Patents Represented by Attorney Geoffrey A. Mantoot
  • Patent number: 5864330
    Abstract: A two-dimensional scroll icon is provided for scrolling data in a window or panel. The scroll icon has a home position. The scroll icon can be dragged in any direction away from the home position to provide scrolling. Scrolling is in the direction along an imaginary vector extending from the home position to the scroll icon. The rate of scrolling is proportional to the distance of the scroll icon from the home position. The scroll icon also has characters located thereon. Selecting the characters toggles the visibility on and off of the vertical and horizontal scroll bars along the sides of the windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventor: Thom R. Haynes
  • Patent number: 5617960
    Abstract: The apparatus has horizontally oriented top, bottom, and middle plates. The top and middle plates have openings therein, which openings receive rolled up plans. Each opening in the top plate is aligned with an opening in the middle plate. The plans, when stored in the apparatus, are vertically oriented so that their bottom ends bear on the solid bottom plate and the top ends extend above the top plate. The bottom plate provides stability to prevent the apparatus from turning over.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Inventor: George Bishop