Patents by Inventor Jerry W. Pipes

Jerry W. Pipes 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: 9346594
    Abstract: A packaged product assembly is provided. The packaged product assembly may include a tray slidably received in a dispensing container. The tray may be a blister pack including units of a product received in sealed cavities. A locking apparatus may be configured to releasably retain the tray in a locked configuration. The locking apparatus may include one or more locking protrusions that engage corresponding locking apertures in the tray. The locking apparatus may also include buttons positioned on opposing sides of the tray. When the buttons are depressed toward one another, the locking protrusions may move relative to the locking apertures such that the tray is unlocked and may be withdrawn from the dispensing container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry W. Pipes, Wesley S. Jones
  • Patent number: 9108784
    Abstract: A packaged product assembly is provided. The packaged product assembly may include a packet received in a dispensing container. The packet may be a blister packet including units of a product received in sealed cavities. The dispensing container may include a top casing and a bottom casing. The upper casing may be pivotably connected to the lower casing such that the upper casing is moveable between a closed position in which access to the packet is substantially blocked, and an open position in which access to the packet is provided. The packet may be supported by a shoulder defined at an inner surface of sidewalls of the lower casing such that a receptacle is formed between the packet and a major wall of the lower casing. A unit of the product released from one of the sealed cavities may be received in the receptacle and dispensed via a dispensing aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry W. Pipes, William P. Scott, Melissa A. Clark, Wesley S. Jones
  • Publication number: 20140251842
    Abstract: A packaged product assembly is provided. The packaged product assembly may include a tray slidably received in a dispensing container. The tray may be a blister pack including units of a product received in sealed cavities. A locking apparatus may be configured to releasably retain the tray in a locked configuration. The locking apparatus may include one or more locking protrusions that engage corresponding locking apertures in the tray. The locking apparatus may also include buttons positioned on opposing sides of the tray. When the buttons are depressed toward one another, the locking protrusions may move relative to the locking apertures such that the tray is unlocked and may be withdrawn from the dispensing container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry W. Pipes, Wesley S. Jones
  • Publication number: 20140001194
    Abstract: A packaged product assembly is provided. The packaged product assembly may include a packet received in a dispensing container. The packet may be a blister packet including units of a product received in sealed cavities. The dispensing container may include a top casing and a bottom casing. The upper casing may be pivotably connected to the lower casing such that the upper casing is moveable between a closed position in which access to the packet is substantially blocked, and an open position in which access to the packet is provided. The packet may be supported by a shoulder defined at an inner surface of sidewalls of the lower casing such that a receptacle is formed between the packet and a major wall of the lower casing. A unit of the product released from one of the sealed cavities may be received in the receptacle and dispensed via a dispensing aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Jerry W. Pipes, William P. Scott, Melissa A. Clark, Wesley S. Jones
  • Patent number: D685650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry W. Pipes, Mark S. Hatcher, Wesley S. Jones, Craig T. Demarest, Pankaj C. Patel