Patents Represented by Law Firm Dunlap & Codding
  • Accordion-type plant cover with attached skirt and methods
    Patent number: 6079155
    Abstract: A plant cover, comprising a base formed from a sheet of material, said base having an upper end, a lower end, and an outer peripheral surface, an opening intersecting the upper end forming an inner peripheral surface and a retaining space, a skirt formed from a sheet of material, said skirt connected to the upper end of the base, and expansion means formed integrally with the base, the expansion means comprising an excess of material, the expansion means permitting the base to expand and contract to both closely encompass and follow the contours of a pot. Methods of using a plant cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Preformed plant cover having an elastic fastener incorporated therein
    Patent number: 6080453
    Abstract: A cover for a flower pot, the cover comprising a sheet of material sized to substantially surround and encompass the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot and a fastener comprised of elastic or elasticized materials and forming a generally continuous loop, the fastener connectingly held to either the upper surface or the lower surface of the sheet of material. The fastener can be stretched to an extent sufficient to enable the fastener to be disposed about the outer peripheral surface of the flower pot and to hold the sheet of material applied thereabout. The invention further comprises a method for wrapping a pot with a covering such as described above, and a preformed pot cover having a fastener connected circumferentially to the interior surface of the pot cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, William F. Straeter
  • Sight apparatus for archery bow having range finder and pendulous sight
    Patent number: 6079111
    Abstract: A sight apparatus for an archery bow which compensates for both the distance to a target and the elevation of the target. The sight apparatus includes a range finder mechanism and a pendulous sight. The range mechanism and the pendulous sight are operatively connected such that the setting for the range to a target positions the pendulous axis. The pendulous sight has a sight element which is suspended from the corresponding pendulous axis to provide a point of aim at the target. The range mechanism includes an adjustment arm which is pivotable to a known or estimated distance. The range mechanism also includes a pair of bracketing pins wherein one of the bracketing pins is movable relative to the other bracketing pin along an arc shaped travel path for bracketing the target and providing a range setting determined from the size of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventors: Ronald R. Williams, W. Lincoln Barr
  • Floral sleeve with upper detachable portion
    Patent number: 6076672
    Abstract: A plant packaging system comprising a combination of a protective sleeve portion and a decorative cover portion having a base and skirt for packaging a potted plant. The protective sleeve can be detached from the decorative portion of the package system once the protective function of the sleeve has been completed, thereby exposing the decorative cover and allowing the skirt portion to extend angularly from the base. The protective sleeve and decorative cover components may comprise a unitary construction or may comprise separate components which are attached together by various bonding materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Facility for maintaining an item in a controlled environment
    Patent number: 6076313
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a controlled environment for storing, producing, growing and/or processing at least one item. The method includes the steps of introducing an item into an enclosed storage space separated from an interior of a first thermal mass layer by a vessel formed of a heat conductive material. The exterior of the first thermal mass layer is then thermally isolated and the temperature of the first thermal mass is regulated to control the temperature in the enclosed storage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Earthsource Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Pannell, Rupert R. Thomas, Sr.
  • Water charging machine
    Patent number: 6076811
    Abstract: A water charging machine wherein the water being treated is moved downwardly through a vertically extending outer vortex and then moved in an upwardly extending inner vortex within the outer vortex. Oxygen may be introduced into the stream of water either upstream of the outer vortex or at the point of reversal of the water between the outer vortex and the inner vortex, or both, to provide a long shelf life incorporation of the gaseous oxygen in the water. The water and oxygen may also be exposed to a negative or positive magnetic field and a piezoelectric field to provide a substantial Zeta potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Aqua Life Corporation
    Inventor: Randy T. Ziesenis
  • Automated synchronous product pricing and advertising system
    Patent number: 6076071
    Abstract: An automated product pricing system including a physical store system, a virtual store system, and a control system. The physical and virtual store systems are capable of transmitting sales data indicative of the number of sales of identified respective products. The control system is adapted to receive the sales data from the physical store system and the virtual store system. In response thereto, the control system generates price change data including a changed price of an identified product based on the sales data received from at least one of the physical and virtual store systems. The price change data is then transmitted by the control system to at least one of the physical and virtual store systems to thereby change the price of the identified product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Automated Business Companies
    Inventor: Charles C. Freeny, Jr.
