Patents by Inventor Robert J. Felice
Robert J. Felice 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).
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Patent number: 7506797Abstract: A publicly accessible drop box for isolating items deposited therein, includes a securable enclosure, a depository port, a closeable container having an opening and located within the securable enclosure, and a closure device for closing the opening prior to removal of the container. The depository port may include a housing forming a reception chamber having an entrance, wherein the housing is rotatably mounted within the drop box. The drop box may include a view port to allow viewing of the opening of the closeable container. The drop box may include a manipulation device extending into the securable enclosure to enable manipulation of the closure device or to enable movement of any items in proximity to the opening of the container.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2007Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Robert J. Felice, Michael W. Finney, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons, Eugene C. Stradley, John T. Swider, Louis B. Taylor, Michael A. Wisniewski
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Patent number: 7318548Abstract: A mail depository apparatus includes a rigid housing forming a channel adapted for directing deposited mail items and an interface member adapted to attach a flexible container to the housing for receiving deposited mail items from the channel, wherein the interface member is adapted to seal the flexible container to the housing to substantially prevent escape of air from the flexible container and the housing at the interface member.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2003Date of Patent: January 15, 2008Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Robert J. Felice, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons, John T. Swider
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Patent number: 7287686Abstract: A closeable mail receptacle for use inside of a drop box, includes a rectangular tub having an open top, and a top cover adapted to engage the open top and close the tub either prior to or during removal of the tub from the drop box. The top cover may include a peripheral frame adapted to engage the open top. The rectangular tub may be a standard mail flat tub and further include a non-permeable liner located within the common mail flat tub. The rectangular tub may include a peripheral flange extending horizontally outwardly from around the open top.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2006Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Robert J. Felice, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons, Eugene C. Stradley, John T. Swider
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Patent number: 7201037Abstract: A mail tub in the form of a substantially rigid container and a removable lid which seals the container. The container includes an air inlet port and an air outlet port for sampling air in the mail tub for possible biological contamination, such as anthrax. The container includes structure along the bottom and walls to prevent mail from contacting the walls and bottom. Such structure, in one embodiment, may include raised standoffs along the bottom of the container and channels along the walls to facilitate airflow efficiency through the mail tub when the lid is attached and an air pressure source is applied to the one of the ports. Air samples of the sealed container air are collected for contamination analysis.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2002Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Robert J. Felice, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons
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Patent number: 7159762Abstract: A publicly accessible drop box for isolating items deposited therein, includes a securable enclosure, a depository port, a closeable container having an opening and located within the securable enclosure, and a closure device for closing the opening prior to removal of the container. The depository port may include a housing forming a reception chamber having an entrance, wherein the housing is rotatably mounted within the drop box. The drop box may include a view port to allow viewing of the opening of the closeable container. The drop box may include a manipulation device extending into the securable enclosure to enable manipulation of the closure device or to enable movement of any items in proximity to the opening of the container.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2002Date of Patent: January 9, 2007Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Robert J. Felice, Michael W. Finney, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons, Eugene C. Stradley, John T. Swider, Louis B. Taylor, Michael A. Wisniewski
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Patent number: 7114645Abstract: A closeable mail receptacle for use inside of a drop box, includes a rectangular tub having an open top, and a top cover adapted to engage the open top and close the tub either prior to or during removal of the tub from the drop box. The top cover may include a peripheral frame adapted to engage the open top. The rectangular tub may be a standard mail flat tub and further include a non-permeable liner located within the common mail flat tub. The rectangular tub may include a peripheral flange extending horizontally outwardly from around the open top.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2002Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Robert J. Felice, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons, Eugene C. Stradley
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Patent number: 7029002Abstract: A drop pocket system and method reorients flat articles in a serial stream, by horizontally receiving a horizontally moving, serial input stream of substantially vertically oriented flat articles, sensing reception of each flat article, engaging each sensed flat article, accelerating each engaged flat article into substantially downward movement, and conveying each flat article with the downward movement into a substantially horizontal orientation and movement.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2004Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Edward Engarto, Robert J. Felice, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons
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Publication number: 20040207146Abstract: A drop pocket system and method reorients flat articles in a serial stream, by horizontally receiving a horizontally moving, serial input stream of substantially vertically oriented flat articles, sensing reception of each flat article, engaging each sensed flat article, accelerating each engaged flat article into substantially downward movement, and conveying each flat article with the downward movement into a substantially horizontal orientation and movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2004Publication date: October 21, 2004Applicant: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Edward Engarto, Robert J. Felice, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons
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Patent number: 6789727Abstract: A mail processing apparatus, includes an enclosure adapted for receiving deposited mail articles, a depository port adapted for passing deposited mail articles into the enclosure, and a sealing apparatus operatively associated with the depository port and adapted to seal deposited mail articles that pass through the depository port. The sealing apparatus may be a laminator adapted to apply a layer of plastic material to opposing sides of deposited mail articles.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2002Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Robert J. Felice, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons, Louis B. Taylor
