Patents by Inventor Edward J. Burton

Edward J. Burton 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).

  • Method and system for custom selection and packaging of items to fulfill customer orders
    Publication number: 20040267675
    Abstract: There is provided herein methods and systems for fulfilling customer orders by mail in a timely and cost-effective manner. Items to be included in the order are custom-selected based on characteristics such as weight and/or size to minimize postage cost. Customer orders too large to take advantage of discounted postal rates are parsed into multiple mailings, each mailing taking advantage of reduced postal rates, the multiple mailings together fulfilling the customer order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: David J. Burton, Edward J. Burton, Gloria MacDonald, Brendan W. Szemplinski, Joel Yoffee
  • Housing for a rotatable shaft
    Patent number: 5320578
    Abstract: This invention relates to a housing for a rotatable shaft, particularly one used in the drive mechanism of a windscreen wiper assembly. The housing comprises a body portion having first and second ends disposed oppositely to and axially remote from each other, the body portion being provided with an integrally formed retaining member adapted to maintain the axial positioning of the rotatable shaft. Another embodiment of the invention provides on the second end of housing means for biasingthe body portion in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: Trico Products Corporation
    Inventors: Edward J. Burton, Ronald T. Knaggs