Patents by Inventor Christopher J. Clute

Christopher J. Clute 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: 20040123944
    Abstract: A stamp dispenser for dispensing one or more stamps from a roll of stamps, such as a roll of liner-less adhesive-backed stamps, may include a hub member for rotatably receiving the roll of stamps and a separation member spaced apart from and coupled to the hub member. In preferred embodiments, a user may grasp the leading portion of the stamp web, pull it across the separation member, permit the underside of the stamp web to adhere to the separation member, tension the leading portion of the roll across the separating surface, and then tear the leading stamp(s) from the web. The stamp dispenser may further include a substantially cylindrical sleeve disposed between the roll of stamps and the hub member, or the roll may include a substantially cylindrical core, wherein the roll of stamps is wound around the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Kenneth Lloyd Dorrell, Christopher J. Clute, Mark E. Traylor
  • Patent number: D442637
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: The Ensemble Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Lloyd Dorrell, Christopher J. Clute