Patents by Inventor Patrick E. Mullen

Patrick E. Mullen 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: 3933245
    Abstract: An article holding and dispensing container having an article receiving and holding compartmental tray and a plurality of vertical and horizontal score lines separating the tray into a plurality of individually removable pockets. A closure member is heat-sealed to the back of the tray closing off the pockets and includes vertical and horizontal score lines aligned with the score lines of the tray. The closure member is not heat-sealed to the tray in the vicinity of the intersection of the score lines to facilitate breaking away of individual pockets or removing the contents thereof. A plurality of such containers may be hung in a generally vertical array on support members with indicia at the top of each container and the pockets at the bottom with one of the containers being removable from the support members without the necessity of removing any of the remaining containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1973
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1976
    Inventor: Patrick E. Mullen