Patents by Inventor J. Garth Close

J. Garth Close 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: 20020060666
    Abstract: A Computer mouse with a non-clasping guide fin or guide pins in combination with a secondary switch. The secondary switch may be hard-wired or wireless. The mouse guide may be operated with one hand while the mouse “clicking” functions are performed by a second hand or other method including voice activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: J. Garth Close, Bob Dale Rufenacht
  • Patent number: 5453287
    Abstract: A method for preparing a food product having a predetermined perimetrical shape from a moldable mixture of food product ingredients. The method, in a preferred form, comprises the steps of providing a plurality of substantially planar panels that can be removably interconnected; bending and interconnecting the panel members to form a panel assembly having the desired perimetrical shape; placing the panel assembly on a bottom member to form a cavity; sealing the intersection between the panel assembly and the bottom member; pouring the moldable food product into the cavity and processing the food product to cause it to solidify; and thereafter, removing the panel assembly from the food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignee: Rollform of Jamestown, Inc.
    Inventor: J. Garth Close
  • Patent number: 4554753
    Abstract: A copy holder adapted to foster the efficient comparison of two sets of data, one of which is visible on a display associated with a computer, and the other being visible on a sheet of flexible material, e.g., a sheet of paper. The comparison is fostered by reducing the necessary eye travel as an operator switches his attention back and forth between the data on the flexible sheet and the data on the display. A structural housing having a thin profile supports the display device in front of a computer operator, such that an operator may still see the data that appears on the display screen. The housing has a frontal opening through which the sheet of flexible material may be manipulated by the operator; and it has a rear opening through which a surplus quantity of the flexible sheet may be pushed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1985
    Inventor: J. Garth Close