Patents by Inventor Robin G. Howard

Robin G. Howard 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: 5490692
    Abstract: A leaflet/label includes a carrier sheet having adhesive on its rear face protected by a release sheet, and a leaflet attached to the front face of the carrier sheet. The leaflet has a first sheet folded about a fold line extending transversely of the sheet to provide a cover panel and a rear panel, and a second sheet folded about a fold line extending transversely of the sheet. The folded second sheet is enclosed between the cover and rear panels of the first sheet and with the fold line of the second sheet adjacent the fold lime of the first sheet. The two folded sheets are secured together face to face along one edge remote from the fold lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Denny Bros. Printing Limited
    Inventor: Robin G. Howard
  • Patent number: 4930812
    Abstract: An adhesive label or leaflet assembly comprises a flexible carrier strip 10 with a series of labels or leaflets spaced along its length and each secured thereto by an adhesive strip 21. The face of the carrier strip 10 on which the labels or leaflets are disposed is coated with a release material, and the adhesive strip adheres to the front sheet 14 of the label or leaflet and has bands 23 extending lengthwise of the carrier strip beyond the ends of each label or leaflet and adhering to the release material. Each label or leaflet comprises a back sheet 15, a front sheet 14 and one or more further sheets 17, 19 all connected together along fold lines 16, 18, 20, the further sheets being disposed between the front and back sheets. The labels or leaflets in the resulting assembly can readily be dispensed on to a succession of containers by automatic machinery, the bands 23 then serving to secure the labels or leaflets to the containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Assignee: Denny Bros. Printing Limited
    Inventor: Robin G. Howard
  • Patent number: 4534582
    Abstract: An adhesive label for a container includes an instruction pamphlet 10 enclosed in a cover 11 adhesively secured by its rear face to the front face of a backing sheet 12, the rear face of which is coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive and carries a removable protective sheet. The cover 11 includes a first flap 19 which initially overlies a second flap 20 and which has its end edge glued by adhesive 25 to the backing sheet 12. Two lines 26, 27 of perforations adjacent the line of adhesive 25 define between them a strip which can be torn out to provide access to the pamphlet 10. The pamphlet 10 can subsequently be re-enclosed by inserting a tongue 24 on the second flap 20 into a slit 30 in the first flap 19.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Assignee: Denny Bros. Printing
    Inventor: Robin G. Howard