Patents by Inventor Tracy J. Sass

Tracy J. Sass 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).

  • Dynamic desk accessory delivering on-demand privacy on an open work table
    Patent number: 9624718
    Abstract: A privacy accessory includes a base having a body portion; a retention portion defining a retention edge for releasably securing the base to a work surface; a plurality of frame members secured to the base, each frame member having a first side portion pivotably secured to the base and a second side portion pivotably secured to the base, each of the plurality of frame members telescopically received with an adjacent one of the plurality of frame members in a series that graduate from a smallest one to a largest one, the frame members being sequentially deployable to a first, expanded state by pulling on the largest one and sequentially folded to a second, collapsed state by pushing on the largest one of the plurality of frame members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: ALLSTEEL INC.
    Inventors: Marilyn Geller, Tracy J. Sass, Andrew R. Trahan
  • DYNAMIC DESK ACCESSORY DELIVERING ON-DEMAND PRIVACY ON AN OPEN WORK TABLE
    Publication number: 20160032644
    Abstract: A privacy accessory includes a base having a body portion; a retention portion defining a retention edge for releasably securing the base to a work surface; a plurality of frame members secured to the base, each frame member having a first side portion pivotably secured to the base and a second side portion pivotably secured to the base, each of the plurality of frame members telescopically received with an adjacent one of the plurality of frame members in a series that graduate from a smallest one to a largest one, the frame members being sequentially deployable to a first, expanded state by pulling on the largest one and sequentially folded to a second, collapsed state by pushing on the largest one of the plurality of frame members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Marilyn Geller, Tracy J. Sass, Andrew R. Trahan