Patents by Inventor Joseph H. Jacobus

Joseph H. Jacobus 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: 6244444
    Abstract: A battery package has a thermoformed thermoplastic clam shell container with a lid which snaps closed on a battery containing body. The lid has peripheral skirt portions defining shoulders which face downwardly. A lower segment of a paperboard card is clasped between the lid and the body, with upper edges which engage with the shoulders of the container lid and support the container and batteries. A connecting segment extends from the lower segment and passes through a gap defined between the two shoulders to join a card upper segment having a hang hole which receives a display peg. Tape extends from the body onto the lid to close the package during display. After purchase, the tape is broken, the card is removed and discarded or recycled, and the lid is reclosable for battery storage. The lid may be hinged to the body along a side or along the bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Rayovac Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph H. Jacobus, Mark Anderson, Bruce L. Kramer, Sean A. Martin, Gerald A. Albright
  • Patent number: D406538
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Fiskars Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Cornell, David J. Fredel, Joseph H. Jacobus