Patents by Inventor Robert Quinlan
Robert Quinlan 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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Patent number: 11412667Abstract: A horticultural container includes a tag slot for receiving a display tag. The tag slot has an inner wall and an outer wall spaced widthwise from one another, and one of the inner or outer walls has at least two curved peaks separated by a valley and extending into the slot towards the other of the inner or outer wall to hold the tag against the other of the inner or outer wall. The peaks provide a radius that reduces cracking of the tag and increases longevity thereof, and reduces tag sagging, collapsing, or curling.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.Inventors: Robert Quinlan, Doug Pettigrew
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Patent number: 10939622Abstract: Provided is a horticultural container including a body, a base extending from a bottom of the body, and an upper rim extending from a top of the body. The upper rim has a tag slot extending therethrough for receiving a tag and a chamfer radially outwardly spaced from and adjacent to the tag slot for receiving ears of the tag when the tag is in the tag slot. In this way, the tag is received in the tag slot and chamfer to secure the tag to hinder or prevent unauthorized removal of the tag.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.Inventor: Robert Quinlan
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Publication number: 20200267908Abstract: A horticultural container includes a tag slot for receiving a display tag. The tag slot has an inner wall and an outer wall spaced widthwise from one another, and one of the inner or outer walls has at least two curved peaks separated by a valley and extending into the slot towards the other of the inner or outer wall to hold the tag against the other of the inner or outer wall. The peaks provide a radius that reduces cracking of the tag and increases longevity thereof, and reduces tag sagging, collapsing, or curling.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Robert Quinlan, Doug Pettigrew
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Patent number: 10701867Abstract: A horticultural container includes a tag slot for receiving a display tag. The tag slot has an inner wall and an outer wall spaced widthwise from one another, and one of the inner or outer walls has at least two curved peaks separated by a valley and extending into the slot towards the other of the inner or outer wall to hold the tag against the other of the inner or outer wall. The peaks provide a radius that reduces cracking of the tag and increases longevity thereof, and reduces tag sagging, collapsing, or curling.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.Inventors: Robert Quinlan, Doug Pettigrew
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Patent number: 10098286Abstract: Provided is a tag retaining system for use with a container. The tag retaining system includes a tag retainer having a front surface and a back surface. The back surface has a middle portion interposed between first and second side portions. The first and second side portions have adhesive thereon for mounting to a surface of a container. The middle portion is free of adhesive to form a tag opening between the surface of the container and the middle portion and the tag opening receives a tag therein.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.Inventor: Robert Quinlan
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Publication number: 20180242533Abstract: A horticultural container includes a tag slot for receiving a display tag. The tag slot has an inner wall and an outer wall spaced widthwise from one another, and one of the inner or outer walls has at least two curved peaks separated by a valley and extending into the slot towards the other of the inner or outer wall to hold the tag against the other of the inner or outer wall. The peaks provide a radius that reduces cracking of the tag and increases longevity thereof, and reduces tag sagging, collapsing, or curling.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Robert Quinlan, Doug Pettigrew
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Patent number: 9950330Abstract: A shut-off system for a dispenser includes a pinch member that moves relative to a guide and which is normally biased against a flexible outlet tube that is disposed therebetween. The flexible outlet tube that carries material, such as soap, supplied from a pump to an outlet nozzle. The pump and the pinch member are in operative engagement with an actuator, such that when the actuator is not engaged, the pinch member closes the outlet tube to prevent residual material retained in the outlet tube from flowing or drooling out of the outlet nozzle. Correspondingly, when the actuator is engaged, the pump is compressed, and the pinch member is moved away from the outlet tube, allowing the material to be pumped through the outlet tube and dispensed from the outlet nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.Inventors: David J. Smith, John J. McNulty, Robert Quinlan, Christopher J. Mann, James M. Yates
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Publication number: 20180014470Abstract: Provided is a tag retaining system for use with a container. The tag retaining system includes a tag retainer having a front surface and a back surface. The back surface has a middle portion interposed between first and second side portions. The first and second side portions have adhesive thereon for mounting to a surface of a container. The middle portion is free of adhesive to form a tag opening between the surface of the container and the middle portion and the tag opening receives a tag therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventor: Robert Quinlan
