Patents by Inventor John Kopec
John Kopec 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).
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Patent number: 10417645Abstract: A reward point system comprising an industry vertical reception unit for receiving a user selected monetary value in a selected industry vertical, a point collection unit for receiving a quantity of points associated with the monetary value in the selected industry vertical, a redemption vehicle profile creation unit for generating a profile, and a redemption vehicle generation unit for loading the profile onto a redemption vehicle wherein the points on the redemption vehicle can be redeemed at any merchant in the selected industry vertical. Also provided are methods for utilizing said system.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2006Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SIX CONTINENTS HOTELS, INC.Inventors: Steven Scott Sickel, Michael John Kopec, Marc Elliot Berman
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Patent number: 6779358Abstract: A water collection and dispensing machine having a primary housing with an air inlet and an air outlet, an air blower structured to draw air into the primary housing through the air inlet and push air out of said primary housing through the air outlet. The water collection and dispensing machine further includes an evaporator coil structured to cycle a cold refrigerant liquid therethrough, the evaporator coil being disposed in line with the air inlet so that the air drawn into the primary housing through the air inlet passes thereover and moisture therefrom condenses on an exterior surface of the evaporator coil so that it may be collected in the form of water droplets, filtered to eliminate contaminants, and dispensed for convenient consumption by a user.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2001Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: International Water Makers, Inc.Inventors: John M. Zakryk, John Kopec
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Publication number: 20030094011Abstract: A water collection and dispensing machine having a primary housing with an air inlet and an air outlet, an air blower structured to draw air into the primary housing through the air inlet and push air out of said primary housing through the air outlet. The water collection and dispensing machine further includes an evaporator coil structured to cycle a cold refrigerant liquid therethrough, the evaporator coil being disposed in line with the air inlet so that the air drawn into the primary housing through the air inlet passes thereover and moisture therefrom condenses on an exterior surface of the evaporator coil so that it may be collected in the form of water droplets, filtered to eliminate contaminants, and dispensed for convenient consumption by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2001Publication date: May 22, 2003Inventors: John M. Zakryk, John Kopec
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Patent number: 5469659Abstract: A pet door has a frame defining an access aperture and a pivotally-hung aperture-closing flap therein with a catch to secure the flap against opening in one direction. The catch is supported on a toggle joint spring-biased against one of two adjacent abutments. The second abutment, which is displaceable, is normally positioned to prevent collapse of the toggle joint whereby the catch is maintained in a flap-securing position. The second abutment is part of a magnetically-activated catch control mechanism, comprising (i) a rotationally mounted disc or lever bearing the abutment and (ii) a rockable lever interconnected with the disc. The rockable lever bears magnet(s) co-operable with a key magnet on a pet collar. When the key magnet is presented to the pet door, it repels the magnet(s) on the rockable lever causing the interconnected disc to rotate, displacing the second abutment.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 1993Date of Patent: November 28, 1995Assignee: Reilor LimitedInventors: Alister P. Reid, John Kopec, Christopher Sumner
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Patent number: 5432977Abstract: The door closer is of the kind which acts, for example between a door hinge stile and a hinge jamb and has a body for mounting usually in the stile, from which body a spring-biased tension member extends correspondingly for anchoring to an anchoring point (for example in the jamb), wherein a hydraulic cylinder-piston damper is interposed between the tension member and a biasing spring therefor, the damper being adapted to allow fluid in use to flow restrictedly past the piston when the tension member (12) is moved in door-closing and door-opening directions; characterized in that the cylinder of the hydraulic cylinder piston damper is formed of a plastics material, and the cylinder is resiliently expansible in response to an increase in pressure therein such that the clearance between the piston and cylinder is increased to permit increased flow of fluid around the piston.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 1994Date of Patent: July 18, 1995Assignee: Reilor LimitedInventors: Alister P. Reid, John Kopec, Christopher M. Cornwell, Christopher Sumner
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Patent number: 5176103Abstract: A rotary feeder for animals comprises a base defining or containing a plurality of food receptacles disposed around the base, an indexable cover rotationally supported by the base and having an opening giving access to each receptable in turn when the cover is indexed. Detachably mounted to the cover and rotatable therewith is a motor drive unit having an output member drivingly engageable with the base and operable, when the motor thereof is periodically energized, to rotate the drive unit and with it the cover so as to index the cover opening in turn from receptacle to receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1992Date of Patent: January 5, 1993Assignee: Reilor LimitedInventors: Alister P. Reid, John Kopec, Christopher M. Cornwell, Christopher Sumner, Colin S. Mill
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Patent number: 5170530Abstract: A door closer of the kind which acts between a door hinge stile and a hinge jamb has a body for mounting usually in the stile, and from the body a spring-biased tension member extends for anchoring to the jamb. A hydraulic cylinder piston damper is interposed between the tension member and its biasing spring, the damper incorporating no unidirectional valve means and instead its piston being undersized relative to the cylinder by an amount predetermined by the viscosity of hydraulic fluid in the damper so as to allow fluid to flow restrictedly around the piston when the tension member is moved in door-closing and door-opening directions.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 1990Date of Patent: December 15, 1992Assignee: Reilor LimitedInventors: John Kopec, Christopher M. Cornwell
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Patent number: 4969292Abstract: A pet door has a frame member with a laterally-projecting tunnel formation together defining a portal through which a pet may pass. A flap is located in the portal for closing the portal, the flap being displaceable in one or other of two directions by a pet, to enable the pet to pass through the door in one direction or the other. The tunnel formation provides a ledge which confronts an adjacent opening edge of the flap when the latter is displaced in at least one opening direction, the frame member defining a step down or rebate which disposes the ledge sufficiently spaced away from the adjacent edge of the flap when the flap is displaced in the said direction as to ensure that a pet's paw cannot become trapped and jammed between the flap edge and the ledge.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1988Date of Patent: November 13, 1990Assignee: Reilor LimitedInventors: Alister P. Reid, John Kopec
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Patent number: D529773Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2004Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: ACCO Brands USA LLCInventors: Mark Harris, Roland Sudmalis, Peter John Kopec, Kendall Keith Raczek
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Patent number: D531866Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2004Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: ACCO Brands USA LLCInventors: Mark Harris, Roland Sudmalis, Peter John Kopec, Kendall Keith Raczek
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Patent number: D468224Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2001Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignee: Cobra Electronics CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Kainuma, Joel Gordon Delman, Jean Ellen Ambrosiewicz, Donna Ann Piacenza, Peter John Kopec, Bjorn James Gunderson
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Patent number: D339429Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1991Date of Patent: September 14, 1993Assignee: Reilor LimitedInventors: Alister P. Reid, John Kopec