Patents by Inventor Arthur G. F. Herr

Arthur G. F. Herr 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).

  • Storage container for information-bearing disc devices
    Patent number: 5842563
    Abstract: A storage container comprising an outer shell and an insertable drawer member configured and dimensioned for receiving and storing information-bearing discs and accompanying printed matter. The insertable drawer member includes features to store the discs by contacting non-information bearing surfaces thereof as well as means for selectively retrieving the printed matter together with the disc from the outer shell. The drawer includes a top segment and a bottom segment that are hinged together. The bottom segment has outwardly extending flexible side walls with respect to the bottom segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignee: Laserfile International, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur G. F. Herr, Robert W. Johnson, Toby S. Welles
  • Storage container for information-bearing disc devices
    Patent number: 5779038
    Abstract: A storage container comprising an outer shell and an insertable drawer member configured and dimensioned for receiving and storing information-bearing discs and accompanying printed matter. The insertable drawer member includes features to store the discs by contacting non-information bearing surfaces thereof as well as means for selectively retrieving the printed matter together with the disc from the outer shell. The container of the invention additionally comprises a tamper seal formed integral therewith which fractures the first time the drawer member is withdrawn from the shell for determining whether the storage container has ever been opened to access its contents after it was sealed at the factory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Reynard CVC, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur G. F. Herr, Robert W. Johnson, Toby S. Welles
  • Storage container for information-bearing disc devices having printed matter retrieval means
    Patent number: 5445265
    Abstract: A storage container comprising an outer shell and an insertable drawer member configured and dimensioned for receiving and storing information-bearing discs and accompanying printed matter. The insertable drawer member includes features to store the discs by contacting non-information bearing surfaces thereof as well as means for selectively retrieving the printed matter together with the disc from the outer shell. The container of the invention additionally comprises a tamper seal formed integral therewith which fractures the first time the drawer member is withdrawn from the shell for determining whether the storage container has ever been opened to access its contents after it was sealed at the factory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Reynard CVC, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur G. F. Herr, Robert W. Johnson, Toby S. Welles