Patents by Inventor John F. Starkey

John F. Starkey 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).

  • Environmentally friendly degradable paper products
    Patent number: 8354174
    Abstract: A card, such as a gift card, a security card, a ticket, and/or a pass, includes a machine readable component. The card is formed of a paper or paper/film laminate material that is compostable, thereby forming a degradable product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Pres On Tape and Gasket Corporation
    Inventor: John F. Starkey
  • ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY DEGRADABLE PAPER PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20090324981
    Abstract: A card, such as a gift card, a security card, a ticket, and/or a pass, includes a machine readable component. The card is formed of a paper or paper/film laminate material that is compostable, thereby forming a degradable product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventor: John F. Starkey
  • Tape with plural adhesive zones and an automobile protection arrangement
    Patent number: 5750254
    Abstract: A tape is disclosed including a flexible substrate having a first zone and a second zone, a first layer of adhesive disposed at the first zone and a second layer of adhesive disposed at the second zone. The tape can be permanently affixed to one surface and readily removable from another surface. An attachable protective sheet arrangement includes at least one piece the tape and a protective flexible sheet. The first zone is permanently affixed to the flexible sheet and the second zone is available for attachment to a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: RSW, Inc., Specialty Tapes Division
    Inventor: John F. Starkey
  • Method of securing electronic/electrical cables
    Patent number: 5211784
    Abstract: A zone adhering adhesive tape material for releasably retaining one or more electric or electronic conduit members of interest or the like in position with respect to an adjacent surface is disclosed which includes a continuous, flexible web of backing material in strip form and a pair of spaced parallel zones of adhesive material applied along both edges of one side of the backing material defining a relatively wide non-adhesive zone therebetween. The material attaches the conduit members releasably under the non-adhesive zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Assignee: Specialty Tapes Division of RSW Inc.
    Inventors: John W. Haibach, John F. Starkey
  • Zone coated adhesive material for protecting and securing electronic/electrical cables
    Patent number: 5206070
    Abstract: A zone adhering adhesive tape material for releasably retaining one or more electric or electronic conduit members of interest or the like in position with respect to an adjacent surface is disclosed which includes a continuous, flexible web of backing material in strip form and a pair of spaced parallel zones of adhesive material applied along both edges of one side of the backing material defining a relatively wide non-adhesive zone therebetween. The material attaches the conduit members releasably under the non-adhesive zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Specialty Tapes Division of RSW Inc.
    Inventors: John W. Haibach, John F. Starkey
  • Boat launching mechanism
    Patent number: 3951433
    Abstract: A mechanism for launching a boat from a trailer wherein a cable system is removably secured to the bow of the boat and is looped around the rear of the trailer for operative connection to a winch. Upon actuation of the winch a force is directed against the bow of the boat in a direction toward the rear of the trailer, thereby urging the boat in a rearward direction for eventual launching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1976
    Inventor: John F. Starkey