Patents by Inventor Jack Zimmanck

Jack Zimmanck 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: 5788117
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing cylindrical objects of uniform diameter, such as beverage cans, from a package holding at least two rows of the objects, with at least two objects in each row. The dispenser has a front face that defines an object-dispensing opening at its lower end. The opening is shaped to allow an object being dispensed to pass through the opening. There is a dispensing tray at the bottom of the opening and projecting outward from the front face of the dispenser. The dispensing tray is adapted to receive and hold an object dispensed from the package and through the opening. The dispenser also includes an object-repositioning structure inward of the front face and positioned to contact the front object in the second row of objects at or above its center line when the dispenser is placed over an opened end of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Inventor: Jack Zimmanck
  • Patent number: 5743565
    Abstract: A note pad holder for removably holding a note pad of the type having a binding which grips a pad comprising a number of sheets of paper proximate or along one edge of the pad, the binding having an overlap portion which overlaps a small portion of the pad along the gripped edges of the sheets thereof to create an edge strip which is thicker than the remainder of the note pad. The note pad holder is designed to be removably attached to a surface such as a refrigerator front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Inventor: Jack Zimmanck