Patents by Inventor Geoffrey W. Gordon

Geoffrey W. Gordon 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: 4226424
    Abstract: A mechanism for latching a disc holder to a frame while unlatching the holder from its carrier. A pair of pivotally mounted pry bars are extendable between the opposite edges of a video disc holder and its caddy to unlatch the holder from the caddy. A pair of pivotally mounted wedges are projectible into recesses provided on the disc holder to hookingly engage the holder while the caddy is removed therefrom. A pair of springs urge the wedges into the holder whereas a second pair of springs urge the pry bars relative to the wedges to allow the pry bars to be pivoted away from the holder. Reinsertion of the caddy to recapture the holder results in the pry bars being forced against the wedges thereby unlatching the holder from the wedges and allowing the holder to relatch to the caddy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1980
    Inventor: Geoffrey W. Gordon