Patents by Inventor Patty L. Tate

Patty L. Tate 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: 5195620
    Abstract: A wrinkle-reducing insert for suitcases and the like containers within which folded, wrinkleable, cloth-like garments and the like items are packed for travel purposes, comprises a stack of substantially identical, thin, smooth, plastic sheets which are flexible, but generally stiff enough to avoid crumpling or wrinkling. The stack of sheets is held together as a unit by a cord-like or rod-like connector loosely fitted through adjacent aligned holes formed in the sheets so that the sheets may be freely separated apart from each other. The sheets are sized to closely fit within the walls defining the container for limiting transverse movement of the sheets within the container. Folded cloth-like items are packed, layer-by-layer, between adjacent pairs of sheets for substantially filling the container, so that the container may be transported and stored during travel and the packed items will substantially resist wrinkling while packed in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Inventor: Patty L. Tate