Patents by Inventor Brett R. Thompson

Brett R. Thompson 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: 5592260
    Abstract: A device for producing-cropped photographs is made up of separate pieces adapted to be assembled entirely by feel in a darkroom relative to a conventional enlarger for the making of prints from a photographic image projected by the enlarger. The device includes a base sheet and template sheet or sheets having the same shape and outside dimensions as the base sheet. Both the base sheet and the template sheet or sheets are sufficiently thick and stiff to enable proper alignment thereof entirely by feel in a darkroom of the outer peripheries thereof, relative to a sheet of photographic paper interposed therebetween. Multiple template sheets are preferably provided by packaging the device in kit form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Inventor: Brett R. Thompson