Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Dunlap, Codding & Roger
  • Floral sleeve having an arcuate upper end
    Patent number: 6574920
    Abstract: A plant packaging and covering system including a floral sleeve having a decorative pattern thereon. The sleeve may have a lower portion sized to cover a pot and an upper portion which dan surround a plant disposed in the pot and which can be detached after the protective function of the upper portion is complete or which can be used to support the sleeve from a support device prior to use. The decorative pattern preferably has an arcuate upper boundary in the flattened condition which when opened, gives the sleeve the appearance of having an upper edge which is parallel to the upper rim of the pot disposed within the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Southpac Trust Int'l. Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Method of containing a pot or floral grouping in a sleeve having expandable sidewalls
    Patent number: 6574919
    Abstract: A floral sleeve sized to fit about a flower pot or floral grouping. The sleeve has a base with side gussets and optionally bottom gussets for allowing expansion from a flattened position to an opened position. The sleeve may comprise a detachable upper portion, and a skirt portion. The sleeve is preferably secured about a pot or floral grouping via a banding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Floral wrapper having printed design with shaded and highlighted areas
    Patent number: 6574918
    Abstract: A method of forming a decorative cover, a sleeve or a preformed pot cover for a floral grouping or flower pot from a sheet of material having a printed pattern thereon wherein the printed pattern contains shaded and highlighted areas which provide the printed pattern with a visual perception of depth and thus a three-dimensional appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Method of forming a cementitious panel
    Patent number: 6572811
    Abstract: A method is provided for rapidly forming a cementitious panel. A cementitious mixture is introduced into a mold configured to provide the desired surface appearance and profile of the cementitious panel. The cementitious mixture is then subject to an accelerated curing process by applying microwave energy to the cementitious mixture for a predetermined time period. After a relatively short resting or cooling period, the resulting cementitious panel is ready to be removed from the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Custom Building Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: William C. Heirich
  • Box flap securing device
    Patent number: 6571538
    Abstract: A box flap securing device for securing two opposing box flaps in a closed position wherein the box flap securing device includes a bottom member having an edge, a top member disposed a distance from the bottom member and in an overlying relationship with the bottom member, and a post interconnecting the bottom member and the top member. The post has an edge which is disposed in a coextensive relationship with at least a portion of the edge of the bottom member whereby the bottom member, top member and post cooperate to define a box flap receiving slot having a height at least equal to the thickness of the box flap but less than two times the thickness of the box flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Afton Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: James H. Luby
  • Method of wrapping a pot with a conformable sleeve
    Patent number: 6571536
    Abstract: A sleeve used to wrap items such as potted plants or comestibles. The sleeve has a closed curved bottom. The sleeve may also have an expansion element such as a gusset, pleats, random folds or elastic material for enabling the lower portion of the sleeve to conform to the outer and bottom surfaces of the pot to provide a decorative cover about the pot. The sleeve optionally has a detachable upper portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, Paul Fantz
  • Cover forming apparatus
    Patent number: 6568153
    Abstract: A cover forming apparatus and method for forming and securing a sheet of material about a flower pot having an outer peripheral surface is provided. The cover forming apparatus includes a former. The former has a bowl shaped configuration and an open upper end, a lower end, a sidewall extending from the open upper end to the lower end, and a pot opening. The sidewall has an outer surface and an inner surface with the outer surface having an upper inwardly tapered portion. The pot opening is sized to receive at least a portion of the flower pot together with the sheet of material such that upon disposing the flower pot into the pot opening with the sheet of material positioned between the upper end of the former and the flower pot causes the sheet of material to be formed about the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Southpac Trust Int'l. Inc.
