Patents by Inventor Thalia D. Jenkins

Thalia D. Jenkins 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: 5887712
    Abstract: Briefly stated, a compact disk/diskette case is provided. The case includes a central section which removably receives a plurality of CD drawers, a top section which defines at least one bay sized to received a standard 3.5" diskette, and a bottom section which slidably receives a storage drawer. The case includes adhesive feet on its bottom surface to enable the case to be mounted to a computer monitor.Each the CD drawer includes a tray and a door. The tray has a hollow boss which is sized to enable a CD to be slidably journaled about the boss. The door is pivotally connected to the tray and has a projection which is received in the hollow portion of the tray boss. The door projection and the tray boss engage each other to removably hold a CD in the drawer without positively engaging the CD. The two sides of the tray are identical, and the drawer includes a second door which cooperates with a boss on the second side of the tray to hold a second CD in the drawer. Thus, each drawer holds two CDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Inventors: Charles L. Jenkins, Thalia D. Jenkins