Patents by Inventor Chris Frank

Chris Frank 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).

  • Articulating telephone base
    Patent number: 6215869
    Abstract: A telephone including a telephone base having a bottom convex surface and including a first pair of guide rails, in which the bottom convex surface has a number of recesses; and a telephone base support having a second pair of guide rails and adapted to slidably support the telephone base by cooperation between the first and second pairs of guide rails. The telephone base support includes an elastic member for successively engaging the plurality of recesses one by one, so that the telephone base slides on the telephone base support in discrete steps when the user articulates the telephone base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Corporation America
    Inventors: Chris Frank, John Smith
  • Set top box for television receiver
    Patent number: D439886
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Chris Frank
  • Interface member
    Patent number: D486478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Fred Swan, Chris Pate, Bruce Lancaster, Ray Weikel, Kevin Hlas, Pontus Wahlgren, Chris Frank
  • Cable holder
    Patent number: D591678
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Icableholder.com Pty Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Whitley, Chris Frank, Steven Proctor, Eugen Meyer