hamaker, Prasad Sahasrabudhe, Michael A. Zabbo, Vito A. Spinelli, Thomas M. Kowalczyk
  • Patent number: 8443549
    Abstract: A door assembly includes a track, a track header, a fixed door panel, at least two sliding door panels, a pivot mechanism, and a lock arrangement. The sliding door panels are slidably movable on the track between (1) a closed position wherein the sliding door panels are extended across the track, and (2) an open position wherein the sliding door panels are constructed and arranged to be in a compact, overlapping relationship with each other and the fixed door panel. The pivot mechanism is constructed and arranged to enable pivotal movement of the track with fixed door panel and the two sliding door panels mounted thereon about a pivot axis from a normal configuration to a breakaway configuration. The lock arrangement is constructed and arranged to releasably lock the track with respect to the track header to prevent pivotal movement of the track away from the normal configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Arthur Salvietti, Thomas M. Kowalczyk, Dwight Edward Reed, Daniel R. Seymour, Michael A. Zabbo, Vito A. Spinelli, Ronald Bohigian
  • Publication number: 20120117881
    Abstract: A door assembly includes a fixed door panel constructed and arranged to be fixed in a door opening and a sliding door panel constructed and arranged to be slidably movable relative to the fixed door panel between (1) a closed position and (2) an open position. Each door panel includes a glass panel, and a frame including a vertical frame member constructed and arranged to surround at least a portion of the vertical edge of the glass panel. At least one of the vertical frame members includes an end portion having an angled surface extending inwardly towards the glass panel. As a result of movement of the sliding door panel, the end portion of the at least one vertical frame member at least partially overlaps another of the vertical frame members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel R. SEYMOUR, Michael Arthur Salvietti, Vito A. Spinelli, Michael A. Zabbo
  • Publication number: 20120073205
    Abstract: A slideable and pivotable door assembly configured to selectively permit passage through an opening between a first side and a second side of the opening. The slideable and pivotable door assembly has a normally fixed door panel arranged to cover a first portion of the opening when in a normally closed fixed position. The door assembly also includes a slideable door panel slidable relative to the fixed door panel. The slideable door panel is slidable between a 1) closed position wherein the door panel covers a second portion of the opening and 2) an open position wherein the second portion of the opening is uncovered. A first pivot structure enables pivotal movement of the normally fixed door panel upon a pivoting actuation and a second pivot structure enables pivotal movement of the slideable door panel at any position relative to the normally fixed door panel while the normally fixed door panel remains in its normally fixed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventors: Larry Hamaker, Prasad Sahasrabudhe, Michael A. Zabbo, Vito A. Spinelli, Thomas M. Kowalczyk
  • Publication number: 20110214350
    Abstract: A door assembly includes a track, a track header, a fixed door panel, at least two sliding door panels, a pivot mechanism, and a lock arrangement. The sliding door panels are slidably movable on the track between (1) a closed position wherein the sliding door panels are extended across the track, and (2) an open position wherein the sliding door panels are constructed and arranged to be in a compact, overlapping relationship with each other and the fixed door panel. The pivot mechanism is constructed and arranged to enable pivotal movement of the track with fixed door panel and the two sliding door panels mounted thereon about a pivot axis from a normal configuration to a breakaway configuration. The lock arrangement is constructed and arranged to releasably lock the track with respect to the track header to prevent pivotal movement of the track away from the normal configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Arthur Salvietti, Thomas M. Kowalczyk, Dwight Edward Reed, Daniel R. Seymour, Michael A. Zabbo, Vito A. Spinelli, Ronald Bohigian