Patents by Inventor Mark Shane Hatcher

Mark Shane Hatcher 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: 20220258911
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to various packaging devices or arrangements and the blanks configured to form the inner and outer packages that make up the devices. The blanks typically include a plurality of panels that are folded and bonded together to define a compartment when formed into a package. The compartment may be employed to store a consumable product, such as cartridges for an aerosol delivery device. Related methods for forming the blanks into the packages are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventor: Mark Shane Hatcher
  • Patent number: 10562656
    Abstract: Methods and machines are provided for forming a five-sided carton of packages of smoking articles. A piece of film material is applied to a plurality of packages of smoking articles such that five sides of the plurality of packages are at least partially covered by the film material, but the sixth side remains uncovered. The film material is applied such that the group of packages is sufficiently tightly bound so that none of the packages may slip free from the carton. The sixth side of the plurality of packages in the carton remains exposed so that tax stamps may be easily applied. The film of material may be applied so that a gap is formed relative to the sixth side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Mark Shane Hatcher, Wesley Steven Jones
  • Publication number: 20180290778
    Abstract: Methods and machines are provided for forming a five-sided carton of packages of smoking articles. A piece of film material is applied to a plurality of packages of smoking articles such that five sides of the plurality of packages are at least partially covered by the film material, but the sixth side remains uncovered. The film material is applied such that the group of packages is sufficiently tightly bound so that none of the packages may slip free from the carton. The sixth side of the plurality of packages in the carton remains exposed so that tax stamps may be easily applied. The film of material may be applied so that a gap is formed relative to the sixth side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Mark Shane Hatcher, Wesley Steven Jones
  • Patent number: 10023339
    Abstract: Methods and machines are provided for forming a five-sided carton of packages of smoking articles. A piece of film material is applied to a plurality of packages of smoking articles such that five sides of the plurality of packages are at least partially covered by the film material, but the sixth side remains uncovered. The film material is applied such that the group of packages is sufficiently tightly bound so that none of the packages may slip free from the carton. The sixth side of the plurality of packages in the carton remains exposed so that tax stamps may be easily applied. The film of material may be applied so that a gap is formed relative to the sixth side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Mark Shane Hatcher, Wesley Steven Jones
  • Publication number: 20140020340
    Abstract: Methods and machines are provided for forming a five-sided carton of packages of smoking articles. A piece of film material is applied to a plurality of packages of smoking articles such that five sides of the plurality of packages are at least partially covered by the film material, but the sixth side remains uncovered. The film material is applied such that the group of packages is sufficiently tightly bound so that none of the packages may slip free from the carton. The sixth side of the plurality of packages in the carton remains exposed so that tax stamps may be easily applied. The film of material may be applied so that a gap is formed relative to the sixth side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Mark Shane Hatcher, Wesley Steven Jones
  • Patent number: 8549823
    Abstract: Methods and machines are provided for forming a five-sided carton of packages of smoking articles. A piece of film material is applied to a plurality of packages of smoking articles such that five sides of the plurality of packages are at least partially covered by the film material, but the sixth side remains uncovered. The film material is applied such that the group of packages is sufficiently tightly bound so that none of the packages may slip free from the carton. The sixth side of the plurality of packages in the carton remains exposed so that tax stamps may be easily applied. The film of material may be applied so that a gap is formed relative to the sixth side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Copmany
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Mark Shane Hatcher, Wesley Steven Jones
  • Publication number: 20110190107
    Abstract: Methods and machines are provided for forming a five-sided carton of packages of smoking articles. A piece of film material is applied to a plurality of packages of smoking articles such that five sides of the plurality of packages are at least partially covered by the film material, but the sixth side remains uncovered. The film material is applied such that the group of packages is sufficiently tightly bound so that none of the packages may slip free from the carton. The sixth side of the plurality of packages in the carton remains exposed so that tax stamps may be easily applied. The film of material may be applied so that a gap is formed relative to the sixth side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Mark Shane Hatcher, Wesley Steven Jones
  • Patent number: D862230
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Mark Shane Hatcher, Wesley Steven Jones, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, Jared Aller, Joseph Dominique, Adam Richardson, Christopher George Palmer, Jeremiah Robert Etchison
  • Patent number: D862231
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Mark Shane Hatcher, Wesley Steven Jones, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, Jared Aller, Joseph Dominique, Adam Richardson, Christopher George Palmer, Jeremiah Robert Etchison
  • Patent number: D867886
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Mark Shane Hatcher, Wesley Steven Jones, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, Jared Aller, Joseph Dominique, Adam Richardson, Christopher George Palmer, Jeremiah Robert Etchison