Patents by Inventor Francis V. Herr

Francis V. Herr 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).

  • Office accessory system for use on both horizontal and vertical surfaces
    Patent number: 4620636
    Abstract: An office accessory system for use on both horizontal and vertical surfaces and in both conventional and open-plan environments. Accessories are provided, each being self-supporting on a horizontal surface, one of them being self-supporting on a horizontal surface in either a horizontal or a vertical orientation. The accessories have recesses for receiving support hooks engageable with the arm of a cantilever support. The cantilever support has an attaching bracket which is selectively engageable with the side channels found on a wide variety of open plan wall panels for mounting the accessories thereon in a vertical orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1986
    Assignee: McDonald Products Corporation
    Inventors: Francis V. Herr, Thomas B. Walklet, James G. Hansen, Theodore J. Hasler, Valentin Beil, Harold E. Donlon, Ken E. Christian
  • Office accessory system for use on both horizontal and vertical surfaces
    Patent number: 4478339
    Abstract: An office accessory system for use on both horizontal and vertical surfaces and in both conventional and open-plan environments. Accessories are provided, each being self-supporting on a horizontal surface, one of them being self-supporting on a horizontal surface in either a horizontal or a vertical orientation. The accessories have recesses for receiving support hooks engageable with the arm of a cantilever support. The cantilever support has an attaching bracket which is selectively engageable with the side channels found on a wide variety of open plan wall panels for mounting the accessories thereon in a vertical orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1984
    Assignee: McDonald Products Corporation
    Inventors: Francis V. Herr, Thomas B. Walklet, James G. Hansen, Theodore J. Hasler, Valentin Beil, Harold E. Donlon, Ken E. Christian
  • Combined letter tray and file
    Patent number: D267656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1983
    Assignee: McDonald Products Corporation
    Inventors: James V. Vevirit, Francis V. Herr, Thomas B. Walklet, James G. Hansen, Theodore J. Hasler
  • Combined calendar, memo and pencil holder
    Patent number: D268118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1983
    Assignee: McDonald Products Corporation
    Inventors: Francis V. Herr, Thomas B. Walklet, James G. Hansen, Theodore J. Hasler
  • Letter tray
    Patent number: D298764
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1988
    Assignee: Smith Metal Arts Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Francis V. Herr, Robert A. O'Neil, Leon C. Clouser