Patents by Inventor Niko Anthony Cvjetkovic

Niko Anthony Cvjetkovic 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: 10136733
    Abstract: Dispenser apparatus for holding a roll of paper toweling or tissue sheet material and dispensing the sheet material, the apparatus including structure exerting drag forces on the roll to reduce overspin when pulling forces on the sheet material causing dispensing have been terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Dispensing Dynamics International, LLC
    Inventor: Niko Anthony Cvjetkovic
  • Publication number: 20180160818
    Abstract: Dispenser apparatus for holding a roll of paper toweling or tissue sheet material and dispensing the sheet material, the apparatus including structure exerting drag forces on the roll to reduce overspin when pulling forces on the sheet material causing dispensing have been terminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: DISPENSING DYNAMICS INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventor: Niko Anthony Cvjetkovic
  • Patent number: 9907442
    Abstract: Dispenser apparatus for holding a roll of paper toweling or tissue sheet material and dispensing the sheet material, the apparatus including structure exerting drag forces on the roll to reduce overspin when pulling forces on the sheet material causing dispensing have been terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Dispensing Dynamics International, LLC
    Inventor: Niko Anthony Cvjetkovic
  • Publication number: 20160242603
    Abstract: Dispenser apparatus for holding a roll of paper toweling or tissue sheet material and dispensing the sheet material, the apparatus including structure exerting drag forces on the roll to reduce overspin when pulling forces on the sheet material causing dispensing have been terminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventor: NIKO ANTHONY CVJETKOVIC
  • Patent number: 9345367
    Abstract: A paper toweling dispenser includes an electric motor driven toweling support roller, a handle for rotating the toweling support roller and a one-way clutch including a stabilized pawl, which allows the handle to rotate the toweling support roller only in a single direction of rotation transporting toweling on the toweling support roller to an exit opening of the dispenser when the electric motor does not drive the toweling support roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Dispensing Dynamics International
    Inventors: Joel P. Keily, Niko Anthony Cvjetkovic
  • Patent number: 9248988
    Abstract: A paper sheet material dispenser selectively operable to dispense paper toweling or other paper sheet material from a roll of paper sheet material employing a plurality of alternative operational modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Dispensing Dynamics International
    Inventors: Joel P. Keily, Niko Anthony Cvjetkovic
  • Publication number: 20150216376
    Abstract: A paper toweling dispenser includes an electric motor driven toweling support roller, a handle for rotating the toweling support roller and a one-way clutch including a stabilized pawl, which allows the handle to rotate the toweling support roller only in a single direction of rotation transporting toweling on the toweling support roller to an exit opening of the dispenser when the electric motor does not drive the toweling support roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: DISPENSING DYNAMICS INTERNATIONAL
    Inventors: Joel P. KEILY, Niko Anthony CVJETKOVIC
  • Patent number: 8555761
    Abstract: Toweling or other paper sheet material dispenser apparatus includes a sheet material support roller carrying a movable cutter blade. A user pulls on a sheet material tail to rotate the sheet material support roller and transport the sheet material. After the sheet material is substantially or completely severed by a cutter blade on the roller, an electric switch is closed and an electric motor energized to drive the roller and present a new tail to be pulled by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Dispensing Dynamics International
    Inventors: Joel P. Keily, Niko Anthony Cvjetkovic
  • Publication number: 20130193258
    Abstract: Toweling or other paper sheet material dispenser apparatus includes a sheet material support roller carrying a movable cutter blade. A user pulls on a sheet material tail to rotate the sheet material support roller and transport the sheet material. After the sheet material is substantially or completely severed by a cutter blade on the roller, an electric switch is closed and an electric motor energized to drive the roller and present a new tail to be pulled by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Joel P. Keily, Niko Anthony Cvjetkovic
  • Patent number: 8387787
    Abstract: A toilet seat cover refill package including a box holding a plurality of toilet seat covers dispensed in face-to-face relationship and on end, and support structure within the box for providing lateral support for the toilet seat covers to prevent sagging thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Dispensing Dynamics International
    Inventors: Niko Anthony Cvjetkovic, Charles Parkin Davis, Patrick C. Perrin
  • Patent number: 8382026
    Abstract: A paper toweling dispenser selectively operable to dispense paper toweling from a roll of paper toweling employing a plurality of alternative operational modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Dispensing Dynamics International
    Inventors: Joel P. Keily, Niko Anthony Cvjetkovic, Michel Morand
  • Patent number: 8220684
    Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing paper toweling from a roll of paper toweling includes structure including a fixed cutter blade and a toweling support tray at the toweling exit opening which makes it difficult to “milk” toweling from the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Dispensing Dynamics International
    Inventors: Joel P. Keily, Niko Anthony Cvjetkovic, Charles Parkin Davis
  • Publication number: 20110133019
    Abstract: In a toweling dispenser, an electric motor driven toweling support roller and a handle for rotating the toweling support roller are connected by a one-way clutch, which allows the handle to rotate the toweling support roller only in a single direction of rotation when the electric motor does not drive the toweling support roller, the single direction transporting toweling on the toweling support roller to an exit opening of the dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Joel P. Keily, Niko Anthony Cvjetkovic
  • Publication number: 20100301157
    Abstract: A paper toweling dispenser selectively operable to dispense paper toweling from a roll of paper toweling employing a plurality of alternative operational modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Joel P. Keily, Niko Anthony Cvjetkovic, Michel Morand
  • Publication number: 20100102101
    Abstract: Toweling dispenser apparatus including a toweling support roller carrying a movable cutter blade. A switch is actuated after a user pulls on toweling to rotate the toweling support roller and transport the toweling. After some rotation of the roller has occurred, an electric switch is closed and energizes an electric motor to drive the roller and reduce the force required by the user to rotate the roller and actuate the cutter blade to sever a towel from the toweling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Joel P. Keily, Niko Anthony Cvjetkovic, Patrick C. Perrin, Michel Morand
  • Patent number: 7500420
    Abstract: Dispenser apparatus for dispensing paper toweling includes structure for damping forces applied to a roll of paper toweling when overspin slack is taken up and modifying cutter blade timing to reduce peak pull force during dispensing. A biased damping roller is displaceable by toweling when the toweling is pulled to take up the slack and maintain the toweling in taut condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Perrin Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Niko Anthony Cvjetkovic, Joel P. Keily, Patrick C. Perrin