Patents by Inventor Samuel G. Zaccone

Samuel G. Zaccone 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: 5152595
    Abstract: There is disclosed a system for the installation of one or more shelves in a cabinet. Included in the system are a pair of shelf guide rail assemblies which are adapted to be respectively mounted to the side walls of a cabinet for slidably receiving the shelves. The shelves are each of two-piece construction and adjustable in length. The shelves may be provided with a rearwardly disposed slot for receiving the plumbing when the system is installed in a cabinet into which a sink has been installed. A number of precut filler pieces are provided for the filling the spaces between the top surfaces of the respective sections of the shelves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Inventor: Samuel G. Zaccone
  • Patent number: 5094421
    Abstract: A first bracket, which includes a base plate and side flanges which lie against the walls of a room near a corner thereof, has slots in the base plate which receive tongues on the end of a second bracket which has spaced slots in the top edge thereof for receiving a hanger wire extending across the back of a picture frame for hanging the picture frame on the second bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Inventor: Samuel G. Zaccone
  • Patent number: 4955320
    Abstract: A bird nest string feeder includes a housing having a hole therethrough the receiving one end of a bundle of string pieces. A retention element is movably mounted in the housing and is biased against the bundle to hold the string in place within the hole. The retention element is biased by the pull of gravity or a spring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Inventor: Samuel G. Zaccone
  • Patent number: 4714138
    Abstract: A device for draining an engine sump of the type having a threaded drain plug comprises a cup-like container having a flexible flange surrounding the open end thereof. The flange is provided with a gasket for forming a fluid tight seal between the sump and the container and with magnet means for adhering the container to the sump. A shaft carrying a socket on one end extends into the container and is sealably movable with respect thereto. Once the container is placed in position over a drain plug, the plug can be engaged and removed by manually turning a handle provided on the other end of the shaft. After removal of the plug, oil from the sump drains from a tube at the bottom of the container whereby contact with the oil by the service person is completely avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1987
    Inventor: Samuel G. Zaccone