Patents by Inventor Robert D. Watters

Robert D. Watters 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).

  • MODULAR CONTAINER WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20230331449
    Abstract: A container includes a pulp-formed shell configured to contain materials therein, the pulp-formed shell comprising an opening through which materials may pass. A collar is connected to the pulp-formed shell and has one or more features configured to engage at least a portion of the pulp-formed shell. A component is rotatably coupled to the collar. Rotation of the component is operable to move the materials within the pulp-formed shell along an axis of the pulp-formed shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Romeo Graham, Julie Corbett, Robert D. Watters
  • Unmanned aerial vehicle recovery systems and methods
    Patent number: 11745874
    Abstract: An apparatus an unmanned aerial vehicle recovery system is provided. The apparatus includes a base to mount to an unmanned aerial vehicle. The apparatus further includes a housing to engage the base. In addition, the apparatus includes a parachute disposed within the housing. Also, the apparatus includes a deployment mechanism to deploy the parachute. The deployment mechanism is to eject the housing away from the base upon a triggering event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: AVSS—AERIAL VEHICLE SAFETY SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Josh Ogden, Josh Boudreau, Robert D. Watters, Mike Sirois, Luc Boucher, Etienne Poisson
  • MODULAR CONTAINER WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20230054953
    Abstract: A container includes: a pulp-formed shell configured to contain a material therein, the pulp-formed shell having an opening through which the material may pass, the pulp-formed shell being formed from a first material; and, a collar having one or more engagement features configured to engage at least a portion of the pulp-formed shell by pinching, indenting, deforming, or any combination of pinching, indenting and deforming, at least a portion of the pulp-formed shell, the collar being formed from a second material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Romeo Graham, Julie Corbett, Robert D. Watters
  • UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE RECOVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20210155343
    Abstract: An apparatus an unmanned aerial vehicle recovery system is provided. The apparatus includes a base to mount to an unmanned aerial vehicle. The apparatus further includes a housing to engage the base. In addition, the apparatus includes a parachute disposed within the housing. Also, the apparatus includes a deployment mechanism to deploy the parachute. The deployment mechanism is to eject the housing away from the base upon a triggering event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Josh OGDEN, Josh BOUDREAU, Robert D. WATTERS, Mike SIROIS, Luc BOUCHER, Etienne POISSON
  • Nozzle for a liquid dispensing spout
    Patent number: 10315910
    Abstract: A nozzle for a dispensing spout provides physically separate conduits, through which a liquid and air pass between a reservoir containing a liquid to be dispensed and a container into which the liquid is to be dispensed. The fluid and air conduits, as well as their respective opposing ends, are sized and shaped to provide an unobstructed air conduit which can carry ambient air into the reservoir at a rate that is at least equal to the rate at which liquid can flow out of the reservoir at a gravitational flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Scepter Manufacturing, LLC.
    Inventors: Luc Boucher, Rod Muir, Michael Sirois, Robert D Watters
  • Vent Tube
    Publication number: 20180327250
    Abstract: A vent tube for a liquid dispensing spout having two, staggered opening poppets is sized, shaped arranged such that opening a liquid control poppet before an air control poppet creates a vacuum in a sealed reservoir. The vent tube diameter, taper and length are cooperatively selected such that the vacuum will draw out of the tube liquid that is trapped in it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Scepter Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Luc Boucher, Rod Muir, Michael Sirois, Robert D Watters
  • Actuator for Linked Poppet Valve
    Publication number: 20180328505
    Abstract: Linked poppet valves in a liquid dispensing spout are coupled to each other and thus open and close together responsive to displacement of a valve stem for both poppet valves. The valve stem is driven by a spring loaded actuator, which acts as a mechanical interface between the valve stem and an operator's push button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Scepter Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Luc Boucher, Rod Muir, Michael Sirois, Robert D. Watters
  • Nozzle for a Liquid Dispensing Spout
    Publication number: 20180327152
    Abstract: A nozzle for a dispensing spout provides physically separate conduits, through which a liquid and air pass between a reservoir containing a liquid to be dispensed and a container into which the liquid is to be dispensed. The fluid and air conduits, as well as their respective opposing ends, are sized and shaped to provide an unobstructed air conduit which can carry ambient air into the reservoir at a rate that is at least equal to the rate at which liquid can flow out of the reservoir at a gravitational flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Scepter Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Luc Boucher, Rod Muir, Michael Sirois, Robert D. Watters
  • Linked poppet valves
    Patent number: 10077145
    Abstract: Two or more poppet valves are mechanically coupled or linked to each other by a web. A single valve stem operates the multiple poppets together. One poppet controls the flow of a liquid from a reservoir. The other poppet controls the flow of air into the reservoir. The air control poppet opens after the liquid control poppet enabling a vacuum to be developed in the reservoir before the air control poppet opens. Air is thus drawn into the reservoir through the air control poppet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Scepter Manufacturing, LLC.