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Patent number: 6746009Abstract: A drop pocket system and method reorients flat articles in a serial stream, by horizontally receiving a horizontally moving, serial input stream of substantially vertically oriented flat articles, sensing reception of each flat article, engaging each sensed flat article, accelerating each engaged flat article into substantially downward movement, and conveying each flat article with the downward movement into a substantially horizontal orientation and movement.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2002Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Edward Engarto, Robert J. Felice, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons, Drew D. Havholm
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Patent number: 6666324Abstract: A system and method reorients flat articles in a serial stream, by receiving a horizontally moving, serial input stream of substantially vertically oriented flat articles each having a downwardly oriented primary edge, laterally diverting the flat articles in the serial input stream alternately between a pair of separate paths, impeding horizontal movement of each flat article in each separate path, accelerating each flat article with impeded horizontal movement in the direction of its primary edge, and delivering substantially horizontally oriented flat articles from each separate path.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2002Date of Patent: December 23, 2003Assignee: Lockhead Martin CorporationInventors: Edward Engarto, Robert J. Felice, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons, Drew D. Havholm
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Publication number: 20030214093Abstract: A drop pocket system and method reorients flat articles in a serial stream, by horizontally receiving a horizontally moving, serial input stream of substantially vertically oriented flat articles, sensing reception of each flat article, engaging each sensed flat article, accelerating each engaged flat article into substantially downward movement, and conveying each flat article with the downward movement into a substantially horizontal orientation and movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2002Publication date: November 20, 2003Applicant: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Edward Engarto, Robert J. Felice, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons, Drew D. Havholm
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Publication number: 20030213674Abstract: A system and method reorients flat articles in a serial stream, by receiving a horizontally moving, serial input stream of substantially vertically oriented flat articles each having a downwardly oriented primary edge, laterally diverting the flat articles in the serial input stream alternately between a pair of separate paths, impeding horizontal movement of each flat article in each separate path, accelerating each flat article with impeded horizontal movement in the direction of its primary edge, and delivering substantially horizontally oriented flat articles from each separate path.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2002Publication date: November 20, 2003Applicant: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Edward Engarto, Robert J. Felice, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons, Drew D. Havholm
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Publication number: 20030209595Abstract: A mail depository apparatus includes a rigid housing forming a channel adapted for directing deposited mail items and an interface member adapted to attach a flexible container to the housing for receiving deposited mail items from the channel, wherein the interface member is adapted to seal the flexible container to the housing to substantially prevent escape of air from the flexible container and the housing at the interface member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2003Publication date: November 13, 2003Applicant: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Robert J. Felice, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons, John T. Swider
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Publication number: 20030168505Abstract: A closeable mail receptacle for use inside of a drop box, includes a rectangular tub having an open top, and a top cover adapted to engage the open top and close the tub either prior to or during removal of the tub from the drop box. The top cover may include a peripheral frame adapted to engage the open top. The rectangular tub may be a standard mail flat tub and further include a non-permeable liner located within the common mail flat tub. The rectangular tub may include a peripheral flange extending horizontally outwardly from around the open top.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2002Publication date: September 11, 2003Applicant: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Robert J. Felice, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons, Eugene C. Stradley
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Publication number: 20030155412Abstract: A mail processing apparatus, includes an enclosure adapted for receiving deposited mail articles, a depository port adapted for passing deposited mail articles into the enclosure, and a sealing apparatus operatively associated with the depository port and adapted to seal deposited mail articles that pass through the depository port. The sealing apparatus may be a laminator adapted to apply a layer of plastic material to opposing sides of deposited mail articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2002Publication date: August 21, 2003Applicant: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Robert J. Felice, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons, Louis B. Taylor
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Publication number: 20030136179Abstract: A mail tub in the form of a substantially rigid container and a removable lid which seals the container. The container includes an air inlet port and an air outlet port for sampling air in the mail tub for possible biological contamination, such as anthrax. The container includes structure along the bottom and walls to prevent mail from contacting the walls and bottom. Such structure, in one embodiment, may include raised standoffs along the bottom of the container and channels along the walls to facilitate airflow efficiency through the mail tub when the lid is attached and an air pressure source is applied to the one of the ports. Air samples of the sealed container air are collected for contamination analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2002Publication date: July 24, 2003Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corp., a Maryland corporationInventors: Robert J. Felice, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons
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Publication number: 20030136823Abstract: A publicly accessible drop box for isolating items deposited therein, includes a securable enclosure, a depository port, a closeable container having an opening and located within the securable enclosure, and a closure device for closing the opening prior to removal of the container. The depository port may include a housing forming a reception chamber having an entrance, wherein the housing is rotatably mounted within the drop box. The drop box may include a view port to allow viewing of the opening of the closeable container. The drop box may include a manipulation device extending into the securable enclosure to enable manipulation of the closure device or to enable movement of any items in proximity to the opening of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2002Publication date: July 24, 2003Applicant: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Robert J. Felice, Michael W. Finney, Patrick J. Fitzgibbons, Eugene C. Stradley, John T. Swider, Louis B. Taylor, Michael A. Wisniewski