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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7134354 | Display for process transmitter A transmitter for use in a process control system for monitoring an industrial process includes a housing having a top and a bottom and a height extending therebetween. A parallelogram display is mounted to the housing. Sides of the parallelogram display are arrange... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7037021 | Dual flap scrapbook insert leaf A dual flap scrapbook insert leaf for mounting in a scrapbook for preserving scrapbook displays and storing the displays in a multi-ring photo or scrapbook album. The dual flap scrapbook insert leaf consists of four polypropylene sheets laminated together and folded... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6994377 | Sheet binding system The invention relates to a sheet-retaining system for securing sheets on a sheet carrier, in particular for securing paper sheets in a cover, having a retaining and connecting device for securing at least one sheet at the sheet edge and for connecting the at least o... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6839995 | Album page and fabrication An album page adapted for inclusion in an album for holding an applied display sheet or sheets, comprising in combination narrow flat elongated spacers extending lengthwise on the page, in spaced apart relation, and to project from a plane defined by the page; and a... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6540260 | Photograph album page, spine and system A photograph album system (10) has a spine (14) with an internal lateral groove (30) at one end and a removable retainer (42) having a plurality of internal retaining fingers (44) within the groove. A plurality of pages (52) are defined by a plurality of ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6119383 | Card holder A card holder providing a stand, the stand having a base portion, a support portion projecting upwardly from the base portion, and at least one wing projecting outwardly from an upper end of the support portion; a head portion, the head portion being subs... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5407512 | Apparatus for mounting photographic prints and method of using same An apparatus for accurately, efficiently, and consistently aligning a tabbing strip with the edges of the photographic print to which it is to be applied. The apparatus comprises a support panel, a tabbing strip registration guide, a photographic print re... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5274936 | Hinge assembly A hinge member comprising a plurality of hinge units, each unit having a body portion, with a slotted region and an annular region. The annular region is formed by an elongated circular channel in a cylindrical portion of the hinge. An elongated groove in... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5190127 | Card collection carrying case with three-ring binder A storage device and organizer is provided for card collections. The interior of the storage device is divided into a right, central and left zone by dividing slats permanently affixed to the case. The right and left zones are dimensioned in such a fashio... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5073059 | Visual display supporting structure The present application discloses a display system for visual display purposes comprising a supporting structure adapted for supporting at least one display pad, the supporting structure having first cooperating releasable retaining pins adapted to releas... | 12/17/1991 |
| 4993750 | Page holder for photo album A page holder for a photo album is described wherein photo pages can be conveniently entered or removed from a photo album. Hinge retainers are placed on lower and upper ends of the spine of the photo album. In the preferred embodiment, each hinge retaine... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4982683 | Hand-held traffic signaling device A hand-held traffic signaling device includes at least two information panels and structure for connecting the panels about adjacent edges of the panels. The panels have front and back sides, which can each have indicia thereon for visually communicating ... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4911777 | Method for manufacturing photograph slide sleeving material Photograph slide sleeving material is manufactured by cutting pocket opening slots in an elongated first web section of polymer film material as the web is continuously moved through a slot cutting station. The slotted first web section and an adjacent el... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4811506 | Emotional gift or greeting device in the stylized representation of a human heart An emotional gift device in the stylized representation of a human heart and which comprises a container having a three dimensional stylized human heart representation located therein. A motor which is not visable to the viewer operates a drive shaft whic... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4602447 | Window envelope for card file having guide rails A window envelope 10 for a card file having a pair of parallel bottom guide rails includes a back panel 11 and a pair of front panels 12 and 13 formed of transparent resin sheet material and joined together to form a pair of laterally adjacent pockets for... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4430817 | Card storage apparatus The apparatus includes a card rack having a plurality of slots each aligned with an inclined channel adapted to receive a card. The rack has at least one longitudinally extending trough which communicates with each channel so that a portion of each card w... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4411084 | Display with changeable characters A display having mechanically changeable characters and a support for the display are disclosed. The display comprises an array of mechanical flip-flop elements which can each be rotated between two orientations exposing one of two visually different side... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4372067 | Device for filing miscellaneous items of information The invention relates to a device for filing miscellaneous information. Said device comprises cards, each one comprising a notch on a vertical side, set back from the horizontal upper side, and a file which is provided with means for receiving the said cards, ... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4208820 | Sign for disabled motorist A sign for use by the driver of a stalled vehicle. The sign includes bendable members for sign attachment to a vehicle. A multitude of signs are supported by a rod in a manner permitting flipping of the signs until the appropriate message is found. A tie ... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4141162 | Holder for photographs and the like A holder for photographs is provided that is especially suitable for use in holding photographs or pictures of the type that are instantly developed. The holder in one form of the invention consists of a sheet of cardboard or other relatively heavy stock ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4094083 | Vehicle placarding apparatus Placarding systems for vehicle sides and roll-up vehicle doors include imprinted plates hinged to a base, which plates may be selectably oriented and clipped to the base so that the exposed faces of the plates define a diamond-shaped area bearing a single... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4058918 | Vehicle placarding apparatus Placarding systems for vehicle sides and roll-up vehicle doors include imprinted plates hinged to a base, which plates may be selectably oriented and clipped to the base so that the exposed faces of the plates define a diamond-shaped area bearing a single... | 11/22/1977 |
| 3965595 | Mounting device or book for storing, displaying and handling transparent pictures A mounting or book for storing, displaying and handling transparencies having at least two sheet sets, each set containing at least one sheet which is pivotally mounted in the book in a manner so that any single sheet can be separately displayed or superi... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3950012 | Retainer for multi-leafed devices The retainer device is used for storage of multi-leafed devices such as magazines, pamphlets, notebooks and the like. Spaced apart brackets are provided either in a binder or secured to a stationary support surface. A plurality of spaced apart relatively ... | 04/13/1976 |
