Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Ramella

Thomas M. Ramella 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: 6742812
    Abstract: A menu book includes a plurality of pages having transparent sleeves into which menu sheets can be inserted. A flexible, heat-sealable flange extends along a selected edge of each page. The pages are superimposed with the flanges being disposed adjacent each other. The flanges are heat-sealed together to bind the pages into a book. Preferably, the pages and flanges are made of textured vinyl. A particularly desirable method for manufacturing the pages includes the steps of providing a first sheet of transparent heat-sealable material, providing a second sheet of transparent heat-sealable material, superimposing the first and second sheets, forming first and second laterally spaced pages by joining the first and second sheets to each other with heat-sealed seams, the seams of the first and second pages that are adjacent to each other being spaced to define a web therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Inventors: Gerard M. Ramella, Thomas M. Ramella
  • Publication number: 20030160443
    Abstract: A menu book includes a plurality of pages having transparent sleeves into which menu sheets can be inserted. A flexible, heat-sealable flange extends along a selected edge of each page. The pages are superimposed with the flanges being disposed adjacent each other. The flanges are heat-sealed together to bind the pages into a book. Preferably, the pages and flanges are made of textured vinyl. A particularly desirable method for manufacturing the pages includes the steps of providing a first sheet of transparent heat-sealable material, providing a second sheet of transparent heat-sealable material, superimposing the first and second sheets, forming first and second laterally spaced pages by joining the first and second sheets to each other with heat-sealed seams, the seams of the first and second pages that are adjacent to each other being spaced to define a web therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: Cleveland Menu Printing, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerard M. Ramella, Thomas M. Ramella