Patents by Inventor Richard H. Chapman
Richard H. Chapman 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).
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Publication number: 20080084214Abstract: A device (100) such as a battery charger includes a body (102), a movable member (104, 402), and a plurality of battery bays (108). Moving the member (104, 402) toward a first position increases a distance between respective first (132) and second (114) battery contacts so that a battery may be inserted with zero or substantially zero insertion force. Moving the member (104, 402) in the second direction decreases the distance between the first and second battery contacts. In one implementation, the device (100) is polarity agnostic.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2006Publication date: April 10, 2008Inventors: Peter F. Hoffman, Rachel P. Devereaux, Michael J. Brandon, Richard H. Chapman, Mark A. Ferguson
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Patent number: 7232041Abstract: A battery dispenser and a refill for a battery dispenser are provided. In one embodiment the battery dispenser includes a housing that has an opening, a landing, and a push element capable of advancing batteries from inside the housing to the landing external to the housing. The position of at least one of the push element and the landing is adjustable to enable the battery dispenser to dispense batteries that are one of at least two distinct physical sizes. A refill for the battery dispenser includes a base, a plurality of batteries disposed on the base and a retainer that contacts the batteries and is connected to the base. The refill base can cooperate with the dispenser to adjust the height of the landing or the push element.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2004Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: Eveready Battery CompanyInventors: Mark A. Ferguson, Richard H. Chapman, Todd B. Abernethy, Jon Gauthier, John M. Dupnik
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Patent number: 6942359Abstract: Various embodiments of a flashlight are provided. In one representative embodiment a flashlight includes a light source, a housing and at least two battery locations inside the housing. Each battery location inside the housing can accommodate at least one of at least two batteries, each of which can be a different size. The flashlight also includes an electro-mechanical structure that prevents a closing of an electrical circuit that electrically couples the batteries to the light source, when one of the at least two batteries in the flashlight is a different size than another.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2003Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.Inventors: David A. Furth, Richard H. Chapman, Scott W. Osiecki, David R. Dalton
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Patent number: 6769567Abstract: A product dispenser is provided that enables product to be released from an adhesive attachment and transition from the interior of the dispenser to the exterior of the dispenser using a single rotation motion. The dispenser comprises a product platform, product adhesively secured to a strip and a base. The product platform comprises an upper surface and a lower surface and an opening through the platform. The adhesive strip comprises two major surfaces, one of which is free of adhesive and one with adhesive located on at least a portion thereof. The base comprises an upper surface and a lower surface and an opening through the base. The adhesive strip is threaded through both the product platform opening and the base opening and one end of the strip is attached to the lower surface of the base. The product platform and the base are fitted together so as to be rotatable with respect to each other about a common axis, with the lower surface of the product platform facing the upper surface of the base.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2003Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan C. Gauthier, Richard H. Chapman
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Publication number: 20040129717Abstract: A product dispenser is provided that enables product to be released from an adhesive attachment and transition from the interior of the dispenser to the exterior of the dispenser using a single rotation motion. The dispenser comprises a product platform, product adhesively secured to a strip and a base. The product platform comprises an upper surface and a lower surface and an opening through the platform. The adhesive strip comprises two major surfaces, one of which is free of adhesive and one with adhesive located on at least a portion thereof. The base comprises an upper surface and a lower surface and an opening through the base. The adhesive strip is threaded through both the product platform opening and the base opening and one end of the strip is attached to the lower surface of the base. The product platform and the base are fitted together so as to be rotatable with respect to each other about a common axis, with the lower surface of the product platform facing the upper surface of the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Inventors: Jonathan C. Gauthier, Richard H. Chapman
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Patent number: 6749085Abstract: A product dispenser comprising a cover, a slidable push element, a base and a landing is provided. The cover and the base are rotatable with respect to each other about a common axis. The cover comprises a roof opening in which the push element slides in opposing directions, advancing product from the interior of the cover onto the landing. In a preferred embodiment, the dispenser houses miniature zinc air batteries, secured to the base using an adhesive platform. When a cell is advanced from the interior of the cover onto the landing, the cell is separated from the adhesive platform, allowing air to pass into the cell and the cell to be activated. The landing preferably comprises a magnet for releasably securing product. The dispenser is then used as an inserter for orienting and placing the product in position in a device. The product is not directly handled during its removal from the dispenser or during its insertion into a device.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2003Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.Inventors: Steven S. Garrant, Jonathan W. Hedman, Mark A. Ferguson, Jeffrey P. Pirro, David A. Furth, Richard H. Chapman
