Patents by Inventor Lam H. Tran

Lam H. Tran 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: 6478336
    Abstract: A shallow box binder cover is provided for a binder containing a plurality of pages. The cover has a stiff, opaque core through which a plurality of display openings are defined. These display openings are surrounded by the structure of the cover core. A separate transparent plastic blister or box is located in each of the display openings. Each transparent box has a raised interior bubble surrounded by a base having mounting flanges projecting laterally from opposite sides of the periphery of the base. These mounting flanges are held against the inside surface of the front cover core so that the raised interior bubbles project into the display openings and into close proximity to the outer surface of the cover core. A front cover liner is disposed across the bases of the boxes to define separate, hollow enclosed cavities within the interior portions of each of the bubbles. Selected three-dimensional objects are placed within the bubbles before the front cover liner is disposed across the bases of the boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Inventor: Lam H. Tran
  • Publication number: 20020108287
    Abstract: A shallow box display frame is provided for a three-dimensional ornamental object. The display frame is formed with a surrounding border having inner and outer surfaces. A hollow bubble projects from the outer surface of the border. The bubble is closed at the inner surface of the border by a flat closure member that is thinner than the border and which seats in a seating recess that surrounds the bubble on the inner surface of the border. The flat closure member resides in the seating recess so that its exposed surface is in coplanar relationship with the surrounding portion of the inner surface of the border. A hollow enclosed cavity is defined within the bubble and a three-dimensional display object is loosely entrapped within the hollow cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventor: Lam H. Tran
  • Publication number: 20020076261
    Abstract: A shallow box binder cover is provided for a binder containing a plurality of pages. The cover has a stiff, opaque core through which a plurality of display openings are defined. These display openings are surrounded by the structure of the cover core. A separate transparent plastic blister or box is located in each of the display openings. Each transparent box has a raised interior bubble surrounded by a base having mounting flanges projecting laterally from opposite sides of the periphery of the base. These mounting flanges are held against the inside surface of the front cover core so that the raised interior bubbles project into the display openings and into close proximity to the outer surface of the cover core. A front cover liner is disposed across the bases of the boxes to define separate, hollow enclosed cavities within the interior portions of each of the bubbles. Selected three-dimensional objects are placed within the bubbles before the front cover liner is disposed across the bases of the boxes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventor: Lam H. Tran
  • Publication number: 20020067038
    Abstract: A tissue box cover having a top with a tissue access opening defined therethrough and flat, surrounding depending side walls provided to house a conventional cardboard box of facial tissue. A display opening is defined in at least one of the side walls of the tissue box cover. A blister formed of stiff, resilient, transparent material having a base, a raised interior bubble portion projecting outwardly from the base, and flat base flanges projecting in opposing lateral directions from the bubble portion is mounted in each display opening. The bubble portion of the blister projects into the display opening from the inside surface of the tissue box cover side walls. An ornamental object is positioned in the enclosure defined by the bubble portion of the blister. This enclosure is closed from the inside by a backing plate panel, and preferably also a decorative support panel sandwiched in between the backing plate panel and the base of the blister.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventor: Lam H. Tran
  • Patent number: 6267413
    Abstract: A double album of photograph display includes two mirror image portions located on opposite sides of a central web. Each mirror image portion is formed with a stiff, rectangular outer cover panel, an intermediate end panel, and a stiff inner cover panel. A packet of photograph mounting sheets is secured to the inside surface of the end panel of each mirror image portion of the base structure. Each of the photograph mounting sheets is capable of mounting at least one photograph. Preferably, pockets are provided in each photograph mounting sheet to accommodate a plurality of photographs in each mounting sheet. Photograph viewing windows are formed through the inner cover panels. Mutually engageable fasteners on each side of the central web may be provided to hold each packet within the confines of its associated outer and inner cover panel and the end panel to which the packet is secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Inventor: Lam H. Tran
  • Patent number: 6202838
    Abstract: A photo album case or other storage container is formed with an outer shell having laterally enclosing walls and an end structure opposite an open end to the shell. At least one transparent display panel is formed in the shell, and preferably the shell is formed from a single sheet of transparent stock. A stiff, inner display retainer is inserted into the open end of the shell and fits into the storage cavity defined within the shell. The display retainer conforms to the shape of at least the transparent display panel wall. The display retainer preferably extends beyond the display wall to extend across another of the inner shell surfaces immediately adjacent thereto. A visual display sheet, such as a photographic print, is located between the transparent display wall and the display retainer. The display sheet may be merely inserted in between the transparent display wall and the display retainer, or it may be mounted upon either the retainer or the inner surface of the transparent display panel wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Inventor: Lam H. Tran
  • Patent number: 6010000
    Abstract: A photo album case or other storage container is formed with an outer shell having laterally enclosing walls and an end panel opposite an open end to the shell. At least one display panel is formed in the shell and a window is defined in the display panel. A stiff, inner display retainer is inserted into the open end of the shell and fits into the storage cavity defined within the shell. The display retainer conforms to the shape of at least the display panel wall. The display retainer extends beyond the display wall to extend across another of the inner surfaces immediately adjacent thereto. A visual display sheet, such as a photographic print, is located between the display wall and the display retainer. The display sheet may be merely inserted in between the display wall and the display retainer, or it may be mounted upon either the retainer or the inner surface of the display panel wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Inventor: Lam H. Tran