Patents by Inventor Debra Sullivan

Debra Sullivan 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: 20060053752
    Abstract: A bag having a reclosable sealer and methods of forming and using the same are provided. The bag, for example, can include a tube body having a plurality of laminated layers. A reclosable sealer can be attached to a first wall of the tube body. When the bag is in an open bag position, a first portion of the reclosable sealer is separated from a second portion of the reclosable sealer. When the reclosable sealer is in the closed seal position, the first portion of the reclosable sealer contacts the second portion of the reclosable sealer forming a seal to thereby allow the bag to be readily opened and closed. Peripheral portions of the bag can remain unsealed after initial opening when the reclosable sealer is in the closed seal position to indicate that initial opening has occurred and that tampering with the bag may have occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: Exopack-Technology, LLC
    Inventors: L. Woodham, Alfred McLellan, Debra Sullivan, George Solomon
  • Publication number: 20060053746
    Abstract: A bag having a reclosable sealer and methods of forming and using the same are provided. The bag, for example, can include a tube body having a plurality of laminated layers. A reclosable sealer can be attached to a first wall of the tube body. When the bag is in an open bag position, a first portion of the reclosable sealer is separated from a second portion of the reclosable sealer. When the reclosable sealer is in the closed seal position, the first portion of the reclosable sealer contacts the second portion of the reclosable sealer forming a seal to thereby allow the bag to be readily opened and closed. Peripheral portions of the bag can remain unsealed after initial opening when the reclosable sealer is in the closed seal position to indicate that initial opening has occurred and that tampering with the bag may have occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: Exopack-Technology, LLC
    Inventors: L. Woodham, Alfred McLellan, Debra Sullivan, George Solomon
  • Patent number: 4145050
    Abstract: A device for catching and throwing a disc-shaped object is provided, comprising a basket for catching the disc-shaped object, the basket including a longitudinal channel at the bottom of the basket and in open communication therewith, the channel having a restraining track therein for releasably securing a disc-shaped object. Attached to the basket and in open communication therewith is a narrow, elongated, arcuate channel, diminishing in height toward its distal end, the channel including a guideway on both of the inner walls of the channel near the upper end thereof for guiding a disc-shaped object having a central axis. The device also includes a handle for grasping the basket to catch and throw a disc-shaped object. The device also includes a magnet at the distal end of the channel for picking up a magnetic disc-shaped object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1979
    Inventors: Richard A. Sullivan, Debra Sullivan, Mark Stumboli, Kathryn L. Pervin