Patents by Inventor Nora J. Grayson

Nora J. Grayson 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).

  • Method for adhering linerless repositionable sheets onto articles
    Publication number: 20040180170
    Abstract: A method for sequentially and precisely registering cut sheets for application onto advertising signatures at high speeds employs an initial roll of sheeting material. The sheeting material is unwound to track a process path, where eyemarks on the sheeting material are detected for use in registering the sheeting material to be cut into discrete sheets and to be aligned with a moving advertising signature for affixation thereto. The sheeting material has a repositionable pressure sensitive adhesive along one side edge thereof for use in adhering the cut sheet to the advertising signature. In one embodiment, the sheeting material is generally opaque adjacent one side edge and is sufficiently transparent adjacent its other side edge so that when a sheet cut from the sheeting material is adhered to an advertising signature, images on the advertising signature are visible through at least a portion of the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Timothy A. Mertens, Alden R. Miles, Mark G. Gjertson, Melvin R. Collins, Nora J. Grayson, Dennis L. Luense
  • Method for adhering linerless repositionable sheets onto articles
    Patent number: 6773539
    Abstract: A method for sequentially and precisely registering cut sheets for application onto advertising signatures at high speeds employs an initial roll of sheeting material. The sheeting material is unwound to track a process path, where eyemarks on the sheeting material are detected for use in registering the sheeting material to be cut into discrete sheets and to be aligned with a moving advertising signature for affixation thereto. The sheeting material has a repositionable pressure sensitive adhesive along one side edge thereof for use in adhering the cut sheet to the advertising signature. In one embodiment, the sheeting material is generally opaque adjacent one side edge and is sufficiently transparent adjacent its other side edge so that when a sheet cut from the sheeting material is adhered to an advertising signature, images on the advertising signature are visible through at least a portion of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Timothy A. Mertens, Alden R. Miles, Mark G. Gjertson, Melvin R. Collins, Nora J. Grayson, Dennis L. Luense
  • Method for adhering linerless repositionable sheets onto articles
    Publication number: 20020034602
    Abstract: A method for sequentially and precisely registering cut sheets for application onto advertising signatures at high speeds employs an initial roll of sheeting material. The sheeting material is unwound to track a process path, where eyemarks on the sheeting material are detected for use in registering the sheeting material to be cut into discrete sheets and to be aligned with a moving advertising signature for affixation thereto. The sheeting material has a repositionable pressure sensitive adhesive along one side edge thereof for use in adhering the cut sheet to the advertising signature. In one embodiment, the sheeting material is generally opaque adjacent one side edge and is sufficiently transparent adjacent its other side edge so that when a sheet cut from the sheeting material is adhered to an advertising signature, images on the advertising signature are visible through at least a portion of the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: Timothy A. Mertens, Alden R. Miles, Mark G. Gjertson, Melvin R. Collins, Nora J. Grayson, Dennis L. Luense