Patents by Inventor Gerald A. Albright

Gerald A. Albright 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: 6659281
    Abstract: A battery pack suitable for use with button cell batteries. The battery pack includes a flexible card and a cover rotatably fixed relative to said flexible card. A backing is interposed between the card and said cover, and fixed relative to said card. The backing and cover define an enclosed space interposed between the cover and the backing for receiving batteries. Batteries disposed in the space are enclosed by the cover and backing to inhibit pilfering by bending the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Rayovac Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Gaffney, Gerald A. Albright, Bruce L. Winkler, Julie A. Strasser, Robert G. LaMasney, Larry K. Bauer
  • Publication number: 20030155276
    Abstract: A battery pack suitable for use with button cell batteries. The battery pack includes a flexible card and a cover rotatably fixed relative to said flexible card. A backing is interposed between the card and said cover, and fixed relative to said card. The backing and cover define an enclosed space interposed between the cover and the backing for receiving batteries. Batteries disposed in the space are enclosed by the cover and backing to inhibit pilfering by bending the card.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Robert C. Gaffney, Gerald A. Albright, Bruce L. Winkler, Julie A. Strasser, Robert G. LaMasney, Larry K. Bauer
  • Patent number: 6478158
    Abstract: A retail package for round cell batteries is a transparent single sheet thermoformed clamshell having a cover connected along a hinge to a base which receives an array of upwardly extending batteries. The base has a side wall which extends upwardly from a flat bottom wall. The side wall has a lower section which is substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall and has a zero degree draft angle. Semicylindrical pockets are defined by the base wall lower portion and batteries are positioned in the pockets two abreast. Thus, each battery is engaged by a portion of the side wall and another battery. Hence, a partially emptied container will still retain most of the batteries upright. The cover has a downwardly extending skirt with an inwardly extending semicircular closure tab which engages beneath a lip formed on the base side wall. The lid closure may be released by pressing the base side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Rayovac Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Gaffney, Gerald A. Albright, Ron G. Hellenbrand, Ross Mack
  • Patent number: 6419091
    Abstract: A retail package for round cell batteries is a transparent single sheet thermoformed clamshell having a cover connected along a hinge to a base which receives an array of upwardly extending batteries. The base has a side wall which extends upwardly from a flat bottom wall. The side wall has a lower section which is substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall and has a zero degree draft angle. Semicylindrical pockets are defined by the base wall lower portion and batteries are positioned in the pockets two abreast. Thus, each battery is engaged by a portion of the side wall and another battery. Hence, a partially emptied container will still retain most of the batteries upright. The cover has a downwardly extending skirt with an inwardly extending semicircular closure tab which engages beneath a lip formed on the base side wall. The lid closure may be released by pressing the base side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Rayovac Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Gaffney, Gerald A. Albright, Ron G. Hellenbrand, Ross Mack
  • Publication number: 20010052479
    Abstract: A retail package for round cell batteries is a transparent single sheet thermoformed clamshell having a cover connected along a hinge to a base which receives an array of upwardly extending batteries. The base has a side wall which extends upwardly from a flat bottom wall. The side wall has a lower section which is substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall and has a zero degree draft angle. Semicylindrical pockets are defined by the base wall lower portion and batteries are positioned in the pockets two abreast. Thus, each battery is engaged by a portion of the side wall and another battery. Hence, a partially emptied container will still retain most of the batteries upright. The cover has a downwardly extending skirt with an inwardly extending semicircular closure tab which engages beneath a lip formed on the base side wall. The lid closure may be released by pressing the base side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 1999
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventors: ROBERT C. GAFFNEY, GERALD A. ALBRIGHT, RON G. HELLENBRAND, ROSS MACK
  • Patent number: 6244444
    Abstract: A battery package has a thermoformed thermoplastic clam shell container with a lid which snaps closed on a battery containing body. The lid has peripheral skirt portions defining shoulders which face downwardly. A lower segment of a paperboard card is clasped between the lid and the body, with upper edges which engage with the shoulders of the container lid and support the container and batteries. A connecting segment extends from the lower segment and passes through a gap defined between the two shoulders to join a card upper segment having a hang hole which receives a display peg. Tape extends from the body onto the lid to close the package during display. After purchase, the tape is broken, the card is removed and discarded or recycled, and the lid is reclosable for battery storage. The lid may be hinged to the body along a side or along the bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Rayovac Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph H. Jacobus, Mark Anderson, Bruce L. Kramer, Sean A. Martin, Gerald A. Albright
  • Patent number: D373992
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Rayovac Corporation
    Inventors: Marc A. Rosen, Richard J. Suchanek, Judith D. Pyle, Kevin A. Marshall, Gerald A. Albright, Theresa A. Pyle-Smith, Robert W. Zimmermann, Robert K. Kloppenburg
  • Patent number: D375934
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Rayovac Corporation
    Inventors: Marc A. Rosen, Richard J. Suchanek, Judith D. Pyle, Kevin A. Marshall, Gerald A. Albright, Theresa A. Pyle-Smith, Robert W. Zimmermann, Robert K. Kloppenburg
  • Patent number: D408732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Rayovac Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Gaffney, Gerald A. Albright, Larry K. Bauer
  • Patent number: D410384
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Rayovac Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Gaffney, Gerald A. Albright, Larry K. Bauer
  • Patent number: D413803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Rayovac Corporaion
    Inventors: Gerald A. Albright, Robert C. Gaffney, Richard L. Pedracine, Ross Mack, Ron Hellenbrand
  • Patent number: D414411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Rayovac Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Gaffney, Gerald A. Albright, Larry K. Bauer
  • Patent number: D419137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Rayovac Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Gaffney, Gerald A. Albright, Ron G. Hellenbrand, Ross Mack
  • Patent number: D419441
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Rayovac Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Gaffney, Gerald A. Albright, Ron G. Hellenbrand, Ross Mack
  • Patent number: D419870
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Rayovac Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald A. Albright, Robert C. Gaffney, Richard L. Pedracine, Ross Mack, Ron Hellenbrand
  • Patent number: D424933
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Rayovac Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald A. Albright, Robert C. Gaffney, Richard L. Pedracine, Ross Mack, Ron Hellenbrand
  • Patent number: D425417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Rayovac Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Gaffney, Gerald A. Albright, Ron G. Hellenbrand, Ross Mack