Patents by Inventor Jerry Ray

Jerry Ray 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: 9267338
    Abstract: A disconnect tool includes a bottom housing having a central longitudinal axis, a top housing, a release piston, and a shear sleeve. The bottom housing includes an internal torque transmission portion and an internal locking portion. The top housing includes a lower portion positioned within the bottom housing, where the outer surface includes an external locking portion to engage the internal locking portion of the bottom housing and an external torque transmission portion to engage the internal torque transmission portion of the bottom housing. The release piston translates longitudinally within the top housing along the central longitudinal axis from a locked position to an unlocked position. The shear sleeve secures the release piston in the locked position and disconnects from the release piston at a threshold force on the release piston to allow the release piston to translate along the central longitudinal axis to the unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Coiled Tubing Rental Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall C. LeBlanc, Carl S. LeBlanc, Jerry Ray Werlla
  • Publication number: 20150210468
    Abstract: A soft-sided package having an outer wrap having a 1% MD secant modulus to caliper ratio of about 5 MPa/?m or less and a plurality of sanitary tissue products disposed within the outer wrap is provided. The package also includes a corner seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Jerry Ray Stephens, Stephanie Moy Pianfetti, Paul Joseph Coffaro, Devin William Baldridge
  • Publication number: 20150210466
    Abstract: A dispensing system for a plurality of sanitary tissue products is provided. The dispensing system includes a soft-sided package made of a outer wrap having a 1% MD secant modulus to caliper ratio of about 5 MPa/?m or less. The system optionally comprises a sleeve that substantially surrounds the soft-sided package and is made of a material that has greater rigidity than the outer wrap of the soft-sided package. The sleeve includes indicia in a reading orientation. Both the soft-sided package and the sleeve have a height dimension and both may be oriented vertically. The height of the sleeve can be less than the height of the package. The dispensing system may also include a substantially horizontal shelf and a portion of the sleeve may be in contacting relationship with the shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Jerry Ray Stephens, Stephanie Moy Pianfetti, Paul Joseph Coffaro
  • Publication number: 20150210467
    Abstract: A soft-sided package having an outer wrap and a plurality of sanitary tissue products disposed within the outer wrap is provided. The outer wrap is made from a structured wrap material, and the plurality of sanitary tissues has a structured sanitary tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Jerry Ray Stephens, Stephanie Moy Pianfetti, Paul Joseph Coffaro
  • Publication number: 20140239054
    Abstract: A package comprises a body and a closure tab. The body has a first portion and an adjacent second portion. The closure tab is affixed to the first portion and detachably affixed to the second portion and acts as a seal when affixed to both portions. The closure tab is substantially shaped in the form of brand insignia. A package comprises a body, having a dispensing opening, and a closure tab. The closure tab is at least partially detachably affixed to the body, substantially shaped in the form of brand insignia and configured to at least partially cover the dispensing opening. A method for making a package includes: forming a closure tab by die cutting film material into substantially the same shape as brand insignia; forming a package having a body; applying adhesive to an adhesive-site; and at least partially attaching the closure tab to the body at the adhesive-site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Paris Nicolle JACKSON, Jerry Ray STEPHENS
  • Publication number: 20130330512
    Abstract: A material for forming a container suitable for containing stacked and/or interfolded sheet materials is described. The material is formed from a fibrous structure bonded to a film material. The material has a Surface Elevation value of greater than 26.2 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Jerry Ray Stephens, Paris Nicolle Jackson, Monica Ho-Kleinwaechter
  • Publication number: 20130327816
    Abstract: A material for forming a container suitable for containing stacked and/or interfolded sheet materials is described. The material is formed from a fibrous structure bonded to a film material. The material has an opacity ranging from about 5.0 to about 45.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Jerry Ray STEPHENS, Paris Nicolle JACKSON, Monica HO-KLEINWAECHTER
  • Publication number: 20130327674
    Abstract: A paralellpiped dispensing carton for stacked and/or interfolded sheet materials is disclosed. The carton has a top wall, a bottom wall, and at least one side wall. The container is formed from a fibrous structure having a Surface Elevation value of greater than 26.2 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Jerry Ray Stephens, Paris Nicolle Jackson, Monica Ho-Kleinwaechter
