Patents by Inventor Don Stringfield

Don Stringfield 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: 7048115
    Abstract: A resealable hard box cigarette pack is provided with a window type opening extending across a portion of the pack top wall and also a portion of the front wall of the pack. The window is covered by a closure that may be resealed to the pack body either through insertion of a tab on the closure into a tab receiving slot in the front wall of the pack or by applying a permanent package adhesion along the outer edges of the closure with the edges of the openings in the top wall and the front wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventor: Don Stringfield
  • Publication number: 20050115846
    Abstract: A resealable hard box cigarette pack is provided with a window type opening extending across a portion of the pack top wall and also a portion of the front wall of the pack. The window is covered by a closure that may be resealed to the pack body either through insertion of a tab on the closure into a tab receiving slot in the front wall of the pack or by applying a permanent package adhesion along the outer edges of the closure with the edges of the openings in the top wall and the front wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Don Stringfield
  • Patent number: 6889827
    Abstract: A resealable hard box cigarette pack is provided with a window type opening extending across a portion of the pack top wall and also a portion of the front wall of the pack. The window is covered by a closure that may be resealed to the pack body either through insertion of a tab on the closure into a tab receiving slot in the front wall of the pack or by applying a permanent package adhesion along the outer edges of the closure with the edges of the openings in the top wall and the front wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Inventor: Don Stringfield
  • Publication number: 20040031706
    Abstract: A resealable hard box cigarette pack is provided with a window type opening extending across a portion of the pack top wall and also a portion of the front wall of the pack. The window is covered by a closure that may be resealed to the pack body either through insertion of a tab on the closure into a tab receiving slot in the front wall of the pack or by applying a permanent package adhesion along the outer edges of the closure with the edges of the openings in the top wall and the front wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Applicant: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
    Inventor: Don Stringfield
  • Patent number: 6564967
    Abstract: A child resistant tablet dispenser is disclosed wherein the dispenser is comprised of a body portion and a release mechanism. The body portion may be hollow and cylindrical and contain therein a plurality of tablets in a tablet magazine. The tablets may be individually dispensed through the release mechanism which has a child resistant dispenser requiring multiple actions before an individual tablet may be dispensed. The multiple actions required on the release mechanism may be in two different planes thereby requiring movement in a horizontal plane and movement in a vertical plane in order to release a slide actuator and then depress a release button for opening of the release mechanism lid. Upon opening of the lid, an individual tablet is forced outward from the cylinder of the body portion and dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
    Inventors: Don Stringfield, John F. Salazar