Patents by Inventor Launce R. Barber
Launce R. Barber 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).
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Patent number: 9950844Abstract: A child-resistant closure system for a container includes an overcap having a pair of levers, each opposite the other and formed into a side facing of the overcap, each lever including a lower vertical member on a rear side thereof, the overcap including a pair of partial threads extending horizontally along an inner surface at the bottom of the overcap, each partial thread 180 degrees from the other, and a cylindrical collar configured to receive the overcap thereon, the collar having an opening configured to receive a dispenser tip and bottleneck of the container therethrough, the collar forming a mechanical bond with the bottleneck, the collar including a neck having a pair of neck threads formed around an external surface thereof, each neck thread 180 degrees apart from the other on the neck, each neck thread terminating at a truncated vertical wall formed on the neck external surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: TAPTANGO, LLCInventors: Launce R. Barber, Corey R. Vaughan, Thomas J. A. Zuber
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Patent number: 9821127Abstract: A child-resistant closure system for a container comprises a protective cap, a dispensing tip, and a cylindrical base. The dispensing tip includes a pair of buttons adapted to control whether the dispensing tip is in a locked condition so as to prevent actuation or an unlocked condition so as to permit actuation, via the shoulders, of a sprayer pump unit that is partially contained within the dispensing tip. The cylindrical base has a pair of spaced apart upwardly extending legs. In an locked condition of the dispensing tip, the upwardly extending legs are not aligned with slots defined in a horizontal circumferential portion of the dispensing tip such that downward movement of the dispensing tip in relation to the base is blocked by the upwardly extending legs to prohibit actuation of the sprayer pump unit and to lock the dispensing tip.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2015Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: TAPTANGO, LLCInventors: Launce R. Barber, Thomas J. A. Zuber, Corey R. Vaughan
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Patent number: 9480802Abstract: A child-resistant closure system for a pump sprayer comprises a cap, a dispensing tip configured to receive the cap thereon, and a base secured to the dispensing tip and secured to a dispenser bottle. The tip has a slot defined therein that comprises a wider insertion/removal portion for inserting or removing a downwardly extending leg and a narrower locking portion for engaging the leg to lock the cap to the dispensing tip. The cap is selectively secured to the dispensing dip by rotating the cap such that the leg moves from the wider portion of the slot to the narrower portion of the slot, such that the narrower portion of the slot engages leg. The leg extends downward through the slot to contact the top of the base so as to allow for the sprayer pump unit to be locked out from operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: TAPTANGO, LLCInventors: Launce R. Barber, Thomas J. A. Zuber, Corey R. Vaughan
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Publication number: 20150374934Abstract: A child-resistant closure system for a container comprises a protective cap, a dispensing tip, and a cylindrical base. The dispensing tip includes a pair of buttons adapted to control whether the dispensing tip is in a locked condition so as to prevent actuation or an unlocked condition so as to permit actuation, via the shoulders, of a sprayer pump unit that is partially contained within the dispensing tip. The cylindrical base has a pair of spaced apart upwardly extending legs. In an locked condition of the dispensing tip, the upwardly extending legs are not aligned with slots defined in a horizontal circumferential portion of the dispensing tip such that downward movement of the dispensing tip in relation to the base is blocked by the upwardly extending legs to prohibit actuation of the sprayer pump unit and to lock the dispensing tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Launce R. Barber, Thomas J. A. Zuber, Corey R. Vaughan
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Publication number: 20150320943Abstract: A child-resistant closure system for a pump sprayer comprises a cap, a dispensing tip configured to receive the cap thereon, and a base secured to the dispensing tip and secured to a dispenser bottle. The tip has a slot defined therein that comprises a wider insertion/removal portion for inserting or removing a downwardly extending leg and a narrower locking portion for engaging the leg to lock the cap to the dispensing tip. The cap is selectively secured to the dispensing dip by rotating the cap such that the leg moves from the wider portion of the slot to the narrower portion of the slot, such that the narrower portion of the slot engages leg. The leg extends downward through the slot to contact the top of the base so as to allow for the sprayer pump unit to be locked out from operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Launce R. Barber, Thomas J. A. Zuber, Corey R. Vaughan
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Patent number: 9149914Abstract: A knife block system is described which in one embodiment includes a block unit having a magnetic core, a plurality of knives secured to the magnetic core of the block unit, a foot supporting the block unit, and at least one chopping board protruding from a surface of the block unit and removable from the block unit for use, the chopping board configured to fit into a chopping board back support attached to the block unit for storage when not in use, the chopping board having a female module formed therein. The system includes a knife sharpener unit removably attachable to the foot for use, the knife sharpener unit having a product logo on a surface thereof that is sized to mate with the female module on the chopping board to secure the knife sharpener unit to the chopping board as both items are in use.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Elemental Tools, LLCInventors: Launce R. Barber, Simon Johnson
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Patent number: 8966690Abstract: A multi-tool apparatus includes a frame having at least one opening and at least one gate element partially bounding the at least one opening. The at least one gate element is movable relative to the frame to permit access to the opening. The apparatus includes at least one cutting element partially bounding the at least one opening. The at least one gate element is movable into the opening so that the at least one gate element and at least one cutting element come into contact for wire stripping, crimping, and cutting operations.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Elemental Tools, LLCInventors: Thomas R. Stokes, Launce R. Barber
