Patents by Inventor John W. Watkins

John W. Watkins 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: 8690166
    Abstract: A cup holder for a shopping cart includes a container ring and a securing mechanism. The container ring is configured to removably hold a beverage container while the securing mechanism is configured for removably securing the container ring relative to a shopping cart. The securing mechanism includes a first portion configured for slidable mounting in a first direction onto a top edge of a wall of a basket of the shopping cart. A second portion of the securing mechanism is configured for slidable insertion, in a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction, into a hole in the basket of the shopping cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Peota, Scott A. Meyer, Paul A. Yun, Levi Wilson, John W. Watkins, Jerrod D. Mullins
  • Publication number: 20080237284
    Abstract: A cup holder for a shopping cart includes a container ring and a securing mechanism. The container ring is configured to removably hold a beverage container while the securing mechanism is configured for removably securing the container ring relative to a shopping cart. The securing mechanism includes a first portion configured for slidable mounting in a first direction onto a top edge of a wall of a basket of the shopping cart. A second portion of the securing mechanism is configured for slidable insertion, in a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction, into a hole in the basket of the shopping cart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Robert D. Peota, Scott A. Meyer, Paul A. Yun, Levi Wilson, John W. Watkins, Jerrod D. Mullins
  • Patent number: 6745694
    Abstract: A method for separating lightweight sheets to be discarded interleaved with heavier items to be further processed. A gas such as air is delivered by nozzles and directed at slip sheets interleaved between photosensitive plates. The slip sheets are directed by the gas to a discarded slip sheet area. An apparatus for the slip sheet removal system comprising a plate handling area and a discarded slip sheet area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Perkinelmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy A. Ellis, Randall W. Cuberly, Norman L. Shaver, Dean P. Stapleton, Paul A. Maseman, Allen A. Bahr, John W. Watkins
  • Patent number: 4581097
    Abstract: Labeling apparatus for applying labels to bottles at different levels to areas of different radius of curvature at the two different levels, for example, the body and neck of a bottle, comprising applicators supported for movement in unison about a common axis relative to a conveyor on which are bottles to which labels are to be applied for movement along a predetermined rectilinear path at a predetermined speed wherein one of the applicators is supported at a fixed radial distance from the common axis of rotation of the applicators about said common axis such that at its place of engagement with the body of the bottle, it moves at a speed corresponding to the speed of the bottle, wherein the other is supported for radial movement relative to the common axis of rotation of the applicators for rotation about said common axis at a radial distance from the common axis to have engagement with the neck of the bottle, wherein the latter applicator is rotatable relative to the common axis of rotation of the applicat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Assignee: Figgie International, Inc.
    Inventors: Sidney T. Carter, John W. Watkins
  • Patent number: D559043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Peota, Scott A. Meyer, Paul A. Yun, Levi Wilson, John W. Watkins, Jerrod D. Mullins