Patents by Inventor Ken Dobson

Ken Dobson 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).

  • Publication number: 20260077942
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a container that is configured to store contents under pressure. The container includes a body extending from a first open end to a second end opposite the first open end. The container includes a base plate configured to close a first open end. The container includes a seam coupling a perimeter of the base plate to the first open end of the body. The seam includes a plate flange that extends from the base plate and is folded at least once to create two or more overlapping sections. The seam includes a body flange that extends from the body and is interposed between each of the two or more overlapping sections. A securement feature further seals the seam, the securement feature including at least one of an adhesive, a weld, a crimped interface, or an auxiliary fold of the body flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: Umang Shukla, Ashwin Puthan Purayil, Ken Dobson
  • Patent number: 8152038
    Abstract: In a fastener-driving tool equipped with a fastener magazine, and a power source including a reciprocating driver blade for driving fasteners obtained from the magazine into a workpiece, and a reciprocating valve sleeve actuated by a cage, a nosepiece is provided, including a nosepiece body configured for attachment at one end to the fastener tool and defining a fastener channel constructed and arranged for receiving the driver blade and the fasteners sequentially fed by the magazine, the fastener channel having a fastener outlet. A tubular pin guide is disposed for reciprocal movement in the fastener channel for receiving fasteners traveling toward the outlet. A unitary actuator has a first end engaging the pin guide for common reciprocation relative to the nosepiece body and a second end engaging the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Claire Rouger, Kyle Kestner, Ken Dobson, Mike Popovich
  • Publication number: 20080223898
    Abstract: In a fastener-driving tool equipped with a fastener magazine, and a power source including a reciprocating driver blade for driving fasteners obtained from the magazine into a workpiece, and a reciprocating valve sleeve actuated by a cage, a nosepiece is provided, including a nosepiece body configured for attachment at one end to the fastener tool and defining a fastener channel constructed and arranged for receiving the driver blade and the fasteners sequentially fed by the magazine, the fastener channel having a fastener outlet. A tubular pin guide is disposed for reciprocal movement in the fastener channel for receiving fasteners traveling toward the outlet. A unitary actuator has a first end engaging the pin guide for common reciprocation relative to the nosepiece body and a second end engaging the cage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Claire Rouger, Kyle Kestner, Ken Dobson, Mike Popovich