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Publication number: 20140284299Abstract: A child-resistant closure system for a container includes an overcap having a pair of levers, each opposite the other and formed into a side facing of the overcap, each lever including a lower vertical member on a rear side thereof, the overcap including a pair of partial threads extending horizontally along an inner surface at the bottom of the overcap, each partial thread 180 degrees from the other, and a cylindrical collar configured to receive the overcap thereon, the collar having an opening configured to receive a dispenser tip and bottleneck of the container therethrough, the collar forming a mechanical bond with the bottleneck, the collar including a neck having a pair of neck threads formed around an external surface thereof, each neck thread 180 degrees apart from the other on the neck, each neck thread terminating at a truncated vertical wall formed on the neck external surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Inventors: Launce R. Barber, Thomas J. A. Zuber, Corey R. Vaughan
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Publication number: 20140263456Abstract: A child-resistant closure system for a pump sprayer, in one example, includes a cap having a rim at its lower end and including a pair of legs, a dispensing tip configured to receive the cap thereon, the dispensing tip including a pair of finger-depressing shoulders, each shoulder including a slot therein to receive a corresponding leg of the cap therethrough for locking the cap to the dispensing tip, with a cylindrical collar provided beneath the shoulders and including a pair of buttons thereon configured to be simultaneously actuated to release the legs from interior structure within the dispensing tip, and a cylindrical base having its upper end secured to the collar and its lower end secured to a dispenser bottle which contains fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Launce R. Barber, Thomas J. A. Zuber, Corey R. Vaughan
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Publication number: 20140263457Abstract: A child-resistant closure system for a pump sprayer includes a protective cap, a dispensing tip having a pair of finger-depressing shoulders, and a cylindrical portion beneath the shoulders, the cylindrical portion including a pair of buttons spaced 180° apart thereon, each button having an undercut formed on a back face thereof. A cylindrical base has its upper end secured to the dispensing tip and its lower end configured to be secured to a dispenser bottle, the dispensing tip and base housing a sprayer pump unit within that is actuated via the shoulders, the base top end including a circular thread formed there around on an external surface thereof. In a locked condition of the dispensing tip, the undercuts engage an underside of the circular thread on the base. Pressing the buttons simultaneously disengages the undercuts from the thread to unlock the dispensing tip and permit sprayer pump unit actuation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Launce R. Barber, Thomas J. A. Zuber, Corey R. Vaughan
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Publication number: 20140082850Abstract: A multi-tool apparatus includes a frame having at least one opening and at least one gate element partially bounding the at least one opening. The at least one gate element is movable relative to the frame to permit access to the opening. The apparatus includes at least one cutting element partially bounding the at least one opening. The at least one gate element is movable into the opening so that the at least one gate element and at least one cutting element come into contact for wire stripping, crimping, and cutting operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Inventors: Thomas R. Stokes, Launce R. Barber
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Publication number: 20130306500Abstract: A knife block system is described which in one embodiment includes a block unit having a magnetic core, a plurality of knives secured to the magnetic core of the block unit, a foot supporting the block unit, and at least one chopping board protruding from a surface of the block unit and removable from the block unit for use, the chopping board configured to fit into a chopping board back support attached to the block unit for storage when not in use, the chopping board having a female module formed therein. The system includes a knife sharpener unit removably attachable to the foot for use, the knife sharpener unit having a product logo on a surface thereof that is sized to mate with the female module on the chopping board to secure the knife sharpener unit to the chopping board as both items are in use.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Inventors: Launce R. Barber, Simon Johnson
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Patent number: 8316492Abstract: An apparatus includes a frame having an opening, a gate mechanism partially bounding the opening, at least one tool receiving section, and a power source. The apparatus includes at least one electronic device configured to be received in the at least one tool receiving section. The frame is configured to provide electrical power to the electronic device via the power source when the electronic device is received in the at least one tool receiving section, and the gate mechanism comprises a gate coupled to the frame, the gate being movable relative to the frame to permit access to the opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2011Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Elemental Tools, LLCInventors: Launce R. Barber, Thomas R. Stokes
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Publication number: 20120063625Abstract: An apparatus includes a frame having an opening, a gate mechanism partially bounding the opening, at least one tool receiving section, and a power source. The apparatus includes at least one electronic device configured to be received in the at least one tool receiving section. The frame is configured to provide electrical power to the electronic device via the power source when the electronic device is received in the at least one tool receiving section, and the gate mechanism comprises a gate coupled to the frame, the gate being movable relative to the frame to permit access to the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Inventors: Launce R. Barber, Thomas R. Stokes
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Patent number: 6223372Abstract: A combination carabiner and tool device comprises a curvilinear handle and a lockable gate to form a loop. In the handle is a folding knife and additional useful tools at both ends. A push button lock releasably holds the knife blade in the blade open position. The knife blade is pivoted into position and releasably locked by manipulation with the user's thumb.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 1999Date of Patent: May 1, 2001Inventor: Launce R. Barber