Patents by Inventor Barbara Vollmer Donegan

Barbara Vollmer Donegan 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).

  • Publication number: 20020148849
    Abstract: A system for displaying and dispensing articles has at least one elongate chute residing removably and generally vertically within the housing; each chute has a port at a lower edge, adjacent the bottom end, for dispensing product. A preferred embodiment has a partition dividing the chute into front and back regions. Product is accessible from the back region, through the main port, upon opening a second port in the partition, outlined with a perforation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Paul Edmond Robert, Barbara Vollmer Donegan
  • Patent number: 6305597
    Abstract: A folding carton is described that includes a hang tab that is slidable between a first position in which the hang tab is tucked behind a first carton panel, and a second position in which the hang tab extends out of the carton for hanging the carton on a display. The carton further includes a hang tab restraint for preventing the hang tab from being pulled entirely out of the carton. The hang tab is initially held in its first position by breakaway nicks that attach the hang tab to the carton. According to further aspects of the invention, the hang tab restraint comprises a yoke flap folded over the hang tab or, alternatively, a tongue member that fits into a central slot of the hang tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: IMPAC Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Barbara Vollmer Donegan, Richard Mazurek