Patents by Inventor Michelle J. Pillers

Michelle J. Pillers 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: 8393487
    Abstract: A three position, selectively openable twist lid for a drinking vessel has separate drinking and venting apertures. The lid has two parts—a base member and a cap member. The base and cap members can be relatively rotated from a first, closed position to a second, open position and to a third, disengaged position in which the cap and base members may be separated for cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Pacific Market International, LLC
    Inventors: Michelle J. Pillers, Barry Beyerlein, Robert Freed
  • Patent number: 5820221
    Abstract: A seat (10) is disclosed that includes a seat back (14) hingedly attached to a seat base (12) such that the seat back can be folded from an upright, vertical position to a closed, horizontal position with the lower surface of the seat back overlying the upper surface of the seat base throughout the seat's range of motion. For ready upholstering, in one embodiment, the foldable seat includes a removable seat base panel (20) and a removable seat back panel (22) attached to the seat base and back, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Tempress, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikal B. Greaves, Charles K. Lau, Mark A. McLean, William C. Quan, Ferdinand J. Van Engelen, Michelle J. Pillers, Kevin J. Talbot
  • Patent number: 5517332
    Abstract: A one-piece housing holds an image sensing module having a transparent image sensing surface and a document drive roller in close alignment. A cover closely fits around the housing and is positioned in close alignment with respect to the housing. The cover and housing cooperate to define a document entry path in which a plurality of sensors are located: a set of document-skew-detecting sensors and a set of document-insertion-detecting sensors, the sets of sensors acting independently of each other. The number and spacing of the sensors is the set of document-insertion-detecting sensors is such that the narrowest expected document encounters at least one such sensor. The cover and housing also cooperated to define a document scanning path and one or more document exit paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Inventors: Michael R. Barry, David E. Burgess, Michael F. Gifford, Gregory A. Greenly, Paul A. Hakenewerth, Michael G. Horeth, Raymond J. McKinnon, Jr., Michelle J. Pillers, Thomas H. Yonenaka
  • Patent number: D441288
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Pacific Market, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle J. Pillers, Barry Beyerlein, Robert Freed
  • Patent number: D398172
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Tempress, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikal B. Greaves, Charles K. Lau, Mark A. McLean, William C. Quan, Ferdinand J. Van Engelen, Michelle J. Pillers, Kevin J. Talbot
  • Patent number: D411381
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Tempress, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikal B. Greaves, Charles K. Lau, Mark A. McLean, William C. Quan, Ferdinand J. Van Engelen, Michelle J. Pillers, Kevin J. Talbot