Patents by Inventor Thomas O. Marini

Thomas O. Marini 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: 4357029
    Abstract: A utility cart particularly adapted for transporting trash cans is comprised of a plurality of prefabricated, rigid, molded plastic components which can be readily assembled by a consumer. The cart includes substantially U-shaped side structures which are joined together at the bottoms by a rear crossbar and a front axle which also function to support the trash cans. The rear upwardly extending legs of the U form the cart handles. A substantially rectangularly shaped frame joins the upper ends of all of the U legs and acts as a retainer for holding the trash cans in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1982
    Inventors: Louis G. Marini, Thomas O. Marini
  • Patent number: 4280269
    Abstract: A U-shaped member having an aperture in the bottom wall thereof and axially aligned apertures in each of the side walls at a point remote from the bottom wall is placed over the edge of a panel such as a sheet of composite board intended to be used as the back of a chair. The U-shaped member carries a nut on the inside surface of the bottom wall in line with the aperture and is securely held in place on the edge of the panel by a rivet passing through the apertures in the side walls and a hole drilled through the surface of the panel. An article such as a portion of the chair frame is secured to the edge of the panel by an elongated bolt which passes through the frame, through the aperture in the bottom wall of the U-shaped member and which is then screwed into the nut being held in place by the U-shaped member. The free end of the bolt enters a hole previously drilled into the edge of the panel in axial alignment with the nut and the aperture in the bottom wall of the U-shaped member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1981
    Assignee: Suntemp Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas O. Marini
  • Patent number: D266367
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1982
    Assignee: Suntemp Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis G. Marini, Thomas O. Marini
  • Patent number: D268621
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1983
    Inventors: Louis G. Marini, Thomas O. Marini