Patents by Inventor William A. Malvasio

William A. Malvasio 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: 6640369
    Abstract: A painter's tool having multiple tool elements of a paint brush comb, a paint roller scraper, a scraper blade, and a container cover remover. One end of the tool has a hook for suspending the tool from a horizontal support and to thereby support a paint can suspended from the tool. The tool can be made of one material, and it is preferably rigid throughout its entirety and presents a handle for maneuvering the tool in its multi-functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Inventor: William A. Malvasio
  • Patent number: 6446829
    Abstract: A unit comprised two sections of a paint brush holder and a paint brush wiper. Those two sections are together in one integral unit and are releasably attachable to a conventional paint container. The unit can be made of plastic which is sufficiently sturdy for the purpose and which is sufficiently flexible for snapping onto the upper ledge of the paint container. The entire assembly with the paint container is such that there is no obstruction in the repeated action of dipping the brush into the paint in the container, and the wiper accommodates brushes up to the largest size of four inch width, and the wiped paint is directed to flow back into the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Inventors: William A. Malvasio, Catherine A. Malvasio
  • Patent number: 6138963
    Abstract: A paint cup and brush holder configured in an uprightly disposed conical shape having a compartment for containing paint and an adjacent compartment for holding a brush. A doctor exists between the two compartments and at a level lower than the upper edge of the entire container for wiping the excess paint from the brush. There is a handle on the container and also a pour spout. The entire container is arranged in the conical shape so that it can be stacked in a plurality of containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Inventor: William A. Malvasio
  • Patent number: 5558253
    Abstract: A taco plate of a circular configuration which includes a base portion, a part of which is planar and the other part of which has integrally extending taco shell supporting walls thereabove. A circular rim is disposed around the entire plate, and the entire plate is made of one material which is integral to all portions of the plate and is of one thickness for a lightweight plate. The walls extend to the height of the encircling rim around the base and are integral with the rim, and the upper and lower plate profile surface is similar for stacking the plates adjacent each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Inventor: William A. Malvasio
  • Patent number: 5273160
    Abstract: An air-tight paint tool storage container for receiving a paint roller, a paint brush, and a paint pad. The container has a base with a horizontal and planar floor with the respective words for the tools imposed thereon. Partitions extend in the base for dividing the base into respective areas for receiving the respective tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1993
    Inventor: William A. Malvasio
  • Patent number: 4422202
    Abstract: An invertible floor broom presenting a cylindrical head of bristles of two different groups having different flexibilities and having a visual markings for distinguishing the two groups. Four quadrants of bristles can be presented to the floor being swept, and the handle is reversible on the broom which is invertible for the purpose mentioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1983
    Inventor: William A. Malvasio
  • Patent number: D254472
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1980
    Inventors: Patrick W. Finucane, William A. Malvasio
  • Patent number: D254473
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1980
    Inventors: Patrick W. Finucane, William A. Malvasio
  • Patent number: D254474
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1980
    Inventors: Patrick W. Finucane, William A. Malvasio
  • Patent number: D458723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Inventor: William A. Malvasio
  • Patent number: D477523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Inventor: William A. Malvasio
  • Patent number: D374151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Inventor: William A. Malvasio
  • Patent number: D685554
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Inventor: William A. Malvasio
  • Patent number: D761511
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Inventor: William A. Malvasio
  • Patent number: D952744
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventor: William A. Malvasio
  • Patent number: D954826
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: William A. Malvasio