Patents by Inventor Chris Houghton
Chris Houghton 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).
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Patent number: 8528780Abstract: A dispenser comprises a housing defining a chamber to receive a charge of smoking articles coupled by a belt and such that the longitudinal axis of each smoking article extends between first and second ends of die housing. The dispenser includes a mechanism to advance the belt in a lateral direction so as to move a smoking article of the belt into alignment with an aperture in said first end of the housing. The mechanism is also operable to push said aligned smoking article from the belt and eject it in a longitudinal direction from the housing through said aperture. A belt for use in such a dispense!, and a method of filling such a dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) LimitedInventors: Chris Houghton, Ian Mckinnon
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Publication number: 20120024882Abstract: A dispenser comprises a housing defining a chamber to receive a charge of smoking articles coupled by a belt and such that the longitudinal axis of each smoking article extends between first and second ends of die housing. The dispenser includes a mechanism to advance the belt in a lateral direction so as to move a smoking article of the belt into alignment with an aperture in said first end of the housing. The mechanism is also operable to push said aligned smoking article from the belt and eject it in a longitudinal direction from the housing through said aperture. A belt for use in such a dispense!, and a method of filling such a dispenser.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2009Publication date: February 2, 2012Inventors: Chris Houghton, Ian McKinnon
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Patent number: 7975693Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, an adjustable gas delivery system is provided. The system may include a face mask, an arm apparatus, and a gasket. The face mask may be configured to deliver gas to a subject, and may include a flexible cushion portion configured to interface with the subject's face and a rigid base portion configured to support the cushion portion, the rigid base portion including a gas inlet. The arm apparatus may be configured to deliver gas to the face mask. The arm apparatus may include a gas outlet having a cross-sectional area smaller than a cross-sectional area of the gas inlet of the base portion of the face mask. The gasket may couple the gas outlet of the arm apparatus with the gas inlet of the face mask. The gasket may be flexible such that the orientation of the face mask relative to the arm apparatus is adjustable.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2008Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventors: Edward M. Geiselhart, Chris Houghton, Erik Holverson, Brian Woodard, Benjamin K Sun
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Patent number: 7900630Abstract: A gas delivery mask apparatus is provided. The mask apparatus may include a mask body, a face mask, and a bellows. The mask body may include a tube configured to extend upwardly adjacent a subject's forehead. The face mask may be configured to deliver gas to the subject and may include a flexible cushion portion configured to interface with the subject's face and a substantially rigid base portion configured to support the cushion portion. The bellows may be configured to couple the tube with the substantially rigid base portion of the face mask. The bellows may be flexible to allow movement of the face mask relative to the tube.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2005Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventors: Edward M. Geiselhart, Chris Houghton, Erik Holverson, Brian Woodard, Steve Trebotich
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Patent number: 7827987Abstract: A system for adjusting a gas delivery mask is provided. The system may include a first housing portion, a first rim flexibly coupled to the first housing portion by a flexible member, a second housing portion coupled to the first housing portion, a second rim associated with the second housing portion, and a ball rotatably disposed between the first and second rims and having a gas passageway extending therethrough. The ball may be maintained in contact with both the first and second rims by a resiliency of the flexible member.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2005Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventors: Brian Woodard, Ngee Lee, Edward M. Geiselhart, Chris Houghton, Benjamin K. Sun, Shiv Kumar
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Publication number: 20090032025Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, an adjustable gas delivery system is provided. The system may include a face mask, an arm apparatus, and a gasket. The face mask may be configured to deliver gas to a subject, and may include a flexible cushion portion configured to interface with the subject's face and a rigid base portion configured to support the cushion portion, the rigid base portion including a gas inlet. The arm apparatus may be configured to deliver gas to the face mask. The arm apparatus may include a gas outlet having a cross-sectional area smaller than a cross-sectional area of the gas inlet of the base portion of the face mask. The gasket may couple the gas outlet of the arm apparatus with the gas inlet of the face mask. The gasket may be flexible such that the orientation of the face mask relative to the arm apparatus is adjustable.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventors: Ed Geiselhart, Chris Houghton, Erik Holverson, Brian Woodard, Benjamin K. Sun