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Publication number: 20180007840Abstract: Provided is a horticultural container including a body, a base extending from a bottom of the body, and an upper rim extending from a top of the body. The upper rim has a tag slot extending therethrough for receiving a tag and a chamfer radially outwardly spaced from and adjacent to the tag slot for receiving ears of the tag when the tag is in the tag slot. In this way, the tag is received in the tag slot and chamfer to secure the tag to hinder or prevent unauthorized removal of the tag.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventor: Robert Quinlan
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Publication number: 20150144659Abstract: A shut-off system for a dispenser includes a pinch member that moves relative to a guide and which is normally biased against a flexible outlet tube that is disposed therebetween. The flexible outlet tube that carries material, such as soap, supplied from a pump to an outlet nozzle. The pump and the pinch member are in operative engagement with an actuator, such that when the actuator is not engaged, the pinch member closes the outlet tube to prevent residual material retained in the outlet tube from flowing or drooling out of the outlet nozzle. Correspondingly, when the actuator is engaged, the pump is compressed, and the pinch member is moved away from the outlet tube, allowing the material to be pumped through the outlet tube and dispensed from the outlet nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2015Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: GOJO Industries, Inc.Inventors: DAVID J. SMITH, JOHN J. McNULTY, ROBERT QUINLAN, CHRISTOPHER J. MANN, JAMES M. YATES
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Patent number: 8991648Abstract: A shut-off system for a dispenser includes a pinch member that moves relative to a guide and which is normally biased against a flexible outlet tube that is disposed therebetween. The flexible outlet tube that carries material, such as soap, supplied from a pump to an outlet nozzle. The pump and the pinch member are in operative engagement with an actuator, such that when the actuator is not engaged, the pinch member closes the outlet tube to prevent residual material retained in the outlet tube from flowing or drooling out of the outlet nozzle. Correspondingly, when the actuator is engaged, the pump is compressed, and the pinch member is moved away from the outlet tube, allowing the material to be pumped through the outlet tube and dispensed from the outlet nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: GOJO Industries, Inc.Inventors: David J. Smith, John J. McNulty, Robert Quinlan, James M. Yates
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Publication number: 20130015209Abstract: A shut-off system for a dispenser includes a pinch member that moves relative to a guide and which is normally biased against a flexible outlet tube that is disposed therebetween. The flexible outlet tube that carries material, such as soap, supplied from a pump to an outlet nozzle. The pump and the pinch member are in operative engagement with an actuator, such that when the actuator is not engaged, the pinch member closes the outlet tube to prevent residual material retained in the outlet tube from flowing or drooling out of the outlet nozzle. Correspondingly, when the actuator is engaged, the pump is compressed, and the pinch member is moved away from the outlet tube, allowing the material to be pumped through the outlet tube and dispensed from the outlet nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Inventors: DAVID J. SMITH, John J. McNulty, Robert Quinlan, Christopher J. Mann, James M. Yates
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Publication number: 20070095861Abstract: A portable liquid dispenser includes a blow molded housing defining a cavity within the entire interior thereof. A centralized walled aperture is provided to receive an appropriate dispensing pump, the pump being configured to extend outwardly in a usable position and to lock in an inwardly position where the dispensing nozzle of the pump does not extend beyond the sidewalls of the dispenser itself. A fill and relief valve is provided to accommodate rapid filling of the dispenser during a manufacturing process, and to accommodate breathing of the container during the dispensing operation such that the unvented pump does not result in any distortion of the dispenser as the liquid therein is depleted.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2005Publication date: May 3, 2007Inventors: James Yates, Andrew Spriegel, Robert Quinlan
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Patent number: 5389339Abstract: An integral biomolecule preparation device which accomplishes all of the nucleic acid separation steps, including centrifugation, reagent addition, and pipeting, automatically without human intervention to fully automate the DNA separation procedure.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 1992Date of Patent: February 14, 1995Assignee: Enprotech CorporationInventors: Harry E. Petschek, Henry Kaufmann, Robert A. Quinlan, David A. DeBonville, Martin J. Sklar, Ronald D. Danehy, Michael Foley, John McG. Dobbs, David Banks
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Patent number: D827486Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: THE HC COMPANIES, INC.Inventor: Robert Quinlan