Patents by Inventor Aaron W. Smith

Aaron W. Smith 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: 20090065452
    Abstract: A document sorting apparatus includes a base having a pair of parallel side rail members with apertures therein, the apertures distributed in a linear fashion along the length of the side rail members and each aperture in one of the side rail members aligned with a corresponding aperture in the opposite side rail member. Veins in the form of wire divider members are pivotally received in each pair of corresponding apertures. Segments of the wire divider members rest on a top surface of the side rail members when the wire divider member is in a rearwardly-inclined or forwardly-inclined position. The side rail members are provided with lateral extensions having ridges that secure the wire divider members in a vertical position by impeding the wire divider member from pivoting to inclined positions. The impedence of the ridges may be overcome with a deliberate application of force to the wire divider member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: SANFORD, L.P.
    Inventor: Aaron W. Smith
  • Publication number: 20080053862
    Abstract: An article holder is provided including a bottom panel, a back wall extending from a rear edge of the bottom panel, first and second side walls extending from side edges of the bottom panel, each side wall being coupled to the back wall along a rear edge each side wall, a front flange spanning between the first and second side walls along front edges of the first and second side walls, and a slot in the bottom panel extending from the first side wall to the second side wall. The first and second side walls are farther apart from one another at front edges of the first and second side walls than at rear edges of the first and second side walls and the slot is adapted to receive a front flange of another like article holder when two or more article holders are stacked in a nested configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: SANFORD, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael L. Pyle, Aaron W. Smith
  • Publication number: 20080035645
    Abstract: Media organizational devices may be stacked in a nesting configuration in which a first device fits within a storage cavity of a second device and, in turn, is adapted to receive a third organizational device within the storage area of the second organizational device so that multiple devices can be stacked together in a nested configuration. These media organizational devices may contain various numbers of storage receptacles in a single row or in multiple rows side-by-side, with each storage receptacle separated from one another, and with each storage receptacle having its own elevation, enhancing the presentation of the media stored therein. These organizational devices may be used in a vertical standing position on a surface, or may be used in a horizontal, laying position on a surface, or may be mounted in a vertical manner onto a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventor: Aaron W. Smith
  • Patent number: 7328799
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of organizing a desk top is disclosed. A first tray includes a base with two walls extending upward. A tab extends out from the first wall, and is capable of having indicia disposed thereon. A support wall extends down from the base such that the base is disposed at an angle with respect to the desktop it is placed on, creating a high region and a low region. The upstanding walls extend from the low region. A file may be placed in the low region, then a second tray of similar shape may be placed on top of the first tray, the base of the second tray bearing down on the file retained in the first tray. A stack of files may be sorted and held accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: David C. Eby, Gilius A. Gaska, Aaron W. Smith, Jayson J. Serrault
  • Patent number: 7152351
    Abstract: A cascadable file jacket includes a flexible substrate defined by a first and second surface. The cascadable file jacket further includes a file pocket position adjacent to the first surface, the file pocket constructed from a first ply that is folded to connect to a second ply and form an interior pocket. The first ply is folded to include a first tab adapted to fixedly engage the file pocket to the second surface. The second ply is folded to include a second tab adapted to expandably engage the file pocket to the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: David C. Eby, Gilius A. Gaska, Aaron W. Smith
  • Patent number: 7044321
    Abstract: A school supply station for storing classroom items includes an annular inner wall that defines an interior bin receiving area, an annular outer wall spaced radially outward from and connected to the inner annular wall by a series of bottom walls, and a plurality of divider walls oriented transverse to and extending between the inner wall and outer wall, thereby forming a series of compartments. A bin is removably disposed in the bin receiving area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: Aaron W. Smith, Timothy D. Killinger
  • Patent number: D512743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy D. Killinger, Matthew G. Lerch, Aaron W. Smith, Giberto Cavada, Jr., Melanie Lyn Conklin
  • Patent number: D514623
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventor: Aaron W. Smith
  • Patent number: D516124
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy D. Killinger, Matthew G. Lerch, Aaron W. Smith, Gilberto Cavada, Jr., Melanie Lyn Conklin
  • Patent number: D522059
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy D. Killinger, Matthew G. Lerch, Aaron W. Smith, Gilberto Cavada, Jr., Melanie Lyn Conklin
  • Patent number: D524865
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy D. Killinger, Matthew G. Lerch, Aaron W. Smith, Gilberto Cavada, Jr., Melanie Lyn Conklin
  • Patent number: D526357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy D. Killinger, Matthew G. Lerch, Aaron W. Smith, Gilberto Cavada, Jr., Melanie Lyn Conklin
  • Patent number: D526358
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy D. Killinger, Matthew G. Lerch, Aaron W. Smith, Gilberto Cavada, Jr., Melanie Lyn Conklin
  • Patent number: D535496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy D. Killinger, Matthew G. Lerch, Aaron W. Smith, Gilberto Cavada, Jr., Melanie Lyn Conklin, John Bennett Freese
  • Patent number: D536738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventor: Aaron W. Smith
  • Patent number: D537121
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventor: Aaron W. Smith
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    Patent number: D547805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy D. Killinger, Matthew G. Lerch, Aaron W. Smith, Gilberto Cavada, Jr., Melanie Lyn Conklin
  • Patent number: D580991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Sanford, L.P.
    Inventor: Aaron W. Smith
  • Patent number: D583872
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Sanford, L.P.
    Inventor: Aaron W. Smith
  • Patent number: D585094
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Sanford, L.P.
    Inventor: Aaron W. Smith