Patents by Inventor Stephen C. Restelli

Stephen C. Restelli 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: 5937531
    Abstract: The present invention is a tool for spacing frame members having an elongated body which has a first and a second track. A cradle, formed by a first head and a second head, can be adjusted to accommodate a first frame member of width W, and a shoulder, formed by a third head, can be spaced apart from the cradle to engage a second frame member, separated from the first frame member by a spacing interval I. Each of the heads slidably engage the first track and the second track of the elongated body, and each have an indexing face which is substantially normal to the elongated body. The heads are lockable with respect to the first and second tracks. Preferably, the elongated body has a bubble level to aid in identifying when the body is horizontal. When a bubble level is employed, each head has a levelling surface, the levelling surfaces being co-planar, providing a discontinuous reference surface for levelling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Frame Master, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy D. Menk, Stephen C. Restelli, Michael O. Blair