Patents by Inventor Peter Rigas

Peter Rigas 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).

  • Publication number: 20160139430
    Abstract: A sun glare reducer provides a right templar portion and a left templar portion. Each of the right templar portion and the left templar portion includes an elongate member having a first free end and a second connected end that connects the elongate member to the facial portion. A facial portion extends between the right templar portion and the left templar portion. The facial portion includes a right under-portion that extends inwardly toward a center of the facial portion from the right vertical portion and a left under-portion that extends inwardly toward a center of the facial portion the left vertical portion. A light absorbing surface extends outwardly away from each of the right under-portion and the left under-portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Peter Rigas
  • Publication number: 20150040404
    Abstract: In described embodiments, a knife includes a blade having a distal tip and a proximal heel and a handle extending proximally from the heel. The handle is sized such that no more than three fingers of a user fit around the handle. A method of using the knife is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Peter Rigas
  • Publication number: 20140182175
    Abstract: A folder with multiple dividers is provided. The folder may include a first cover and a second cover, each having a top end, a bottom end, an open side and a closed side. The first cover and the second cover may meet at the closed side. At least one cutout portion may run from the top end to the closed side of at least one of the first cover and second cover. The cutout portion may create a plurality of dividers so that a user may organize paperwork within them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventor: Peter Rigas
  • Publication number: 20070062961
    Abstract: A beverage drinking glass includes a base support segment and a beverage holding vessel segment. The beverage holding vessel segment has at least one sidewall, a bottom, and a top rim to create the vessel segment. The bottom is connected to the base support segment. The top rim has a cut-out section to create a facial profile/nose-receiving depression, and the cut-out section is less than 50% of the peripheral length of the rim. The beverage drinking glass is preferably selected from the group consisting of tumbler, cup, wine glass, mug and goblet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventor: Peter Rigas
  • Publication number: 20070061953
    Abstract: A toilet seat cover scale device for weighing a person or an object includes, in combination, a toilet seat cover including hinges for hinged attachment to a toilet seat, a scale mechanism connected to the toilet seat cover, the scale mechanism having at least two force sensors located on a bottom of the toilet seat cover for contact with a toilet seat when the toilet seat cover is attached to a toilet seat and is in a closed position. The force sensors transmit the weight force measurements to a processor, which converts the weight force measurements to an accurate total weight measurement, and the processor transmits the accurate total weight measurement to a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventor: Peter Rigas
  • Publication number: 20060186257
    Abstract: An automatic positioning dispenser for paper rolls includes (a) a front section of a main housing including a reciprocating paper roll elevator shaft, and a rear section of the main housing including a paper roll storage and feeding mechanism; (b) the elevator shaft having a handle, a roll holder and a reciprocal track, the roll holder having a roll engaging position and a roll disengaging position, the handle and roll holder being moveably connected to one another so as to move together along the reciprocal track, so that when the handle is moved down, it first releases a spent roll, then travels to the bottom and locks onto a new roll, and when the handle is next pulled up, it moves the new roll to the top position for use; and, (c) the paper roll storage and feeding mechanism having sufficient storage area to store a plurality of paper rolls in sequential position, and having feeding means to move a paper roll from the storage area to the bottom of the elevator shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventor: Peter Rigas