Patents by Inventor Steve Chininis

Steve Chininis 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).

  • Publication number: 20150136163
    Abstract: A comb for detangling hair includes a handle, a head portion attached to the handle, and a plurality of teeth attached to the head portion. At least some of the teeth comprise first and second proximal ends, and a distal end, the first and second proximal ends being spaced apart from one another and being relatively moveable, wherein such relative movement of the proximal ends of said at least some of the teeth causes flexion or shape change of the tooth. The flexion of the tooth assists in detangling the hair by gently moving the hair shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Steve Chininis, Jose Longoria, Melvin R. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 8127971
    Abstract: A dispenser system for flowable material includes several interchangeable cartridge assemblies for retaining flowable material, each cartridge assembly including a dispensing piston sealingly and slidably retained within a cylinder, the cylinder having a distal cylinder dispensing end to which a material passing attachment can be sealingly mounted and having a proximal cylinder mounting end, and the piston including a piston head for creating the slidable seal within the cylinder and a piston drive mechanism connected to the piston; a drive structure for engaging and mounting the cartridge assembly and for progressively driving the flowable material out of the cartridge assembly and onto a target surface, the drive structure including a cartridge assembly engagement structure and having a piston drive mechanism which drivably and releasibly engages the piston drive mechanism upon fitting the cylinder to the engagement structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Inventors: Steve Chininis, Mel Kennedy, Richard C. Levy, Jose Longoria, Susan Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20060012230
    Abstract: A glider that produces a gliding motion using a plurality of cooperating components. The glider may include a seat for receiving one or more users and a frame connected to the seat for supporting the seat including the weight of the one or more users on the seat. One or more wheel members may be provided and connected to the frame. The apparatus may further include a base surface that is engaged by the wheels. The base surface and the wheels may have generally corresponding configurations so as to produce a back and forth gliding motion within a predefined movement range as the wheels roll on the base surface when the glider is subject to a movement force. The frame transmits the gliding motion to the one or more users in the seat. The glider can also have a mechanism that ensures that the glider returns to a central position in its movement range once a movement force has been stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Melvin Kennedy, Jose Longoria, Steve Chininis
  • Publication number: 20040176710
    Abstract: A massage device for creating a massaging action. The massage device may include at least two massaging projections mounted in relation to a flexible fluid supply conduit, such as a shower hose. The device may include a chamber for containing an impeller, and the fluid supply conduit may include an outlet for fluid to contact the impeller and cause the impeller to rotate. At least one weight is disposed in the head and is coupled to the impeller eccentric to a rotational axis of the impeller for moving the projection in an oscillatory motion, which creates the massaging action. The head may be supplied on a handle, or along the fluid supply conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicants: Kennedy/Matsumoto Design LLC, Longoria Design LLC, Spectrum Associates LLC, Chininis Product Development Group LLC
    Inventors: Melvin R. Kennedy, Jose Longoria, Robert G. Robbins, Steve Chininis
  • Publication number: 20040064074
    Abstract: A massage device for creating a massaging action using at least one oscillating device. The massage device may be formed from a handle and a head pivotably coupled to the handle. The head may include a first chamber for containing the oscillating device and a second chamber for containing an impeller for driving the oscillating device. The oscillating device may be fluid driven. The massaging device may also include one or more controls in the handle for controlling the action of the massage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Melvin R. Kennedy, Jose Longoria, Robert G. Robbins, Steve Chininis
  • Patent number: 6461216
    Abstract: A toy device (10) is provided having a housing (11) having a top viewing side (12) and a bottom side (13). The housing (11) has a cavity (15) therein having an annular array of light reflecting surfaces (16). Mounted concentrically within the annular array of light reflecting surfaces is a rotatable sphere (18) having a decorative pattern thereon. The housing cavity (15) has an opening (19) extending from the bottom side (13) sized and shaped to allow a portion of the sphere (18) to extend past the housing bottom side (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Inventors: John T. Applewhite, Steve Chininis, Jose Longoria
  • Patent number: D497208
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignees: Chininis Product Development Group LLC, Longoria Design LLC
    Inventors: Jose Longoria, Steve Chininis