Patents by Inventor Roy Eugene Able

Roy Eugene Able 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: 6349491
    Abstract: A poster sized card display apparatus. The apparatus has a plurality of pockets for displaying a plurality of cards. The apparatus is transparent such that both the front and back sides of the cards are viewable. The apparatus is flexible and can be folded for shipping along portions between rows of cards without disturbing the rows of cards. The apparatus includes vertically oriented pockets for vertically oriented cards and horizontally oriented pockets for horizontally oriented cards. The apparatus includes a header that is at least semi-rigid for providing support to the cards when the apparatus is in a folded form and for providing a degree of rigidity to the flexible apparatus when the apparatus is folded out for display. The apparatus includes pocket seals that terminate short of fold lines so that the apparatus can be easily folded. The apparatus includes double seals about portions of the periphery to protect the outer edges of outermost cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Inventor: Roy Eugene Able
  • Patent number: 6145229
    Abstract: A novelty card lighting device is disclosed. The lighting device is relatively small so as to be hand held and portable. The light is directed at a predefined angle such that the three dimensional illusion of a hologram card is presented to the viewer when the device is hand held at normal arm's length, set upon a surface in front of the viewer, or hung on the wall. The light is swingably mounted in the device and such a swinging is actuated from an exterior portion of the housing. The actuator may be mechanical or include an electromechanical servo. A mount for the novelty card pivots out from the rear of the device for placement of the card in an inset formed in the mount. When the mount swings closed, the novelty card is sandwiched between the mount and a viewing glass covering at least a portion of an opening formed by the housing or frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Inventor: Roy Eugene Able