Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm S. Allan Fraser
  • Patent number: 6184794
    Abstract: A battery tester for use in combination with a portable lighting device such as a flashlight or lantern having a housing for retaining at least one battery including first and second terminals, each in electrical contact with an opposite pole of the battery, a conductor located on the exterior of the housing and having one end in electrical contact with the first terminal and an opposite end operably connectable to the second terminal. An indicator material overlies and is in responsive contact with the conductor to respond to and indicate a state that is present in the conductor. The indicator material is preferably a thermochromic ink responsive to heat changes in the conductor caused by a current flowing therethrough. The conductor and indicator material are preferably mounted on a flexible substrate imprinted with decorative ink and indicia and protected by a transparent protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary R. Tucholski
  • Patent number: 5957358
    Abstract: A battery strip dispenser for dispensing user-selectable combinations of batteries to consumers. The battery strip dispenser includes a dispensing mechanism for holding batteries, and further includes a battery strip containing a plurality of batteries packaged in flexible packaging material. The battery strip includes a plurality of packages, each containing a battery, and has perforations formed in the packaging material between adjacent packaged batteries. The battery strip can be dispensed from the dispensing mechanism, and packaged batteries can be separated from other batteries in the battery strip by tearing at the perforations to separate a desired number of batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Rose A. Getz, Lewis F. Urry
  • Patent number: 5948561
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell and method for achieving increased anode-to-cathode interface area to realize enhanced service performance are disclosed. A first electrode, such as a cathode, is provided in a container and a cavity is formed in the first electrode. A tubular separator is disposed within the cavity by inserting a conductive plate against the separator to form first and second separator compartments. The conductive plate is preferably coated with active first electrode material, such as manganese dioxide, and the plate is interference fit within the cavity. A second electrode, such as an anode, is disposed within each of the first and second separator compartments. A collector is assembled in contact with the anode and a cover and seal assembly is assembled to the top of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Lewis F. Urry
  • Patent number: 5944407
    Abstract: An illumination device functioning as both a flashlight and an area table lamp having a flexible neck that connects a light housing to a base. The illumination device includes at least one light source mounted in the light housing for projecting light through either a diffusing lens to function as an area light or a projecting lens to function as a flashlight. An improved flexible neck for an illumination device is also disclosed that has a dampening mechanism and a retaining mechanism disposed in an elongated solid resilient body. The retaining mechanism counters the resilient force of the resilient body to retain a selected position of the flexible neck while the dampening mechanism serves to dampen a bouncing effect that commonly occurs in flexible necks of flashlights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Lynch, Mark A. Ferguson, Robert L. Naas, David R. Dalton
  • Patent number: 5836455
    Abstract: A display stand tray for displaying product for sale includes a bottom support panel to support the product for sale and a pair of upstanding end walls and a back wall integral with the bottom support panel for retaining the product in the display stand tray. The display stand tray has at least one divider tab, integral to and die-cut from the back wall, wherein the tab is movable from a first non-engageable position flush with the back wall to a second engaging position wherein the divider tab lies in a vertical plane substantially parallel to the end walls and positioned for separating rows of product on display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilton M. Connor, Gregory R. Buchanan, Daniel E. Hagood
  • Patent number: 5830594
    Abstract: A resealable vent closure for an electrochemical cell comprising a disk seal having a first upstanding wall to define an opening to accommodate a current collector rod of a cell and having vent grooves disposed in the first wall, and having a second upstanding peripheral wall with vent channels and said second wall being crimped between a cover for the cell and the top edge of a container containing the active components of the cell to thereby produce a sealed cell that is resealable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Manuel R. Malay
  • Patent number: 5806961
    Abstract: A rechargeable flashlight having a nightlight is provided comprising in combination a housing, a rechargeable power supply within the housing, first and second lamp assemblies disposed within said housing, a rotating electrical connector attached to the housing to selectively interconnect the rechargeable power supply to an AC power source to recharge the battery. The rotating connector also connecting the second lamp assembly to the rechargeable power supply. In a second position, the rotating electrical connector is disconnected from the rechargeable power supply and interrupts the power to the second lamp assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Dalton, Peter F. Lynch, Scott W. Osiecki, Mark A. Ferguson, David A. Furth
  • Patent number: D453580
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Lynch, Mark A. Ferguson, David A. Furth, Scott W. Osiecki
  • Patent number: D394322
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Dalton, John R. Brown
  • Patent number: D394514
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: David Richard Dalton, John Robert Brown
  • Patent number: D394966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilton M. Connor, Gregory R. Buchanan, Daniel E. Hagood
  • Patent number: D395717
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Dalton, Gregory M. Martens
  • Patent number: D396313
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Dalton, John R. Brown
  • Patent number: D400994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Dalton, Peter F. Lynch, Mark A. Ferguson, Robert L. Naas
  • Patent number: D403446
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Lynch, Mark A. Ferguson, David A. Furth
  • Patent number: D403537
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilton M. Connor, Gregory R. Buchanan, Daniel E. Hagood
  • Patent number: D404152
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Lynch, Mark A. Ferguson, David A. Furth
  • Patent number: D404153
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Dalton, John R. Brown
  • Patent number: D428173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company
    Inventors: Peter F. Lynch, Mark A. Ferguson, David A. Furth
  • Patent number: D431308
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company
    Inventors: Peter F. Lynch, Mark A. Ferguson, David A. Furth, Scott W. Osiecki