Patents by Inventor David Pitcher

David Pitcher 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).

  • Publication number: 20050205747
    Abstract: An elongated poster support arrangement comprising an elongated extrusion having an uppermost wall, a tapered sidewall. The sidewall angularly extends from the uppermost wall. A support wall is arranged adjacent said tapered sidewall to define a longitudinal chamber between the tapered sidewall and the support. A plurality of flexibly connected gripping members are loosely disposed within the longitudinal chamber, the chamber arranged to receive a poster therein for pinched securement between the gripping members and the support wall. The gripping members comprise a plurality of generally cylindrically shaped roller links connected longitudinally together by a flexible connecting line. The roller links are formed of resilient material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: David Pitcher, Thomas Burrous
  • Publication number: 20050097800
    Abstract: An elongated poster support arrangement comprising an elongated extrusion having an uppermost wall, a first tapered sidewall and a second tapered sidewall. The first and second sidewalls angularly extend from the uppermost wall. A central support wall is arranged between the first and the second tapered sidewalls to define a first longitudinal chamber between the first tapered sidewall and the central support wall and also to define a second longitudinal chamber between the second tapered sidewall and the central support wall. An arrangement of gripping members is loosely disposed within the second longitudinal chamber. The second chamber is arranged to receive a poster therein for pinched securement between the gripping members and the central support wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: David Pitcher, Thomas Borroos
  • Publication number: 20050055862
    Abstract: An elongated poster support arrangement comprising an elongated extrusion having an uppermost wall, a first tapered sidewall and a second tapered sidewall. The first and second sidewalls angularly extend from the uppermost wall. A central support wall is arranged between the first and the second tapered sidewalls to define a first longitudinal chamber between the first tapered sidewall and the central support wall and also to define a second longitudinal chamber between the second tapered sidewall and the central support wall. An arrangement of gripping members is loosely disposed within the second longitudinal chamber. The second chamber is arranged to receive a poster therein for pinched securement between the gripping members and the central support wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: David Pitcher, Thomas Burrous
  • Publication number: 20050012015
    Abstract: An elongated poster support arrangement comprising an elongated extrusion having an uppermost wall, a tapered sidewall. The sidewall angularly extends from the uppermost wall. A support wall is arranged adjacent said tapered sidewall to define a longitudinal chamber between the tapered sidewall and the support. A flexible gripping member is loosely disposed within the longitudinal chamber, the chamber arranged to receive a poster therein for pinched securement between the gripping member and the support wall. The gripping member comprises a generally cylindrically shaped roller link. The roller links are formed of resilient material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: David Pitcher, Thomas Burrous, Alan Stenfors
  • Publication number: 20050006842
    Abstract: A mechanical octahedron puzzle arrangement of the present invention is comprised of a plurality of radially interlocking generally octahedrally and tetrahedrally shaped components, for permitting rotation of a plane of such components about an axis perpendicular to that plane of components. The rotatable planes define a changeable collective face of the puzzle arrangement. The puzzle comprises an inner core octahedral member, a first radially innermost transitional layer of the components, and a second layer of components, each having an outer face of equilateral triangular shape, wherein a planar portion of the components may be rotated in 120 degree increments about an axis perpendicular to the planar portion of components to effect a change in the colors of each collective face of the octahedron puzzle arrangement, so that when the faces are twisted, the color markings on the exposed faces are scrambled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventor: David Pitcher
  • Publication number: 20050005560
    Abstract: An elongated poster support arrangement comprising an elongated extrusion having an uppermost wall and a tapered sidewall which extends angularly from the uppermost wall. A central support wall is arranged between the tapered sidewall to define an elongated longitudinally disposed chamber between the tapered sidewall and the central support wall. The longitudinal chamber has a slot which is arranged to receive a lift tool to permit the poster support to be lifted to and removed from a ceiling rail. The tapered sidewall has a distal edge flange arranged to facilitate sliding engagement of a blade of the lift tool. The blade of the lift tool has a tapered lock member thereon for wedging between the flange and the support wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: David Pitcher, Thomas Burrous
  • Publication number: 20040240444