  • Publication number: 20130327675
    Abstract: A parallelepiped dispensing carton for stacked and/or interfolded sheet materials is disclosed. The carton has a top wall, a bottom wall, and at least one side wall. The container is formed from a fibrous structure having an opacity ranging from about 5.0 to about 45.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Jerry Ray STEPHENS, Paris Nicolle JACKSON, Monica HO-KLEINWAECHTER
  • Publication number: 20130085889
    Abstract: A method for allowing a user to manage at least one of a return or exchange of an ordered item. The method includes hosting an electronic database of information regarding item purchases, providing a user interface to allow a user to specify at least one return/exchange item, performing an authorization verification against the return/exchange of the item, providing to the user an identifier reflective of the authorization, and receiving and accepting the item(s) at the physical location within a predefined time limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: SEARS BRANDS, LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Stephen Fitting, Anil Kumar Gorre, Scott David Houston, Michael Yakimisky, Jerry Ray Buchanan
  • Publication number: 20120273513
    Abstract: A dispenser for sanitary tissue products is provided. The dispenser comprises a cavity defined therein. The cavity is configured to receive one or more sanitary tissue products. The dispenser comprises a portion defining an opening therein and an arm extending from the dispenser. The one or more sanitary tissue products are configured to be dispensed through the opening. The arm comprises a first portion extending from a first portion of the dispenser and a second portion configured to removably attach to a second portion of the dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Jerry Ray Stephens, Emma Lynn Sartini, Nicholas August Vitucci, Kyoko Mignot
  • Patent number: 8162205
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a polygonal container having at least five interconnected body panels and a blank for making the polygonal container. The ends of the polygonal container are provided with a plurality of pie-shaped triangular sections that can provide unique decorative experience to the user of a consumer product contained and dispensed from therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Jerry Ray Stephens
  • Publication number: 20120080443
    Abstract: A package for dispensing products. The package has a substantially rectangular-shaped bottom panel joined to four side walls, each of which meet adjacent side walls to form an open, four-sided enclosure. A first side of each side wall defines an interior sidewall portion and a second side of each side wall defines an exterior sidewall portion. The interior sidewall portions are substantially at a right angle to the bottom panel. The exterior sidewall portions of a first pair of opposing sidewalls are substantially at a right angle to the bottom panel. The exterior sidewall portions of a second pair of opposing sidewalls are substantially at an angle less than a right angle with respect to the bottom panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Jerry Ray Stephens, Phillip Lacoi Hutchison
  • Patent number: 8102275
    Abstract: A sensory interactable packaging assembly having a base and a container. The base has a power supply. The container may contain a consumer product. The container is removably attachable to the base. The container has an outer surface and a sensory interactable element disposed on the outer surface and a control system having an output. The control system is s in electrical communication with the sensory interactable element and the sensory interactable element is responsive to the output of the control system when the container is proximate to the base and the control system is in electrical communication with the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble
    Inventors: Kenneth Stephen McGuire, John Patrick Goodall, Jerry Ray Stephens, Michael G. Ferrari
  • Publication number: 20110095073
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a polygonal container and a blank for making the polygonal container. The ends of the polygonal container are provided with a plurality of pie-shaped triangular sections that can provide unique decorative experience to the user of a consumer product contained and dispensed from therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventor: Jerry Ray Stephens
  • Patent number: D669348
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Linda A. Bernstein, Jerry Ray Stephens
  • Patent number: D669349
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Linda A. Bernstein, Jerry Ray Stephens
  • Patent number: D682091
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jerry Ray Stephens, Phillip Lacoi Hutchison
  • Patent number: D682092
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jerry Ray Stephens, Phillip Lacoi Hutchison
  • Patent number: D732147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Inventor: Jerry Ray French