Patents by Inventor Frank J. Fay

Frank J. Fay 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: 5466155
    Abstract: A page size slate structure includes first and second plates hingedly mounted relative to one another permitting a face-to-face relationship in a continuous communication, with the first plate having a matrix of openings, and the second plate having a matrix of cells, each of said cells having six recesses arranged in a symmetrical pattern, with each of the recesses being positioned for reception within a relief gap in a side wall of the first plate openings permitting the imparting of braille patterns upon a sheet material secured between the first and second plates. A pointed object such as a conventional braille stylus is employed to effect projection of a marking onto the paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Inventors: Susan K. Fay, Frank J. Fay, C. Don Weston