    Abstract: A messaging system and method are provided to enable transactional work, done as a result of a recipient processing an asynchronous message, to be involved in the transaction under which message was sent. Involvement may be directly in the senders transaction or indirectly through a separate transaction which can be a subordinate to, a child of, or merged with the transaction under which message was sent. The message is delivered by calling an operation, a definition of which has been registered for the queue. If the message it added to a queue for subsequent delivery to a recipient, details of the transaction under which message was sent are added to the message. As a result the recipient can take appropriate action to ensure that any transactional work, it causes to happen, will be done directly or indirectly under the scope of the transactions under which message was sent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Daniel James Matthews, David Pitcher, Stephen James Todd
  • Publication number: 20040211101
    Abstract: An extruded snap frame panel arrangement assembly for the biased pinching of a display panel therewithin. The arrangement includes an elongated back frame plate, a front frame plate and an elongated S-shaped double curved snap plate integrally co-extruded with the back plate and front plate, for biasedly pinching the display panel therebetween. A separate cover plate is slidably attached to the S-shaped double-curved snap plate for providing a further bias to the pinching of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: David Pitcher, Thomas P. Burrous
  • Publication number: 20040008678
    Abstract: A messaging system and method are provided to enable transactional work, done as a result of a recipient processing an asynchronous message, to be involved in the transaction under which message was sent. Involvement may be directly in the senders transaction or indirectly through a separate transaction which can be a subordinate to, a child of, or merged with the transaction under which message was sent. If the message it added to a queue for subsequent delivery to a recipient, details of the transaction under which message was sent are added to the message. As a result the recipient can take appropriate action to ensure that any transactional work, it causes to happen, will be done directly or indirectly under the scope of the transactions under which message was sent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel James Matthews, David Pitcher, Stephen James Todd
  • Publication number: 20030018699
    Abstract: A process is defined which maintains in a host repository, such as a flat file or a database, a record of configuration information for a plurality of data processing hosts in a distributed system, such as a test system. Configuration information comprises details of products installed on the host and details of how such installed products are configured. Program requirements which contain the host configuration requirements of a program, such as a test program, to be executed are then obtained and compared with the host information in the host repository in order to identify a host that is capable of executing the program. One of these hosts is then selected and the program is executed on it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. Matthews, David Pitcher
  • Patent number: 6467135
    Abstract: A security for a compartmented structure including at least one zippered compartment includes a two-slide zipper. The pulls are configured to interlock one another and to expose a security slot when engaged. Affixing a security product to the security when the pulls are interlocked maintains the zippered compartment closed and secured. The security product preferentially includes a cable to secure the security product to an object other than the compartmented structure when affixed to the security slot to prevent unauthorized movement of the compartmented structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Acco Brands Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Schuster, Glenn Rodgers, David Pitcher
  • Patent number: 6170791
    Abstract: The system includes multiple components that may be used individually, or in conjunction with other components of the system, including a copy holder, paper organizer and a monitor-mounted copy holder. The copy holder/stand accommodates a variety of paper sizes in either portrait or landscape orientation. The copy stand includes a base stand and a removable copy holder, thus allowing the copy holder to be used as a clip board. The copy holder is rotatable about the base stand, thus allowing variation of the relative angle between the user and the copy holder. The copy holder includes at least one clip, and preferably at least two different types of clips. The clips may hold papers and documents against the copy holder as well as provide a means of highlighting or marking regions of particular interest on a document page. The paper organizer may either stand-alone or be held within an opening in the base stand of the copy holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Acco Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: David Pitcher, Don Angel
  • Patent number: D480127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Kaz, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul E. Cox, Bill Kane, Charles W. Sears, Trent Kahute, David Pitcher
  • Patent number: D491564
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Quantum Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Chaney, Dana Kritter, John Goode, Stephen Stamm, James Justin Kuhar, David Pitcher
  • Patent number: D351342
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: Monster Cable Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Noel Lee, Don Angel, David Pitcher
  • Patent number: D402920
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: ACCO Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Schuster, Glenn Rodgers, David Pitcher
  • Patent number: D416778
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Acco Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: David Pitcher, Mark M. Dwight