Patents by Inventor Raymond Losi, Jr.

Raymond Losi, Jr. 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).

  • Portable shelter with rolling element bearings
    Patent number: 7044146
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved portable shelter frame having upwardly extending support poles and linkage assemblies connecting the poles. Within the joints of the linkage assemblies are rolling element bearings to reduce joint friction and provide reinforcement support to the shelter frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Variflex, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond Losi, Jr.
  • Collapsible shelter
    Patent number: 6035877
    Abstract: A shelter frame having at least two poles connected by a linking assembly having first and second scissors-type linkages and a linking device. The scissors-type linkages include first structural members pivotally coupled to respective second structural members and to one another. The linking device is adapted to pivotally secure a predetermined portion of the second structural member in the first scissors-type linkage to the second scissors-type linkage at a point on the second scissors-type linkage vertically spaced from the predetermined portion of the second structural member in the first scissors-type linkage and to also pivotally secure a predetermined portion of the second structural member in the second scissors-type linkage to the first scissors-type linkage at a point on the first scissors-type linkage vertically spaced from the predetermined portion of the second structural member in the second scissors-type linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Inventors: Raymond Losi, Jr., Ming-Liang Tsai
  • Collapsible shelter
    Patent number: 5701923
    Abstract: A shelter frame having at least two poles connected by a linking assembly having first and second scissors-type linkages and a linking device. The scissors-type linkages include first structural members pivotally coupled to respective second structural members and to one another. The linking device is adapted to pivotally secure a predetermined portion of the second structural member in the first scissors-type linkage to the second scissors-type linkage at a point on the second scissors-type linkage vertically spaced from the predetermined portion of the second structural member in the first scissors-type linkage and to also pivotally secure a predetermined portion of the second structural member in the second scissors-type linkage to the first scissors-type linkage at a point on the first scissors-type linkage vertically spaced from the predetermined portion of the second structural member in the second scissors-type linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Inventors: Raymond Losi, Jr., Ming-Liang Tsai