Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Kilpatrick Stockto
  • Patent number: 6430467
    Abstract: Packaging and processes for facilitating fast, efficient, and reliable production line packaging of products, and more particularly perishable products including meat products. Product trays according to the present invention are formed of non-foam plastic material with three dimensional structure and configuration that imparts an esthetically pleasing appearance and feel to the customer at the point of sale, as well as offering to the consumer a container that is microwavable, dishwasher safe and freezer safe in addition, if desired, to being recyclable. Such packaging and processes are particularly useful in newly emerging automated supply chains where inventory sales are tracked to support centralized processing of meat and other perishable products at centralized facilities for shipment to geographically distant points of sale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Rock-Tenn Company
    Inventors: Vince D'Amelio, Marshall Martin Van Domelen, John Kerry Hobbs, Mike Tyberghein
  • Patent number: 6276581
    Abstract: Holster for a firearm, especially a handgun with a trigger guard, in which a safety catch is mounted in a housing to pivot around a pivot axis. The pivot axis has a locking tab which contacts the inside of the trigger guard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Inventor: Gaston Glock