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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074390 | Display box A decorative display box having a picture frame lid fitting flush with its storage box base, hinges between the picture frame lid box base being of a type that is hidden when the lid is closed over the box base. A magnetic securing mechanism secures the lid in the c... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7406792 | Picture frame assembly A picture frame assembly includes a main body having a receiving portion for receiving a picture. A cover with a transparent portion is attached to the main body to against and display the picture received in the main body. A first urging means is disposed between t... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7347020 | Message board apparatus The Invention is a message board having a base, a frame and a hinge connecting the frame and base. The frame has an open position and a closed position and defines a frame opening. A planar member releasably retains an artwork within the frame such that the artwork ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7216448 | Display frame for a flat panel device A display frame includes a frame body defining a receiving space with an access opening facing forwardly, a holding tray adapted for holding a flat panel device, like a tablet PC, and movable relative to the frame body between an extending position where the holding... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7146759 | Two-faced optional mat picture frames This invention discloses composite two faced picture, document and/or other artwork frames, each composed of two separate frames with panes permanently installed on elastomeric pads and fitted to allow pane to pane resilient contact with two sets of displayed materi... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140137 | Spring loaded holders A spring loaded holder with a holder plate which is rotatable between a deactivated zone and an activated zone. When the holder plate is manually moved to the activated zone a cam action will be activated to apply a holding force to the holder plate for firmly holdi... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7111773 | Damped, mechanically driven lid for a handheld device A lid and lid drive mechanism for a portable, hand held device pivots a flat cover on the device in a predetermined controlled manner between a first position covering at least portion of the front of the device and a second position in which the cover extends towar... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6976332 | Combination picture retaining and item storing device A combination picture retaining and item storing device that has an integrally formed plastic structure. The structure includes at least two sidewalls that extend from a base. At least one of the sidewalls has a hole formed through the sidewall. A storage area is di... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6845582 | Photo-frame style photo album A photo-frame album generally includes a lower frame, a lower divider, an upper frame and an upper divider. The upper divider is disposed on the upper frame, both the lower and the upper frames are provided with magnetic pieces, on inner side of the upper and the lo... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6665972 | Refrigerator artwork organizer The Refrigerator Artwork Organizer disclosed is an apparatus for storing and displaying pictures on a flat metal surface. In the preferred embodiment, the Refrigerator Artwork Organizer consists of a first holder with a first viewer that will display a 8.... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6553704 | Picture frame with slide out picture holders A picture frame is comprised of a frame with open opposite sides for displaying pictures on both sides. Partitions in the frame define slots that receive picture holders. Entrances to the slots are arranged on one edge of the frame. Each picture holder is... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6536148 | Picture frame display unit method and apparatus A picture frame adapted to hold pictures in a stored position and with minimal effort and time convert the pictures in the stored position to a presentation position for viewing.... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6446376 | Photo display unit A photo display unit (100) comprising a casing (10) having an open side (12), a lid (20) pivotably connected to the casing (10) for closing and revealing the open side (12), and a stack of frames (30) contained within the casing (10) for holding respectiv... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6363639 | Picture display unit A box-like picture display unit is arranged to display two framed pictures in windows (12 and 13). The pictures are moved in turn from a stack (15) by movement of a carriage (14) up and down. When the carriage (14) is moved upwards, a finger (18) engages ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 5950288 | Urn for housing of ashes An urn for inhumation ashes has a frame with a front area delimiting a large open space, an urn body adapted to store ashes and located in the open space, a graphic sheet located forwardly of the urn body, a transparent element located forwardly of the gr... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5676443 | Transparency presentation organizer for overhead projectors The transparency presentation organizer of the invention is in the nature of a portfolio binder, including left, middle and right sections foldable one with respect to another to open and placed on top of an overhead projector in displaying transparencies... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5605354 | Album An album used as a picture frame and a mirror is disclosed. The album has top and bottom frames pivoted to each other and a front cover pivoted to the top side of the bottom frame. The cover is provided with a mirror on its inside surface. A binder's boar... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5596829 | Picture frame device A picture frame device which allows the framing straight members to be removed from the front of the frame device by pivotally rotating the corner joints and has a space formed in a container installed behind the exhibit or the exhibit held between holdin... