Patents by Inventor Paul Shardlow

Paul Shardlow 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).

  • Publication number: 20230386303
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to systems and methods for dispensing lottery tickets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Nancy Bettcher, Bryan Greene, Chongmi Scott, Mick Tooley, Paul Shardlow
  • Patent number: 11145227
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a sign having a reconfigurable display face. In one example, the sign includes a sign body having a first display face and an opposed face, and a rotatable display member connected to the sign body and having a second display face. The reconfigurable display face includes the first display face and the second display face, and the display member is reconfigurable between a plurality of display orientations by rotation about a rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited
    Inventor: Paul Shardlow
  • Publication number: 20200234615
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a sign having a reconfigurable display face. In one example, the sign includes a sign body having a first display face and an opposed face, and a rotatable display member connected to the sign body and having a second display face. The reconfigurable display face includes the first display face and the second display face, and the display member is reconfigurable between a plurality of display orientations by rotation about a rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventor: Paul Shardlow
  • Patent number: 10242507
    Abstract: A ticket dispenser for dispensing a pleated ribbon of tickets, the ticket dispenser comprising a ticket storage chamber within a housing and a ticket dispensing aperture, wherein the housing has opposed ticket display and rear walls, and also has opposed first and second walls that each extend between the ticket display wall and the rear wall, the display wall comprising: an outer wall having an interior face, and an inner ticket pathway guide proximate the outer wall, providing a ticket display pathway extending along the interior face of the outer wall, between the outer wall and the inner ticket pathway guide, the ticket display pathway having a pathway inlet, wherein the ticket dispenser is configured for a ticket to be drawn out from within the storage chamber, through the pathway inlet, along the ticket display pathway towards the first wall, and out through the dispensing aperture, wherein the ticket storage chamber has a chamber length extending along the display wall between the first wall and the se
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Paul Shardlow, Stephen Matthews
  • Publication number: 20180273279
    Abstract: A ticket dispenser for dispensing tickets from a ticket pack provided as a pleated ribbon of tickets, the ticket pack having opposed first and last tickets for dispensing first and last from the ticket dispenser, the dispenser comprising: a ticket rack comprising a ticket platen for receiving the ticket pack; a first ticket biasing mechanism and a second ticket biasing mechanism each having a first portion connected to the ticket rack and biased with respect to the ticket rack, and each having a respective second portion configured to bias against the ticket pack and towards the ticket platen, wherein the first ticket biasing mechanism and the second ticket biasing mechanism bias against opposed end portions of the ticket pack and a gap is provided between the first ticket biasing mechanism and the second ticket biasing mechanism for the loading of the ticket pack into ticket rack and the dispensing of tickets from the ticket rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Shardlow, Stephen Matthews
  • Publication number: 20170316620
    Abstract: A ticket dispenser for dispensing a pleated ribbon of tickets, the ticket dispenser comprising a ticket storage chamber within a housing and a ticket dispensing aperture, wherein the housing has opposed ticket display and rear walls, and also has opposed first and second walls that each extend between the ticket display wall and the rear wall, the display wall comprising: an outer wall having an interior face, and an inner ticket pathway guide proximate the outer wall, providing a ticket display pathway extending along the interior face of the outer wall, between the outer wall and the inner ticket pathway guide, the ticket display pathway having a pathway inlet, wherein the ticket dispenser is configured for a ticket to be drawn out from within the storage chamber, through the pathway inlet, along the ticket display pathway towards the first wall, and out through the dispensing aperture, wherein the ticket storage chamber has a chamber length extending along the display wall between the first wall and the se
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Fastrak Retail (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Paul Shardlow, Stephen Matthews
  • Publication number: 20160155275
    Abstract: A ticket dispenser for dispensing a ticket from a pack of tickets having first and last tickets at opposite ends of the pack and each ticket having opposed first and second edges, the ticket dispenser comprising: a ticket rack assembly having a rack with a support platform for receiving the pack of tickets with first edges against the support platform, and a ticket pack biasing mechanism configured to bias against a face of the last ticket of the C pack and to urge the last ticket towards the first ticket; a ticket housing for preventing unauthorised external access to the pack of tickets, the ticket housing comprising a ticket dispensing slot; and a ticket dispensing mechanism configured to dispense the first ticket from the pack of tickets, the ticket dispensing mechanism comprising a dispensing control member connected to a ticket ejector, the ticket ejector having a ticket edge engagement feature configured to engage with a first edge of the first ticket, the ticket ejector being operable by movement of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: John Barrett, Steve Matthews, Paul Shardlow