Patents by Inventor Roberto Benavente

Roberto Benavente 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).

  • Arrangement of a lighting source with an optical fiber and a steerable light beam
    Patent number: 5519797
    Abstract: A lighting source arrangement comprising a light conducting cable formed of an optical fibre consisting of a plurality of elementary fibres, a device for holding and fastening the optical fibre onto a supporting structure and means for steering the light beam issuing from the fibre, wherein said fastening device is a device for holding the optical fibre in a stationary position and the device for steering the light beam emitted by the fibre comprises at least one member for deviating the beam which is mounted rotatably about the axis of the optical fibre onto a stationary holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignees: Ermax, Ad Sign
    Inventors: Yves Chambaret, Roberto Benavente
  • Folding, disposable receptacle for rubbish, such as an ashtray or a waste bin
    Patent number: 4901739
    Abstract: Receptacle constituted by an envelope (1) of thin, flexible material, defined by two rectangular side walls (2, 3) and by two lozenge-shaped bounding walls (4), provided with a longitudinal fold line (6) and a transverse fold line (7) and connected to the side walls (2, 3) by fold lines (10) in such a way as to permit locking in open position, the top wall (4) having two holes (12) in the region of the acute angles of the lozenge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Inventors: Roberto Benavente, Jean-Baptiste Lacoudre, Catherine Vialatel