Patents by Inventor Alexander Bates

Alexander Bates 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).

  • Patent number: 11542079
    Abstract: A packaging card for a tool comprising a fixed member and a movable member that is selectively movable relative to the fixed member includes a tool engaging region coupling the packaging card to the movable member such that movement of the movable member relative to the fixed member moves the card relative to the fixed member. The card also includes a deformation region that tears or deforms upon application of a separation force sufficient to remove the packaging card from the tool. Another packaging card for a tool having a housing with front and side apertures includes a front flange receivable in the front aperture of the tool, a side flange insertable into the side aperture, and a hook catchable on an interior of the housing to deter removal of the packaging card from the tool until sufficient force is applied to overcome a holding power of the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Bates, Jonathan Miller
  • Publication number: 20220287270
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag insertion cartridge configured for use in implanting a flexible RFID tag into a small animal using a needle-retraction implant tool. In embodiments, the cartridge includes a cartridge housing and a bevel cap. In embodiments, the cartridge housing is configured to receive a carriage portion inserted into a first end of the cartridge housing with a retractable needle extended out of a second end of the carriage portion to present the retractable needle in an extended position with the RFID tag carried within the retractable needle. In embodiments, the bevel cap has a proximal portion with a mating feature configured to mate with the cartridge housing and one or more needle capture elements configured to selectively couple to the needle in the extended position in a side-mountable manner without a direct axial force being exerted on the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Somark Group Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Adrian Knight, Paul Donohoe, Joe Nebolan, Steve Elliott, Alexander Bates
  • Publication number: 20220055813
    Abstract: A packaging card for a tool comprising a fixed member and a movable member that is selectively movable relative to the fixed member includes a tool engaging region coupling the packaging card to the movable member such that movement of the movable member relative to the fixed member moves the card relative to the fixed member. The card also includes a deformation region that tears or deforms upon application of a separation force sufficient to remove the packaging card from the tool. Another packaging card for a tool having a housing with front and side apertures includes a front flange receivable in the front aperture of the tool, a side flange insertable into the side aperture, and a hook catchable on an interior of the housing to deter removal of the packaging card from the tool until sufficient force is applied to overcome a holding power of the hook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Bates, Jonathan Miller
  • Patent number: 11198548
    Abstract: A packaging card for a tool comprising a fixed member and a movable member that is selectively movable relative to the fixed member includes a tool engaging region coupling the packaging card to the movable member such that movement of the movable member relative to the fixed member moves the card relative to the fixed member. The card also includes a deformation region that tears or deforms upon application of a separation force sufficient to remove the packaging card from the tool. Another packaging card for a tool having a housing with front and side apertures includes a front flange receivable in the front aperture of the tool, a side flange insertable into the side aperture, and a hook catchable on an interior of the housing to deter removal of the packaging card from the tool until sufficient force is applied to overcome a holding power of the hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Bates, Jonathan Miller
  • Publication number: 20210039858
    Abstract: A packaging card for a tool comprising a fixed member and a movable member that is selectively movable relative to the fixed member includes a tool engaging region coupling the packaging card to the movable member such that movement of the movable member relative to the fixed member moves the card relative to the fixed member. The card also includes a deformation region that tears or deforms upon application of a separation force sufficient to remove the packaging card from the tool. Another packaging card for a tool having a housing with front and side apertures includes a front flange receivable in the front aperture of the tool, a side flange insertable into the side aperture, and a hook catchable on an interior of the housing to deter removal of the packaging card from the tool until sufficient force is applied to overcome a holding power of the hook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander Bates, Jonathan Miller
  • Patent number: 8834973
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a substrate comprising: a plurality of embossed grooves extending in a substantially parallel manner, there being a pitch for the spacing between the embossed grooves; a plurality of lines of deposited material provided in the vicinity of the embossed grooves, and extending in a substantially parallel manner, there being a pitch for the spacing between lines of deposited material, the deposited material having a different color to the substrate; in a background region of the substrate to be presented to a viewer of the substrate, there being a fixed positional relationship between the substantially parallel embossed grooves and the substantially parallel lines of deposited material, such that the region presents a first background to a viewer of the substrate when viewed from a first angle, and such that the region presents a second background to a viewer of the substrate when viewed from a second angle, the first and second angles being defined as angles
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Nautilus GB Limited
    Inventors: Richard Alexander Bates, Ovidiu Herlea, Marc Moore-Smith
  • Publication number: 20130164462
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a substrate comprising: a plurality of embossed grooves extending in a substantially parallel manner, there being a pitch for the spacing between the embossed grooves; a plurality of lines of deposited material provided in the vicinity of the embossed grooves, and extending in a substantially parallel manner, there being a pitch for the spacing between lines of deposited material, the deposited material having a different colour to the substrate; in a background region of the substrate to be presented to a viewer of the substrate, there being a fixed positional relationship between the substantially parallel embossed grooves and the substantially parallel lines of deposited material, such that the region presents a first background to a viewer of the substrate when viewed from a first angle, and such that the region presents a second background to a viewer of the substrate when viewed from a second angle, the first and second angles being defined as angles
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: NAUTILUS GB LIMITED
    Inventors: Richard Alexander Bates, Ovidiu Herlea, Marc Moore-Smith
  • Publication number: 20060260215
    Abstract: A building construction e.g. for providing a temporary shelter for disaster victims, includes two side walls and two end walls, a roof structure, and a floor structure, the construction being deliverable to a site for erection, in a stowed condition and being erectable on site to a condition for use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Lee Jankovskis, Alexander Bates, Adam Cronkrite, Diane Burton