Patents by Inventor Max B. Smith, Jr.

Max B. Smith, Jr. 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).

  • Method of producing a package from a sheet having lenticular lens in pre-selected areas
    Patent number: 7002748
    Abstract: A method of producing a package from lenticular sheet having anisotropic optical properties comprising the steps of providing a body of transparent material having a pair of opposing sides and an index of refraction greater than one; forming a plurality of lenses on the first side of said pair of opposing sides in pre-selected portions of the first side; forming a pre-determined package design from the lenticular sheet, and wherein the remainder of the first side of said pair of opposing sides outside the pre-selected lens portions is generally flat and transparent. A method of manufacturing a lenticular sheet comprising the steps of producing a transparent sheet by engraving a desired lens pattern over an entire cylinder or flat plate; placing a mask over selected lens areas; metal plating the unmasked areas to a thickness greater than the surface of the masked areas; cutting the plated areas back to the level of the masked areas; and forming a pre-determined package design from the lenticular sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Conley, Mary Ellen Conley, Max B. Smith, Jr.
  • Method of producing a sheet having lenticular lens in pre-selected areas
    Patent number: 6995914
    Abstract: A method of producing a lenticular sheet having anisotropic optical properties comprising the steps of providing a body of transparent material having a pair of opposing sides and an index of refraction greater than one; forming a plurality of lenses on the first side of said pair of opposing sides in pre-selected portions of the first side; and wherein the remainder of the first side of said pair of opposing sides outside the pre-selected lens portions is generally flat and transparent. A method of manufacturing a lenticular sheet comprising the steps of producing a transparent sheet by engraving a desired lens pattern over an entire cylinder or flat plate; placing a mask over selected lens areas; metal plating the unmasked areas to a thickness greater than the surface of the masked areas; and cutting the plated areas back to the level of the masked areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Conley, Mary E. Conley, Max B. Smith, Jr., Kerry Dwayne Dellinger