Patents by Inventor Mark T. Ryan

Mark T. Ryan 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: 7219901
    Abstract: A cupholder, which is mountable to a wall of a basket of a shopping cart, comprises a continuous wire having two lowermost portions, between and to which the outer mounting plate is mounted, two intermediate portions, which define a cup-supporting level and on which a cup-supporting plate is seated, and an uppermost portion, which is shaped to embrace a cup being held by the cupholder. The continuous wire has two lower connecting portions, each of which connects one of the lowermost portions to one of the intermediate portions, and two upper connecting portions, each of which connects one of the intermediate portions to the uppermost portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Unarco Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark T. Ryan
  • Patent number: 6966565
    Abstract: In a shopping cart comprising a wheeled chassis, a handle structure mounted to the wheeled chassis, a basket supported by the wheeled chassis and mounted to the handle structure, and panels coactive with the handle structure and with one another and manipulatable so as to define a child seat, a flexible bag is mounted to the panels so as to be opened when the panels are manipulated to define the child seat and so as to be closed otherwise. The basket has multiple apertures, through which small items can drop. One of the panels has multiple apertures, through which small items can drop into the flexible bag when the flexible bag is opened. The flexible bag is made from a mesh, through which contents of the flexible bag are visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Unarco Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. Ryan, Charles A. Smith
  • Patent number: 6923456
    Abstract: In a shopping cart, which is nestable into a preceding, similarly constructed cart and into which a following, similarly constructed cart is nestable, a chassis has front and rear casters including two rear, transversely spaced casters and has two generally longitudinal members, each extending along one side of the chassis, on which two camming elements are mounted. A transversely extending member is mounted to and bridges the longitudinal members. The transversely extending member is adapted to be upwardly cammed by the camming elements of a following, similarly constructed cart, which is being nested into the shopping cart, so as to elevate the rear casters of the shopping cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Unarco Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. Ryan, Richard Wilkinson
  • Publication number: 20040084863
    Abstract: In a shopping cart, which is nestable into a preceding, similarly constructed cart and into which a following, similarly constructed cart is nestable, a chassis has front and rear casters including two rear, transversely spaced casters and has two generally longitudinal members, each extending along one side of the chassis, on which two camming elements are mounted. A transversely extending member is mounted to and bridges the longitudinal members. The transversely extending member is adapted to be upwardly cammed by the camming elements of a following, similarly constructed cart, which is being nested into the shopping cart, so as to elevate the rear casters of the shopping cart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: Unarco Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. Ryan, Richard Wilkinson
  • Patent number: D528870
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Unarco Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark T. Ryan
  • Patent number: D530478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Splain, Robert D. Peota, Alexandre Hennen, Allan Cameron, Mark T. Ryan, David L. Pruitt, Jr.
  • Patent number: D540998
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Splain, Robert D. Peota, Alexandre Hennen, Allan Cameron, Mark T. Ryan, David L. Pruitt, Jr.
  • Patent number: D546021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Splain, Robert D. Peota, Alexandre Hennen, Allan Cameron, Mark T. Ryan, David L. Pruitt, Jr.
  • Patent number: D548919
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Unarco Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Dietzel, Mark T. Ryan