Patents by Inventor James D. Patton

James D. Patton 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: 20240139608
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for managing, modifying, and/or outputting workout content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Craig D. BOLTON, Julie A. ARNEY, Edward CHAO, Lynne DEVINE, Victoria E. HINN, Daniel S. KEEN, Julia K. NICHOLS, James P. OCHS, Jennifer D. PATTON
  • Patent number: 6550645
    Abstract: A flexible bladder is enclosed within a plurality of overlapping plastic sheets, with the ends of the sheets being secured in place by the weight of the flexible bladder, when filled. The preferred plastic is an extruded, twin-walled, fluted plastic based upon a polypropylene copolymer. In a alternative embodiment, a pair of hexagonal, coaxial sleeves of the preferred plastic have an internal bladder for shipping materials. With both embodiments, hot chocolate is pumped into the bladder and cooled, in situ, to stop the chocolate from cooking further. The container is shipped, and then the chocolate is heated to facilitate pumping the chocolate out of the container. The cooling and heating processes involve the use of a heat exchange pad located between the bladder and the inner sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Cortainer Patent Warehouse, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Charles M. Nelson, James D. Patton
  • Publication number: 20010023891
    Abstract: A flexible bladder is enclosed within a plurality of overlapping plastic sheets, with the ends of the sheets being secured in place by the weight of the flexible bladder, when filled. The preferred plastic is an extruded, twin-walled, fluted plastic based upon a polypropylene copolymer. In a alternative embodiment, a pair of hexagonal, coaxial sleeves of the preferred plastic have an internal bladder for shipping materials. With both embodiments, hot chocolate is pumped into the bladder and cooled, in situ, to stop the chocolate from cooking further. The container is shipped, and then the chocolate is heated to facilitate pumping the chocolate out of the container. The cooling and heating processes involve the use of a heat exchange pad located between the bladder and the inner sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Charles M. Nelson, James D. Patton
  • Patent number: 5211329
    Abstract: A container for a food product, such as pizza, has a bottom, two side walls, a rear wall and a front wall, all formed from a single blank of paperboard. A lid folds over the rear wall. Lid flaps depend from the lid on each side for insertion on an interior side of each of the side walls. The lid flaps have a retaining portion of greater height and a recessed portion. Diagonal corner walls extend between the side walls and the front wall. A slot locates in each corner wall for receiving a tab depending from the lid to lock the lid in a closed position. The slot and tabs have lower edge that incline in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Assignee: Bates Container, Inc.
    Inventor: James D. Patton
  • Patent number: 3972782
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for controlling emissions caused by pushing of coke from a coke oven. The apparatus includes an entrapment chamber extending alongside a plurality of ovens for containing the emission. Exhaust means for the entrapment chamber comprises a flow path restriction for accelerating gases leaving the entrapment chamber so that particulates are entrained in the gases and inhibited from settling in the entrapment chamber. Gas velocity is reduced in an expansion chamber downstream from and extending below the level of the flow restriction. The expansion chamber provides a settling region laterally offset from said flow restriction in which particulates fall out of the gases along a settling path whose gravity component is in a direction downstream from the entrapment chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1976
    Inventor: James D. Patton