Patents by Inventor Nigel Davis

Nigel Davis 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).

  • Publication number: 20250073944
    Abstract: There is provided herein a dispenser formed of card-based or paper-based material for a product in stick form. The dispenser includes a dispenser axis, a proximal end, a distal end, a product stick carrier, and a sleeve. The dispenser axis extends along a length of the dispenser. The product stick carrier is in the form of a cylindrical tube for receiving a product stick in use. The sleeve is in the form of a cylindrical tube, wherein the product stick carrier is located within the sleeve and wherein the product stick carrier and the sleeve are moveable axially relative to one another. The product stick carrier includes a cylindrical wall, a carrier proximal end, a carrier distal end and a plurality of tabs. The cylindrical wall has an inner surface and an outer surface. The product stick extends from the carrier distal end in use. The plurality of tabs extend inwardly toward the dispenser axis from the inner surface of the product stick carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: David YATES, Ernest ASANTE, Nigel DAVIS
  • Publication number: 20250064198
    Abstract: There is provided herein a dispenser formed of card-based or paper-based material for a product in stick form. The dispenser includes a product stick carrier, an outer sleeve, a product concealing sleeve, a first proximal facing edge, a second proximal facing edge, a first distal facing edge, and a second distal facing edge. The product stick carrier is in the form of a cylindrical tube and includes a product stick support for supporting a product stick in use. The outer sleeve is in the form of a cylindrical tube disposed radially outwardly of the product stick carrier. The product stick carrier is fixed relative to the outer sleeve. The product concealing sleeve is in the form of a cylindrical tube disposed radially inwardly of the outer sleeve and radially outwardly of the product stick carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: David YATES, Ernest ASANTE, Nigel DAVIS
  • Publication number: 20240423345
    Abstract: There is provided herein a dispenser 2 for a product in stick form. The dispenser 2 includes a product stick carrier 10, an outer sleeve 6, and a product concealing sleeve 8. The product concealing sleeve 8 is selectively retractable to conceal or expose a product stick, and is disposed radially between the product stick carrier 10 and the outer sleeve 6. The dispenser 2 includes inter-engaging formations 28, 30 associated with the product stick carrier 10 and product concealing sleeve 8 respectively. The inter-engaging formations 28, 30 cooperate with one another to prevent advancement of the product concealing sleeve 8 beyond a set point. The inter-engaging formations 30 associated with the product concealing sleeve 8 is provided by a collar piece 30 affixed to an interior surface thereof at a proximal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: David YATES, Nigel DAVIS
  • Patent number: 12060089
    Abstract: A spraying apparatus for applying a friction modifying fluid to a railroad rail, comprising: a nozzle body disposed in a housing; a fluid inlet conduit in fluid communication with an opening in housing; a fluid inlet disposed in the housing in fluid communication with a first fluid conduit defined by or disposed in the nozzle body; wherein the first fluid conduit runs from fluid inlet to a hollow nozzle tip body disposed on and protruding through a bottom of housing and wherein fluid inlet is also disposed below, and in fluid communication with, the fluid inlet conduit; a control fluid supply line and an atomizing fluid supply line each partially disposed in the housing and each having respective portions external of the housing for connecting with the same fluid supply or respective fluid supplies; wherein the control fluid supply line injects a pressurized control fluid against a piston assembly disposed in a piston cavity; wherein the piston assembly carries stopper needle which is biased towards hollow no
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: L. B. Foster Company
    Inventors: Davey Mitchell, David Elvidge, Darren Loo, Doug McKay, Joel Vandermarel, Nigel Davis, Sze Kei Luk
  • Publication number: 20240232649
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for ML model feature selection and transformation. Specifically, the system and method Include receiving information and data from a network having resources; implementing feature selection on one or more network Machine Learning (ML) models, such that each is a pipeline of a plurality of functions to control the resources and with specified interfaces to other control applications; utilizing one or more feature graph engines (FGEs) which creates one or more feature graphs, from the information and data, as a functional component to derive a design-time set of feature vector for a specific context, each feature graph represents network layer representations in the network which includes multiple layers; and implementing changes to the one or more feature graphs based on any run-time updates from the pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Raghuraman Ranganathan, Nigel Davis, Lyndon Y. Ong, David K. Bainbridge
  • Publication number: 20240135198
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for ML model feature selection and transformation. Specifically, the system and method Include receiving information and data from a network having resources; implementing feature selection on one or more network Machine Learning (ML) models, such that each is a pipeline of a plurality of functions to control the resources and with specified interfaces to other control applications; utilizing one or more feature graph engines (FGEs) which creates one or more feature graphs, from the information and data, as a functional component to derive a design-time set of feature vector for a specific context, each feature graph represents network layer representations in the network which includes multiple layers; and implementing changes to the one or more feature graphs based on any run-time updates from the pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Raghuraman Ranganathan, Nigel Davis, Lyndon Y. Ong, David K. Bainbridge
  • Patent number: 11916753