    Inventor: Stephan Grether
  • Method of containing a botanical item and growing medium in a sleeve
    Patent number: 6568128
    Abstract: A floral sleeve sized to contain a botanical item and a growing medium and having a base portion with side gussets for allowing expansion from a flattened position and method of using same. The sleeve may comprise a detachable upper portion, and a skirt portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Synthetic glycosulfopeptides and methods of synthesis thereof
    Patent number: 6569998
    Abstract: A new class of synthetic glycosulfopeptides (GSPs) which have one or more sulfated tyrosine residues and a glycan linked to the peptide, the glycan preferably including a sialyl Lewisx group or a sialyl Lewisa group. In a preferred version the GSPs have an O-glycan comprising a &bgr;1,6 linkage to a GalNAc. The present invention further contemplates in vitro methods of the synthesis of these GSPs without the use of the cells and methods of their use in vivo as powerful anti-inflammatory antithrombotic, or anti-metastatic compounds. The invention also contemplates a method of synthesizing oligosaccharides by cleaving the glycan from the GSP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventors: Richard D. Cummings, Rodger P. McEver
  • Floral sleeve having a decorative pattern
    Patent number: 6568129
    Abstract: A plant packaging and covering system comprising a floral sleeve having a base portion having a decorative pattern thereon. The sleeve may have an upper sleeve portion which can surround a plant disposed in a pot and which can be detached once the protective function of the sleeve is complete or which can be used to support the sleeve from a support device prior to use. The decorative pattern has a curved or non-linear upper boundary which gives the sleeve the appearance of having a curved or non-linear upper skirt extending from the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Shipping device with bondable cushion layer
    Patent number: 6564944
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for preparing an item or plurality of items for shipment. Disposing one or a plurality of items on a rigid surface having a layer of deformable cushioning material with a bonding material thereon wherein the items are connectingly bonded to the foam layer which is deformed in response to the items. The items may be items of china, floral containers, and flower pots, or other similar items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Southpac Trust Inc'ln Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Method for wrapping a floral grouping with a sheet of material having printed and embossed patterns thereon
    Patent number: 6564507
    Abstract: A decorative wrapper for a floral grouping or flower pot wherein a sheet of material having embossed and printed patterns thereon is wrapped about at least a portion of the floral grouping or flower pot. The printed pattern may be in or out of register with the embossed pattern, or a portion of the printed and embossed patterns may be in register with one another and a portion of the printed and embossed patterns may be out of register with one another. The sheet of material may be provided in the form of a pad containing a plurality of sheets of material or in the form of a roll wherein the sheets of material are separable from the roll of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Decorative sleeve having a texture and/or appearance simulating the texture and/or appearance of cloth
    Patent number: 6565958
    Abstract: A method for wrapping a floral grouping in a sleeve having a texture and/or appearance simulating that of cloth includes the step of placing a floral grouping in the sleeve and binding the sleeve about a stem portion of the floral grouping via a bonding material disposed on the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Iontophoretic transdermal delivery device
    Patent number: 6567693
    Abstract: A conducting silicone matrix incorporating a suspension of a drug in ionized and non-ionized phases in an emulsion of a hydrophobic polymer. In one version, the drug is prepared as a concentrated aqueous suspension incorporated in a silicone matrix with a silicone surfactant. An electrolyte may be incorporated into the silicone matrix for increasing its conductivity. When a current is applied, the drug in individual globules in the drug suspension migrates away from the electrode and becomes concentrated at the distal side of the globules eventually resulting in an increase in the drug concentration distal to the electrode and adjacent to the skin and thereby resulting in transfer of the active drug through the skin. This system provides a matrix with minimal electroendosmotic flow that is current efficient and provides a drug reservoir that can last for several days during application of the drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventor: Loyd V. Allen, Jr.
  • Subsurface pesticide injection and fluid extraction system
    Patent number: 6564504
    Abstract: A subsurface pesticide injection system for use in combination with a structure having a footing formed in a base soil, a stem wall formed on the footing and defining a perimeter of the structure, a fill material disposed on the base soil within the perimeter of the stem wall, and a concrete slab formed on the fill material is provided. The concrete slab has openings extending therethrough. The subsurface pesticide injection and fluid extraction system comprising includes a tubular conduit disposed within the fill material of the structure such that portions of the tubular conduit are disposed adjacent the openings of the concrete slab. The tubular conduit has a sidewall, a first end, a second end, and a plurality of tortuous pores extending through the sidewall of the tubular conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Inventor: Tom Hoshall
  • Preformed flower pot cover having a finish simulating the appearance of cloth
    Patent number: 6565963
    Abstract: Flexible polymeric materials having a cloth-like appearance suitable for use in the formation of flower pot covers, floral wrappings and ribbon materials are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Packaging material
    Patent number: 6561356
    Abstract: A packaging material comprising a plurality of flexible strips of material integrally interconnected to one another along one end thereof so as to form a unitary mass and so that the strips of material are intertwineable with one another to form a resilient tuft. The strips of material interconnected via a border have a bonding material disposed thereon for bondingly connecting the packaging material to a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Southpac Trust Int'l., Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Method of covering a pot or floral grouping with a sleeve having a triangular lower end
    Patent number: 6560924
    Abstract: A tubular sleeve having a triangular lower end for covering a pot or floral grouping. The sleeve may have a detachable upper portion and may have a non-linear or linear upper edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, Paul Fantz
  • Storage bin rack
    Patent number: D475554
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: TLC International, Inc
    Inventor: Shih Ming-Shiue
  • Ice cream scoop
    Patent number: D475899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: TLC International, Inc.
    Inventor: Shih Ming-Shiue