Patents by Inventor Karl L. Hamson

Karl L. Hamson 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: 4972651
    Abstract: A method of constraining a product while packaging and an apparatus to carry out the method. The product is positioned in a constraint cage having constraining fingers or plates on all four sides of the product in a first position. The constraint cage is then moved from the first position to a second position where packaging is performed by lowering a case over the product while the product is continuously constrained by either the cage or the case or both. Thereafter, the case is conveyed with the enclosed product while closing the major and minor flaps of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1990
    Assignee: Western Packaging Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Karl L. Hamson
  • Patent number: 4934295
    Abstract: A sailing boat with an A-shaped mast pivotally connected to the topside of the cabin and sloping forwardly from the connection points. A backstay holds the mast in its inclined operating position. The jib and the mainsail are furling sails and are attached to forestays connected between the forward portion of the vessel and the mast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Inventors: Christopher Atkinson, Peter C. Sewell, Karl L. Hamson