Patents by Inventor Richard J. Kicak, Jr.

Richard J. Kicak, 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).

  • Reusable tape dispenser
    Patent number: 5071051
    Abstract: A tape dispenser comprising a molded plastic frame having a base wall portion with a tape cutting edge and a pair of flexurable side wall arm portions extending in generally parallel side-by-side relation from the base wall portion and provided with C-shaped wall portions having opposed arcuate hub portions extending inwardly therefrom and adapted to support a tape roll. The hub portions are provided with axially engageable and releasable locking means adjacent the free ends of the C-shaped wall portions for firmly joining the hub portions together thereat simply by relative pivotal flexure movement of the arm portions to rigidify the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Manco, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Corbo, Brian A. Vulpitta, Alan R. Greenleaf, Richard J. Kicak, Jr.
  • Reuseable tape dispenser
    Patent number: 4961525
    Abstract: A tape dispenser comprising a molded plastic frame having a base wall portion with a tape cutting edge and a pair of flexurable side wall arm portions extending in generally parallel side-by-side relation from the base wall portion and provided with C-shaped wall portions having opposed arcuate hub portions extending inwardly therefrom and adapted to support a tape roll. The hub portions are provided with axially engageable and releasable locking means adjacent the free ends of the C-shaped wall portions for firmly joining the hub portions together thereat simply by relative pivotal flexure movement of the arm portions to rigidify the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: Manco, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Corbo, Brian A. Vulpitta, Alan R. Greenleaf, Richard J. Kicak, Jr.