Patents by Inventor Douglas Kinsman

Douglas Kinsman 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: 9409435
    Abstract: A writing board for retaining material for writing, the writing board having a main board defining a surface and a material retaining arrangement configured to retain material on the surface, the retaining arrangement further having a retaining portion movable between a first retaining position at which material can be retained thereby on the board and a second position that allows material to be removed from the board, the retaining portion bearing a first part of a snap fastener, which first part is releasably engageable with a second part of the snap fastener located on the board, one of the first and second parts having a projection that locates into a re-entrant portion in the other of the first and second parts to extend through a hole in material being retained thereby when the retaining portion is in the first retaining position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: SG WORLD LIMITED
    Inventor: Douglas Kinsman
  • Publication number: 20140290012
    Abstract: A writing board for retaining material for writing, the writing board having a main board defining a surface and a material retaining arrangement configured to retain material on the surface, the retaining arrangement further having a retaining portion movable between a first retaining position at which material can be retained thereby on the board and a second position that allows material to be removed from the board, the retaining portion bearing a first part of a snap fastener, which first part is releasably engageable with a second part of the snap fastener located on the board, one of the first and second parts having a projection that locates into a re-entrant portion in the other of the first and second parts to extend through a hole in material being retained thereby when the retaining portion is in the first retaining position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SG World Limited
    Inventor: Douglas Kinsman