Patents by Inventor Irene E. Barbieri

Irene E. Barbieri 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: 5499740
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus including at least one package having a bottom and at least one opening. A plurality of wrapped articles are disposed within the package. Each of the wrapped articles have a first and second end. A pull-tab is attached to the first end of each of the wrapped articles. An elongated tab having opposed ends is attached at one end to the second end of one of each of the wrapped articles and the other end of each of the elongated tabs is attached to the bottom of the package, wherein when the pull-tab is pulled outwardly the respective article unwraps and is dispensed through the opening of the package. The dispenser, therefore, is capable of delivering and unwrapping an article to the user in a convenient, easy, economical manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventors: Mark M. Huck, Irene E. Barbieri
  • Patent number: 5435459
    Abstract: A dispenser, containing sealed or wrapped articles, which dispenses and simultaneously unseals or unwraps the articles as the user pulls a pull-tab on one face of the article's wrapper while an elongated tab connects the wrapper's other face to the dispenser's surface. The dispenser, therefore, is capable of delivering and unwrapping an article to the user in a convenient, facile yet economical manner as the user pulls the article from the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Inventors: Mark M. Huck, Irene E. Barbieri