Patents by Inventor Mitchell L. Block

Mitchell L. Block 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: 4334620
    Abstract: A key control system is provided by a frame that includes multiple slide channels for vertical movement therein of generally planar key rack members. Each key rack member is articulated to provide an upper key-holding section for selectively angled display of keys thereon. The key rack member may be stored away in a lowered position in the frame, or be moved to the display position, or be selectively removed from the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1982
    Assignee: Block and Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Mitchell L. Block
  • Patent number: 4199067
    Abstract: A durable and inexpensive, integrally molded key rack for accessibly storing and conveniently organizing keys is adapted for location in and attachment to the following block of desk or filing cabinet drawers. Projecting rearwardly of the rear face of the key rack are a pair of upright clips for securing the rack to the following block and projecting forwardly of the front face are a pair of spaced, slotted, horizontally-extending, key-receiving projections for holding keys. The rack is formed with a first set of ribs extending about the periphery of the rear face and a second set of ribs extending between the clips and the key-receiving projections. The first and second sets of ribs and the key-receiving projections combine to rigidify the key rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1980
    Assignee: Block and Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Mitchell L. Block
  • Patent number: 4118962
    Abstract: An improved obturator for safe deposit boxes and the like is integrally manufactured from a resilient synthetic material such as nylon. It includes a substantially flat head member having a rail member cantilevered perpendicularly from one side thereof. In the preferred embodiment, the rail member includes three elongated arms each joined at both ends thereof to transverse end and distal end members. One arm, centrally positioned, is straight and serves to limit the maximum spacing between the said transverse end members, while the upper and lower arms are provided longer than the one arm and bend outwardly, flexibly and resiliently, on opposite sides of the longitudinal plane of the central arm. This permits the longer arms, when flexed, to contact opposite interior portions of the key hole channel to frictionally resist withdrawal, and to also engage lock tumblers in the keyhole channel, thereby preventing accidental obturator withdrawal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1978
    Assignee: Block and Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell L. Block, Angelo Pane
  • Patent number: D313519
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: Block and Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Mitchell L. Block
  • Patent number: D313520
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: Block and Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Mitchell L. Block