    Abstract: Systems and methods include receiving information from a governed system having resources; implementing one or more context neutral or specific control applications that each is a pipeline of a plurality of functions to control the resources; utilizing the information as one input to a first function in the plurality of functions; utilizing inputs from one or more control applications as inputs to any of the plurality of functions; and causing actions on the resources based on outputs of a last function in the plurality of functions. The plurality of functions can include sensing, discerning, inferring, deciding, and causing the actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Lyndon Y. Ong, Raghuraman Ranganathan, Nigel Davis
  • Patent number: 11884462
    Abstract: A tray made of cardboard, paperboard or other lightweight foldable sheet material that comprises one or more pockets (8) for receiving product. The tray comprises a top sheet defining one or more top sheet openings for the one or more pockets and a bottom sheet attached to the top sheet that comprises one or more bottom sheet openings that are aligned with the top sheet openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Multi Packaging Solutions UK Limited
    Inventors: Nigel Davis, Kevin Topfer, David Yates
  • Publication number: 20230219733
    Abstract: A carrier (2) made of cardboard, paperboard or other lightweight foldable sheet material, comprises a top sheet (4) defining one or more pockets (20) for receiving one or more products and a bottom sheet (6) attached to the top sheet (4). The top sheet (4) comprises one or more respective sets (30) of flaps (32) for forming the respective pockets (20), each flap (32) being hingedly connected at a proximal end (36) to a top surface (38) of the top sheet (4) about a respective flap hinge line (40) defined around an upper edge (42) of the respective pocket (20) and folded about the respective flap hinge line (40) to define a pocket side wall. The top sheet (4) further comprises respective tabs (50) hingedly connected to distal ends (46) of the respective flaps (32) about respective tab fold lines (52) and folded about a respective tab fold line (52) so as to lie along a base of the pocket (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Topfer, Nigel Davis, David Yates
  • Publication number: 20230037140
    Abstract: Systems and methods include receiving information from a governed system having resources; implementing one or more context neutral or specific control applications that each is a pipeline of a plurality of functions to control the resources; utilizing the information as one input to a first function in the plurality of functions; utilizing inputs from one or more control applications as inputs to any of the plurality of functions; and causing actions on the resources based on outputs of a last function in the plurality of functions. The plurality of functions can include sensing, discerning, inferring, deciding, and causing the actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Lyndon Y. Ong, Raghuraman Ranganathan, Nigel Davis
  • Publication number: 20230011555
    Abstract: A dispenser (2) for a product in stick form comprises: a tubular body (4) having a longitudinal axis (A), the tubular body (4) including a tubular base part (6) and a removable cap (8) for closing an open end of the tubular base part (6). The tubular base part (6) comprises an outer tube (20) made from a paper-based or card-based material such as paperboard or cardboard and having an axially extending helical slot (30) formed in a radially inner surface (36) thereof, an inner tube (22) received within the outer tube (20) and made from a paper-based or card-based material such as paperboard or cardboard and having an axially extending slot (40) formed therethrough and a base (24) made from a paper-based or card-based material such as paperboard or cardboard which is rotatable about the longitudinal axis (A) relative to the outer tube (20) and to which the inner tube (22) is fixed so as to be rotatable therewith relative to the outer tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Nigel DAVIS, David FREEMAN, David YATES
  • Patent number: 11542081
    Abstract: A carrier (2) made of cardboard, paperboard or other lightweight foldable sheet material, comprises a top sheet (4) defining one or more pockets (20) for receiving one or more products and a bottom sheet (6) attached to the top sheet (4). The top sheet (4) comprises one or more respective sets (30) of flaps (32) for forming the respective pockets (20), each flap (32) being hingedly connected at a proximal end (36) to a top surface (38) of the top sheet (4) about a respective flap hinge line (40) defined around an upper edge (42) of the respective pocket (20) and folded about the respective flap hinge line (40) to define a pocket side wall. The top sheet (4) further comprises respective tabs (50) hingedly connected to distal ends (46) of the respective flaps (32) about respective tab fold lines (52) and folded about a respective tab fold line (52) so as to lie along a base of the pocket (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Multi Packaging Solutions UK Limited
    Inventors: Kevin Topfer, Nigel Davis, David Yates
  • Patent number: 11534586
    Abstract: A cartridge acting as a dispenser for liquid treatments of a human or animal body is U shaped or hoop shape. The cartridge has a container containing a liquid treatment which when required to be dispensed is ejected through one or more nozzles projecting through the wall of the cartridge into the centre of the U or of the hoop. A base is provided for cartridges, the base controlling timing and quantity of treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AAN MEDICAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Tulloch, Andrew Coats, Nigel Davis, Thomas Drew
  • Patent number: 11533216
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for correlating alarms throughout a multi-layer network and visualizing alarm clusters in a display of an interactive Graphical User Interface (GUI) to enable a network operator to prioritize urgent network issues. In one embodiment, an interactive GUI includes a main display area configured to display one or more geometrical shapes representing one or more alarm clusters, respectively. Each alarm cluster may represent a potential root-cause event in a network. The interactive GUI also includes one or more interactive objects that, when selected by a user, provide additional information associated with the one or more alarm clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Tommaso D'Ippolito, Christiane Louise Campbell, Sonya Thornley, Nigel Davis
