Patents by Inventor Alan F. Davies

Alan F. Davies 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: 5158387
    Abstract: A ring-type binder having a spine comprising inner and outer laminations of sheet material fixedly secured together in face-to-face relation, a ring-type binder element secured to the inner spine lamination by at least two (2) threaded fasteners extending through the inner spine lamination and through the binder element and secured in place by T-nuts, front and rear piano-type hinge elements secured to the front and rear edges of the spine inner lamination by through fastener elements, and front and rear covers fixedly secured to respective ones of the front and rear piano-type hinge elements by through fasteners, wherein the outer spine lamination is totally devoid of through fasteners and/or fastener openings and completely overlies and conceals the threaded fasteners used to secure the ring-type binder element and the through fasteners used to secure the front and rear hinge elements to the spine inner lamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Inventor: Alan F. Davies
  • Patent number: 4870767
    Abstract: A card holder is comprises a panel having a continuous central web and oppositely and inwardly directed flange formations along its edges to thereby form a pocket by which the holder may mount file cards on either or both sides of the central web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1989
    Inventor: Alan F. Davies
  • Patent number: 4693773
    Abstract: A visible file pocket (100) having a laminar central web (101) and front and back, lower and upper pocket tips (102-105) for receiving the lower and upper edges of documents to be supported thereon and wherein the upper edge (108) of the file pocket (100) is provided with a transversely extending hinge pin receiving bore (109) adapted to receive a hinge pin (110) and laterally projecting hinge elements (112).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1987
    Assignee: Davies Office Equipment, Ltd.
    Inventor: Alan F. Davies
  • Patent number: 4670076
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a visible file pocket support panel (120) for use in supporting "n" (where "n" is any whole integer) file pockets (100) having front and back upper and lower pocket tips (102, 103, 104, 105) coextensive with the upper and lower edges of the file pocket and a hinge pin (110) extending transversely through the file pocket (100) adjacent the upper edge (108) thereof and projecting laterally beyond the sides of the file pocket with hinge elements (112) nonrotatably mounted on the projecting ends of the hinge pin (110); and, which can be readily fabricated from two basic lightweight elements--viz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Inventor: Alan F. Davies
  • Patent number: 4584051
    Abstract: A visible file pocket (100) having a laminar central web (101) and front and back, lower and upper pocket tips (102-105) for receiving the lower and upper edges of documents to be supported thereon and wherein the upper edge (108) of the file pocket (100) is provided with a transversely extending hinge pin receiving bore (109) adapted to receive a hinge pin (110) and laterally projecting hinge elements (112).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: Davies Office Equipment, Ltd.
    Inventor: Alan F. Davies
  • Patent number: 4551934
    Abstract: A simple visible file pocket support panel for supporting file pockets having front and back, upper and lower pocket tips (102, 103, 104, 105) coextensive with the upper and lower edges of the pocket and a hinge pin (110) extending through the pocket (100) adjacent the upper edge (108) thereof and projecting beyond the sides of the pocket with hinge elements (112) nonrotatably mounted on the projecting ends of the pin (110) and which comprises (i) a rectangular panel bottom (121) defining a laterally extending flange (122) and including a file support ramp (124) having a depth approximately equal to the vertical height of the pockets (100) to be hingedly mounted thereon and extending rearwardly and downwardly from the front edge of the bottom panel (121) towards, but terminating short of, the rear edge of the panel bottom, and wherein the panel bottom (121) extends rearwardly from the rear edge of the ramp (124) by a distance approximately equal to "n" (where "n" equals any whole integer equal to the number o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1985
    Assignee: Davies Office Equipment, Ltd.
    Inventor: Alan F. Davies