Patents by Inventor Jerry Hidle

Jerry Hidle 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: 4600162
    Abstract: A dispenser for rolled material has a pair of opposed support arms each provided with a cylindrical support for insertion within a tube about which the rolled material is scrolled. A tubular support assembly is provided for insertion within one or both cylindrical supports for increasing the degree of axial support for more positively supporting and securing the roll on the dispenser. The support plug has limit stops on opposite ends for limiting plug movement in its inwardly and outwardly extended positions, and the plug is capable of being positively retained in its inwardly extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1986
    Assignee: Panhandle Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry Hidle
  • Patent number: 4575890
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to lint removal devices and more particularly, to lint removal devices incorporating a supply of adhesive sheet material having a tacky surface and means to advance the sheet material to present an unused surface of the sheet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Assignee: Panhandle Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry Hidle
  • Patent number: 4574776
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cooking utensil which is adapted to cook foods by steaming as well as by convection heating. The cooking utensil comprises an outer vessel having a generally upstanding side wall in a generally cylindrical configuration and a generally planar bottom having at least one aperture therein, and an inner vessel having a sidewall and a bottom located within the outer vessel, the sidewall and bottom of the inner vessel spaced from the sidewall of the outer vessel, the annular space formed by the upper portion of the inner vessel and the upper portion of the sidewall of outer vessel communicating with the interior of the inner vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Assignee: Panhandle Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry Hidle
  • Patent number: 4535947
    Abstract: A dispenser for rolled material includes a pair of opposed support arms each provided with a cylindrical support for insertion within a tube about which the rolled material is scrolled. A tubular support assembly is provided for insertion within each cylindrical support for increasing the degree of axial support for more positively supporting and securing the roll upon the dispenser. The support tube may be designed to accommodate a commercially available paper roll dispenser or may be provided within a paper roll dispenser particularly adapted to receive the support tube. The support tube includes a finger grasping bar disposed therein for axially moving the support tube within the support cylinder. A locking bar is secured to the finger grasping bar and projects radially outwardly therefrom through an aperture formed within the support tube for engagement with the support cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1985
    Assignee: Pandhandle Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry Hidle