Patents by Inventor Robin C. Berghell

Robin C. Berghell 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).

  • Mailing package for facilitating automatic sorting of mail
    Patent number: 4317030
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for facilitating the automatic sorting of mail by optical scanning equipment is provided and includes a first, usually dark-colored sheet, and a second sheet of a generally light-colored material overlying the first sheet and having a coded array of apertures therethrough, thereby permitting the first sheet to be read by the optical scanning equipment through the apertures in the second sheet. The array of apertures in the second sheet is coded to represent a desired original address, and a second array of apertures can be provided representing a return address. In such a case, various facilities are provided to cause the first sheet to selectively underlie either the original or return coded arrays of apertures so that the scanning equipment will read the desired address code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1982
    Inventor: Robin C. Berghell