Patents by Inventor Michael J. Pagel
Michael J. Pagel 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: 9233774Abstract: A box for a plumbing fixture includes first and second side panels, an end panel, and first and second corner panels, which are interconnected at parallel joints. In a first configuration, the box is collapsed and generally planar, the first side panel being folded at a central crease closer to a forward end than a rearward end thereof, and the second side panel being folded at a central crease closer to a forward end than a rearward end thereof. In a second configuration, the box is expanded such that (a) a cavity is defined between the first side, second side, end, first corner, and second corner panels, (b) the first and second side panels are generally planar, and (c) a sum of angles between the end and first corner panels and between the end panel and second corner panels is greater than 180 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: KOHLER CO.Inventors: Peter W. Swart, Michael J. Pagel, Lawrence Duwell, Chad Jorgensen
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Publication number: 20140312105Abstract: A box for a plumbing fixture includes first and second side panels, an end panel, and first and second corner panels, which are interconnected at parallel joints. In a first configuration, the box is collapsed and generally planar, the first side panel being folded at a central crease closer to a forward end than a rearward end thereof, and the second side panel being folded at a central crease closer to a forward end than a rearward end thereof. In a second configuration, the box is expanded such that (a) a cavity is defined between the first side, second side, end, first corner, and second corner panels, (b) the first and second side panels are generally planar, and (c) a sum of angles between the end and first corner panels and between the end panel and second corner panels is greater than 180 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: Peter W. Swart, Michael J. Pagel, Lawrence Duwell, Chad Jorgensen
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Patent number: 8763803Abstract: A packaged plumbing fixture includes a box, a plumbing fixture, and a packaging insert. The box comprises a plurality of generally vertical sides that are interconnected to cooperatively define a cavity for containing a plumbing fixture. The plurality of sides include a first side and a second side that are connected to opposite ends of a third side. The packaging insert includes first and second generally planar surfaces. The packaging insert is positioned within the cavity with each of the first and second generally planar surfaces arranged generally parallel with and proximate to one of the sides. A sum of angles between the third side and the first side and between the third side and the second side is greater than 180 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Peter W. Swart, Michael J. Pagel, Lawrence Duwell, Chad Jorgensen
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Publication number: 20130008812Abstract: A packaged plumbing fixture includes a box, a plumbing fixture, and a packaging insert. The box comprises a plurality of generally vertical sides that are interconnected to cooperatively define a cavity for containing a plumbing fixture. The plurality of sides include a first side and a second side that are connected to opposite ends of a third side. The packaging insert includes first and second generally planar surfaces. The packaging insert is positioned within the cavity with each of the first and second generally planar surfaces arranged generally parallel with and proximate to one of the sides. A sum of angles between the third side and the first side and between the third side and the second side is greater than 180 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Inventors: Peter W. Swart, Michael J. Pagel, Lawrence Duwell, Chad Jorgensen
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Patent number: 6562393Abstract: An improved snack food product in the form of resilient, molded, self-sustaining bodies preferably made from a heated mixture comprising a dairy product (cheese, yogurt or pudding), gelatin, fat and water. The product bodies are small and bite sized, having a mass to surface area ratio of from about 0.05-5 g/cm2, which facilitates molding thereof. Preferred food products are prepared by first creating a heated flowable mixture of including cheese, gelatin, fat and water, and depositing small quantities of the mixture into molding depressions formed in powdered starch; after hardening, the resultant products are separated from the starch and packaged.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2000Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.Inventors: Gary L. Kerrigan, Craig J. Schroeder, Roy A. Barham, John J. Strandholm, Michael J. Pagel
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Patent number: 6537603Abstract: An improved snack food product in the form of resilient, molded, self-sustaining bodies preferably made from a heated mixture comprising a dairy product (cheese, yogurt or pudding), gelatin, fat and water. The product bodies are small and bite sized, having a mass to surface area ratio of from about 0.05-5 g/cm2, which facilitates molding thereof. Preferred food products are prepared by first creating a heated flowable mixture of including cheese, gelatin, fat and water, and depositing small quantities of the mixture into molding depressions formed in powdered starch or a resilient rubber mold; after hardening, the resultant products are separated from the starch or rubber mold and packaged.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2001Date of Patent: March 25, 2003Assignee: Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.Inventors: Gary L. Kerrigan, Craig J. Schroeder, Roy A. Barham, John J. Strandholm, Michael J. Pagel
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Publication number: 20020031591Abstract: An improved snack food product in the form of resilient, molded, self-sustaining bodies preferably made from a heated mixture comprising a dairy product (cheese, yogurt or pudding), gelatin, fat and water. The product bodies are small and bite sized, having a mass to surface area ratio of from about 0.05-5 g/cm2, which facilitates molding thereof. Preferred food products are prepared by first creating a heated flowable mixture of including cheese, gelatin, fat and water, and depositing small quantities of the mixture into molding depressions formed in powdered starch or a resilient rubber mold; after hardening, the resultant products are separated from the starch or rubber mold and packaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2001Publication date: March 14, 2002Inventors: Gary L. Kerrigan, Craig J. Schroeder, Roy A. Barham, John J. Strandholm, Michael J. Pagel
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Patent number: 6235321Abstract: An improved snack food product in the form of resilient, molded, self-sustaining bodies preferably made from a heated mixture comprising a dairy product (cheese, yogurt or pudding), gelatin, fat and water. The product bodies are small and bite sized, having a mass to surface area ratio of from about 0.05-5 g/cm2, which facilitates molding thereof. Preferred food products are prepared by first creating a heated flowable mixture of including cheese, gelatin, fat and water, and depositing small quantities of the mixture into molding depressions formed in powdered starch; after hardening, the resultant products are separated from the starch and packaged.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1999Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignee: Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.Inventors: Gary L. Kerrigan, Craig J. Schroeder, Roy A. Barham, John J. Strandholm, Michael J. Pagel
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Patent number: D668144Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2011Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Peter W. Swart, Michael J. Pagel, Lawrence Duwell, Chad Jorgensen
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Patent number: D678056Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Peter W. Swart, Michael J. Pagel, Lawrence Duwell, Chad Jorgensen
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Patent number: D684464Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Peter W. Swart, Michael J. Pagel, Lawrence Duwell, Chad Jorgensen
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Patent number: D693674Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Peter W. Swart, Michael J. Pagel, Lawrence Duwell, Chad Jorgensen