Patents by Inventor Piero Claudio Burato

Piero Claudio Burato 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: 8726764
    Abstract: A sommelier's corkscrew having an elongated first shaft (1) hingedly connected at one end with a second shaft (2) including a tool (2.1) for opening crown caps and an extension (2.2) having a formed step adapted to engage the top edge of a bottle mouth during the corkscrew lifting step, and a helically shaped third shaft (3) hingedly connected to the first shaft. The corkscrew further includes a mechanical element (10, 20) adapted to engage the third shaft and actuate it automatically to move the third shaft from the closed position of the corkscrew, where the third shaft is contained between the first and second shafts, to the open position where the third shaft is substantially perpendicular to the first and second shafts aligned in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Prop 12 S.A.S. di Burato Piero Claudio & C.
    Inventor: Piero Claudio Burato
  • Publication number: 20140020512
    Abstract: A sommelier's corkscrew having an elongated first shaft (1) hingedly connected at one end with a second shaft (2) including a tool (2.1) for opening crown caps and an extension (2.2) having a formed step adapted to engage the top edge of a bottle mouth during the corkscrew lifting step, and a helically shaped third shaft (3) hingedly connected to the first shaft. The corkscrew further includes a mechanical element (10, 20) adapted to engage the third shaft and acutuate it automatically to move the third shaft from the closed position of the corkscrew, where the third shaft is contained between the first and second shafts, to the open position where the third shaft is substantially perpendicular to the first and second shafts aligned in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: PROP 12 S.A.S. DI BURATO PIERO CLAUDIO & C.
    Inventor: Piero Claudio Burato
  • CUP
    Publication number: 20110174641
    Abstract: There is provided a cup (1) adapted to hold a drink, the cup having, at its opening, a compartment (4) holding an auxiliary drink, made up, for example, of milk, which, due to the special shape of the wall (5) which delimits the compartment, is intended to flow in a very gradual manner into the central compartment of the cup, which holds the main drink (8), made up, for example, of coffee. In this manner, very gradually the user mixes the milk with coffee, as desired by many users and not in a single solution as it currently occurs pouring a given amount of milk directly into the coffee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: Duetto S.R.L.
    Inventors: Piero Claudio Burato, Maurizio Castellani, Salvatore Fusari
  • Patent number: 6926169
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for the insertion of an anti-drip element into the mouth of a bottle having a structure made from elastic metal wire, which is configured, at its intermediate portion, like a circular helix (1), which completes at least one loop. The ends of the helix extend, in opposite directions, with two mutually diverging extensions (2, 3). When the free ends (2?, 3?) of the extensions (2, 3) are brought together there is a slight widening of the circular helix, which can therefore be taken away from the anti-drip element (4), after the latter has been correctly positioned in the mouth of the neck of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Inventors: Piero Claudio Burato, Dietmar Schonhuber
  • Publication number: 20050023308
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for the insertion of an anti-drip element into the mouth of a bottle having a structure made from elastic metal wire, which is configured, at its intermediate portion, like a circular helix (1), which completes at least one loop. The ends of the helix extend, in opposite directions, with two mutually diverging extensions (2, 3). When the free ends (2?, 3?) of the extensions (2, 3) are brought together there is a slight widening of the circular helix, which can therefore be taken away from the anti-drip element (4), after the latter has been correctly positioned in the mouth of the neck of the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Piero Claudio Burato, Dietmar Schonhuber
  • Patent number: 6415689
    Abstract: The corkscrew for a wine steward is of the type which contains a helicoidal body (1) to be inserted in the cap of a bottle to be opened, this body being hinged to an element (2) of lengthened shape. The main feature of the invention resides in the fact that it also contains an apparatus (4) which is common to devices of this type, capable of opening caps having a crown and an extension (7), which substantially extends for the entire length of element (2), is hinged (7′) to the apparatus (4). This extension makes it easier substantially for the user the operation of raising the cap and also allows the operator to open the bottle without touching with his hands the mouth of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Prop 12 S.A.S. di Burato Piero Claudio e Castellani Maurizio & C.
    Inventors: Maurizio Castellani, Piero Claudio Burato
  • Publication number: 20010045143
    Abstract: The corkscrew for a wine steward is of the type which contains a helicoidal body (1) to be inserted in the cap of a bottle to be opened, this body being hinged to an element (2) of lengthened shape. The main feature of the invention resides in the fact that it also contains an apparatus (4) which is common to devices of this type, capable of opening caps having a crown and an extension (7), which substantially extends for the entire length of element (2), is hinged (7′) to the apparatus (4). This extension makes it easier substantially for the user the operation of raising the cap and also allows the operator to open the bottle without touching with his hands the mouth of the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Inventors: Maurizio Castellani, Piero Claudio Burato