Patents by Inventor Kenneth R. Crow

Kenneth R. Crow 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).

  • Method of molding a shopping cart
    Patent number: 7780902
    Abstract: A method of molding a shopping cart component includes providing a first subcomponent and then overmolding the shopping cart component as a second subcomponent about the first subcomponent. The first subcomponent acts as an obstacle to a plastic injection stream and to a gas injection stream during the overmolding of the second component to assist in defining a first hollow section of the shopping cart component adjacent the first subcomponent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Pruitt, Jr., Mark T. Ryan, Charles E. Shell, Robert D. Peota, Kenneth R. Crow, Matthew E. Sayer
  • Method of molding a shopping cart
    Publication number: 20080164640
    Abstract: A method of molding a shopping cart component includes providing a first subcomponent and then overmolding the shopping cart component as a second subcomponent about the first subcomponent. The first subcomponent acts as an obstacle to a plastic injection stream and to a gas injection stream during the overmolding of the second component to assist in defining a first hollow section of the shopping cart component adjacent the first subcomponent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: David L. Pruitt, Mark T. Ryan, Charles E. Shell, Robert D. Peota, Kenneth R. Crow, Matthew E. Sayer