Patents by Inventor Jean Mary Methe

Jean Mary Methe 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: 11621451
    Abstract: A battery assembly includes a battery that has a top surface surrounded by a circumferential edge; and a removable tab attached to the top surface. The removable tab includes a first tab end and an oppositely disposed second tab end; a gripping region disposed adjacent to the first tab end; and a battery cell attachment region disposed adjacent to the second tab end and attached to the top surface of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: DURACELL U.S. OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Jean Mary Methe, David Goldfarb, David N. Klein
  • Publication number: 20220029227
    Abstract: A battery assembly includes a battery that has a top surface surrounded by a circumferential edge; and a removable tab attached to the top surface. The removable tab includes a first tab end and an oppositely disposed second tab end; a gripping region disposed adjacent to the first tab end; and a battery cell attachment region disposed adjacent to the second tab end and attached to the top surface of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Jean Mary Methe, David Goldfarb, David N. Klein
  • Patent number: 11101514
    Abstract: A battery assembly includes a battery that has a top surface surrounded by a circumferential edge; and a removable tab attached to the top surface. The removable tab includes a first tab end and an oppositely disposed second tab end; a gripping region disposed adjacent to the first tab end; and a battery cell attachment region disposed adjacent to the second tab end and attached to the top surface of the battery. The battery cell attachment region has first and second oppositely disposed sidewalls, wherein at least one of the first and second sidewalls is curved inwardly away from the circumferential edge of the battery such that a portion of the top surface of the battery is exposed between the sidewall and the circumferential edge of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: DURACELL U.S. OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Jean Mary Methe, David Goldfarb, David N. Klein
  • Patent number: 11038229
    Abstract: A battery assembly includes a battery and a removable tab attached to a surface of the battery. The removable tab includes a main tab layer having a first surface and an oppositely disposed second surface, wherein the main tab layer comprises a battery cell attachment region and a gripping region adjacent to the battery cell attachment region. The removable tab also includes a first layer disposed over the first surface of the main tab layer; and a second layer disposed over a portion of the second surface of the main tab layer only at the gripping region. One or both of the first layer and the second layer is a texturized layer having an average surface roughness of about 0.6 microns to about 2 microns, the texturized layer providing an external face to the removable tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: DURACELL U.S. OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Jean Mary Methe, David Goldfarb
  • Publication number: 20180342713
    Abstract: A battery assembly includes a battery and a removable tab attached to a surface of the battery. The removable tab includes a main tab layer having a first surface and an oppositely disposed second surface, wherein the main tab layer comprises a battery cell attachment region and a gripping region adjacent to the battery cell attachment region. The removable tab also includes a first layer disposed over the first surface of the main tab layer; and a second layer disposed over a portion of the second surface of the main tab layer only at the gripping region. One or both of the first layer and the second layer is a texturized layer having an average surface roughness of about 0.6 microns to about 2 microns, the texturized layer providing an external face to the removable tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Jean Mary Methe, David Goldfarb
  • Publication number: 20180342712
    Abstract: A battery assembly includes a battery that has a top surface surrounded by a circumferential edge; and a removable tab attached to the top surface. The removable tab includes a first tab end and an oppositely disposed second tab end; a gripping region disposed adjacent to the first tab end; and a battery cell attachment region disposed adjacent to the second tab end and attached to the top surface of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Jean Mary Methe, David Goldfarb, David N. Klein
  • Publication number: 20120031809
    Abstract: A display package comprising a shell having a cavity therein sized to house therein at least one product having a consumer-activated feature, wherein the at least one product is movable inside the cavity, the shell comprising at least one aperture structured and configured to allow a consumer to touch the at least one product inside the shell thereby moving and positioning the at least one product to register the consumer-activated feature with the at least one aperture so that the consumer-activated feature is at least partially exposed through the at least one aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Jean Mary Methe, Brice Daniel Westring, Arseni Valerecih Radomyselski, Michael J. Zuraw, Terry Lee Hamilton
  • Patent number: D651509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Jean Mary Methe, Brice Daniel Westring, Arseni Valerevich Radomyselski, Terry Lee Hamilton
  • Patent number: D662815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Jean Mary Methe, Brice Daniel Westring, Arseni Valerevich Radomyselski, Terry Lee Hamilton, Michael J. Zuraw