Patents Represented by Attorney Dunlap Codding, P.C.

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  • Method and equipment for producing foam bitumen
    Patent number: 5827360
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and equipment for producing foam bitumen. Water is mixed to hot bitumen under a pressure which is lower than the prevailing absolute pressure, and after this the pressure is allowed to rise and the flow rate to drop. The mixing of water and bitumen occurs in a foaming reactor (17), which is connected via a pipeline (6, 8, 9, 10) to a spray bar (1), which also acts as a heat exchanger, and the changes in the flow caused by an inclination in the spray bar are compensated by means of pipes (6) and valves (7). The entire equipment is thermally insulated, and a part of it may be provided with electric heating to prevent the bitumen from solidifying. It is possible to circulate hot bitumen in the equipment by opening a valve (12), whereby the entire equipment is brought to an operating temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: CMI Corporation
    Inventor: Nestor Mikael Salminen
  • Cell fixative and preparation, kit and method
    Patent number: 5824495
    Abstract: A composition and treatment method for fixation cells and for preparing them for examination. In particular, the invention contemplates compositions effective in inhibiting crystal formation in the cell sample and effective in enhancing cell adherence to examination slides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: George P. Hemstreet, III, Robert E. Hurst, Rebecca B. Bonner
  • Method of wrapping a pot with a cover having an adhesive thereon
    Patent number: 5820712
    Abstract: A material dispenser for dispensing single sheets of material from stacks of sheets of material or from rolls of material and applying an adhesive strip to the sheet. The adhesive strip is applied by contacting the adhesive portion of an adhesive transfer tape to the sheet. The sheet of material with the adhesive strip applied thereto can be used to wrap floral arrangements or flower pots or other articles. The apparatus may be combined with an automatic pot wrapping apparatus so the adhesive application and decorative pot wrapping sequence can be combined into one continuous operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Method of covering and protecting a flower pot and floral grouping
    Patent number: 5815905
    Abstract: A covering for a flower pot with a floral grouping disposed therein and extending a distance above an upper end of the flower pot wherein the flower pot has a lower end and an outer peripheral surface. The covering includes a sheet of material having an upper surface, a lower surface and an outer peripheral surface with a sheet extension connected to the outer peripheral surface of the sheet of material and extending a distance from the outer peripheral surface of the sheet of material. The sheet of material is formed about the flower pot to a position wherein the sheet of material extends about substantially the entire outer peripheral surface of the flower pot to provide a decorative covering and the sheet extension is formed about the floral grouping to a position wherein the sheet extension extends about a substantial portion of the floral grouping to provide a protective covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Method for forming a decorative cover about a flower pot
    Patent number: 5816023
    Abstract: A method for covering a pot means, the cover is a flattened sleeve comprising a base portion sized to fit a pot and having an upper portion which is detachable leaving a non-linear upper edge and a closed bottom in the base. The cover may be bondingly connected to or crimped about the pot means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Shipping carton and method for shipping floral groupings
    Patent number: 5816402
    Abstract: A shipping carton including a box assembly and a plurality of pots containing floral groupings. A bonding material is applied to the base of the box assembly and the pots containing floral groupings are disposed in the retaining space of the box so that the bonding material engages and connects each of the pots containing floral groupings. Retaining inserts may be disposed in the retaining space of the box to retain the growing medium contained in the pots within the pots during movement or shipment of the box assembly. The retaining inserts may be secured to the inner surface of the side walls of the box through a securing means such as a clip to prevent displacement of the retaining inserts during movement or shipment of the box assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Sue Corbett
  • Flower pot cover with crimped skirt
    Patent number: 5816022
    Abstract: A flower pot cover consisting of a base and a skirt. The base has an upper end, a lower end and a pot receiving space. The skirt is connected to the upper end of the base and the skirt extends a distance outwardly from the base. A bonding material is disposed on the skirt. A flower pot is disposed in the pot receiving space and the portion of the skirt having the bonding material thereon is crimped to provide a bonded crimped portion in the skirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, William F. Straeter
  • Wrapping material having a cold seal adhesive for wrapping floral groupings and methods
    Patent number: 5816020
    Abstract: A wrapping material comprising a sheet of material having a bonding material comprising a cold seal adhesive used to wrap floral groupings and/or flower pots. Methods for using a wrapping material having a cold seal adhesive thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Method and apparatus for wrapping a floral grouping with multiple sheet wrapper
    Patent number: 5816021
    Abstract: A wrapper for a floral grouping comprising a first and a second sheet of material. The first sheet of material is constructed of a polymer film, metal foil, fabric, denim, cellophane or burlap. The second sheet of material is constructed of a paper. At least one of the first and the second sheets of material includes a closure bonding material on at least one of the upper and lower surfaces of such sheet of material. The second sheet of material is disposed adjacent the first sheet of material and the two sheets of material then are wrapped about the floral grouping with the closure bonding material bondingly engaging a portion of at least one of the first and the second sheets of material for cooperating to secure the first and the second sheets of material in a wrapped condition about the floral grouping to form the wrapper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Pot wrapping apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5813198
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for covering a flower pot by automatically providing a sheet of material in a vertical or semi-vertical orientation and automatically wrapping the sheet about the flower pot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Method of attaching a sleeve to a pot
    Patent number: 5813194
    Abstract: A plant package assembly, comprising a pot containing a floral grouping and a flexible sleeve having detaching elements at preselected areas, the sleeve further comprising a bonding material which connects the sleeve to the pot when the pot is positioned within the sleeve, the sleeve being positioned about the pot and a lower portion of the sleeve closely surrounding and encompassing the pot, an upper portion of the sleeve extending upwardly from the pot and substantially surrounding and encompassing the floral grouping contained within the pot, at least a portion of the sleeve being removable via the detaching elements, leaving a portion of the sleeve which is a decorative plant cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D399167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Jon S. Shryock
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D399168
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D399169
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D399455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D399456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D399783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D399784
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D399785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D399786
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter