The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 20, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2007
Applicants:
Eric Hoarau, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven W. Trovinger, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Eric Hoarau, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven W. Trovinger, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B42F 3/00 (2006.01); B42F 13/12 (2006.01); B42F 1/00 (2006.01); B42F 1/02 (2006.01); A44B 1/04 (2006.01); A44B 11/25 (2006.01); A44B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Spring clamp binders that include sheet retention mechanisms that provide improved performance and increase manufacturing efficiency and cost-effectiveness are described. The spring clamp binders have a cover and one or more spring clamps for holding one or more items, including sheets of physical media, such as loose sheets of paper, pages of a photoalbum, and other types of physical media. Methods of manufacturing spring clamp binders also are described.