Patents by Inventor Joseph W. Brown

Joseph W. Brown 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: 11972680
    Abstract: Table top sanitizer dispenser bottle bases are disclosed herein. An exemplary table top sanitizer dispenser bottle base includes a movable upper housing, the upper moveable housing has a floor with an aperture located therein and a peripheral wall. The top sanitizer dispenser bottle includes a lower stationary housing. The upper movable housing is connected to the lower stationary housing and is configured to move linearly upward and downward with respect to lower stationary. One or more biasing members bias the upper movable housing upward. A switch is included and the upper movable housing has an engagement member or surface for actuating the switch upon downward movement of the upper movable housing. At least one of a visual indicator and an audible indicator are also included. Control circuitry is provided for activating the one or more of a visual indicator and audible indicator when the engagement member actuates the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron D. Marshall, Mark T. Smith, Paul J. Brown, Aaron R. Reynolds, Joseph S. Kanfer, Shelby Jay Buell, Eugene W. Ray
  • Patent number: 6116566
    Abstract: A processor support bracket is provided for mounting a processor cartridge package to a surface of a system baseboard of a personal computer. The processor support bracket includes a mounting section which is mounted to the baseboard to secure the cartridge package to the system baseboard. An end of the mounting section which is disposed adjacent to the surface of the baseboard has two spaced apart apertures which extend therethrough, transverse to the surface of the baseboard. Two slots are formed into the end of said mounting section and extend transverse to the apertures. The slots intersect the respective ones of the apertures and have widths for passing fasteners through the slots and into respective ones of the apertures for securing the mounting section to the system baseboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Central Industrial Supply Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph W. Brown, William H. Harwell, Jon E. Devine
  • Patent number: 5529563
    Abstract: Embossing a web between unmatched male and female embossing elements, wherein the sidewall slope of the female element is different than the sidewall slope of the male element, provides an embossed web having markedly improved embossing pattern definition and, in the case of roll products, greater roll bulk at equivalent roll firmness. The unmatched male and female embossing elements are preferably made by laser engraving rubber embossing rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome S. Veith, Edward H. Grupe, Joseph W. Brown
  • Patent number: 5503896
    Abstract: Embossing a web between unmatched male and female embossing elements, wherein the sidewall slope of the female element is different than the sidewall slope of the male element, provides an embossed web having markedly improved embossing pattern definition and, in the case of roll products, greater roll bulk at equivalent roll firmness. The unmatched male and female embossing elements are preferably made by laser engraving rubber embossing rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome S. Veith, Edward H. Grupe, Joseph W. Brown
  • Patent number: 5356364
    Abstract: Embossing a web between unmatched male and female embossing elements, wherein the sidewall slope of the female element is different than the sidewall slope of the male element, provides an embossed web having markedly improved embossing pattern definition and, in the case of roll products, greater roll bulk at equivalent roll firmness. The unmatched male and female embossing elements are preferably made by laser engraving rubber embossing rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome S. Veith, Edward H. Grupe, Joseph W. Brown
  • Patent number: 4241740
    Abstract: A spirometer comprises an upright, hollow frame structure having opposite end portions with an expansible and contractible bellows therein responsive to exhalation and inhalation. The bellows includes a hollow, resilient helical structure with a plurality of coils respectively having relatively broad upper and lower surfaces and relatively thin outer edges. Opposite end members close the helical structure, one of the closing end members being connected to one of the frame structure end portions for suspending the bellows inside the frame structure. A sheet of thin, fluid-impervious film extends the length of the helical structure when the helical structure is expanded and is heat shrunk onto the coils for forming convolutions engaging the upper and lower surfaces and outer edges. The sheath joins the opposite closed end members and defines an impervious outer wall structure for the bellows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1980
    Inventor: Joseph W. Brown
  • Patent number: 4138890
    Abstract: A temperature indicating probe comprises a liquid-in-glass thermometer encased in a clear plastic housing having a magnifying lens portion facing the thermometer tube to facilitate quick and acurate reading. The housing includes a series of tapered, cylindrical shaped portions separated by a step or shoulder, which are respectively insertable into variously sized standard medical appliance line openings or fittings, for sensing and indicating the temperature of the working fluids being carried through the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1979
    Inventor: Joseph W. Brown
  • Patent number: D1024786
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: King Juice Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy W. Brown, Randall S. Brown, Joseph T. Norris