Patents by Inventor Andrew W. Allen

Andrew W. Allen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20040226203
    Abstract: A display-panel for displaying point-of-purchase information includes an outer panel adapted to house at least one light source. The frame also constrains a sandwich of an inner panel and a transparent front panel, between which is received the graphic image to be displayed. The front panel and inner panel are configured in a manner such that light transmitted into the transparent front panel through its peripheral edge is refracted toward the adjacent inner panel. The refracted light impinging upon the inner panel and image mounted thereto is reflected at an angle so to as to impinge upon the front panel and pass entirely through the front panel to be seen by an observer. The placement of the light near the perimeter of the front panel, coupled with the optical characteristics of the front panel and inner panel can be altered to provide unique optical effects for enhancing recognition by observers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Daniel J. Yenglin, Andrew W. Allen
  • Patent number: 4865816
    Abstract: Odor control product dispenser includes a cabinet having a removable front cover for directly accessing both an upper fan compartment and a lower product compartment from the front. A fan in the fan compartment draws air in through a fan shroud surrounding the fan and directs the air downwardly into the product compartment for flow across an exposed surface of the odor control product in the second compartment and subsequent discharge through air vents in the front and sides of the cabinet. The odor control product is contained in a well in one end of a disposable container. Within the well are a plurality of circumferentially spaced pinwheel type baffles that increase the turbulence of the air flowing across the product as the product evaporates to accelerate the rate of evaporation as the product loses its potency (effectiveness) with age.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: SECO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: David K. Walz, Robert D. Howerton, Andrew W. Allen, Theron C. Moss, William H. Kenney
  • Patent number: 4840770
    Abstract: Odor control product dispenser includes a cabinet having a removable front cover for directly accessing both an upper fan compartment and a lower product compartment from the front. A fan in the fan compartment draws air in through a fan shroud surrounding the fan and directs the air downwardly into the product compartment for flow across an exposed surface of the odor control product in the second compartment and subsequent discharge through air vents in the front and sides of the cabinet. The odor control product is contained in a well in one end of a disposable container. Within the well are a plurality of circumferentially spaced pinwheel type baffles that increase the turbulence of the air flowing across the product as the product evaporates to accelerate the rate of evaporation as the product loses its potency (effectiveness) with age.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Assignee: SECO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: David K. Walz, Robert D. Howerton, Andrew W. Allen, Thera C. Moss, William H. Kenney
  • Patent number: D306902
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: SECO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: David K. Walz, Andrew W. Allen, Theron C. Moss, William H. Kenney