  • Method of wrapping a floral grouping
    Patent number: 6070390
    Abstract: A method of wrapping a floral grouping, preferably an orchid, with a sleeve. The sleeve is preferably constructed from a laminated material made up of at least a waxy layer and a support layer which are superposed upon each other and connected or laminated to each other. A second waxy layer may be connected or laminated to the other surface of the support surface. The wrapped floral grouping may also contain a shredded material for cushioning the blooms of the floral grouping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Method for the treatment of bacterial infection
    Patent number: 6071879
    Abstract: The present invention contemplates a composition and method for treating a bacterial infection in a mammal. Comprising/administering a therapeutically effective amount of a peptide derived from CAP37 protein. In a preferred version, the composition and method of use may comprise a peptide comprising amino acids 20-44 or 120-146 of CAP37 or subunits thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventor: Heloise Anne Pereira
  • Tyrosylprotein sulfotransferases, nucleic acids encoding tyrosylprotein sulfotransferases, and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 6071732
    Abstract: Tyrosylprotein sulfotransferases and nucleic acids encoding the tyrosylprotein sulfotransferases are described. Dual isotopes of the enzyme and of the nucleic acids encoding said enzymes have been identified in human, mouse and C. elegans. The polypeptides and polynucleotides exhibit a wide range of homologies. The polynucleotides can be used to transform or transfect host cells for producing substantially pure forms of the enzyme, or for use in an expression system for post-translational tyrosine sulfation of proteins or peptides produced within the expression system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventor: Kevin L. Moore
  • Folded corrugated material and method for producing same
    Patent number: 6071574
    Abstract: The present invention discloses folded corrugated material for producing segments or strips for use as Easter grass, packing material and the like or for use as flower pot covers, floral wrappings and ribbon materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Portable corral
    Patent number: 6067940
    Abstract: A portable corral which is folded into a retracted position behind a towing vehicle for transport from one location to another, and is folded to an expanded, usable configuration for movement along side the path of travel of the towing vehicle to trap cattle or the like who may, for example, be feeding in the path of movement of the corral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignees: Jerry J. Dunlap, Larry Phillips
    Inventor: Tommie J. Holder
  • Packaging material
    Patent number: 6067779
    Abstract: A packaging material comprising a plurality of cushioning members for cushioning an article in a container is provided. The cushioning members being formed by crumpling a flexible sheet of material into a globular configuration having a plurality of random folds, a plurality of random engaged portions, and a plurality of voids. The sheet of material has an upper surface and a lower surface with at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface having a bonding material disposed thereon such that at least a portion of the engaged portions are bondably connected thereby increasing the resiliency of the folds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Liner with natural grass tuft
    Patent number: 6065601
    Abstract: A container liner comprising a waterproof backing, a porous covering, a seed carrier interposed between the backing and the covering, and a plurality of seeds embedded in the seed carrier such that upon germination the seeds will sprout through the porous covering to form a soft, natural, protective cushion for objects, such as candies or Easter eggs. The container liner is sufficiently flexible so that the container liner can be easily manipulated to substantially conform to the interior contour of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Method for producing a rapidly dissolving dosage form
    Patent number: 6066337
    Abstract: A particulate support matrix, and a dosage form made therefrom, and processes for making such support matrices and dosage forms, which disintegrate or dissolve in a matter of just a few seconds once placed into an aqueous environment. First, a porous particulate powder matrix which will serve as the dosage form matrix is produced. In a second step, the pharmaceutical, for example an antihistamine, decongestant, or antibiotic is combined with the powder. Other additives may also be added to the mixture. In a third step the mixture is formed into a dosage form. Finally, in a fourth step, a coating may be formed upon the outer surface of the dosage form to enhance the intactness and durability of the dosage form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma and Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc.
    Inventors: Loyd V. Allen, Bingnan Wang, John Desmond Davies
  • Assembly for displaying a wrapped floral grouping mounted on a support surface
    Patent number: 6065242
    Abstract: A wrapping material for wrapping an item, such as a floral grouping is provided. The wrapping material has a bonding material on a surface so that, when the wrapping material is formed into a wrapper, the wrapper may be releasably attached to a mounting surface, such as a board or wall, by way of the bonding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Sulfur-tolerant aromatization catalysts
    Patent number: 6063724
    Abstract: A catalytic material is provided which effectuates the aromatization, reformation, and dehydrogenation of aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, and mixtures of aliphatic and cycloaliphatic hydrocarbons. The catalyst comprises an L-zeolite associated with a Group VIII metal such as platinum and having a rare earth metal ion incorporated therein. A method of using the catalytic material is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventors: Daniel E. Resasco, Cristina L. Padro, Gary Jacobs, Haiyang Liu
  • Floral sleeve having tabs for closure
    Patent number: 6061959
    Abstract: A sleeve used to wrap items such as potted plants. The sleeve may have an open or closed bottom. When closed, the bottom may have a gusset for allowing expansion upon the depositing of the pot into the sleeve. The sleeve has a detachable upper portion. The sleeve may have a bonding material disposed upon an inner or outer portion of the sleeve for attaching the sleeve to the pot or item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Covering for flower pot and floral grouping
    Patent number: 6061958
    Abstract: A cover for use with a flower pot having a floral grouping disposed therein. The cover includes a sheet of material having a sheet extension connected to an outer peripheral surface thereof. The sheet of material is formed into a pot cover for covering the flower pot and the sheet extension extends over the floral grouping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Southpac International Trust
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Nucleic acids and expression systems encoding tyrosylprotein sulfo transferases
    Patent number: 6060295
    Abstract: Tyrosylprotein sulfotransferases and nucleic acids encoding the tyrosylprotein sulfotransferases are described. Dual isotopes of the enzyme and of the nucleic acids encoding said enzymes have been identified in human, mouse and C. elegans. The polypeptides and polynucleotides exhibit a wide range of homologies. The polynucleotides can be used to transform or transfect host cells for producing substantially pure forms of the enzyme, or for use in an expression system for post-translational tyrosine sulfation of proteins or peptides produced within the expression system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventor: Kevin L. Moore