Patents by Inventor Ronald G. Hellenbrand

Ronald G. Hellenbrand 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: 5358113
    Abstract: A dispenser for a roll of adhesive labels or other types of tape rolls employs two sidewalls hinged to a third intermediary base wall to close and create a pocket for holding the tape roll while allowing the roll to rotate for dispensing. The base wall has a face for supporting the dispenser on a desk and the tape may be dispensed through a slot formed by the interface of the two sidewalls. Interfitting embossments in the two sidewalls allow the dispenser to be opened for removing or inserting a new roll of tape. A window cut in one sidewall allows advancing or stopping the tape with finger pressure against the tape. The dispenser is advantageously produced from a single piece of plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Miles Kimball Company
    Inventor: Ronald G. Hellenbrand
  • Patent number: 5242169
    Abstract: A thermoformed thermoplastic housing has a putting deck having an inclined ramp leading to a platform with a rear and a side ball gutter return. A cup extends beneath the deck and has a ball return outlet. The cup has a false bottom portion hingedly attached to a cup sidewall. In the cup bottom is a switch having a contact and a lever which extends into the cup beneath the false bottom. A miniature phonograph is activated by the switch when a putted ball engages the false bottom and plays a prerecorded message. A thermoformed thermoplastic support member extends beneath the cup and supports the phonograph and switch and stabilizes the deck. To insure adequate dwell time of the ball on the false bottom, the false bottom pivots about a hinge axis which is perpendicular to the pivot axis of the switch lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Douglas & Laabs, Inc.
    Inventors: James V. Laabs, Roxanne C. Douglas, Ronald G. Hellenbrand
  • Patent number: D524646
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Plastic Ingenuity, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald G. Hellenbrand, Roger Fager
  • Patent number: D549050
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Pactiv Corporation
    Inventors: Mark E. Spencer, Chadd R. Chatterton, Thom Hayes, Wee Liong Phan, Ronald G. Hellenbrand