Patents by Inventor Peter David Collins

Peter David Collins 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).

  • Mail retaining apparatus
    Patent number: 6752079
    Abstract: Apparatus for retaining a mail piece includes first and second elements, said elements having an open state in which the first element is spaced from said second element for insertion of a mail item therebetween into a required position and a closed state in which at least one of the first and second elements is displaced toward the other of the first and second elements to clamp the mail piece and further including mail piece retention means mounted on the first element and effective during displacement of the element to retain the mail piece in the required position to which it has been inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Neopost Limited
    Inventors: Peter David Collins, Thomas David Reid Ford, Christopher Michael Giles, Piers Sebastian Harding
  • Mail retaining apparatus
    Publication number: 20010020764
    Abstract: Apparatus for retaining a mail piece includes first and second elements, said elements having an open state in which the first element is spaced from said second element for insertion of a mail item therebetween into a required position and a closed state in which at least one of the first and second elements is displaced toward the other of the first and second elements to clamp the mail piece and further including mail piece retention means mounted on the first element and effective during displacement of the element to retain the mail piece in the required position to which it has been inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Inventors: Peter David Collins, Thomas David Reid Ford, Christopher Michael Giles, Piers Sebastian Harding