Patents by Inventor Monte Needham

Monte Needham 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).

  • Systems and methods for facilitating coin hopper maintenance
    Patent number: 9741195
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein involve systems and methods for facilitating coin hopper maintenance. In one implementation, a top plate is received in a bucket assembly of the coin hopper at a proximal end. The top plate seals one or more coins in an interior of the bucket assembly. The coin hopper is positioned in an inverted orientation by meeting a target surface with the top plate. The inverted orientation positions the bucket assembly at a distal end near the target surface and a base assembly at the proximal end. A hopper dispenser is disengaged from the base assembly of the coin hopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: TIDEL ENGINEERING, L.P.
    Inventors: Flynt Moreland, Doug Powers, Troy Richard, Monte Needham
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING COIN HOPPER MAINTENANCE
    Publication number: 20160300421
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein involve systems and methods for facilitating coin hopper maintenance. In one implementation, a top plate is received in a bucket assembly of the coin hopper at a proximal end. The top plate seals one or more coins in an interior of the bucket assembly. The coin hopper is positioned in an inverted orientation by meeting a target surface with the top plate. The inverted orientation positions the bucket assembly at a distal end near the target surface and a base assembly at the proximal end. A hopper dispenser is disengaged from the base assembly of the coin hopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: TIDEL ENGINEERING L.P.
    Inventors: Flynt Moreland, Doug Powers, Troy Richard, Monte Needham