Element Or Attachment Patents (Class D19/32)
  • Patent number: 5618061
    Abstract: This folder (10) includes covered pocket portions (12, 14) connected by a spine (16) and each separately reinforced. The reinforcing for one portion (12) includes a slide-stiffener assembly (20) and the reinforcing for the other portion includes at least one stiffener (160, 260) separated from the slide-stiffener assembly (20). The slide-stiffener assembly (20) includes a base unit (22) housing a sliding extension member (40) which can be extended to bridge the spine (16) to hold the two pocket portions (12, 14) in an open position and provide a rigid writing surface and retracted to permit the folder (10) to be folded for storage by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: American Trading and Production Corporation
    Inventor: Douglas Ritterling
  • Patent number: 5611573
    Abstract: A retractor (50), for a binder (20) having two covers (22, 24) foldably connected by a spine (26) and selectively closable by a split gusset (28) carrying a slide fastener (34) and having an extending portion (36), includes an elastic member (52) having one end (54) connected to the extending portion and the opposite end (56) fixedly positioned along the spine. As the covers are closed, the extending portion is drawn inwardly along the spine, and as the covers are opened the extending portion moves stretchably outwardly along the spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Inventors: Frederick B. Lobel, Alexander Dolmatsky
  • Patent number: 5595798
    Abstract: A device for protectively holding a disk, and in particular a plastic wallet for protectively containing an optical digitally encoded disk such as a compact disc or CD. The wallet is fabricated of flexible thermoplastic sheet material and includes a pocket for containing the CD, as well as pockets arranged for containing a single graphics sheet viewable through the transparent front and rear covers of the wallet. A preferred embodiment of the CD wallet includes an opening through one of the sheets of the CD pocket for assisting in withdrawing the CD from its pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Rembrandt Photo Services
    Inventor: William R. Miller
  • Patent number: D288573
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: Moore Business Forms, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter G. Kane, Frederick J. LeMond, Charles H. Biddlecom
  • Patent number: D290376
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1987
    Assignee: Enduro Binders, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael E. Maune
  • Patent number: D292295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1987
    Inventor: Ye K. Wan
  • Patent number: D292990
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignee: Tage & Soner Byggnadsfirma AB
    Inventor: Erik Eliasson
  • Patent number: D295189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: Melannco International, Ltd.
    Inventor: Steven J. Gordon
  • Patent number: D295190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: Melannco International, Ltd.
    Inventor: Steven J. Gordon
  • Patent number: D295422
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Inventor: Glenn A. Erickson
  • Patent number: D298549
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1988
    Inventor: Cheryl E. Lepper
  • Patent number: D309155
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Inventor: Ally O. Hing
  • Patent number: D310242
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1990
    Inventor: Charles A. Beck
  • Patent number: D311418
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: Taurus Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles T. Groswith, III, Rickson Sun
  • Patent number: D311420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventor: Marc L. Moor
  • Patent number: D311756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: Taurus Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles T. Groswith, III, Rickson Sun
  • Patent number: D312840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: Engineered Data Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Macy J. Price, Laurence G. Ball, Macy J. Price, Jr., Mack E. Johnson
  • Patent number: D318687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Inventor: Charles A. Beck
  • Patent number: D319260
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Inventor: Bohus Dubaj
  • Patent number: D322092
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: King Jim Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Mizutani, Nakada Hiroaki
  • Patent number: D325928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignee: American Trading and Production Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas W. Bourgeois
  • Patent number: D331598
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Assignee: Harley H. Mattheis
    Inventor: Kathleen M. Martin
  • Patent number: D331599
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Assignee: The Croydon Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Nolan Lushington, James Dokoupil, Gregory Mt. Pleasant
  • Patent number: D331600
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Inventors: Judith A. Moncrieff Baldwin, Stephen Selwyn
  • Patent number: D331776
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: Hi-Tech Industries Limited
    Inventor: Cornel Chu
  • Patent number: D333317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Inventor: Hector E. Jimenez T.
  • Patent number: D333485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: Dart Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Randy A. Kogutt
  • Patent number: D337349
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Inventor: Bob Woodburn
  • Patent number: D339605
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Peleman-Saerens, naamloze vennootschap
    Inventor: G. Peleman
  • Patent number: D343646
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1994
    Assignee: Acco USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph K. Semerjian, Joseph M. O'Neill
  • Patent number: D346618
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Inventor: Stephen Holmes
  • Patent number: D349514
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Inventor: Sandra L. Gotlund
  • Patent number: D350366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Thomson-Leeds Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Kantor
  • Patent number: D352310
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: FormStore Incorporated
    Inventor: Paul R. Edwards
  • Patent number: D352733
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Inventors: Diana J. French, Charlotte M. Odau
  • Patent number: D354770
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Inventor: Mark A. Bedol
  • Patent number: D354983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Inventor: Lisa Tumulty
  • Patent number: D356112
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Inventor: Arthur T. Constantine
  • Patent number: D356830
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Inventor: William L. Messier
  • Patent number: D358422
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Inventor: Mark A. Bedol
  • Patent number: D360221
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Inventor: Ming C. Wu
  • Patent number: D360431
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Assignee: Paul R. Edwards
    Inventor: Paul R. Edwards
  • Patent number: D361593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1995
    Assignee: Paul R. Edwards
    Inventor: Paul R. Edwards
  • Patent number: D366496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Inventor: Felix H. Yiu
  • Patent number: D366674
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: Lion Office Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Masafumi Hirai
  • Patent number: D374892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Inventors: Michael D. Nalepka, William H. Gunn
  • Patent number: D375758
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Cullman Ventures, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott W. Osiecki, Brad D. Hall, David A. Furth
  • Patent number: D376616
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Inventor: Susan E. Mock
  • Patent number: D377805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: World Wide Stationery Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Simon C. Y. To
  • Patent number: D380488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Inventors: Karen L. Elstad, Richard E. Rayment