Patents by Inventor Jo-Ann Haas

Jo-Ann Haas 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: 6073764
    Abstract: A storage device for holding a collection of individual units of media such as, but not limited to, compact discs, DVD's, CD-roms, mini discs, video game cassettes, cassette tapes, VCR tapes, microcassettes, and the like, includes a frame structure having first and second longitudinal frame members maintained in spaced apart, parallel relation and a plurility of carriers supported transversely between the longitudinal frame members in a series of rows. The carriers each include a base and front and rear transparent panels extending upwardly from the base in spaced parallel relation to one another for holding one or more of the media units therebetween in a generally upright position. The carriers are normally maintained in a rearwardly inclined position and are independently movable, in a flipping motion, about a transverse pivot axis through a range of movement between the rearwardly inclined position and a forwardly inclined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Inventors: Robert S. Haas, Jo-Ann Haas