Jere L With, 826666 Caminito Sinnecock, La Jolla, CA 92037

6374751, Apr 23, 2002

Jul 26, 2000

09/626064

Jere L. With - La Jolla CA, 92037

A47B 2300

108 43, 100 90

A portable and adjustable activity surface for use by a wide variety of individual users and that can accommodate a wide range of different activities thereon. The device has a support pad with a resting surface, a forward surface, a rearward surface and a sloping surface. The device also has a platform that contacts the sloping surface. The height of the platform can be increased by moving the platform up the sloping surface, and the height of the platform can be decreased by moving the platform down the sloping surface. The platform remains in contact with the support pad either by frictional forces or with hook-and-loop fasteners. Methods are also provided for making and using the activity surface.

6736563, May 18, 2004

May 31, 2000

09/583620

Jere L. With - La Jolla CA, 92037

Jere L. With - La Jolla CA

B42F 300

402 60, 402 64, 402 63, 402 68, 281 211

An apparatus for binding a stack of paper with at least one hole defined therein. The apparatus includes a male element having at least one post with a plurality of teeth. The post is configured to receive the stack of paper by threading the post through the hole. A female element with at least one aperture defined therein is placed substantially over the male element. The female aperture is structured to releasably engage at least one of the plurality of post teeth with sufficient grip to bind the stack of paper together.

7001096, Feb 21, 2006

May 12, 2004

10/845578

Jere L. With - La Jolla CA, US

B42F 13/12

402 60, 402 62, 402 63, 402 64, 402 68

An apparatus for binding a stack of paper with at least one hole defined therein. The apparatus includes a male element having at least one post with a plurality of teeth. The post is configured to receive the stack of paper by threading the post through the hole. A female element with at least one aperture defined therein is placed substantially over the male element. The female aperture is structured to releasably engage at least one of the plurality of post teeth with sufficient grip to bind the stack of paper together.

5320456, Jun 14, 1994

Nov 23, 1993

8/156444

Jere L. With - La Jolla CA

B42F 300

402 64

A binder for multiple sheets of paper employing a simple ratchet mechanism to secure the paper without the need for punching holes in the paper. The binding device includes a base member which is an elongated bar of L-shaped cross section with integral end plates. The binding device further includes a mating clamping member which is a slotted plate with an internally extending tongue. The back wall inside surface of the base member has a series of parallel, elongated saw-tooth ribs or grooves forming teeth with which the tongue engages in a ratchet-like manner. The teeth may be spaced in a staggered type arrangement to increase their effective number. Grooves forming teeth may also be placed on an outside surface of the base member back wall to increase the binding force. The end plates may be slotted to accept a finger adapted with notches on an underside to further ensure that the papers are securely bound.