Patents by Inventor Rodney E. Stephens

Rodney E. Stephens 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: 5908209
    Abstract: A label according to the invention reduces waste, has a lower cost, yet maintains a high level of consumer friendliness. In one embodiment, a label according to the invention uses adhesive rails in order to reduce the amount of adhesive and also places a confusion on a release layer in order to eliminate a downsheet. According to another embodiment, a label has a first layer of pressure sensitive adhesive for securing the label to a substrate but has a second layer of adhesive formed of a remoistenable gum to allow the consumer to later secure a collectable component to another substrate. In a further embodiment of the invention, a collectable component of a label has a release placed on one portion of its outer side and a repositionable adhesive placed on a second portion of its outer side. This label is consumer friendly in that it uses a pressure sensitive adhesive and since it allows a consumer to fold the collectable component in half before securing it to another substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Dittler Brothers Incorporated
    Inventors: James J. Carides, Mark D. Davis, Robert L. Everett, Polly C. Hopkins, James T. Pittman, Benny R. Rich, Rodney E. Stephens