Patents by Inventor Mark A. Jeffries

Mark A. Jeffries 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: 9426967
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an animal feed trough which is comprised of two inside legs, two outside legs, two sides, two ends, and a bottom, wherein the sides include end portions, wherein each of the inside legs includes a slot which extends the entire distance of the inside leg and is adapted to accommodate the end portion of one of the sides, wherein each of the outside legs includes a slot which extends the entire distance of the outside leg and is adapted to accommodate the end portion of one of the sides, wherein each inside leg includes a slot which extends the entire distance of the inside leg and is adapted to accommodate the end portion of one of the ends, wherein each outside leg includes a slot which extends the entire distance of the outside leg and is adapted to accommodate the end portion of one of the ends, and wherein each leg includes a positioning means for positioning the leg relative to one of the other legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Inventor: Mark A. Jeffries
  • Patent number: 6203739
    Abstract: A slitting and scoring machine includes an upper tooling roller and a lower tooling roller that cooperate to define a tooling nip. Each tooling roller includes an alternating series of coaxially arranged annular knives, annular dies, and annular mandrels. A web of insulation is drawn through the tooling nip to simultaneously (i) cut the web into strips, (ii) score the strips in a manner that promotes the forming of the strips, and (iii) partially form the strips into modified U-shapes. Each strip includes a longitudinally extending middle segment and a pair of longitudinally extending side segments that extend away from the middle segment in a divergent manner to define a longitudinally extending channel. Longitudinally extending grooves are formed by the scoring at the junctures of the middle segment and the side segments. The scoring/grooves promote the divergent shape of the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Inventors: Thomas James Hazelton, Mark A. Jeffries
  • Patent number: 5989684
    Abstract: A slitting and scoring machine includes an upper tooling roller and a lower tooling roller that cooperate to define a tooling nip. Each tooling roller includes an alternating series of coaxially arranged annular knives, annular dies, and annular mandrels. A web of insulation is drawn through the tooling nip to simultaneously (i) cut the web into strips, (ii) score the strips in a manner that promotes the forming of the strips, and (iii) partially form the strips into modified U-shapes. Each strip includes a longitudinally extending middle segment and a pair of longitudinally extending side segments that extend away from the middle segment in a divergent manner to define a longitudinally extending channel. Longitudinally extending grooves are formed by the scoring at the junctures of the middle segment and the side segments. The scoring/grooves promote the divergent shape of the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: EIS, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas James Hazelton, Mark A. Jeffries
  • Patent number: 5027950
    Abstract: A support and display assembly for a plurality of thin, relatively lightweight objects such as floppy disks or diskettes, wherein a support frame has a plurality of holder structures rotatably mounted therein and annularly pivotal between two oppositely disposed angularly oriented positions wherein each of the holders and any object contained therein is disposed in a spaced apart, parallel relation to one another when in either of the two opposite positions and further wherein a braking structure is provided to restrict the pivotal movement of the holder structure such that such holder structures will not "automatically" successively travel between the aforementioned opposite positions by a forced displacement of one of such holders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Inventors: Julian Gutierrez, Mark A. Jeffries, Edward H. Marino
  • Patent number: D637361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Inventor: Mark A. Jeffries
  • Patent number: D677017
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Inventor: Mark A. Jeffries