Patents by Inventor Steven Hess

Steven Hess 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: 4155644
    Abstract: A photographic easel for making borderless prints has a laterally adjustable bar positionable by bolts movable in a pair of parallel slots and is otherwise formed of a generally rectangular metal sheet having bent-up edges. A back and side edge are bent at an angle of about 10.degree. from the vertical toward a central region of the sheet to form abutments for two adjacent edges of a sheet of print paper, and a front edge is bent up at an acute angle to the horizontal plane of the metal sheet to form a finger grip for manually positioning the easel. The bar is generally channel-shaped with a vertical edge and an inclined edge and is preferably reversible, and five support pads are secured to the underside of the sheet to uphold the corners and a central region above a support surface to provide clearance for the bar-retaining bolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1979
    Assignee: Saunders Photo/Graphic, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Hess
  • Patent number: 4154525
    Abstract: A multiprint easel has a base and a mask positioned above the base to leave room for a laterally slidable paper tray. The paper tray is movable between at least two positions, has bent-in edges that hold print paper, and has a registration pin that fits in holes in the base to locate the paper tray accurately in each print position. The back edge of the paper tray is bent up to slide along the back edge of the mask and is held in engagement with the mask by a bent-up retainer at the back edge of the base. A movable slide preferably underlies the paper tray and has a bent-down back edge that is movable forward for removing paper from the tray, and the slide preferably guides on the registration pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1979
    Assignee: Saunders Photo/Graphic, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Hess, Daniel A. Northrup
  • Patent number: 4150895
    Abstract: In the disclosed easel system, a base supports a number of interchangeable facilities for engaging photographic material such as enlarging paper. These facilities may provide variable borders, fixed borders, hold the material for unbordered pictures, and secure the material for contact prints. Hinges hold the various facilities in a preparatory position when the material is being changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1979
    Assignee: Saunders Photo/Graphic Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Northrup, Steven Hess
  • Patent number: D1007934
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventors: Steven Hess, Gary Hess, Shane Stead, Dan Clifton, Tom Geraty