Patents by Inventor John F. Abreu

John F. Abreu 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: 11767190
    Abstract: A roll tensioner for use in maintaining a wrapping material cut edge of a wrapping material retained on a wrapping material roll located within a wrapping material box having an interior cavity with an interior front wall with a top cutting edge. The roll tensioner comprises a thin, flexible main body having distal and proximal end sections separated by a spring back reversion section, and formed having a first side and a second side. Attachment means, preferably an adhesive, is located on at least a portion of the proximal end section on the first side adapted to attach the proximal end section to the interior front wall of the wrapping material box. The spring back reversion section is composed of a material that has an immediate elastic response to a static load and is capable of substantially full recovery when the static load is removed. The distal end mechanically bends downward by way of the spring back reversion section in the interior cavity of the wrapping material box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SOURCE UNLIMITED, LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Frederick, John F. Abreu
  • Patent number: 11401125
    Abstract: A dispensing box with a roll tensioner houses a material roll and maintains a material cutting edge in an upward position for easy grasping during use. The roll tensioner comprises distal and proximal end sections with opposing bottom tabs separated by a spring back reversion section. A roll tensioner slide assembly integrated in the front wall of the dispensing box has opposing parallel slits terminating at opposing parallel slots with parallel locking flaps. Opposing bottom tabs of a roll tensioner are inserted through the parallel slots, resting in a first position during non-use and adapted to be slid down into a second position in the parallel slits when later engaged for use to retain the material cut edge in the upward position for easy grasping. The locking flaps have break-away top and bottom walls abutting a bend wall and are in a stored position and later opened outward to a locking position during use to prevent movement of the roll tensioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SOURCE UNLIMITED LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Frederick, John F. Abreu
  • Publication number: 20210032062
    Abstract: A roll tensioner for use in maintaining a wrapping material cut edge of a wrapping material retained on a wrapping material roll located within a wrapping material box having an interior cavity with an interior front wall with a top cutting edge. The roll tensioner comprises a thin, flexible main body having distal and proximal end sections separated by a spring back reversion section, and formed having a first side and a second side. Attachment means, preferably an adhesive, is located on at least a portion of the proximal end section on the first side adapted to attach the proximal end section to the interior front wall of the wrapping material box. The spring back reversion section is composed of a material that has an immediate elastic response to a static load and is capable of substantially full recovery when the static load is removed. The distal end mechanically bends downward by way of the spring back reversion section in the interior cavity of the wrapping material box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: SOURCE UNLIMITED, LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Frederick, John F. Abreu
  • Patent number: 10829330
    Abstract: A roll tensioner for use in maintaining a wrapping material cut edge of a wrapping material retained on a wrapping material roll located within a wrapping material box having an interior cavity with an interior front wall with a top cutting edge. The roll tensioner comprises a thin, flexible main body having distal and proximal end sections separated by a spring back reversion section, and formed having a first side and a second side. Attachment means, preferably an adhesive, is located on at least a portion of the proximal end section on the first side adapted to attach the proximal end section to the interior front wall of the wrapping material box. The spring back reversion section is composed of a material that has an immediate elastic response to a static load and is capable of substantially full recovery when the static load is removed. The distal end mechanically bends downward by way of the spring back reversion section in the interior cavity of the wrapping material box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SOURCE UNLIMITED, LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Frederick, John F. Abreu
  • Publication number: 20200339369
    Abstract: A roll tensioner for use in maintaining a wrapping material cut edge of a wrapping material retained on a wrapping material roll located within a wrapping material box having an interior cavity with an interior front wall with a top cutting edge. The roll tensioner comprises a thin, flexible main body having distal and proximal end sections separated by a spring back reversion section, and formed having a first side and a second side. Attachment means, preferably an adhesive, is located on at least a portion of the proximal end section on the first side adapted to attach the proximal end section to the interior front wall of the wrapping material box. The spring back reversion section is composed of a material that has an immediate elastic response to a static load and is capable of substantially full recovery when the static load is removed. The distal end mechanically bends downward by way of the spring back reversion section in the interior cavity of the wrapping material box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: SOURCE UNLIMITED, LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Frederick, John F. Abreu