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5421111 | Storage and framing unit for a variety of photographic sizes An improved photograph display and storage device for mounting and displaying a photograph of various sizes and additionally storing a plurality of negatives and other mounted, bound, unmounted or unbound photographs of various and differing sizes. The de... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5400532 | Desk-top picture gallery A desk-top picture gallery adapted selectively to display any picture in a deck of photo prints all of the same size. The gallery is constituted by a frame-pocket assembly supported on a detachable easel. The box-like pocket which accommodates the deck of... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5347738 | Display device for photographs and printed images A device for storing and displaying one or more photographs is disclosed. The device includes at least one display plate for holding one of the photographs, and a container having a top that includes one or more display slots for holding a display plate. ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5316404 | Page with picture pockets and album containing such pages A storage page for holding stacked groups of photographic prints so that the topmost print in the stack is visible and an album containing such pages are disclosed. The storage page comprises (a) a rigid page backing; and (b) a plurality of expandable, fl... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5237763 | Silhouette trading card holder A trading card holder consisting of two components, a silhouette member (10) and a base container (26), use to display and store trading cards or the like. Both components are made from a strong brightly colored smooth material such as plastic. The manner... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5095641 | Expandable picture frame assembly with enclosed variable-size multiple picture-storing cavity An expandable picture frame assembly includes an annular enclosure and a resiliently flexible spring. The enclosure has a front, a rear, and an interior surface bounding a picture-storing cavity defined between the front and rear of the enclosure. In one ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5038935 | Storage and display unit for photographic prints A photographic print and storage unit includes a frame and a tray. A stack of photographs is held within the tray and against the frame by a set of stack lifting members activated when the frame and tray are closed. The stack lifting members include a cam... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5016752 | Picture and negative storage container A picture container having the general shape and configuration of a book for easy storage on the end edge thereof on a shelf thereby making it easy to store, locate and retrieve pictures or photographs and their negatives. The picture container includes a... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5005869 | Device to display cover and pages of a document The present application discloses a book form picture or document holder. It consists of a pair of binder covers the front of which is a picture frame and the back a rigid flat which includes support and artwork. A length of thread that is nearly invisibl... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4998361 | Combination picture frame and album introduction A combination picture frame and album wherein the picture frame has a removable front panel which enables the picture to be displayed to be mounted in the frame and thereafter retained in position when the panel is replaced. The album of the combination i... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4774779 | Holder for a stack of pictures A holder for a stack of a variable number of pictures is disclosed. The holder includes a clamping device whereby a stack of pictures in the holder is held against a window. Pictures can be added or removed at an open end of the window frame or through th... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4726133 | Frame for releasably framing articles The present invention is directed to a frame (10) for releasably framing articles, such as pictures, photographs, posters and menus. The frame comprises a plurality of elongate members (12, 14, 16, 18) having mitred ends mated together, and a tensible loo... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4691456 | Container for storing a stack of pictures A container for accommodating a stack of pictures is disclosed. The container has a display window, a first chamber for accommodating a single picture at the window, and a second chamber separated from the first chamber wherein the remaining pictures of t... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4550516 | Picture viewer Disclosed is a picture viewer for viewing a stack of pictures sequentially through a viewing window. The picture viewer comprises a housing member, a slider member, a bias means for urging the stack of pictures against the viewing window, and an exchange ... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4534185 | Ear frame An earring having an interchangeable message card on one side of a pad suspended from a chain led by a clip from a wearer's ear.... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4483085 | Photograph display and storage device A photograph display and storage device for displaying a mounted photograph or the like and additionally storing a plurality of other mounted photographs, the device permitting rapid change of the photograph being displayed. The device may lie flat upon a... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4443959 | Stackable photograph holders Stackable storage holders for photographs are provided with a viewing window in a first side and a projecting land on the opposite side, the land being configured to fit within the window region of an adjacent holder when a plurality of the holders are st... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4423563 | Folding picture frame A folding picture frame comprising a rectangular housing and a rectangular front picture panel hinged along one side of the housing and normally folded against the housing in face-to-face relation unfolds to one side to reveal a second picture of approxim... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4102069 | Revolving self-service display stand A revolving self-service sales display device is provided which comprises a vertically disposed revolving carrousel or pedestal carried on a base, which base can be set on a counter top, on the floor or on stands of any desired height. The revolving pedes... | 07/25/1978 |
