Patents by Inventor Mary C. Simmons

Mary C. Simmons 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: 5795040
    Abstract: A hanging file folder support device, either free standing within, or as a connected part of, an annular drawer having a generally flat upright facing panel, upright parallel side panels, an upright back and a horizontal bottom panel. When viewed from above, these drawer components define a parallelogram having included acute angles. The device includes two spaced apart generally parallel hanging file folder support rails each having orthogonally oriented aligned portions forming a zigzag pattern along the length thereof when viewed from above. These support rails are either attached to the drawer side panels or are preferably free standing within the drawer either by two parallel cross frames each connected between each end of the support rails or as defined by upper margins of the sides of a frame such as that of molded thin-wall plastic and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Inventor: Mary C. Simmons