Patents by Inventor Kurt Sward

Kurt Sward 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: 8113316
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a scaffolding and worktable apparatus with pivotally connected end legs, and in particular, to an apparatus that can be modified from a scaffold to a worktable by rotating collapsible end legs from a first position to a second position and an apparatus that can also be stored or used in a flattened configuration by rotating the end legs to a third stored position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Inventors: Kurt Sward, Rick Ellison, Brian Clemens, Peter Tennessen, Austen He
  • Publication number: 20090096334
    Abstract: An organizing product that includes a storage compartment comprising front and rear walls each having inwardly and outwardly facing surfaces, a dry erase board attached to the outwardly facing surface of the storage compartment, and a calendar removably mounted in overlying relation to the dry erase board. A septum divides the storage compartment into upper and lower sections and adds rigidity to the organizing product. A magnet attached to the outwardly facing surface of the rear wall and/or a pair of openings formed through the rear wall permit the organizing product to be mounted to a vertically oriented surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt Sward, Brian Clemens, Don Lehman, Jill Pearson
  • Publication number: 20080240844
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides a document tray to retain a writing surface and provide for annotation over a majority of the writing surface. The document tray generally combines a generally planar rigid backer member and a frame holder connected to the backer member. The frame holder has a plurality of side components positioned in a plane generally parallel to and spaced from the backer member to define a document recess. The document is thus retained in the document recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Mark E. Fastabend, Iulius Lucaci, Kurt Sward, Evan Ward, Craighton Berman
  • Publication number: 20080174412
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides a binder or planner system. The binder system generally combines a binder and an electronic reminder component or electronic reminder module. Accordingly, the binder system is provided to merge a manual handwritten component with an electronic reminder component. The electronic reminder module electronically stores reminder events and provides at least one of an audible alarm signal or a visual alarm signal upon the occurrence of one of the entered reminder events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Kurt Sward, Iulius Lucaci, Mark Fastabend, Evan Ward, Craighton Berman
  • Publication number: 20080153699
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides a copying system, preferably for a personal calendar system, whereby notes can be transferred from a notepad to a single sheet of the calendar by writing the information while the note sheet is positioned on the calendar sheet. A separator or other backing board is not needed to ensure that the information is not transferred to additional calendar pages in the stack of calendar pages. In one embodiment the calendar sheets have a first surface and a second surface, the first surface having carbonless developer material thereon. Conversely, the notepad sheets have a first surface and a second surface, the second surface having a carbonless color-former material thereon. Additionally, the notepad sheets have a removable and repositionable pressure sensitive adhesive on at least a portion of the second surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Craighton Berman, Rick Ellison, Iulius Lucaci, Kurt Sward, Evan Ward
  • Publication number: 20080152421
    Abstract: An adjustable page binder system is provided. The system has a plurality of flexible substrates having a first surface, a second surface, and an edge. The substrates also have a plurality of pairs of first and second apertures, and a slit joining the first and second aperture of each pair. The system further has a binder with a front cover, a back cover, and a plurality of ring connectors. The ring connectors have a generally elliptical cross-sectional geometry with a major axis of the elliptical cross-sectional geometry extending generally parallel to a binding of the binder. Further, the ring connectors further have a leading edge and a trailing edge. The ring connectors are sized to fit within the first aperture of each pair of apertures in the flexible substrates. The leading edge of each ring connector is designed to separate the slit to allow the ring connector to be transitioned to the appropriate second aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventor: Kurt Sward
  • Publication number: 20080110840
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides a customizable modular organizer. The modular organizer has a backing board and a plurality of substantially linear holders provided on the first side of the backing board. The holders are connected to the backing board at connection points to define a plurality of openings between the backing board and the holders. The openings are adapted to removably accept desk organizer attachments therein. Preferably, the holders are vertically aligned and connected to the backing board in an orientation to create a plurality of columns of vertical openings. Additionally, in one embodiment the removable desk organizer attachment has a substantially planar flap sized to fit in one or more of the openings of the organizer to removably secure the organizer attachment therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Craighton Berman, Kurt Sward
  • Publication number: 20080093835
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides a writing pad. The writing pad has a grouping of pages of paper, a generally rigid backing substrate for supporting the grouping of pages of paper, and a connector rotatably connecting the backing substrate to the grouping of pages of paper. The grouping of pages of paper has a first side, a second side and an edge, and the pages of the grouping of pages of paper are joined toward the edge thereof. Further, since the connector is rotatably connected to the backing substrate, the connector allows the backing substrate to be rotated about the edge of the grouping of pages of paper such that both sides of the pages of paper can be written on at different times with a supporting backing substrate thereunder. Preferably, individual pages of paper can be removed from the grouping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventor: Kurt Sward
  • Publication number: 20070261916
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a scaffolding and worktable apparatus with pivotally connected end legs, and in particular, to an apparatus that can be modified from a scaffold to a worktable by rotating collapsible end legs from a first position to a second position and an apparatus that can also be stored or used in a flattened configuration by rotating the end legs to a third stored position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Kurt Sward, Rick Ellison, Brian Clemens, Peter Tennessen, Austen He