Patents by Inventor Norman B. Hansen

Norman B. Hansen 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: 6032799
    Abstract: A cartridge for electronic article surveillance labels comprising a housing shaped to hold a plurality of electronic article surveillance labels in a stack such that the electronic article surveillance labels can be removed individually from a first side of the housing and a system utilizing such housing and a plurality of electronic article surveillance labels that are at least semirigid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Karen E. Bellum, Norman B. Hansen, Mark D. Krom, Barbara G. Motooka
  • Patent number: 5790029
    Abstract: An EAS tag package in which an EAS tag is enclosed within a sealed, thin-walled flexible bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: George E. Curnutte, Dennis C. Gillette, Norman B. Hansen, Donald E. Gerstle
  • Patent number: 5309740
    Abstract: A theft-deterrent tack for application to an article to be protected against theft comprises a first component including a first housing having an open end and ceiling and wall structure bounding an interior space extending to the open end, the ceiling and wall structure being continuous, a second housing secured to the first housing and closing the interior space except for at least one opening extending therethrough into the interior space, the second housing having a generally flat surface facing the interior space and vial-confining members extending upwardly thereof into the interior space, at least one frangible vial disposed in the interior space and positioned in preselected position by the vial-confining members, the vial being disposed on the generally flat surface of the second housing, and vial-fracturing means disposed in the interior space and supported for movement therein in interference path with the vial, and a second component including securement means for securing the first component to t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Norman B. Hansen
  • Patent number: 5245780
    Abstract: An outrigger device is provided for automatically controlling outriggers on a fishing boat. The device comprises three strut members connected to a side surface on a fishing boat at given points. Two of the strut members will be of variable length, while the third strut member is of a fixed length. The first variable strut member serves as a base for the main outrigger pole. The second variable strut member and the fixed strut member serve as supporting and controlling struts for the outrigger pole. Variable strut members will be varied, either independently or together, to change the position of the outrigger device to correspond to several different situations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Inventors: Norman B. Hansen, Andre Villenueve