Patents by Inventor Daniel S. Grubb, Jr.

Daniel S. Grubb, Jr. 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).

  • Patent number: 7543423
    Abstract: A system and process for packaging sheet materials is disclosed. In particular, the system and process of the present invention is configured to receive clips of a sheet material and to load the clips into a dispenser. During the process, the clips can be folded and loaded into vertical buckets that are positioned over a stream of moving dispensers. A vertical pushing device then pushes the clip from the vertical buckets down into the dispensers. In this manner, the dispensers are loaded from the top. Since the dispensers are loaded from the top, the system is capable of placing clips of a material into dispensers having a complex configuration, such as dispensers having curved side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie T. Long, Daniel S. Grubb, Jr., Zachary J. Henderson
  • Publication number: 20090057329
    Abstract: A dispenser system for dispensing a clip of stack sheets of a web material includes an upright carton body with a clip of the stacked sheets carried within the carton body. A first lid is non-removably attached to the carton body such that the first lid cannot be removed from the carton body without permanent deformation of the first lid or the carton body. The first lid includes a sacrificial separation portion configured to allow a user to separate at least a section of the first lid from the carton body after depletion of the initial clip. A replacement lid assembly includes lid structure and a replacement clip of stacked sheets of web material. The lid structure is attachable to the carton body or a remaining portion of the first lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Jane L. Clough, Cynthia W. Henderson, Robert S. Schlaupitz, Daniel S. Grubb, JR., Leslie T. Long