Patents by Inventor Richard M. Bowen, Jr.

Richard M. Bowen, Jr. 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: 7900772
    Abstract: A child-resistant and senior-friendly package comprising one or more blister cards housed within a hollow molded plastic sleeve is provided. The sleeve is assembled from a pair of identical molded plastic body sections. Each body section has a latch and an unlocking tab and the blister card has a latch-catcher for cooperating with the latch to automatically lock the blister card in a storage position within the sleeve. The sleeve has a pair of opposite spaced-apart tabs in the side edges thereof that must be simultaneously pressed to unlatch the latches from the latch-catchers to permit the blister card to be slid from the storage position to a dispensing position. When pressed, the tabs flex the blister card off adjacent latches. An embodiment including a pair of separate blister cards is provided in which the blister cards are dispensed through opposite dispensing ends of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Anderson Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryen Sack, Curtis A. Knutson, Thomas Moyer, Tyler Theis, Richard M. Bowen, Jr., John T. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20100300923
    Abstract: A child-resistant and senior-friendly package comprising one or more blister cards housed within a hollow molded plastic sleeve is provided. The sleeve is assembled from a pair of identical molded plastic body sections. Each body section has a latch and an unlocking tab and the blister card has a latch-catcher for cooperating with the latch to automatically lock the blister card in a storage position within the sleeve. The sleeve has a pair of opposite spaced-apart tabs in the side edges thereof that must be simultaneously pressed to unlatch the latches from the latch-catchers to permit the blister card to be slid from the storage position to a dispensing position. When pressed, the tabs flex the blister card off adjacent latches. An embodiment including a pair of separate blister cards is provided in which the blister cards are dispensed through opposite dispensing ends of the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: ANDERSON PACKAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Ryen Sack, Curtis A. Knutson, Thomas Moyer, Tyler Theis, Richard M. Bowen, JR., John T. Peterson