Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
040530000 | Hinge mounted display item or item support | 15 |
20090025263 | Method for manufacturing a pop-up article - A method for manufacturing a pop-up article from one or more continuous webs of material using an inline printing press. The article comprises a curved or generally semi-cylindrical pop-up device enclosed within a base piece, such that when the base piece is in a closed position, the pop-up device lies flat therein, but when the base piece is moved to an open position, the pop-up device is forced outwardly from the base piece to form a curved or generally semi-cylindrical shape. The method comprises processing a first web or ribbon to define a base piece having a front and back cover, processing a second web or ribbon to define a pop-up device, separating the pop-up device from the second web or ribbon, adhering a tab of the pop-up device to the front cover, adhering a front flap of the pop-up device to the rear cover, and separating the article from the first web or ribbon. | 01-29-2009 |
20100088933 | HINGE STRIPS FOR PRINTER PAPER - The present invention provides a page for binding in an album. The page includes a blank, printer paper sheet and a hinge strip mounted along an edge of the printer paper sheet, the hinge strip including a flexible line for allowing the hinge strip to bend along the flexible line and a portion for binding to an album. The paper sheet and the hinge strip are adapted to go through a printer together to provide a ready-to-bind printed page. | 04-15-2010 |
20130125432 | OFFICE STATUS NOTIFIER - An office status notifier that may be placed at an employee's work station to let co-workers know where the employee is when they are not at their desk. The notifier may include a plurality of pre-printed (or user defined) cards that may rotate about one or more card holders. The card holders may be suspended from a base by a cross-member supported by legs. The notifier may be designed with an attachment mechanism to affix the notifier to a piece of office equipment, such as a top portion of a computer monitor. | 05-23-2013 |
20140366412 | PAGE-TURNING DEVICE AND DOCUMENT CAMERA SYSTEM - A page-turning device turning a page of a book includes a sticking part, an arm part and a first drive unit. The sticking part sticks to the page of the book being opened. The arm part is provided with the sticking part on a top end and swings such that the sticking part sticks to the page at a departure position of the page and separates from the page at a destination position of the page while the sticking part goes to and fro between the departure position and the destination position over the page of the book. The first drive unit swings the arm part around a drive shaft of the drive unit. An effective surface of the sticking part obliquely comes into contact with the page at the departure position at an initial stage of the contact. | 12-18-2014 |
040531000 | With means to rotate | 2 |
20110061273 | BOOKLET PAGE TURNING APPARATUS, BOOKLET PAGE TURNING METHOD, AND BOOKLET PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a booklet page turning apparatus includes a guide member which is provided near a vacuum pad to freely project/retreat from a plane corresponding to the suction surface of the vacuum pad, the guide member moving integrally with the vacuum pad and coming into contact with a page of a booklet at the page turning position to regulate rising of the page. | 03-17-2011 |
20160250881 | PAGE-TURNING DEVICE AND DOCUMENT CAMERA SYSTEM | 09-01-2016 |
040533000 | Display item hinged on single axis | 7 |
20090277058 | COMBINATION FLIPBOOK AND PULL-UP FOCAL HEADER - A display system includes a binder, a header, a retaining bracket and an extension assembly. The binder includes a plate, a plurality of sheets and an attachment assembly. The plate has a front surface, a rear surface and an edge. The attachment assembly secure the sheets at the front surface of the plate and maintains and displays information. The header includes indicia and is adapted to be positioned in a retracted position where the header is substantially obscured from view by the plate and an extended position where the header extends substantially from the edge of the plate. The retaining bracket is attached to the rear surface of the plate. The extension assembly is adapted to engage the retaining bracket to maintain the header in the extended position. | 11-12-2009 |
20100000136 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY MOUNT AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Flat panel display mounts configured to rotate about a vertical axis and at least substantially maintain rigidity about a horizontal axis comprise a mounting member configured to receive a flat panel display thereon, and an arm member attached to the mounting member. The arm member including at least one hinge on at least one of the coupling members. Methods of forming a flat panel display mount are disclosed. A modular sign including a housing, at least one sign panel, and a flat panel display mount is also disclosed. | 01-07-2010 |