  • Publication number: 20220240646
    Abstract: A lipstick dispenser (2) comprises a paperboard or cardboard tubular body (4). The tubular body (2) including abase part (6) and a removable cap (8) for 5 closing an open end of the base part (6). The base part (6) comprises at least one slot (20) extending along and through the side wall (22) of the base part (6). A lipstick carrier (30) is slidably received in the base part (6) and has a lug (32) projecting through the slot (20) in the side wall (22) of the base part (6) for manipulation by a user. The lipstick carrier (30) is formed of paperboard or 10 cardboard and supports a lipstick 34 for reciprocating movement within the base part (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Carol L. HAMMOND, Nigel DAVIS
  • Publication number: 20220070050
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for correlating alarms throughout a multi-layer network and visualizing alarm clusters in a display of an interactive Graphical User Interface (GUI) to enable a network operator to prioritize urgent network issues. In one embodiment, an interactive GUI includes a main display area configured to display one or more geometrical shapes representing one or more alarm clusters, respectively. Each alarm cluster may represent a potential root-cause event in a network. The interactive GUI also includes one or more interactive objects that, when selected by a user, provide additional information associated with the one or more alarm clusters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Tommaso D'Ippolito, Christiane Louise Campbell, Sonya Thornley, Nigel Davis
  • Publication number: 20210253140
    Abstract: A spraying apparatus for applying a friction modifying fluid to a railroad rail, comprising: a nozzle body disposed in a housing; a fluid inlet conduit in fluid communication with an opening in housing; a fluid inlet disposed in the housing in fluid communication with a first fluid conduit defined by or disposed in the nozzle body; wherein the first fluid conduit runs from fluid inlet to a hollow nozzle tip body disposed on and protruding through a bottom of housing and wherein fluid inlet is also disposed below, and in fluid communication with, the fluid inlet conduit; a control fluid supply line and an atomizing fluid supply line each partially disposed in the housing and each having respective portions external of the housing for connecting with the same fluid supply or respective fluid supplies; wherein the control fluid supply line injects a pressurized control fluid against a piston assembly disposed in a piston cavity; wherein the piston assembly carries stopper needle which is biased towards hollow no
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Davey Mitchell, David Elvidge, Darren Loo, Doug McKay, Joel Vandermarel, Nigel Davis, Sze Kei Luk
  • Publication number: 20210155369
    Abstract: A tray (2) is made of cardboard, paperboard or other lightweight foldable sheet material and comprises one or more pockets (8) for receiving product. The tray (2) comprises a top sheet (4) defining one or more top sheet openings (10) for the one or more pockets (8) and a bottom sheet (6) attached to the top sheet (4) and comprising one or more bottom sheet openings (12) aligned with the top sheet openings (10). The top sheet (4) comprises one or more respective sets of top sheet flaps (28, 30, 32) which each comprise a top sheet flap proximal panel (28P, 30P, 32P) hingedly connected to the top sheet (4) about a respective top sheet flap proximal hinge line (36, 38, 40) defined at the respective top sheet opening (10) At least one of the top sheet flaps (28, 30, 32) further comprises a top sheet flap distal panel (28D, 30D, 32D) hingedly attached to the respective top sheet flap proximal panel (28P, 30P, 32P) about a respective top sheet flap distal fold line (42, 44, 46).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Nigel Davis, Kevin Topfer, David Yates
  • Patent number: 10875677
    Abstract: A tamper evident container (2) made from cardboard, paperboard or other lightweight foldable sheet material comprises a container body (6) comprising a first pair of opposed side wall panels (8, 10) and a second pair of side wall panels (12, 14), the side wall panels (8, 10, 12, 14) being hingedly attached to each other about respective side wall fold lines (16). A lid (22) is hingedly attached to one side wall panel (8) of the first pair of opposed side wall panels (8, 10) about a lid fold line (26). First and second closure flaps (28, 30), are hingedly attached to a respective one of the second pair of opposed wall panels (12, 14) about respective closure flap fold lines (32, 34) so as to define respective locking slots (36, 38) between a side edge of the respective closure flaps (28, 30) and the other side wall panel (10) of the first pair of side wall panels (8, 10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MULTI PACKAGING SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED
    Inventor: Nigel Davis
  • Publication number: 20200385164
    Abstract: A single piece container is provided that is made from cardboard, paperboard or other lightweight foldable sheet material. The container includes an outer shell, an inner shell and at least one spacer tab. The outer shell has a first end and a second end, and includes a plurality of side wall panels hingedly connected to one other about respective outer shell sidewall foldlines and extending between the first end and the second end of the outer shell. The second end of the outer shell is a closed end. The inner shell includes a first end, an opposite second end, and a plurality of side walls hingedly connected to one another about respective inner shell sidewall foldlines and extending between the first end and the second end of the inner shell. The inner shell is integrally connected to the outer shell along a foldline. The at least one spacer tab connects the inner shell and the outer shell, the spacer tab being released from a respective side wall panel of the inner shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventor: Nigel Davis