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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frank Rowland Ragland, Jr, Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing S.A., Boulogne Cedex, FR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313407 ; 313402 ;
Abstract
An improved color picture tube has a tensioned mask and support frame assembly. Each of the mask and the support frame is rectangular and has two long sides that parallel a central major axis thereof and two short sides that parallel a central minor axis thereof. The improvement comprises the frame including two first members, paralleling the major axis, and two second members, attached to the ends of said first members, paralleling the minor axis. Each of the second members includes a pinched section that elongates it.