Patents by Inventor Paul E. Carpenter

Paul E. Carpenter 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: 20240124186
    Abstract: The invention comprises a container comprising: a base; at least one paper-based sidewall seamed to and extending upwardly from the base, wherein the at least one sidewall comprises a score line near the base that is at least partially circumferential and is configured to be torn through to remove the base from the sidewall; and a liner ply adhered to an interior surface of the sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Lawrence Robert Carpenter, Tony L. Thomas, Paul E. Miller, Kurt A. Ziegenfelder
  • Publication number: 20040205003
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of selling a virtual bundle of items to a consumer at retail. The method comprises the steps of providing information from a first vendor to a second vendor about items available for offering by the second vendor to the consumer for purchase as a virtual bundle of items; providing information from the first vendor about an incentive offered to the second vendor based on the virtual bundle of items purchased by the consumer; communicating an offer by the second vendor to a consumer for the purchase at retail of a virtual bundle of items; allowing the consumer to create and purchase a virtual bundle of items; providing information about the virtual bundle purchased; and providing an incentive from the first vendor to the second vendor based on the virtual bundle of items purchased. Also disclosed are a computer system and a computer program product for use in practicing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Paul E. Carpenter, Joseph P. Balbo
  • Patent number: 4750087
    Abstract: A support rail structure which provides cooling air for removing heat from instruments. The support rail structures provide uniform cooling along each support rail regardless of instrument orientation within the instrument panel assembly. A system which includes the combination of instrument panel support rail and cooling mainfold discharges a continuous flow of forced convection air along the base of the support rail. Valves are shown which provide flow-through cooling for cathode ray tube instruments. The instrument panel support rail structures enable a method of supplying conditioned air when concentration of instrument panels dictate that the air conditioning system be integrated within the panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Paul E. Carpenter, Charles B. Fisher, Douglas E. Peash
  • Patent number: 4520424
    Abstract: A support rail structure which provides cooling air for removing heat from instruments. The support rail structures provide uniform cooling along each support rail regardless of instrument orientation within the instrument panel assembly. A system which includes the combination of instrument panel support rail and cooling manifold discharges a continuous flow of forced convection air along the base of the support rail. Valves are shown which provide flow-through cooling for cathode ray tube instruments. The instrument panel support rail structures enable a method of supplying conditioned air when concentration of instrument panels dictate that the air conditioning system be integrated within the panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1985
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Paul E. Carpenter, Charles B. Fisher, Douglas E. Peash