Patents by Inventor Bernhard O. Williams

Bernhard O. Williams 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: 5487010
    Abstract: A bumper sticker printing machine having an arcade-style enclosure, a computer board and program, a monitor and touch screen, a vinyl bumper sticker stock, a vinyl bumper sticker feed mechanism, and a printer. A customer puts money into the machine and then selects a pre-printed message or creates an original message through the use of the touch screen. The machine then prints out the message on a bumper sticker and dispenses the bumper sticker to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Assignee: B.M.D., Inc.
    Inventors: Charles S. Drake, Bernhard O. Williams, Adrian T. Dombrowski, Athur R. Harth
  • Patent number: 4831758
    Abstract: A CD jukebox display unit is disclosed for displaying the program information on CD covers. The unit includes a housing adapted for mounting to a jukebox and having a transparent front portion. A plurality of frames adapted to support a compact disc cover are supported within the housing for pivoting about spaced and substantially parallel axes slanted rearwardly in the rear of the housing. A horizontal track is provided adjacent the housing front portion and supports a slide member which carries a knob biased forwardly therefrom. A finger is secured to the knob and projects rearwardly therefrom so that when the knob is pushed rearwardly, the finger engages a selected one of the tabs provided on each of the support frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignee: Seeburg Phonograph Corporation
    Inventors: Bernhard O. Williams, Arthur R. Harth
  • Patent number: 4570793
    Abstract: A desk console element includes a receptacle member for holding a desktop item such as a pen and pen base and further includes a one-piece connecting clip for releasably connecting the receptacle member to the receptacle member of a like element. The connecting clip includes a first part and a second part, and the receptacle member includes a pair of elongated tracks for slidably accepting the first clip part and detent-defining means which, with the tracks, cooperate with the first clip part to releasably interlock the clip and the receptacle member. The second clip part is adapted to be releasably interlocked with the receptacle member of the like member as the first clip part is adapted to be releasably interlocked with the receptacle member of its element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1986
    Assignee: McDonald Products Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. O'Neil, William G. Broman, Leon C. Clouser, Adrian T. Dombrowski, Arthur R. Harth, Bernhard O. Williams