Patents by Inventor William C. Updegrave

William C. Updegrave 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: 5711432
    Abstract: A pilfer-resistant peg hook assembly for supporting a plurality of articles incorporating defined slots and enabling only one article at a time to be removed therefrom is formed of a peg hook and a flipper. The peg hook has a pair of opposed ends and a body connecting the same. One of the hook ends is configured and dimensioned to maintain the hook body in a substantially horizontal first plane when mounted on an appropriate surface, and the other of the hook ends is a free end. The hook body is configured and dimensioned to be received in the slots of the articles and extends only in the first plane. The flipper is pivotably secured adjacent the free end and is movable between an enabling orientation enabling at least partial passage of an article along the hook body and onto the flipper as the article initially moves towards the free end, and a blocking orientation precluding passage of an article onto the flipper as the article moves towards the free end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Display Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur Stein, William C. Updegrave
  • Patent number: 5597150
    Abstract: A pilfer-resistant peg hook assembly for supporting a plurality of articles incorporating defined slots and enabling only one article at a time to be removed therefrom is formed of a peg hook and a flipper. The peg hook has a pair of opposed ends and a body connecting the same. One of the hook ends is configured and dimensioned to maintain the hook body substantially horizontal when mounted on an appropriate surface, and the other of the hook ends is a free end. The hook body is configured and dimensioned to be received in the slots of the articles and defines a vertically extending bump adjacent to but spaced from the free end. The flipper is pivotably secured adjacent the free end and is movable between an enabling orientation enabling at least partial passage of an article along the book body and onto the flipper as the article moves towards the free end, and a blocking orientation precluding passage of an article onto the flipper as the article moves towards the free end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: Display Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur Stein, William C. Updegrave
  • Patent number: 4483637
    Abstract: A looseleaf binder assembly for securing and storing business forms such as computer printout business forms wherein apertures are usually provided in the forms. The assembly includes top and bottom cover members and a pair of elongated flexible securing members which are removably received by the cover members. The cover members and the securing members are constructed and arranged to removably secure the business forms in position between the cover members. The flexible elongated securing members pass through the apertures in the business forms. The cover members are both of the same structure and each is unitarily formed and includes a cover portion that covers and is superimposed over the stored business forms. Each of the cover members also includes a contiguous marginal edge portion which is unitary with the cover portion. Spaced openings are provided in each edge portion and each of the openings is in line with the apertures that are provided in the forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1984
    Assignee: Moore Business Forms, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Updegrave, Charles E. Jones, Jerome E. Froehlich