Patents by Inventor Joe R. Payne

Joe R. Payne 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).

  • Heating band device
    Patent number: 5891189
    Abstract: A new heating band device for providing both heat and pressure to sore muscles and sprains. The inventive device includes an elongate elastomeric band member for wrapping around a body part and an elongate heating coil member embedded in a serpentine arrangement within the band member. A hook member secures the heating band device in place on the body part. A temperature control switch selectively controls the heat output of the heating coil member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Inventor: Joe R. Payne, Jr.
  • Snaplock thermoformed container
    Patent number: 4915251
    Abstract: A thermoformed plastic carton constructed from two half sections which are integrally connected along one side by a hingable joint to allow the half sections to be folded upon each other. The carton further includes resiliently deflectable latches extending up from an edge of one carton half which mate with and become lodged in a receptacle formed in the other carton half section when the carton half sections are folded one upon another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: Dolco Packaging Corporation
    Inventor: Joe R. Payne
  • Dual tongue and slot container lock
    Patent number: 4057169
    Abstract: A one-use-disposable type of foamed plastic container including a dished bottom and a dished top hinged to each other, the top having an inwardly flexible front wall the closeable edge of which includes a laterally outwardly directed locking tongue bifurcated by a deep notch into two protruding tongue sections, and the bottom having a skirt with an inwardly directed recess and a pair of slots in the recess to receive the dual tongue sections and lock the bottom and top together in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1977
    Assignee: Keyes Fibre Company
    Inventor: Joe R. Payne
  • Packaging container for food or the like
    Patent number: D253456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1979
    Assignee: Keyes Fibre Company
    Inventor: Joe R. Payne
  • Container for food such as tacos
    Patent number: D256435
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Assignee: Keyes Fibre Company
    Inventor: Joe R. Payne
  • Egg carton
    Patent number: D306138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Assignee: Dolco Packaging Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne L. Congleton, Joe R. Payne
  • Produce container
    Patent number: D307387
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1990
    Assignee: Dolco Packaging Corporation
    Inventors: Joe R. Payne, Kenneth A. Magoffin