Office Equipment Not Elsewhere Specified Patents (Class D19/65)
For gluing, sealing, etc. (Class D19/66)
Perforating or cutting (13) (Class D19/72)
Holder or file (14) (Class D19/75)
Desk furnishing (18) (Class D19/95)
Element or attachment (19) (Class D19/99)
  • Page holder
    Patent number: 6254136
    Abstract: A page holder for holding the pages of a book in an open arrangement having an attachment means such as a spring clip for attaching the page holder to the cover or to one or more pages of the book, a holding means adapted to hold, to the cover of the open book, one or more pages on each side of the spine of the open book, and a support member connecting the attachment means to the holding means, the support member being adapted to allow movement of the holding means from a page holding position to a page releasing position, without detaching the page holder from the book, so that one or more pages of the book can be turned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Quality Improvements Limited
    Inventor: Vijay Jayanti Patel
  • Page holder
    Patent number: 6170877
    Abstract: A page holder adapted to hold opposing pages of a book in an open position while reading. The page holder includes first and second wings meeting at a junction point and disposed at an angle of about 150° with respect to each other. A thumb opening is spaced back from the leading surface of the first and second wings and offset slightly from the junction point toward the first wing. In use, the reader's thumb is inserted into the thumb opening and the junction point is placed between two adjoining pages of an open book near the bottom of the pages. One wing extends over and holds down the page on the right while the other wing holds down the page on the left. One embodiment of the invention is formed of clear plastic material using injection molding, while another embodiment is made of metal wire using wireform manufacturing techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Inventor: Jack H. Zurn
  • Correction coat-of-paint applicator for office use
    Patent number: D436129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Plus Industrial Corporation
    Inventor: Yasutaka Fujihara
  • Multi-purpose hand-operated office utensil
    Patent number: D436130
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: C-Tech AG
    Inventor: Hanspeter Leins
  • Bookmark with timepiece
    Patent number: D436373
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Inventor: Randolph J. Mershon
  • Bookmark
    Patent number: D437613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Last Line Bookmark, Inc.
    Inventor: Blaine Melnyk
  • Multi-purpose hand-operated office utensil
    Patent number: D437615
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: C-Tech AG
    Inventor: Hanspeter Leins
  • Multi purpose hand operated office utensil
    Patent number: D441020
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: C-Tech AG
    Inventor: Hanspeter Leins
  • Office perforator
    Patent number: D443647
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Manufacture d'Articles de Precision et de Dessin—M.A.P.E.D.
    Inventor: Bruno Gstalder
  • Paper holder
    Patent number: D444179
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Inventor: Etienne Dill
  • Memo clip
    Patent number: D445135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: BHS International, Inc.
    Inventor: Boman K Najmi
  • Paper punch
    Patent number: D445832
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Tung Yung Stationery Manufactory Limited
    Inventor: Siu-Leung Chan
  • Magnetic clip
    Patent number: D445834
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Inventor: Te-Ming Huang
  • Clipboard with spring clip
    Patent number: D446549
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Tenex Corporation
    Inventors: Albert B. Cheris, Mark Dziersk
  • Punch
    Patent number: D446816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Inventor: Yu-Hsun Hsuan
  • Multi purpose hand operated office utensil
    Patent number: D448410
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: C-Tech AG
    Inventor: Hanspeter Leins
  • Paper clip
    Patent number: D448411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Inventor: Larry Kenneth Legg
  • Note holder
    Patent number: D448418
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Inventor: Klaus Langenbach
  • Paper clip
    Patent number: D448806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Maruzen Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Niwa
  • Paper clip
    Patent number: D450771
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Maruzen Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Niwa
  • Hole punch
    Patent number: D451143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: It's Academic of Illinois, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Shapiro
  • Combined paper clip and holder
    Patent number: D451963
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Inventor: Steven L. Molenaar
  • Trademark tab
    Patent number: D452881
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Vinsonic Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Vincent Chien
  • Retaining clip
    Patent number: D454056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Taiwan Industrial Fastener Corporation
    Inventor: Tsung-Min Kung
  • Push pin head
    Patent number: D454591
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Hanover Direct, Inc.
    Inventors: James F. Vidmar, Peter D. Rimback
  • Apparatus for aiding the layout and/or editing of items of sheet material
    Patent number: D455173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Inventor: Richard J. Edmunds
  • Attachment apparatus for securing an electronic device to a loose-leaf support assembly
    Patent number: D423046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Franklin Covey Co.
    Inventors: Cherell Jordin, Gary B. Hogge, Jeffrey O. Brown
  • Paper clip
    Patent number: D423053
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Godinger Silver Art Co., Ltd
    Inventor: William Lefkowitz
  • Barbeque ribs clamp
    Patent number: D423305
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Inventors: Christine A Foster, Shannan L Triplett
  • Mountable clip
    Patent number: D424114
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Innovative Premiums, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda Robin Fuchs Isaacs, Judah Isaacs
  • Appointment clock
    Patent number: D424450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Inventor: Mark A. Bedol
  • Combined cardholder, magnifier and mirror
    Patent number: D424618
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Inventor: William H. Waterhouse
  • Multi purpose hand operated office utensil
    Patent number: D425125
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: C-Tech AG
    Inventor: Hanspeter Leins
  • Stack divider
    Patent number: D425126
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: ACCO Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Roberto Holguin, Ariane Kempken, Denise Steiner, Ana Schedler, Meeyoung Chung Melamed, Fred Edward Cecala
  • Sheet retainer
    Patent number: D425127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Key Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry D. Mackey
  • Pencil sharpener with vacuum cleaner and digital clock
    Patent number: D425560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: John Manufacturing Limited
    Inventor: John Se-Kit Yuen
  • Rolled sheet retainer
    Patent number: D426577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Key Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry D. Mackey, Catherine M. Murphy
  • Push pin
    Patent number: D428058
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Plush Pins, LLC
    Inventor: David K Wagner
  • Grip clip
    Patent number: D428921
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Haworth, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Saylor, Sheldon Phillips, Edward Mitchell
  • Bookmark with attached touch-activated music synthesizer
    Patent number: D429498
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Inventor: Randolph J. Mershon
  • Bookmark with attached fold-out pen
    Patent number: D429499
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Inventor: Randolph J. Mershon
  • Bookmark with attached magnifying glass or mirror
    Patent number: D429762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Inventor: Randolph J. Mershon
  • Fastener for perforated documents
    Patent number: D430204
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Capitol Trading S.A.
    Inventor: Abner Berracasa
  • Wall clip
    Patent number: D432906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Manufacturing Modes, Inc.
    Inventor: John Stoddard
  • Hole puncher
    Patent number: D433062
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Waltjun Industrial, Inc.
    Inventor: Lee Cheng Ho
  • Paper clip
    Patent number: D433450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Inventor: Louis D. Ferguson
  • Punch machine
    Patent number: D433708
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Inventor: Chou Chih Chiang
  • Multi-purpose hand operated office utensil
    Patent number: D434073
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: C-Tech AG
    Inventor: Hanspeter Leins
  • Auxiliary device for a punch
    Patent number: D434443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Carl Jimuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Mori, Miki Horita
  • Multi-function desk accessory
    Patent number: D435422
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Option Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron Schimmel