Patents by Inventor Michael Budge

Michael Budge 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).

  • Publication number: 20140285968
    Abstract: An apparatus may be used with a notebook, tablet, mobile phone, computer, or other device to provide handles for securely and comfortably holding and manipulating the notebook. The apparatus generally includes a frame, a pair of handles, and a case approximately the size of the notebook. The apparatus may be removably secured to the notebook by gripping edges of the notebook so that the notebook may be manipulated and handled by the handles of the apparatus, and while secured may retain functionality of the notebook. The frame may include a rib for connecting the handles with the case, as well as connecting the handles to each other, and may provide stability and strength to the apparatus. In another aspect, the apparatus may be a unitary structure including a body, one or more handles, and one or more connectors connecting the handles to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Budge
  • Publication number: 20100046165
    Abstract: In combination with a computer having a first section supporting a keyboard and a second section supporting a screen, the second section pivotally connected to pivot between upright raised position and a down pivoted position with the second section then overlying the first section and keyboard, the improvement comprising the first section having two laterally spaced upwardly facing surfaces offset from the keyboard, two flat support pads respectively attached to the two spaced surfaces, and openly spaced below the second section in down pivoted position thereof, the pads being relatively thin, the pads sized to comfortably support the computer user's wrists during stroking of the keyboard, when the second section is in raised position, the screen located in a re-entrant recess formed by the second section, the pads received in said recess, but spaced from the screen in said second section down-pivoted position, the pads consisting of molded plastic material, there being auxiliary graphics on the pads and ope
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventor: Michael Budge
  • Patent number: 6237879
    Abstract: A pair of wrist pads removably and adjustably attached adjacent to the keyboard of a portable computer to aid in the comfort of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Inventor: Michael Budge
  • Patent number: D717804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Budge