Patents by Inventor Donald J. Reed

Donald J. Reed 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: 5456421
    Abstract: A toilet tissue dispenser adapted to be mounted on a toilet facility wall for retaining a plurality of paper rolls. The toilet tissue dispenser secures a plurality of paper rolls against theft and includes a body having a mounting plate, and a pair of spaced apart side flanges. A hanger assembly is pivotally mounted between the side flanges and includes a grab bar mounted therebetween. A pair of parallel and spaced apart end support weldments and a center weldment depend from the grab bar. The center weldment is equally spaced between the end support weldments, and is parallel thereto. A spindle extends through axially aligned holes in the end and center weldments to support the plurality of paper rolls. Each end of the spindle includes a spindle lock complimentarily sized to fit within a locking recess formed in the respective end flanges. A key rotates the spindle lock into or out of engagement with the locking recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Inventor: Donald J. Reed
  • Patent number: 5099785
    Abstract: A tamper proof dispenser containing liquid soap or a liquid detergent including a cylindrical housing having an opening at the top portion thereof and a rotating liquid soap dispensing drum housed within said cylindrical housing with a portion of the dispensing drum being exposed at the opening located at the top portion of the cylindrical housing. In operation, the dispensing drum is rotated about its axis and soap adheres to the surface of the dispensing drum as it passes through the liquid soap. At the time the soap coated surface of the dispensing drum reaches the opening at the top portion of the cylindrical housing, the user's hand will contact the surface of the dispensing drum and hence, soap will be transmitted to the hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Inventor: Donald J. Reed