Patents by Inventor TIMOTHY CONTARINO

TIMOTHY CONTARINO 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: 20130320021
    Abstract: A trash can vent comprising a set of end panels, a plurality of air flow panels between the end panels, where the plurality of air flow panels raise and lower in an alternating fashion, and a plurality of cutouts at a bottom portion of the plurality of air flow panels. The trash can vent also comprises a set of adhesive strips against a backside of the set of end panels wherein the adhesive strips attach the trash can vent to an inner wall of a container to allow an air flow to pass along the trash can vent while a trash bag is inside the container. An air freshener is attached to a backside of the plurality of air flow panels. The trash can vent allows for easy and convenient bag removal by eliminating the vacuum created when lifting the trash bag out of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventor: TIMOTHY CONTARINO
  • Publication number: 20110315688
    Abstract: A trash can vent comprising a set of end panels, a plurality of air flow panels between the end panels, where the plurality of air flow panels raise and lower in an alternating fashion, and a plurality of cutouts at a bottom portion of the plurality of air flow panels. The trash can vent also comprises a set of adhesive strips against a backside of the set of end panels wherein the adhesive strips attach the trash can vent to an inner wall of a container to allow an air flow to pass along the trash can vent while a trash bag is inside the container. An air freshener is attached to a backside of the plurality of air flow panels. The trash can vent allows for easy and convenient bag removal by eliminating the vacuum created when lifting the trash bag out of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventor: TIMOTHY CONTARINO