Patents Represented by Law Firm Dunlap & Codding
  • Liverstock feeder
    Patent number: 5860390
    Abstract: A self-standing livestock feeder for holding salt, minerals, grain, and the like. The livestock feeder includes a plurality of leg members constructed of a polymeric material, a circularly-shaped trough constructed of a polymeric material, and a feed storage bin constructed of a tubular polymeric material. The trough and the feed storage bin are supported on the legs by a polymeric support ring. The feed storage bin has at least one feed dispensing opening disposed through the feed storage bin at the lower end thereof to permit gravitational flow of feed from the feed storage bin into the trough via the feed dispensing openings whereby such feed is accessible to livestock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Century Livestock Feeders, Inc.
    Inventor: Joe L. Payne
  • Brush apparatus
    Patent number: 5860179
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning cylindrical objects such as bolts and pipes is provided. The apparatus includes a support frame to which at least three shafts are rotatably mounted. Each shaft is provided with a circular brush secured to a portion thereof such that the brushes are arranged in a coplanar relationship and spaced apart to define an object receiving passage wherein each of the brushes engages the object when the object is disposed in the object receiving passage. The brushes are caused to be rotated in the same direction but with one of the brushes rotating at a different rate than the other brushes so that the object is caused to rotate in response to the rotation of the brushes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Inventor: Duane G. Shipman
  • Optical effect material and methods
    Patent number: 5861199
    Abstract: A method for making decorative grass from an optical effect material having a holographic design which imparts at least a portion of an optical effect to the decorative grass. The optical effect material may include printed matter and/or an embossed pattern to provide at least a portion of the decor of the decorative grass. The method includes slitting the sheet of optical effect material to provide strips; and chopping the strips of optical effect material into segments of a predetermined length to provide the decorative grass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Shipping device with bondable cushion layer
    Patent number: 5860524
    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: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Pot cover forming apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5852916
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming a flower pot cover or sleeve by automatically delivering a sheet of material to a forming mold, automatically forming the sheet about the mold, and removing the formed cover from the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • P-selectin glycoprotein ligand blocking antibodies
    Patent number: 5852175
    Abstract: P-selectin has been demonstrated to bind primarily to a single major glycoprotein ligand on neutrophils and HL-60 cells, when assessed by blotting assays and by affinity chromatography of ?.sup.3 H!glucosamine-labeled HL-60 cell extracts on immobilized P-selectin. This molecule was characterized and distinguished from other well-characterized neutrophil membrane proteins with similar apparent molecular mass. The purified ligand, or fragments thereof (including both the carbohydrate and protein components), or antibodies to the ligand, or fragments thereof, can be used as inhibitors of binding of P-selectin to cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventors: Richard D. Cummings, Kevin L. Moore, Rodger P. McEver
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D402915
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D402916
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D402917
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D403269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D403270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D403615
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D403616
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D403983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D403984
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D403985
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Floral wrapper
    Patent number: D404297
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, Lisa A. Straeter, William F. Straeter
  • Floral wrapper
    Patent number: D404298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, Lisa A. Straeter, William F. Straeter
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D404341
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
  • Flower pot cover
    Patent number: D404685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter