Patents Assigned to Franc Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20140183066
    Abstract: A cover for a mobile telephone, such as a smartphone, is provided. The cover includes a front board, a back board, and a spine that hingedly attaches to the front board and the back board. These three components cooperate to cover three sides of the mobile telephone. A cradle assembly affixed to the interior surface of the back board releasably grips the mobile telephone. A flap is hingedly attached to the front board and provides attachment means for removably attaching the flap to an exposed portion of the mobile telephone. The attachment means may optionally be magnetic, and attach to a magnetic portion of the mobile telephone. A portion of the flap material may be slip-resistant to permit the cover to assume a stable, inclined configuration in which a portion of the weight of the mobile telephone on the flap material prevents slippage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Graphique de France, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jean-Jacques Toulotte
  • Publication number: 20140183065
    Abstract: A cover for a mobile telephone, such as a smartphone, is provided. The cover includes a front board, a back board, and a spine that hingedly attaches to the front board and the back board. These three components cooperate to cover three sides of the mobile telephone. A cradle assembly affixed to the interior surface of the back board releasably grips the mobile telephone. A flap is hingedly attached to the front board and provides attachment means for removably attaching the flap to an exposed portion of the mobile telephone. The attachment means may optionally be magnetic, and attach to a magnetic portion of the mobile telephone. A portion of the flap material may be slip-resistant to permit the cover to assume a stable, inclined configuration in which a portion of the weight of the mobile telephone on the flap material prevents slippage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Graphique de France, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jean-Jacques Toulotte
  • Patent number: 8714351
    Abstract: A protective cover for a tablet computer includes a front board, a back board having a hinge, and a spine board. A cradle assembly affixed to a first portion of the back board releasably grips the tablet computer. A riser board is attached to the back of the cradle assembly. Attachment means removably attach the riser board to the back board to provide an adjustable angle between the cradle assembly and a second portion of the back board. The attachment means may be a mechanical stopper, a magnet, a clasp, a rivet, or an adhesive. The protective cover may include a wrapping that conceals the front board, the back board, and the spine board and that provides a pattern, a logo, or a pleasing image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Graphique de France, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jean-Jacques Toulotte
  • Publication number: 20130277271
    Abstract: A protective cover for a tablet computer includes a front board, a back board having a hinge, and a spine board. A cradle assembly affixed to a first portion of the back board releasably grips the tablet computer. A riser board is attached to the back of the cradle assembly. Attachment means removably attach the riser board to the back board to provide an adjustable angle between the cradle assembly and a second portion of the back board. The attachment means may be a mechanical stopper, a magnet, a clasp, a rivet, or an adhesive. The protective cover may include a wrapping that conceals the front board, the back board, and the spine board and that provides a pattern, a logo, or a pleasing image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Graphique de France, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jean-Jacques Toulotte
  • Patent number: 7979319
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to facilitating purchases for events, and more particularly, displaying purchase recommendations and links in conjunction with events in a calendar displayed in a computer desktop application. In one aspect, the invention is a method comprising displaying a calendar in a computer desktop application; receiving information from a server corresponding to an event; displaying a reminder in the calendar corresponding to the given event, said reminder comprising information corresponding to said event and at least one link to an online store; and determining a purchase recommendation corresponding to the given event, wherein the purchase recommendation is determined with respect to a record of a given screensaver being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Graphique de France, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jean-Jacques Toulotte
  • Patent number: 5620359
    Abstract: A knife sharpener (1) having a flexible grinding system includes a grinding wheel (2) and means for rotating the wheel, and has a fixed guide surface (14) for roughly positioning a knife for sharpening. A movable member (21) is disposed adjacent to the grinding member (17) of the grinding wheel, with the movable biased by a spring (26) in a direction towards the wheel. In operation, when a knife is moved into contact with the grinding wheel, the movable member is displaced inwardly to reduce the contact pressure such that only the knife edge contacts the wheel. Thus, rather than recontouring the knife edge, the knife edge is most closely returned to its original contour. Using such a flexible grinding system substantially maintains the original edge contour of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignee: Cuisine de France, Ltd.
    Inventors: Marc Harrison, Alain Vadrot
  • Patent number: 5237251
    Abstract: A control unit enables tapping onto an end surface of a workpiece while rotating the workpiece. A workpiece rotational speed command (Vc) is applied from an NC unit (90) to first and second speed control circuits (111, 121) of first and second control circuits (110, 120), to operate these control circuits in a speed control mode, so that the workpiece (70) and a tapper (80) respectively mounted on first and second main spindles (10, 20) are caused to rotate at the same speed by first and second main spindle motors (11, 21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Franc Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kono, Hironobu Takahashi
  • Patent number: D622141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Graphique de France, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jean-Jacques Toulotte
  • Patent number: D363867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Cuisine de France, Ltd.
    Inventors: Marc Harrison, Alain Vadrot
  • Patent number: D707217
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Graphique de France, Ltd
    Inventor: Jean Jacques Toulotte