Patents by Inventor Gary McFarland
Gary McFarland 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).
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Patent number: 10660456Abstract: A hygienic automatic electric utensil dispenser for use in eating establishments such as hospitals, schools, or other areas where large number of people are eating food in a central area. The dispenser can be refilled using prepackaged stacked plastic utensil in a self-sealing plastic bags without the user ever touching the utensil during the refilling process. The dispenser delivers the utensil in a sanitary method using a plurality of sensors.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Gadsden Coffee CompanyInventors: Greg Snyder, Dennis Ashley, Rickey Burns, Gary McFarland, Rhys McFarland
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Publication number: 20190133340Abstract: A hygienic automatic electric utensil dispenser for use in eating establishments such as hospitals, schools, or other areas where large number of people are eating food in a central area. The dispenser can be refilled using prepackaged stacked plastic utensil in a self-sealing plastic bags without the user ever touching the utensil during the refilling process. The dispenser delivers the utensil in a sanitary method using a plurality of sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: Max PackagingInventors: Greg Snyder, Dennis Ashley, Rickey Burns, Gary McFarland, Rhys McFarland
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Patent number: 10201237Abstract: A hygienic automatic electric utensil dispenser for use in eating establishments such as hospitals, schools, or other areas where large number of people are eating food in a central area. The dispenser can be refilled using prepackaged stacked plastic utensil in a self-sealing plastic bags without the user ever touching the utensil during the refilling process. The dispenser delivers the utensil in a sanitary method using a plurality of sensors.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Max PackagingInventors: Greg Snyder, Gary McFarland, Rhys McFarland, Rickey Burns, Dennis Ashley
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Publication number: 20170224130Abstract: A hygienic automatic electric utensil dispenser for use in eating establishments such as hospitals, schools, or other areas where large number of people are eating food in a central area. The dispenser can be refilled using prepackaged stacked plastic utensil in a self-sealing plastic bags without the user ever touching the utensil during the refilling process. The dispenser delivers the utensil in a sanitary method using a plurality of sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Greg Snyder, Gary McFarland, Rhys McFarland, Rickey Burns, Dennis Ashley
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Patent number: 9700153Abstract: A hygienic automatic electric utensil dispenser for use in eating establishments such as hospitals, schools, or other areas where large number of people are eating food in a central area. The dispenser can be refilled using prepackaged stacked plastic utensil in a self-sealing plastic bags without the user ever touching the utensil during the refilling process. The dispenser delivers the utensil in a sanitary method using a plurality of sensors.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Gadsden Coffee Company, Inc.Inventors: Greg Snyder, Gary McFarland, Rhys McFarland, Rickey Burns, Dennis Ashley
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Publication number: 20160242569Abstract: A hygienic automatic electric utensil dispenser for use in eating establishments such as hospitals, schools, or other areas where large number of people are eating food in a central area. The dispenser can be refilled using prepackaged stacked plastic utensil in a self-sealing plastic bags without the user ever touching the utensil during the refilling process. The dispenser delivers the utensil in a sanitary method using a plurality of sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2015Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Greg Snyder, Gary McFarland, Rhys McFarland, Rickey Burns, Dennis Ashley
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Patent number: 8501316Abstract: A wax printing process, apparatus, formulation, and label. The process includes contacting a wax formulation with a surface having at least one etched region thereon, and confronting a carrier with the surface such that at least a portion of the wax transfers from the etched surface to the carrier. The apparatus includes a tray and a manifold positioned in the tray. In another aspect, the apparatus includes a gravure sleeve and a heatable mandrel disposed inside the gravure sleeve. The wax formulation includes a paraffin wax, an ester wax, a hydrocarbon resin, a microcrystalline wax, and an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin. The label includes a carrier and a wax release layer confronting a surface of the carrier. The wax release layer confronts less that the entire surface of the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2012Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Multi-Color CorporationInventors: Jean-Paul Laprade, Gary McFarland
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Publication number: 20120321860Abstract: A wax printing process, apparatus, formulation, and label. The process includes contacting a wax formulation with a surface having at least one etched region thereon, and confronting a carrier with the surface such that at least a portion of the wax transfers from the etched surface to the carrier. The apparatus includes a tray and a manifold positioned in the tray. In another aspect, the apparatus includes a gravure sleeve and a heatable mandrel disposed inside the gravure sleeve. The wax formulation includes a paraffin wax, an ester wax, a hydrocarbon resin, a microcrystalline wax, and an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin. The label includes a carrier and a wax release layer confronting a surface of the carrier. The wax release layer confronts less that the entire surface of the carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: MULTI-COLOR CORPORATIONInventors: Jean-Paul Laprade, Gary McFarland
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Patent number: 8268443Abstract: A wax printing process, apparatus, formulation, and label. The process includes contacting a wax formulation with a surface having at least one etched region thereon, and confronting a carrier with the surface such that at least a portion of the wax transfers from the etched surface to the carrier. The apparatus includes a tray and a manifold positioned in the tray. In another aspect, the apparatus includes a gravure sleeve and a heatable mandrel disposed inside the gravure sleeve. The wax formulation includes a paraffin wax, an ester wax, a hydrocarbon resin, a microcrystalline wax, and an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin. The label includes a carrier and a wax release layer confronting a surface of the carrier. The wax release layer confronts less that the entire surface of the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2007Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Multi-Color CorporationInventors: Jean-Paul Laprade, Gary McFarland
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Publication number: 20080311331Abstract: A wax printing process, apparatus, formulation, and label. The process includes contacting a wax formulation with a surface having at least one etched region thereon, and confronting a carrier with the surface such that at least a portion of the wax transfers from the etched surface to the carrier. The apparatus includes a tray and a manifold positioned in the tray. In another aspect, the apparatus includes a gravure sleeve and a heatable mandrel disposed inside the gravure sleeve. The wax formulation includes a paraffin wax, an ester wax, a hydrocarbon resin, a microcrystalline wax, and an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin. The label includes a carrier and a wax release layer confronting a surface of the carrier. The wax release layer confronts less that the entire surface of the carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2007Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: Multi-Color CorporationInventors: Jean-Paul Laprade, Gary McFarland
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Patent number: D749020Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Inventor: Gary McFarland
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Patent number: D795656Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Gadsden Coffee Company Inc.Inventors: Gary McFarland, Dennis Ashley, Frank James, Rhys McFarland
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Patent number: D796271Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Gadsden Coffee Company Inc.Inventors: Gary McFarland, Dennis Ashley, Frank James, Rhys McFarland
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Patent number: D796916Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Gadsden Coffee Company Inc.Inventors: Gary McFarland, Dennis Ashley, Frank James, Rhys McFarland
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Patent number: D802490Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Inventor: Gary McFarland
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Patent number: D809878Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Gadsden Coffee Company Inc.Inventors: Gary McFarland, Dennis Ashley, Frank James, Rhys McFarland