Patents by Inventor Dean H. Conner

Dean H. Conner 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: 20170225192
    Abstract: The present invention includes a dispensing system for dispensing a packaged product, e.g. a condiment, including a pouch (60) having the product therein cooperates with a dispensing gun (30) to dispense a dose of product. In various aspects the invention includes a packaging system that includes a container (40) and a flexible package (50) with a frangible seal (70), and a flexible pouch (60); a dispensing assembly (100) for dispensing a product from the package; a dispensing gun system; a method of making a package; and a method of dispensing a product. The packaging system includes a container such as a rigid sleeve, and a flexible pouch positioned within the container interior, and also includes a valve that enables the product to exit the pouch interior and be dispensed. An optional diffuser coordinates with the valve to dispense product from one or more product outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen F. Compton, Joe Milton Bowen, Steven T. Calvert, Andrew B. Carrouth, Timothy G. Caudle, David L. Ackerman, Dean H. Conner, Hubert J. Cook, Csaba Frank Kiss, Andrew W. Moehlenbrock