Patents by Inventor Robert Lee McMullen

Robert Lee McMullen 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: 6128842
    Abstract: A display is releasably mounted on the outside of an enclosure. The display may be released from the enclosure upon gaining access to the inside of the latter. In a preferred embodiment, the display is a sign, and the enclosure is a vending machine. The sign includes a rear panel, which is secured to the door of the vending machine, and a front panel which is connected to the rear panel by means of a hinge. A fastener on the front panel, disposed generally opposite the hinge, protrudes through a hole in the rear panel and into an opening in the vending machine door. The relative sizes of the fastener and the hole are such that a portion of the fastener snaps into place on the opposite side of the rear panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Gross-Given Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Joseph Allen Lotspeich, Robert Lee McMullen