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Patent number: 6631825Abstract: A product dispenser comprising a cover, a slidable push element, a base and a landing is provided. The cover and the base are rotatable with respect to each other about a common axis. The cover comprises a roof opening in which the push element slides in opposing directions, advancing product from the interior of the cover onto the landing. In a preferred embodiment, the dispenser houses miniature zinc air batteries, secured to the base using an adhesive layer. When a cell is advanced from the interior of the cover onto the landing, the cell is separated from the adhesive layer, allowing air to pass into the cell and the cell to be activated. The landing preferably comprises a magnet for releasably securing product. The dispenser is then used as an inserter for orienting and placing the product in position in a device. The product is not directly handled during its removal from the dispenser or during its insertion into a device.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2001Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.Inventors: Steven S. Garrant, Jonathan W. Hedman, Mark A. Ferguson, Jeffrey P. Pirro, David A. Furth, Richard H. Chapman
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Patent number: 6581799Abstract: A product dispenser comprising a cover, a slidable push element, a base and a landing is provided. The cover and the base are rotatable with respect to each other about a common axis. The cover comprises a roof opening in which the push element slides in opposing directions, advancing product from the interior of the cover onto the landing. In a preferred embodiment, the dispenser houses miniature zinc air batteries, secured to the base using an adhesive platform. When a cell is advanced from the interior of the cover onto the landing, the cell is separated from the adhesive platform, allowing air to pass into the cell and the cell to be activated. The landing preferably comprises a magnet for releasably securing product. The dispenser is then used as an inserter for orienting and placing the product in position in a device. The product is not directly handled during its removal from the dispenser or during its insertion into a device.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2000Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.Inventors: Steven S. Garrant, Jonathan W. Hedman, Mark A. Ferguson, Jeffrey P. Pirro, David A. Furth, Richard H. Chapman
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Publication number: 20030102326Abstract: A product dispenser comprising a cover, a slidable push element, a base and a landing is provided. The cover and the base are rotatable with respect to each other about a common axis. The cover comprises a roof opening in which the push element slides in opposing directions, advancing product from the interior of the cover onto the landing. In a preferred embodiment, the dispenser houses miniature zinc air batteries, secured to the base using an adhesive platform. When a cell is advanced from the interior of the cover onto the landing, the cell is separated from the adhesive platform, allowing air to pass into the cell and the cell to be activated. The landing preferably comprises a magnet for releasably securing product. The dispenser is then used as an inserter for orienting and placing the product in position in a device. The product is not directly handled during its removal from the dispenser or during its insertion into a device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2003Publication date: June 5, 2003Inventors: Steven S. Garrant, Jonathan W. Hedman, Mark A. Ferguson, Jeffrey P. Pirro, David A. Furth, Richard H. Chapman
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Patent number: 6488176Abstract: A product dispenser comprising a cover, a slidable push element, a base and a landing is provided. The cover and the base are rotatable with respect to each other about a common axis. The cover comprises a roof opening in which the push element slides in opposing directions, advancing product from the interior of the cover onto the landing. In a preferred embodiment, the dispenser houses miniature zinc air batteries, secured to the base using an adhesive layer. When a cell is advanced from the interior of the cover onto the landing, the cell is separated from the adhesive layer, allowing air to pass into the cell and the cell to be activated. The landing preferably comprises a magnet for releasably securing product. The dispenser is then used as an inserter for orienting and placing the product in position in a device. The product is not directly handled during its removal from the dispenser or during its insertion into a device.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2001Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.Inventors: Steven S. Garrant, Jonathan W. Hedman, Mark A. Ferguson, Jeffrey P. Pirro, David A. Furth, Richard H. Chapman
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Patent number: 6413301Abstract: Disclosed is a portable air filtration system for removing contaminants from room air. In one embodiment, the air filtration system includes a power supply and an air blower module electrically connected to the power supply. The air filtration system further includes an ionization module engaged with the air blower module and including a first control grid and a high voltage grid electrically connected to the power supply. The air filtration system further includes a filter module removably engaged with the ionization module. The filter module includes a filter and a second control grid. Engagement of the filter module and the ionization module creates an electrical connection between the second control grid and the power supply. Activation of the air filtration system creates a first ionization field between the high voltage grid and the first control grid and a second ionization field between the high voltage grid and the second control grid.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2001Date of Patent: July 2, 2002Assignee: Healthway Products Company, Inc.Inventors: William E. O'Hara, Richard T. Briggs, Max Bablok, Herbert Hildebrandt, Richard H. Chapman, Robert S. Englert, Mark A. Ferguson, Timothy R. Fitch, Scott W. Osiecki, Fred A. Marconi, Jr.
