Patents by Inventor James R. Emmerling

James R. Emmerling 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: 7494027
    Abstract: A dispenser package for dispensing flexible sheets from a plurality of stacks of releasably adhered sheets. A carrier member supports the plurality of stacks, and a lowermost sheet of each of the plurality of stacks is adhered to the carrier member. The carrier member and stacks thereon are positioned within an enclosure having a bottom wall, a top wall, and transverse side walls. The top wall defines a transverse slot, with a first end of an uppermost sheet of each of the plurality of stacks projecting through the slot. The transverse side walls of the enclosure are spaced from transverse side edges of the carrier member to afford end-to-end movement of the carrier member and stacks of sheets thereon within the chamber as sheets are dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Timothy J. O'Leary, Scott A. Willard, James R. Emmerling
  • Patent number: 5518144
    Abstract: A dispenser package including a stack of flexible sheets adhered together by layers of pressure sensitive adhesive with first and second ends of successive sheets in the stack adjacent; and an enclosure in which the stack of sheets is positioned having top wall portions with spaced opposed surfaces that define a wide slot. The first end portion of the uppermost sheet on the stack projects through the slot and rests against the adjacent first abutment surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Bruce E. Samuelson, William L. Hansen, James R. Emmerling, Elmer Blackwell, James M. Peck, Jane H. Machacek, Jerome E. Strand, Joseph P. Callahan, Jr., Wayne K. Darvell, Michael S. Groess, Kenneth F. Knoll, John T. Rueb