Patents by Inventor Paul C. Coffin

Paul C. Coffin 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).

  • Media holding device incorporating a media locking mechanism
    Patent number: 6042205
    Abstract: A media holding device incorporating a media locking mechanism is disclosed herein. The media holding device comprises a housing comprising a plurality of media receiving bays formed therein; a plurality of detent mechanisms mounted on the housing and associated with the plurality of bays, each of the detent mechanisms having a media retaining operating position and a media releasing operating position; and a lock mechanism mounted on the housing and having a detent locking operating position and a detent releasing operating position, wherein the detent locking operating position locks the plurality of detent mechanisms in the media retaining operating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Paul C. Coffin, Mark Ayars Smith, Robert L. Mueller