Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Mintzer

Elizabeth Mintzer 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).

  • User selectable shaped staple and apparatus and method for use thereof
    Publication number: 20070041809
    Abstract: The invention discloses a user selectable shaped staples and a stapler for dispensing said user selectable staples. The stapler has a replaceable guide housing assembly designed for the particular user selectable staple having components including a punch, die and guide conforming substantially to the shape of the head of the staple for driving the user selectable staple into a designated material, such as sheets of paper, selected for said fastening method. The staples are comprised of a head portion and parallel leg portions with the legs extending substantially perpendicular from the planar head portion and wherein the head portion is of a style depicting a form such as a trademark, company logo, a letter or symbol of any kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventor: Elizabeth Mintzer
  • Method for use a user selectable shaped staple and apparatus
    Patent number: 7073243
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for securing items together with a user selectable shaped staples and a stapler for dispensing said the user selectable staples. The stapler has a replaceable guide housing assembly designed for the particular user selectable staple having components including a punch, die and guide conforming substantially to the shape of the head of the staple for driving the user selectable staple into a designated material, such as sheets of paper, selected for said the fastening method. The staples are comprised of a head portion and parallel leg portions with the legs extending substantially perpendicular from the planar head portion and wherein the head portion is of a style depicting a form such as a trademark, company logo, a letter or symbol of any kind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Inventor: Elizabeth Mintzer
  • User selectable shaped staple and apparatus and method for use thereof
    Publication number: 20050098602
    Abstract: The invention discloses a user selectable shaped staples and a stapler for dispensing said user selectable staples. The stapler has a replaceable guide housing assembly designed for the particular user selectable staple having components including a punch, die and guide conforming substantially to the shape of the head of the staple for driving the user selectable staple into a designated material, such as sheets of paper, selected for said fastening method. The staples are comprised of a head portion and parallel leg portions with the legs extending substantially perpendicular from the planar head portion and wherein the head portion is of a style depicting a form such as a trademark, company logo, a letter or symbol of any kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventor: Elizabeth Mintzer
  • User selectable shaped staple and apparatus and method for use thereof
    Patent number: 6840422
    Abstract: The invention discloses a user selectable shaped staples and a stapler for dispensing the user selectable staples. The stapler has a replaceable guide housing assembly designed for the particular user selectable staple having components including a punch, die and guide conforming substantially to the shape of the head of the staple for driving the user selectable staple into a designated material, such as sheets of paper, selected for the fastening method. The staples are comprised of a head portion and parallel leg portions with the legs extending substantially perpendicular from the planar head portion and wherein the head portion is of a style depicting a form such as a trademark, company logo, a letter or symbol of any kind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Inventor: Elizabeth Mintzer
  • User selectable shaped staple and apparatus and method for use thereof
    Publication number: 20040084502
    Abstract: The invention discloses a user selectable shaped staples and a stapler for dispensing said user selectable staples. The stapler has a replaceable guide housing assembly designed for the particular user selectable staple having components including a punch, die and guide conforming substantially to the shape of the head of the staple for driving the user selectable staple into a designated material, such as sheets of paper, selected for said fastening method. The staples are comprised of a head portion and parallel leg portions with the legs extending substantially perpendicular from the planar head portion and wherein the head portion is of a style depicting a form such as a trademark, company logo, a letter or symbol of any kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventor: Elizabeth Mintzer