Patents by Inventor Douglas M. Jack

Douglas M. Jack 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: 7077596
    Abstract: A two-way pocket assembly for use with a notebook (100). The pocket assembly is constructed over a window (208) formed in a subsurface material of the notebook (100). The pocket assembly includes exterior and interior pockets (104), each covering at least a portion of the window (208). The exterior and interior pockets (104) provide access to the pocket assembly from either the exterior (102) or interior (204) of the notebook (100). The pocket may be configured to receive and hold a personal electronic assistant, a cellular telephone (302), or another personal electronic device. The interior pocket includes a window material that allows visual access to the interior (204) of the pocket assembly through the material of the interior pocket (104). The pocket may be constructed so that a personal electronic assistant held inside the pocket assembly is usable through the window without removing the device from the pocket assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald M. Bianco, Douglas M. Jack
  • Patent number: 5948498
    Abstract: A multi-purpose message board having a mounting panel and a plurality of spaces thereon with a multi-page permanent record unit, and a single sheet temporary record unit mounted in two of said spaces. The message board is formed of a single sheet of material with the spaces in the form of depressions molded in the single sheet, with the permanent record unit being a calendar with the pages wire bound at the top, and with the temporary record unit being a write on/wipe off plate or cork board. The mounting panel of the message board has a perimeter flange with a backboard having one surface mounted on the flange and magnets and eyelets carried on the other surface of the backboard. Containers are attached to the panel at some of the spaces. Containers may have a cup shape for holding articles and may have a frame for holding a note pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Day Runner, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald M. Bianco, Douglas M. Jack
  • Patent number: 5186565
    Abstract: A pocket binder with a ring mount slidably seated in a compartment between the panels of the binder cover for attachment to a ringed binder. The ring mount may be partially extended from the compartment to expose a plurality of holes for insertion in a ringed binder. Alternatively, the ring mount may be retracted into the compartment to reduce the width of the pocket binder to a size capable of being stored in a suit pocket. A second embodiment discloses a pocket binder and ringed binder combination with the pocket binder attached to the ringed binder by the insertion of the rings through the holes in the pocket binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignee: Day Runner, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas M. Jack
  • Patent number: D388459
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Day Runner, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas M. Jack
  • Patent number: D390263
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Day Runner, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas M. Jack
  • Patent number: D392318
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Day Runner, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas M. Jack
  • Patent number: D394456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Day Runner, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas M. Jack
  • Patent number: D396490
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Day Runner, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas M. Jack
  • Patent number: D397724
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Day Runner, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas M. Jack
  • Patent number: D404429
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Day Runner, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas M. Jack
  • Patent number: D405827
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: Day Runner, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas M. Jack
  • Patent number: D417701
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Day Runner, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas M. Jack