Patents by Inventor Donald R. Havard

Donald R. Havard 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).

  • Beverage label and method of making same
    Patent number: 6849147
    Abstract: Disclosed is a container label comprising a base panel, a series of elongate perimeter tabs and a piggyback panel. The base panel has a base panel top surface coated with a release layer except for a series of elongate perimeter zones spaced along the base panel perimeter that are free of the release layer. The series of elongate perimeter tabs are sized complimentary to and are aligned with the perimeter zones. Each of the perimeter tabs defines a perimeter tab bottom surface coated with an adhesive layer such that the perimeter tabs are permanently bonded to the base panel. The piggyback panel is of a smaller size that the base panel. The piggyback panel has a piggyback panel bottom surface coated with the adhesive layer for releaseably bonding the piggyback panel to the base panel such that the piggyback panel may be peeled away from the base panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Inventors: Donald R. Havard, Jerry Foley, Robert E. Lonas
  • Beverage label and method of making same
    Publication number: 20040221944
    Abstract: Disclosed is a container label comprising a base panel, a series of elongate perimeter tabs and a piggyback panel. The base panel has a base panel top surface coated with a release layer except for a series of elongate perimeter zones spaced along the base panel perimeter that are free of the release layer. The series of elongate perimeter tabs are sized complimentary to and are aligned with the perimeter zones. Each of the perimeter tabs defines a perimeter tab bottom surface coated with an adhesive layer such that the perimeter tabs are permanently bonded to the base panel. The piggyback panel is of a smaller size that the base panel. The piggyback panel has a piggyback panel bottom surface coated with the adhesive layer for releaseably bonding the piggyback panel to the base panel such that the piggyback panel may be peeled away from the base panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Donald R. Havard, Jerry Foley, Robert E. Lonas