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Publication number: 20020060224Abstract: A product dispenser comprising a cover, a slidable push element, a base and a landing is provided. The cover and the base are rotatable with respect to each other about a common axis. The cover comprises a roof opening in which the push element slides in opposing directions, advancing product from the interior of the cover onto the landing. In a preferred embodiment, the dispenser houses miniature zinc air batteries, secured to the base using an adhesive layer. When a cell is advanced from the interior of the cover onto the landing, the cell is separated from the adhesive layer, allowing air to pass into the cell and the cell to be activated. The landing preferably comprises a magnet for releasably securing product. The dispenser is then used as an inserter for orienting and placing the product in position in a device. The product is not directly handled during its removal from the dispenser or during its insertion into a device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2001Publication date: May 23, 2002Inventors: Steven S. Garrant, Jonathan W. Hedman, Mark A. Ferguson, Jeffrey P. Pirro, David A. Furth, Richard H. Chapman
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Publication number: 20020056372Abstract: Disclosed is a portable air filtration system for removing contaminants from room air. In one embodiment, the air filtration system comprises a power supply and an air blower module electrically connected to the power supply. The air filtration system further comprises an ionization module engaged with the air blower module and comprising a first control grid and a high voltage grid electrically connected to the power supply. The air filtration system further comprises a filter module removably engaged with the ionization module. The filter module comprises a filter and a second control grid. Engagement of the filter module and the ionization module creates an electrical connection between the second control grid and the power supply. Activation of the air filtration system creates a first ionization field between the high voltage grid and the first control grid and a second ionization field between the high voltage grid and the second control grid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2001Publication date: May 16, 2002Inventors: William E. O'Hara, Richard T. Briggs, Max Bablok, Herbert Hildebrandt, Richard H. Chapman, Robert S. Englert, Mark A. Ferguson, Timothy R. Fitch, Scott W. Osiecki, Fred A. Marconi
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Patent number: 6368391Abstract: Disclosed is a portable air filtration system for removing contaminants from room air. In one embodiment, the air filtration system comprises a power supply and an air blower module electrically connected to the power supply. The air filtration system further comprises an ionization module engaged with the air blower module and comprising a first control grid and a high voltage grid electrically connected to the power supply. The air filtration system further comprises a filter module removably engaged with the ionization module. The filter module comprises a filter and a second control grid. Engagement of the filter module and the ionization module creates an electrical connection between the second control grid and the power supply. Activation of the air filtration system creates a first ionization field between the high voltage grid and the first control grid and a second ionization field between the high voltage grid and the second control grid.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2000Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Healthway Products Company, Inc.Inventors: William E. O'Hara, Richard T. Briggs, Max Bablok, Herbert Hildebrandt, Richard H. Chapman, Robert S. Englert, Mark A. Ferguson, Timothy R. Fitch, Scott W. Osiecki, Fred A. Marconi, Jr.
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Publication number: 20020030062Abstract: A product dispenser comprising a cover, a slidable push element, a base and a landing is provided. The cover and the base are rotatable with respect to each other about a common axis. The cover comprises a roof opening in which the push element slides in opposing directions, advancing product from the interior of the cover onto the landing. In a preferred embodiment, the dispenser houses miniature zinc air batteries, secured to the base using an adhesive layer. When a cell is advanced from the interior of the cover onto the landing, the cell is separated from the adhesive layer, allowing air to pass into the cell and the cell to be activated. The landing preferably comprises a magnet for releasably securing product. The dispenser is then used as an inserter for orienting and placing the product in position in a device. The product is not directly handled during its removal from the dispenser or during its insertion into a device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2001Publication date: March 14, 2002Inventors: Steven S. Garrant, Jonathan W. Hedman, Mark A. Ferguson, Jeffrey P. Pirro, David A. Furth, Richard H. Chapman
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Patent number: D458836Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2001Date of Patent: June 18, 2002Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.Inventors: Steven S. Garrant, Jonathan W. Hedman, Jeffrey P. Pirro, David A. Furth, Richard H. Chapman, Mark A. Ferguson
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Patent number: D460916Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2001Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.Inventors: Steven S. Garrant, Jonathan W. Hedman, Mark A. Ferguson, Jeffrey P. Pirro, David A. Furth, Richard H. Chapman
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Patent number: D463740Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2001Date of Patent: October 1, 2002Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.Inventors: Steven S. Garrant, Jonathan W. Hedman, Jeffrey P. Pirro, David A. Furth, Richard H. Chapman, Mark A. Ferguson
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Patent number: D470408Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2002Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.Inventors: Steven S. Garrant, Jonathan W. Hedman, Mark A. Ferguson, Jeffrey P. Pirro, David A. Furth, Richard H. Chapman
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Patent number: D370326Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 1995Date of Patent: May 28, 1996Assignee: Rubbermaid Specialty Products, Inc.Inventors: Richard H. Chapman, Scott W. Osiecki