Patents by Inventor John Stephen FORMON

John Stephen FORMON 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).

  • Paper product dispenser and related methods
    Patent number: 9345368
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing paper product stacked along a stacking dimension includes a housing for holding the stack of paper product and having a longitudinal dimension associated with the stacking dimension. The movable ejector is located adjacent the housing and is configured to contact paper product at an end of the stack. Movement of the ejector is effective to slide paper product at the end of the stack, relative to a remainder of the stack, in a dispensing direction, to thereby dispense paper product from the housing. A first restrictor in the housing is configured to exert a force on the stack in a first restricting direction transverse to the dispensing direction, with the first restrictor being spaced from the ejector, in the longitudinal dimension, by a first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB
    Inventors: John Stephen Formon, Edward Arthur Raleigh, Jeffrey Jay Brickl, Matthew Tarrence Woerpel
  • PAPER PRODUCT DISPENSER AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20150327736
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing paper product stacked along a stacking dimension includes a housing for holding the stack of paper product and having a longitudinal dimension associated with the stacking dimension. The movable ejector is located adjacent the housing and is configured to contact paper product at an end of the stack. Movement of the ejector is effective to slide paper product at the end of the stack, relative to a remainder of the stack, in a dispensing direction, to thereby dispense paper product from the housing. A first restrictor in the housing is configured to exert a force on the stack in a first restricting direction transverse to the dispensing direction, with the first restrictor being spaced from the ejector, in the longitudinal dimension, by a first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: John Stephen FORMON, Edward Arthur RALEIGH, Jeffrey Jay BRICKL, Matthew Tarrence WOERPEL