Patents by Inventor Richard Kenneth Watkins

Richard Kenneth Watkins 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: 4093116
    Abstract: Panel interlocking means for securing a pair of panels in overlapping face contacting relation includes a locking tab struck from one of the panels and arranged to be driven through a locking aperture defined by a retaining tab struck from the other panel and arranged so that its free end engages the locking tab in angularly disposed mutually bracing relation, holding means formed in said locking tab for receiving the free end of said retaining tab to hold said locking tab and said retaining tab in angular braced relation to each other, a securing tab projecting from a transverse edge of the locking aperture remote from the fold line of the retaining tab and disposed within a securing aperture struck from the locking tab and disposed at the base thereof and adjacent the locking tab fold line so as positively to secure the panels together against relative movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1978
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Kenneth Watkins, Leo Benatar
  • Patent number: 4046000
    Abstract: Loaded article carriers of the basket style are tested by engaging the handle of the carrier with hanger means secured to a suitable gauge mounted on a ram which is driven upwardly by motive means in such manner as to cause the articles to engage a fixedly mounted stop plate and thereby to simulate a gradually increasing load on all critical parts of the carrier the magnitude of which is indicated by the gauge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1977
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Kenneth Watkins, William S. Layman