Patents by Inventor Jonathan D. Styles

Jonathan D. Styles 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: 20140316558
    Abstract: System and method for the addressing of mail pieces by a variable printing system. Information allowing a mail piece to be associated with a mailing list of address information is printed on the mail piece prior to processing of the piece by a variable printing system. As the piece is processed by the variable printing system, the information printed on the piece is read and used to identify a mailing list from among a plurality of available mailing lists. Address information for that mail piece is obtained from the identified mailing list and printed on the mail piece by the variable printing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: VISTAPRINT SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Henri B. Weinberg, Jonathan D. Styles, Jeffrey G. Prus
  • Patent number: 8807031
    Abstract: Pallets for flat-printing multiple areas of a 3-dimensional object, especially in a single print job as received by the printing system, and methods for printing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Vistaprint Schweiz GmbH
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Styles, Barry M. Parent, Michael K. Gospodorz, Heike Hafke
  • Patent number: 8793195
    Abstract: System and method for the addressing of mail pieces by a variable printing system. Information allowing a mail piece to be associated with a mailing list of address information is printed on the mail piece prior to processing of the piece by a variable printing system. As the piece is processed by the variable printing system, the information printed on the piece is read and used to identify a mailing list from among a plurality of available mailing lists. Address information for that mail piece is obtained from the identified mailing list and printed on the mail piece by the variable printing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Vistaprint Schweiz GmbH
    Inventors: Henri B. Weinberg, Jonathan D. Styles, Jefferey G. Prus
  • Patent number: 8371220
    Abstract: A hat pallet for use in a printer which prints an image onto a hat of the type having a cap and a bill attached thereto includes a bottom plate and a top plate mountable in a closed position over the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a printing plate and a bill support fixedly mounted thereon. The top plate has an opening exposing at least a portion of the printing plate when the top plate is in the closed position. The bill support is positioned relative to the printing plate such that when the hat is mounted in the pallet with the top plate in the closed position, a portion of the cap on which the image is to be printed is supported on the printing plate and exposed through the opening of the top plate and the underside of the bill of the hat is supported by the bill support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Vistaprint Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Styles, Barry M. Parent
  • Patent number: 8231034
    Abstract: A hat pallet for use in a printer which prints an image onto a hat of the type having a cap and a brim attached thereto includes a bottom plate and a top plate mountable in a closed position over the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a printing plate and a brim support fixedly mounted thereon. The top plate has an opening exposing at least a portion of the printing plate when the top plate is in the closed position. The brim support is positioned relative to the printing plate such that when the hat is mounted in the pallet with the top plate in the closed position, a portion of the cap on which the image is to be printed is supported on the printing plate and exposed through the opening of the top plate and the underside of the brim of the hat is supported by the brim support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: VistaPrint Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Styles, Barry M. Parent
  • Publication number: 20120037024
    Abstract: A hat pallet for use in a printer which prints an image onto a hat of the type having a cap and a bill attached thereto includes a bottom plate and a top plate mountable in a closed position over the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a printing plate and a bill support fixedly mounted thereon. The top plate has an opening exposing at least a portion of the printing plate when the top plate is in the closed position. The bill support is positioned relative to the printing plate such that when the hat is mounted in the pallet with the top plate in the closed position, a portion of the cap on which the image is to be printed is supported on the printing plate and exposed through the opening of the top plate and the underside of the bill of the hat is supported by the bill support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Styles, Barry Parent
  • Publication number: 20120024176
    Abstract: Pallets for flat-printing multiple areas of a 3-dimensional object, especially in a single print job as received by the printing system, and methods for printing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Styles, Barry M. Parent, Michael K. Gospodorz, Heike Hafke
  • Patent number: 7980177
    Abstract: A hat pallet for use in a printer which prints an image onto a hat of the type having a cap and a bill attached thereto includes a bottom plate and a top plate mountable in a closed position over the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a printing plate and a bill support fixedly mounted thereon. The top plate has an opening exposing at least a portion of the printing plate when the top plate is in the closed position. The bill support is positioned relative to the printing plate such that when the hat is mounted in the pallet with the top plate in the closed position, a portion of the cap on which the image is to be printed is supported on the printing plate and exposed through the opening of the top plate and the underside of the bill of the hat is supported by the bill support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Vistaprint Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Styles, Barry M. Parent
  • Publication number: 20090188951
    Abstract: A hat pallet for use in a printer which prints an image onto a hat of the type having a cap and a brim attached thereto includes a bottom plate and a top plate mountable in a closed position over the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a printing plate and a brim support fixedly mounted thereon. The top plate has an opening exposing at least a portion of the printing plate when the top plate is in the closed position. The brim support is positioned relative to the printing plate such that when the hat is mounted in the pallet with the top plate in the closed position, a portion of the cap on which the image is to be printed is supported on the printing plate and exposed through the opening of the top plate and the underside of the brim of the hat is supported by the brim support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Styles, Barry Parent
  • Publication number: 20090188404
    Abstract: A hat pallet for use in a printer which prints an image onto a hat of the type having a cap and a bill attached thereto includes a bottom plate and a top plate mountable in a closed position over the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a printing plate and a bill support fixedly mounted thereon. The top plate has an opening exposing at least a portion of the printing plate when the top plate is in the closed position. The bill support is positioned relative to the printing plate such that when the hat is mounted in the pallet with the top plate in the closed position, a portion of the cap on which the image is to be printed is supported on the printing plate and exposed through the opening of the top plate and the underside of the bill of the hat is supported by the bill support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Styles, Barry M. Parent
  • Publication number: 20080306884
    Abstract: System and method for the addressing of mail pieces by a variable printing system. Information allowing a mail piece to be associated with a mailing list of address information is printed on the mail piece prior to processing of the piece by a variable printing system. As the piece is processed by the variable printing system, the information printed on the piece is read and used to identify a mailing list from among a plurality of available mailing lists. Address information for that mail piece is obtained from the identified mailing list and printed on the mail piece by the variable printing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Henri B. Weinberg, Jonathan D. Styles, Jeffrey G. Prus