Patents by Inventor Mark Bedard

Mark Bedard 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: 20050210884
    Abstract: A portable cooled merchandising unit including a product container assembly and a thermoelectric assembly. The product container assembly includes an interior floor and at least one interior panel extending from the floor and defining a portion of an interior region. An opening to the interior region is defined opposite the floor. A first airflow path is defined along at least a portion of the panel and fluidly connected to the opening. The thermoelectric assembly includes a thermoelectric device connected to a heat sink that is fluidly connected to the airflow path away from the opening. Further, a fan is positioned to circulate air from the thermoelectric device, through the airflow path, and to the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: George Tuskiewicz, Galen Hersey, Thomas Meehan, Mark Bedard
  • Patent number: 6516625
    Abstract: A juice dispensing apparatus particularly designed for dispensing a “not from concentrate juice” packaged in a bag in a box format, the apparatus having a compartment in which the bag in a box is mounted, a thermoelectric device for cooling the compartment and a piezoelectric device for agitating the juice in the bag to thereby maintain the juice in a suspension. The apparatus requires minimal maintenance while permitting the dispensing of fruit juices or vegetable juices which are not reconstituted from a concentrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Inventor: Mark Bedard
  • Patent number: 6263688
    Abstract: A transportable refrigerated display system having a display unit and a refrigeration unit, the display unit having first and second side walls and an end wall, the display unit being placed adjacent a refrigeration unit end wall which has an upper air inlet and a lower air outlet whereby circulation means circulate cooled air from the refrigeration unit through the lower air outlet and receive air from the upper air inlet to circulate cool air under a pallet placed within the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Inventor: Mark Bedard
  • Patent number: D442416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Inventor: Mark Bédard
  • Patent number: D449467
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Inventor: Mark Bédard
  • Patent number: D452393
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Inventor: Mark Bédard
  • Patent number: D427808
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Inventor: Mark Bedard