  • Patent number: 10717620
    Abstract: A roll tensioner for use in maintaining a wrapping material cut edge of a wrapping material retained on a wrapping material roll located within a wrapping material box having an interior cavity with an interior front wall with a top cutting edge. The roll tensioner comprises a thin, flexible main body having distal and proximal end sections separated by a spring back reversion section, and formed having a first side and a second side. Attachment means, preferably an adhesive, is located on at least a portion of the proximal end section on the first side adapted to attach the proximal end section to the interior front wall of the wrapping material box. The spring back reversion section is composed of a material that has an immediate elastic response to a static load and is capable of substantially full recovery when the static load is removed. The distal end mechanically bends downward by way of the spring back reversion section in the interior cavity of the wrapping material box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SOURCE UNLIMITED LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Frederick, John F. Abreu
  • Publication number: 20200017327
    Abstract: A dispensing box with a roll tensioner houses a material roll and maintains a material cutting edge in an upward position for easy grasping during use. The roll tensioner comprises distal and proximal end sections with opposing bottom tabs separated by a spring back reversion section. A roll tensioner slide assembly integrated in the front wall of the dispensing box has opposing parallel slits terminating at opposing parallel slots with parallel locking flaps. Opposing bottom tabs of a roll tensioner are inserted through the parallel slots, resting in a first position during non-use and adapted to be slid down into a second position in the parallel slits when later engaged for use to retain the material cut edge in the upward position for easy grasping. The locking flaps have break-away top and bottom walls abutting a bend wall and are in a stored position and later opened outward to a locking position during use to prevent movement of the roll tensioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: SOURCE UNLIMITED LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Frederick, John F. Abreu
  • Publication number: 20190023516
    Abstract: A roll tensioner for use in maintaining a wrapping material cut edge of a wrapping material retained on a wrapping material roll located within a wrapping material box having an interior cavity with an interior front wall with a top cutting edge. The roll tensioner comprises a thin, flexible main body having distal and proximal end sections separated by a spring back reversion section, and formed having a first side and a second side. Attachment means, preferably an adhesive, is located on at least a portion of the proximal end section on the first side adapted to attach the proximal end section to the interior front wall of the wrapping material box. The spring back reversion section is composed of a material that has an immediate elastic response to a static load and is capable of substantially full recovery when the static load is removed. The distal end mechanically bends downward by way of the spring back reversion section in the interior cavity of the wrapping material box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Michael A. Frederick, John F. Abreu
  • Patent number: 10167139
    Abstract: A self-venting trashcan system for use with a trashcan having interior smooth sides and a bottom interior surface has an extruded rigid polymeric strip with an adjustable bend formed on its left and right sides bendable along a thin web for contacting smooth sidewalls of a trashcan. Along its height and perpendicular thereto a plurality of parallel easy-to-fracture lines are provided. The user breaks the polymeric strip to thereby adjust its height to be shorter than the height of the trashcan. The left and right sides of the polymeric strip are attached to the smooth sidewalls of the trashcan by double-sided pressure sensitive adhesive tape, leaving a gap or air entry/exit between the top and bottom of the polymeric strip and the top and bottom surface of the trashcan, respectively. During trashcan liner placement, air pockets are smoothed out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Source Unlimited LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Frederick, John F. Abreu
  • Publication number: 20180022541
    Abstract: A self-venting trashcan system for use with a trashcan having interior smooth sides and a bottom interior surface has an extruded rigid polymeric strip with an adjustable bend formed on its left and right sides bendable along a thin web for contacting smooth sidewalls of a trashcan. Along its height and perpendicular thereto a plurality of parallel easy-to-fracture lines are provided. The user breaks the polymeric strip to thereby adjust its height to be shorter than the height of the trashcan. The left and right sides of the polymeric strip are attached to the smooth sidewalls of the trashcan by double-sided pressure sensitive adhesive tape, leaving a gap or air entry/exit between the top and bottom of the polymeric strip and the top and bottom surface of the trashcan, respectively. During trashcan liner placement, air pockets are smoothed out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Michael A. Federick, John F. Abreu