Patents by Inventor Sam Sgro

Sam Sgro 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: 6273630
    Abstract: A sheet lifter for use with a ring-binder for storing loose-leaf pages having a substantially flat base portion with first and second lateral sides. The base portion further includes at least one aperture located between the first and second sides for receiving and mounting to the rings of the binder. An end portion is connected to the base portion and is configured to extend beyond the pages stored in the ring-binder when the sheet lifter is engaged by the rings of the binder. The two sides are connected to the end portion and are non-parallel with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: ACCO Brands Inc.
    Inventors: Sam Sgro, Timothy Edward McKeown, Scott Harold Wilson
  • Patent number: 5190297
    Abstract: The game apparatus of the present invention comprises a plurality of game cards with each game card having an indicia bearing front and rear face. The front face of each card includes a pictorial representation and the rear face has a worded description of that particular pictorial representation. The game apparatus further includes a card support for supporting the cards individually in a generally upright position with the pictorial representation on the front face of each card in an exposed position and the worded description on the rear face of each card being viewable from the rear of the card support without having to remove the card from the card support. The players of the game include one guesser at least one bluffer and a truth teller. The bluffers and the truth teller view the back of the card. The bluffers then give an inaccurate statement and the truth teller gives an accurate statement as to the pictorial representation on the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: Bluffers Beware Limited
    Inventors: Lewis Jessen, Sam Sgro