Patents by Inventor Guy Appeltans

Guy Appeltans 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).

  • Device for protecting securities
    Patent number: 6247415
    Abstract: The invention concerns a protective device for valuable documents, including a volume capable of being closed and divided into two compartments, one of the compartments being used to receive the documents to be protected while in the second compartment caps contain a pyrotechnic mixture which, when the device is wrongly manipulated, will burst into a flame and penetrate the documents in the first mentioned compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: FN Hertsal, S.A.
    Inventors: Guy Appeltans, Luc Mellebeek
  • Device for protecting securities
    Publication number: 20010000384
    Abstract: The invention concerns a protective device for valuable documents, including a volume capable of being closed and divided into two compartments, one of the compartments being used to receive the documents to be protected while in the second compartment caps contain a pyrotechnic mixture which, when the device is wrongly manipulated, will burst into a flame and penetrate the documents in the first mentioned compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Publication date: April 26, 2001
    Applicant: FN HERSTAL, S.A.
    Inventors: Guy Appeltans, Luc Mellebeek
  • Protective device for valuable documents
    Patent number: 6178897
    Abstract: The invention concerns a protective device for valuable documents, including a volume capable of being closed and divided into two compartments, one of the compartments being used to receive the documents to be protected while in the second compartment caps contain a pyrotechnic mixture which, when the device is wrongly manipulated, will burst into a flame which will penetrate the documents in the first mentioned compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: FN Herstal, S.A.
    Inventors: Guy Appeltans, Luc Mellebeek