Patents by Inventor Mickey M. Wilkes

Mickey M. Wilkes 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: 4793539
    Abstract: A dispensing nozzle comprising a plate overlying a bore defined through a countertop for the passage of bags therethrough from a subjacent storage position. The plate defines an elongate zig-zag slot for the restrictive movement of bags therethrough upon a manual pulling of a leading bag. Each manually pulled leading bag is automatically severed from a following bag secured thereto along a line of severance by slot-developed resistance. Introduction of the forwardmost bag of a bag package is facilitated by an enlarged opening laterally of one side of the slot and communicated with the slot through a relatively narrower neck portion. The nozzle may include a tubular sleeve receivable in the countertop bore, with the plate secured to or integrally formed with the sleeve across one end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1988
    Assignee: Sonoco Products Company
    Inventors: Edwin W. Haenni, Mickey M. Wilkes
  • Patent number: D307555
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: Sonoco Products Co.
    Inventors: Edwin W. Haenni, Mickey M. Wilkes
  • Patent number: RE34324
    Abstract: A dispensing nozzle comprising a plate overlying a bore defined through a countertop for the passage of bags therethrough from a subjacent storage position. The plate defines an elongate zig-zag slot for the restrictive movement of bags therethrough upon a manual pulling of a leading bag. Each manually pulled leading bag is automatically severed from a following bag secured thereto along a line of severance by slot-developed resistance. Introduction of the forwardmost bag of a bag package is facilitated by an enlarged opening laterally of one side of the slot and communicated with the slot through a relatively narrower neck portion. The nozzle may include a tubular sleeve receivable in the countertop bore, with the plate secured to or integrally formed with the sleeve across one end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1993
    Assignee: Sonoco Products Company
    Inventors: Edwin W. Haenni, Mickey M. Wilkes