Patents by Inventor Michael Sean Bates

Michael Sean Bates 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).

  • Container for stacked sheets
    Patent number: 6393805
    Abstract: A container for a stack of sheets (e.g., abrasive coated discs) including a base portion adapted to extend transversely across a bottom surface of the stack of sheets and having opposite ends adapted to be positioned at spaced locations along a side surface of the stack of sheets; and a plurality of stiff elongate retaining portions having proximal portions attached to the base portion at its opposite ends with the retaining portions at spaced locations around the side surface of the stack of sheets. The retaining portions have central parts adapted to extend along the side surface of the stack of sheets from its bottom surface to its top surface at those spaced locations, and have distal parts adapted to extend above the top surface of the stack of sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Michael Sean Bates, Donna C. Rockette, David C. Roeker, David F. Slama
  • Container for stacked sheets
    Patent number: 6321910
    Abstract: A container for a stack of sheets (e.g., abrasive coated discs) including a base portion adapted to extend transversely across a bottom surface of the stack of sheets and having opposite ends adapted to be positioned at spaced locations along a side surface of the stack of sheets; and a plurality of stiff elongate retaining portions having proximal portions attached to the base portion at its opposite ends with the retaining portions at spaced locations around the side surface of the stack of sheets. The retaining portions have central parts adapted to extend along the side surface of the stack of sheets from its bottom surface to its top surface at those spaced locations, and have distal parts adapted to extend above the top surface of the stack of sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Michael Sean Bates, Donna C. Rockette, David C. Roeker, David F. Slama
  • Container for stacked sheets
    Publication number: 20010037625
    Abstract: A container for a stack of sheets (e.g., abrasive coated discs) including a base portion adapted to extend transversely across a bottom surface of the stack of sheets and having opposite ends adapted to be positioned at spaced locations along a side surface of the stack of sheets; and a plurality of stiff elongate retaining portions having proximal portions attached to the base portion at its opposite ends with the retaining portions at spaced locations around the side surface of the stack of sheets. The retaining portions have central parts adapted to extend along the side surface of the stack of sheets from its bottom surface to its top surface at those spaced locations, and have distal parts adapted to extend above the top surface of the stack of sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Michael Sean Bates, Donna C. Rockette, David C. Roeker, David F. Slama