Patents by Inventor Alan Douglas Tearle

Alan Douglas Tearle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for forming a multiple bundle hinged lid hinged cigarette pack
    Patent number: 6941728
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for making a hinged lid side by side vertically hinged cigarette pack having a first bundle and a second bundle of cigarettes is described. The machinery includes a first machine to form a first foil wrapped bundle surrounded by a first inner frame, a second machine for forming a second foil wrapped bundle surrounded by a second inner frame and a third machine for combining the first and second foil wrapped bundle into a single hinged lid side by side vertically hinged pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Jonathan Bray, Steven Holford, Alan Douglas Tearle
  • Cigarette pack
    Patent number: D503014
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: British American Tobacco Investments, Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrew Jonathan Bray, Alan Douglas Tearle, Steven Holford, Adrian Roy Stewart-Cox
  • Cigarette pack
    Patent number: D492814
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Jonathan Bray, Alan Douglas Tearle, Steven Holford, Adrian Roy Stewart-Cox