Patents by Inventor Duncan A. McCannel

Duncan A. McCannel 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: 20110228402
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lenticular display article, such as a container, and a method of making the article. The article includes a lenticular sidewall, which defines a cavity having a top end, and a bottom end, the sidewall having a seam; and an optional base attached to the bottom end of the sidewall. The method of making the article can includes forming a frustoconical sidewall having a seam joining the opposite ends and optionally affixing a base to the bottom end of a lenticular sidewall. Alternatively, the bottom end of the sidewall may be sealed to itself to form a baseless tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Duncan A. McCannel, John Tomczyk
  • Patent number: 8009359
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lenticular display article, such as a container, and a method of making the article. The article includes a lenticular sidewall, which defines a cavity having a top end, and a bottom end, the sidewall having a seam; and an optional base attached to the bottom end of the sidewall. The method of making the article can includes forming a frustoconical sidewall having a seam joining the opposite ends and optionally affixing a base to the bottom end of a lenticular sidewall. Alternatively, the bottom end of the sidewall may be sealed to itself to form a baseless tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Travel Tags, Inc.
    Inventors: Duncan A. McCannel, John Tomczyk
  • Patent number: 7571861
    Abstract: Systems and methods of embossing flat pieces (such as thin cards and similar materials) that prevent the embossed pieces from sticking to each other during subsequent handling. In some embodiments, pieces are manufactured in rows and columns on a large sheet, with (typically) the distance between text embossed on adjacent rows and (particularly) the distance between texts embossed on cards from adjacent columns being constant. Cards that will be stacked immediately adjacent each other after the cards are cut from the large sheet have text embossed on them that varies, so that the cards cannot tightly nest against each other and stick together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Travel Tags, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Eke, Michael G. Veehoff, Duncan A. McCannel, William Cahill
  • Publication number: 20040095648
    Abstract: Flat lenticular blanks are configured into (preferably but not necessarily tapered) self-supporting sleeves, by joining opposite sides together at a seam or other interface. The sleeves may be used in applications such as lenticular inserts for injection molded containers, attachments to existing objects; components of lenticular containers manufactured using modified paper cup technology, or glued onto existing paper or plastic cups or containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Duncan A. McCannel, John Tomczyk