Patents by Inventor Francis R. Skop, Jr.

Francis R. Skop, Jr. 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: 6298201
    Abstract: An exposure count indicator includes a flexible split ring having a series of exposure count indicia provided along the split ring, and a mask that covers the split ring to prevent the exposure count indicia from being seen. When the split ring is rotated relative to the mask, the split ring is advanced through a ring egress opening in the mask to progressively relocate the split ring from being beneath one side of the mask to being above another side of the mask to allow the exposure count indicia to be progressively seen. Thus, the split ring becomes increasingly present at one side of the mask and decreasingly present at the other side of the mask as the exposure count indicia can be increasingly seen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Dennis R. Zander, Francis R. Skop, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5270540
    Abstract: A monitor calibrator housing and mounting bracket for storing the housing in either the horizontal or vertical positions. The housing includes opposing, side, contoured, finger receptacles, and a suction cup at one end. The mounting bracket includes first and second parts. The first part includes a flat portion and a perpendicular U-shaped portion. The second, separate part is a curved member having a first recess for receiving a curved free end of the flat portion, and a portion of the suction cup, and a second recess for supporting a portion of the housing. When the calibrator is removed from a monitor, it can be placed in the first part, which rests horizontally on e.g., a desk top. In this position, the suction cup rests on the flat portion of the first part. The calibrator and the first mounting bracket can also be placed in the second mounting bracket part, which is removably connected to a vertical surface, such as a CRT side panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Francis R. Skop, Jr., Isevy Chernobilsky
  • Patent number: D437867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Geoff Hollington, Richard Arnott, David Townsend-Elliott, Francis R. Skop, Jr.