Robert L Scillia

US Patent:

6915587, Jul 12, 2005

Filed:

Dec 17, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/736606

Inventors:

Robert Scillia - West Hartford CT, US
Vincent Cook - Milford CT, US

Assignee:

The Stanley Works - New Britain CT

International Classification:

B44D003/38

US Classification:

33414

Abstract:

A chalk line device includes a housing and a chalk line stored in the housing. The chalk line terminates in a hook at one end and the hook is disposed outside of the housing. The housing may include a side wall with a depression formed therein that is shaped to receive the hook for storage. The depression has an edge that allows the hook to securely engage. The housing may also include a translucent window for allowing the user to check the level of chalk in the chalk line device. The translucent window forms at least a portion of a wall of the housing. The translucent window can be made, for example, of a plastic and can be integrally formed with the housing.

US Patent:

RE41620, Sep 7, 2010

Filed:

Jun 25, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/819165

Inventors:

Robert Scillia - West Hartford CT, US
Vincent Cook - Milford CT, US

Assignee:

The Stanley Works - New Britain CT

International Classification:

B44D 3/38

US Classification:

33414

Abstract:

A chalk line device includes a housing and a chalk line stored in the housing. The chalk line terminates in a hook at one end and the hook is disposed outside of the housing. The housing may include a side wall with a depression formed therein that is shaped to receive the hook for storage. The depression has an edge that allows the hook to securely engage. The housing may also include a translucent window for allowing the user to check the level of chalk in the chalk line device. The translucent window forms at least a portion of a wall of the housing. The translucent window can be made, for example, of a plastic and can be integrally formed with the housing.

US Patent:

20040044438, Mar 4, 2004

Filed:

Jun 20, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/465777

Inventors:

Steven Lorraine - Glastonbury CT, US
Miguel Nistal - Avon CT, US
Robert Scillia - West Hartford CT, US
John Murray - Canton CT, US

Assignee:

THE STANLEY WORKS - New Britain CT

International Classification:

G06F017/00

US Classification:

700/236000

Abstract:

The invention provides a method of selling tape measures. The tape measures are contained within a point-of-sale vending device (i.e., a vending machine), and are dispensed individually when purchased by a user. Several varieties of tape measure may be included within the vending device. The vending device may allow the user to purchase tape measures using cash, credit cards, debit cards, store credit cards and automated clearing house transactions. Additionally, the vending device may be networked to a central inventory control computer to assist a retail store with inventory control and revenue tracking. Within the vending device, the tape measures may be unpackaged, resulting in a cost savings for the manufacturer. Because the tape measures are dispensed only when purchased and are inaccessible until then, theft of tape measures may be reduced or eliminated.

US Patent:

20080236442, Oct 2, 2008

Filed:

Mar 26, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/727269

Inventors:

James Spaulding - Bristol CT, US
Robert Scillia - West Hartford CT, US

Assignee:

The Stanley Works - New Britain CT

International Classification:

C09D 5/00
C09D 13/00
B44D 3/38

US Classification:

106 3101, 106 3109, 33414

Abstract:

A waterproof chalk composition including silicone oil, powdered chalk, and optional colorants, suitable for applying to a chalk line of a chalk line device, is provided. Methods of making and using the waterproof chalk composition using silicone oil, powdered chalk, and colorants, are provided. The waterproof chalk composition provided herein can be used or packaged immediately after preparation, and does not require a drying step to evaporate solvents. The waterproof chalk composition provided herein does not contain environmentally unfriendly components such as solvents.

US Patent:

20120144680, Jun 14, 2012

Filed:

Oct 27, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/283262

Inventors:

Robert L. Scillia - West Hartford CT, US
Peter Geoffrey Culf - Rotherham, GB

Assignee:

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. - New Britain CT

International Classification:

B26B 9/00
C23C 8/80
C23C 8/10

US Classification:

30350, 148284, 148241

Abstract:

A blade that includes a body formed from a carbon steel material is provided. The body has a cutting edge portion and a side surface. The side surface has a colored oxide layer formed thereon. Selected portions of the oxide layer have been removed to reveal the underlying carbon steel material so as to provide indicia on the surface of the blade by virtue of a color contrast between the colored oxide layer and the revealed carbon steel material. A method of manufacturing such a blade is also provided.

US Patent:

6334261, Jan 1, 2002

Filed:

Oct 20, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/421524

Inventors:

Robert Scillia - Berlin CT
Robert Owens - Southington CT

Assignee:

The Stanley Works - New Britain CT

International Classification:

B43L 710

US Classification:

33456, 33463

Abstract:

A collapsible square constructed according to the principles of the present invention includes a first elongated rigid leg having first and second ends and a second elongated rigid leg having first and second ends. The second elongated rigid leg is pivotally connected at its first end to the first end of the first elongated rigid leg. The collapsible square further includes a hypotenuse member comprising two elongated rigid leg portions. A first of the leg portions of the hypotenuse member and a second of the leg portions of the hypotenuse member have their first ends pivotally connected to the second end of the first elongated rigid leg and the second end of the second elongated rigid leg, respectively. The first of the leg portions and the second of the leg portions have second ends thereof connected to one another in a manner which permits the hypotenuse member to be folded. The first leg, the second leg, and the hypotenuse member are connected to one another so as to be movable between 1) a storage position wherein the first leg, the second leg, and the hypotenuse member are disposed in linear overlapping relation with one another, and 2) a deployed position wherein the first leg, the second leg, and the hypotenuse member form a right triangle.