Patents by Inventor Priscilla M. Keach

Priscilla M. Keach 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: 6223901
    Abstract: A suspension package includes a platform having a product support surface and first and second end portions on opposite ends of the product support surface. A flexible product retainer sheet has a first part secured to the first end portion and a second part secured to an anchor panel. The product retainer sheet is dimensioned to retain a product on the product support surface when the panel is held against the second end portion, as for example by an outer container or by a releasable attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: ADE, Inc.
    Inventors: Lewis C. Lofgren, Fred Vega, Priscilla M. Keach
  • Patent number: 5769235
    Abstract: A packaging device includes upper and lower container portions that support respective frames that, in turn, support respective support films. The frames and the container portions are configured such that the act of installing the frames in the container portions automatically increases tension in the films. This can be accomplished by rotating opposed portions of the frames in opposite directions, by displacing the film out of the plane in which it is originally supported by the frame, or by displacing opposed portions of the frame away from one another. The film of the lower container portion is recessed with respect to a peripheral lip of the lower container portion, while the film of the upper container portion protrudes beyond the peripheral lip of the upper container portion. In this way objects are prevented from rolling out of the lower container portion, yet the films are brought into face-to-face contact when the packaging device is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Ade, Inc.
    Inventors: Priscilla M. Keach, Dean F. Staal, Stephen J. Lang, Randy L. Sperry