    Inventors: Luc Boucher, Rod Muir, Michael Sirois, Robert D Watters
  • Child-resistant actuator for a liquid dispensing spout
    Patent number: 10023367
    Abstract: Displacement of a valve stem used in a liquid dispensing spout is prohibited by a lever mounted on a fulcrum. When a user-operated end of the lever is in a first position, the opposite end of the lever abuts a travel limiter. When the user-operated lever is in a second position, the opposite end of the lever points away from the travel limiter allowing the valve stem to be displaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Scepter Manufacturing, LLC.
    Inventors: Luc Boucher, Rod Muir, Michael Sirois, Robert D Watters
  • Electronic device for detecting an object beneath a wall section of interest having a persistent image display
    Patent number: 8760145
    Abstract: An electronic device for detecting an object beneath a wall section of interest has an elongate rectangular base for temporarily mounting to the wall section of interest and for carrying a display panel to display a persistent image of the object. The device can be a two-part device comprising a first part comprising a light projector and a second part comprising a sensor. The device can also be a single part device where the display and the sensor are incorporated into a single body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Inventors: John Charles Tutton, Michael Georges Sirois, Robert D. Watters, Joseph Luc Boucher
  • Folding bench
    Patent number: 8740207
    Abstract: A portable workbench includes a pair of first support structures, a pair of second support structures, a first top member coupled to the first support structures, a second top member and a clamping mechanism. Each second support structure is pivotally coupled to an associated one of the first support structures. The clamping mechanism is coupled to the second support structures and is configured to selectively translate the second top member relative to the second support structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence, Michael G. Sirois, Robert D. Watters, Jason F. Busschaert, Tong Yanbin, Han Tao, Mark E. Robson
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT BENEATH A WALL SECTION OF INTEREST HAVING A PERSISTENT IMAGE DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20130010287
    Abstract: An electronic device for detecting an object beneath a wall section of interest has an elongate rectangular base for temporarily mounting to the wall section of interest and for carrying a display panel to display a persistent image of the object. The device can be a two-part device comprising a first part comprising a light projector and a second part comprising a sensor. The device can also be a single part device where the display and the sensor are incorporated into a single body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: John Charles Tutton, Michael Georges Sirols, Robert D. Watters, Joseph Luc Boucher
  • FOLDING BENCH
    Publication number: 20120205848
    Abstract: A portable workbench includes a pair of first support structures, a pair of second support structures, a first top member coupled to the first support structures, a second top member and a clamping mechanism. Each second support structure is pivotally coupled to an associated one of the first support structures. The clamping mechanism is coupled to the second support structures and is configured to selectively translate the second top member relative to the second support structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence, Michael G. Sirois, Robert D. Watters, Jason F. Busschaert, Tong Yanbin, Han Tao, Mark E. Robson
  • Headset
    Patent number: D659118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Thales Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Watters, Luc Boucher
  • Beverage pod package
    Patent number: D747959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: DW Product Development Inc.
    Inventors: Romeo Graham, Phil Streets, Robert D. Watters, Michael Georges Sirois
  • Beverage pod packaging
    Patent number: D761121
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: DW Product Development Inc.
    Inventors: Romeo Graham, Robert D. Watters
  • Liquid dispensing spout
    Patent number: D849189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Scepter Manufacturing, LLC.
    Inventors: Luc Boucher, Rod Muir, Michael Sirois, Robert D Watters
  • Liquid dispensing spout Nozzle
    Patent number: D849190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Scepter Manufacturing, LLC.
    Inventors: Luc Boucher, Rod Muir, Michael Sirois, Robert D Watters, Daniel F Marshall
  • Convertible mobile device
    Patent number: D961463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventors: Luc Boucher, John Charles Tutton, Robert D. Watters, Torrin Mullins