Patents by Inventor David M. Gresham

David M. Gresham 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: 6516571
    Abstract: A screen apparatus includes a perimeter frame with a notch and arcuate foot in one of the bottom corners that are adapted to receive a raised floor device, such as a raised power outlet. A covering covers the frame but the notch is not covered. The covering is preferably a light-passing translucent sheet of performance fabric which is adapted to pass light sufficient for a viewer to see a person behind the screen, but which scatters and blocks sufficient light to provide privacy by hiding details of the person's work from the viewer. The screen apparatus also includes bowed frame members extending horizontally between some of the outer frame members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Overthun, George J. Simons, Jr., Thomas B. Eich, James N. Ludwig, David M. Gresham
  • Patent number: 5841855
    Abstract: A menu level indicator facilitates ease of use of a telephone terminal by a user by providing easily understandable information about selectable menu options available in an interactive display on the telephone terminal. The menu level indicator provides a visual indication for permitting the user to directly determine the number of menu options available while at one of multiple selectable menu levels in the menu. The menu level indicator also provides a visual indication for the user as to the relative position of a displayed, selectable menu option with respect to other selectable menu options commonly located at one of the multiple selectable menu levels. As a user maneuvers through the menu levels, such user is able to quickly develop a mental model of the feature menus and easily navigate through these menu selections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Joanne W. Davidson, William F. Dudley, Jr., David M. Gresham, Michael L. Moroze, Elizabeth Bauer-Nilsen Sanders, Alessandro A. Subrizi, Susan L. Tuttle
  • Patent number: 5774540
    Abstract: A user of a telephone terminal with an interactive display is provided complete access to all feature choices in a hierarchical menu through a minimum number of menu keys. These menu keys include a "Next" key, a "Back" key, a "Select" key and a "Home" key. These menu keys occupy minimal space on the housing of the telephone terminal, yet enable the user of the terminal to easily scroll to and select every feature in the interactive display. The user is able to quickly develop a mental model of the feature choices and easily navigate through these menu selections. Context-sensitive functionality also is provided for using the interactive display. As a user completes a command function, the feature choice presented to the user for this function is the one most likely to be accessed by the user, thus advantageously avoiding the necessity of having a dedicated key for allowing the user to select this feature choice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Joanne W. Davidson, William F. Dudley, Jr., David A. Fishman, David M. Gresham, Kenneth Kasiske, Michael L. Moroze, Elizabeth Bauer-Nilsen Sanders, Alessandro A. Subrizi, Susan L. Tuttle
  • Patent number: 5433480
    Abstract: A system for releasably and laterally mounting or removing a plurality of booklets including in a preferred embodiment: 1) unitary spines for removably retaining the booklets therein each having at least one upstanding tab on an outer surface thereof and, 2) a binder for releasably mounting the unitary spines therein, the binder having a plurality of longitudinally extending channels that are spaced apart and parallel to one another and have a ridge for engaging the upstanding tabs on the unitary spines during mounting and removal of the unitary spines in the binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Assignee: Morningstar Financial
    Inventors: David M. Gresham, John W. Davison, Robert D. Soto, Chris Cicenas
  • Patent number: 4726653
    Abstract: A stereoscopic viewer comprises a housing having an advancing plate for supporting and advancing a disc-shaped carrying card for stereo images which are viewed through a pair of eyepieces in the housing. A trigger oscillates the plate to incrementally rotate the card and position sequential pairs of images in the viewing axis of the eyepieces. The trigger includes a depressible actuator vertically projecting through a top surface of the viewer, as it is held for viewing. The trigger comprises a cylindrical actuator portion projecting through the top surface of the housing, and a leg depending from the actuator portion which engages the advancing plate to oscillate it as the trigger is depressed. As the plate oscillates in a forward direction, a flat front face of a pawl on the plate engages a radial slot on the disc to rotate it. The pawl is slightly inclined in the direction of advance of the card to help hold the card flat against the plate during incremental advancement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1988
    Assignee: View-Master Ideal Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Thaler, Alan G. Lewis, David M. Gresham
  • Patent number: D446659
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: James N. Ludwig, David M. Gresham, Karl H. Müller
  • Patent number: D447682
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Grabowski, David M. Gresham, John R. Hamilton, James L. Rozema
  • Patent number: D450465
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Overthun, George J. Simons, Jr., David M. Gresham, James N. Ludwig
  • Patent number: D450466
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Overthun, Thomas B. Eich, George J. Simons, Jr., David M. Gresham
  • Patent number: D450949
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Grabowski, David M. Gresham
  • Patent number: D450953
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Grabowski, David M. Gresham
  • Patent number: D451294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: George J. Simons, Jr., Thomas Overthun, Thomas B. Eich, David M. Gresham
  • Patent number: D457027
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Karl H. Müller, David M. Gresham
  • Patent number: D457736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: George J. Simons, Jr., James N. Ludwig, David M. Gresham, Thomas B. Eich
  • Patent number: D462548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: James N. Ludwig, David M. Gresham, Karl H. Müller
  • Patent number: D473516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Gresham, James N. Ludwig, Karl H. Mueller, Todd A. Pelman, James R. Yurchenco, Mark A. Zeh, Thomas B. Eich, Steven L. Atkins
  • Patent number: D282747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1986
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Gresham, Ted F. Kelley, Philip C. Yenerich, Roland Zapfe
  • Patent number: D284375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1986
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph G. Bullock, David M. Gresham, Ted F. Kelley, Leroy H. Moser, Kenneth L. White, Philip C. Yenerich, Roland Zapfe, Kurt W. Gibson
  • Patent number: D305667
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: View-Master Ideal Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Thaler, David M. Gresham
  • Patent number: D352309
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: Morningstar, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Gresham, John W. Davison, Robert D. Soto