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Patent number: 7455063Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, an adjustable gas delivery system is provided. The system may include a face mask, an arm apparatus, and a gasket. The face mask may be configured to deliver gas to a subject, and may include a flexible cushion portion configured to interface with the subject's face and a rigid base portion configured to support the cushion portion, the rigid base portion including a gas inlet. The arm apparatus may be configured to deliver gas to the face mask. The arm apparatus may include a gas outlet having a cross-sectional area smaller than a cross-sectional area of the gas inlet of the base portion of the face mask. The gasket may couple the gas outlet of the arm apparatus with the gas inlet of the face mask. The gasket may be flexible such that the orientation of the face mask relative to the arm apparatus is adjustable.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2005Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLCInventors: Ed Geiselhart, Chris Houghton, Erik Holverson, Brian Woodard, Benjamin K. Sun
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Publication number: 20060283459Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, an adjustable gas delivery system is provided. The system may include a face mask, an arm apparatus, and a gasket. The face mask may be configured to deliver gas to a subject, and may include a flexible cushion portion configured to interface with the subject's face and a rigid base portion configured to support the cushion portion, the rigid base portion including a gas inlet. The arm apparatus may be configured to deliver gas to the face mask. The arm apparatus may include a gas outlet having a cross-sectional area smaller than a cross-sectional area of the gas inlet of the base portion of the face mask. The gasket may couple the gas outlet of the arm apparatus with the gas inlet of the face mask. The gasket may be flexible such that the orientation of the face mask relative to the arm apparatus is adjustable.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2005Publication date: December 21, 2006Inventors: Ed Geiselhart, Chris Houghton, Erik Holverson, Brian Woodard, Benjamin Sun
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Publication number: 20060283457Abstract: A system for adjusting a gas delivery mask is provided. The system may include a first housing portion, a first rim flexibly coupled to the first housing portion by a flexible member, a second housing portion coupled to the first housing portion, a second rim associated with the second housing portion, and a ball rotatably disposed between the first and second rims and having a gas passageway extending therethrough. The ball may be maintained in contact with both the first and second rims by a resiliency of the flexible member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2005Publication date: December 21, 2006Inventors: Brian Woodard, Ngee Lee, Edward Geiselhart, Chris Houghton, Benjamin Sun, Shiv Kumar
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Publication number: 20060283456Abstract: A gas delivery mask apparatus is provided. The mask apparatus may include a mask body, a face mask, and a bellows. The mask body may include a tube configured to extend upwardly adjacent a subject's forehead. The face mask may be configured to deliver gas to the subject and may include a flexible cushion portion configured to interface with the subject's face and a substantially rigid base portion configured to support the cushion portion. The bellows may be configured to couple the tube with the substantially rigid base portion of the face mask. The bellows may be flexible to allow movement of the face mask relative to the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2005Publication date: December 21, 2006Inventors: Edward Geiselhart, Chris Houghton, Erik Holverson, Brian Woodard, Steve Trebotich
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Patent number: D451988Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2000Date of Patent: December 11, 2001Assignee: The Coleman Company, Inc.Inventors: Jerald Ashton, Clyde Schulte, Gary Israel, Antonio Belton, Chris Houghton
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Patent number: D614226Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2009Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Sperian Eye & Face Protection, Inc.Inventors: Rita Fulton, Chris Houghton
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Patent number: D614359Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2009Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Sperian Eye & Face Protection, Inc.Inventors: Jason Gleason, Chris Houghton
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Patent number: D615578Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2009Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Sperian Eye & Face Protection, Inc.Inventors: Brett Pulito, Chris Houghton