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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. 11, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2003
Applicants:
Tod A. Kinsley, Tigard, OR (US);
Jan W. Boldt, Washougal, WA (US);
Michael K. Bowen, Vancouver, WA (US);
Robert G. Fritz, Vancouver, WA (US);
Inventors:
Tod A. Kinsley, Tigard, OR (US);
Jan W. Boldt, Washougal, WA (US);
Michael K. Bowen, Vancouver, WA (US);
Robert G. Fritz, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/00 (2006.01); B65H 31/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A media handling device comprises a frame, a media tray, and a damper. The media tray is mountable to the frame for pivotal movement between a first position and a second position relative to the frame. The damper is disposed on the frame and configured for maintaining frictional engagement with the media tray.