20120011752 | Display - A display is provided that includes a plurality of panels that are disposed for movement about a single flipping edge only. The panels may each be flipped manually about said flipping edge from a first position in which one face of the panel faces front, to a second position in which an opposite face of that panel faces front. The display includes at least one set of two panels, which panels are disposed such that their flipping edges include an angle so as to extend at least partially transversely relative to each other, and such that one of their positions at least partially overlaps. | 01-19-2012 |
20120311900 | SCROLL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A scroll system and method. The scroll system includes a core that has two end walls that are preferably disc-shaped. A slot that detachably couples a stack of writing material is disposed within the core. The writing materials need not be accessed sequentially but are randomly accessible. The writing materials are also rollable around the core and can be unwound from said core for use. | 12-13-2012 |
20140059903 | AUTOMATIC PAGE-TURNING DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC PAGE-TURNING SCAN DEVICE USING THE SAME - An automatic page-turning scan device for automatically turning and scanning pages of a book includes an automatic page-turning device and a scan module. The automatic page-turning device includes a base, a book support, a page-pressing module, a pick-up and page-turning module, and a system controller connected with the book support, the page-pressing module and the pick-up and page-turning module. The book support slidably mounted to the base includes two supporting panels for supporting the book. The page-pressing module is mounted to the supporting panel includes a driving module, and a pressing plate driven by the driving module. The pick-up and page-turning module mounted to the base includes a pick-up holder, a pick-up arm and a path guiding mechanism. The scan module is mounted to the automatic page-turning device, and the system controller controls the scan module to scan the pages of the book. | 03-06-2014 |
20140173952 | OFFICE STATUS NOTIFIER - An office status notifier that may be placed at an employee's work station to let co-workers know where the employee is when they are not at their desk. The notifier may include a plurality of pre-printed (or user defined) cards that may rotate about one or more card holders. The card holders may be suspended from a base by a cross-member supported by legs. The notifier may be designed with an attachment mechanism to affix the notifier to a piece of office equipment, such as a top portion of a computer monitor. | 06-26-2014 |
20160017554 | SYSTEM FOR THE AUTOMATIC DEPLOYMENT OF TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNS DURING A POWER OUTAGE - A system for the automatic deployment of traffic control signs during a power outage which enhances public safety, automatically deploys in the event of power outage, can be placed in a plurality of roadway intersections and structures, provides an alternative means to deploy safety and other information, and eliminates driver confusion when deployed. The system essentially comprises a traffic control sign that is bisected and having a top half portion and a bottom half portion connected by a hinge means, an electromagnet attached to the approximate center of the top half portion front surface, an armature plate attached to the bottom half portion front surface, an attaching means attached to the top half portion back surface for affixing the system to a structure in an environment, and at least one power cable extending from the electromagnet and connecting to a powering means in the environment. This system is believed to be useful in a variety of environments and by agencies such as municipal, state and federal departments of transportation. | 01-21-2016 |
040537000 | Item secured to carrier by aperture or pocket | 2 |
20090183404 | Album for collecting thin and flexible objects, in particular photographs | 07-23-2009 |
20100115810 | LOOSE-LEAF CARD HOLDER - A loose-leaf card holder adapted for storing and displaying professionally graded sports cards is disclosed. The loose-leaf card holder comprises a holder body including a backing sheet having at least one backing lateral side edge and at least one backing transverse side bottom edge. The holder body further includes a plurality of front sheets. Each front sheet has at least one lateral side edge and at least one transverse side bottom edge. Each front sheet is being heat-sealed to the backing sheet with at least one backing lateral side edge and at least one backing transverse side bottom edge to form at least one pocket. Each pocket has a top loadable open-access end such that the professionally graded sports cards may be inserted into the pocket. The holder body further includes a binding portion having a plurality of binding holes. | 05-13-2010 |