Patents by Inventor Ronald K. Burdett
Ronald K. Burdett 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: 6540074Abstract: A video cassette storage container formed as a one-piece member of polypropylene where the container has a smooth outer contour and configured sidewalls and hinge area to provide an extremely aesthetically pleasing and efficient storage container. The container further has square feet on one end thererof for endwise standing of the video storage container. The container also has a recessed front for easy opening where the recessed front is also arcuate or scalloped so as to extend inward into the container to assist in holding and centering video cassette tape. The container also has ribs on the inner surface thereof which automatically centers the video cassette and its associated literature into the storage container during manual insertion of a cassette therein.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2000Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: Nexpak CorporationInventors: James K. Sankey, Ronald M. Marsilio, James T. Weisburn, Ronald K. Burdett, Christopher G. Gallagher
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Publication number: 20030057123Abstract: A lockable media storage box and lock and key combination includes a box having a base and a lid hingedly connected to the base and movable between opened and closed positions. A lock is attached to the box that prevents the box from being opened until the lock is removed with a key or until the lock is destroyed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2002Publication date: March 27, 2003Inventors: James M. Byrne, Dennis D. Belden, Ronald K. Burdett, Nicholas M. Sedon, Michael S. Jaeb
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Publication number: 20030000860Abstract: A lockable media storage box and lock and key combination includes a box having a base and a lid hingedly connected to the base and movable between opened and closed positions. A lock is attached to the box that prevents the box from being opened until the lock is removed with a key or until the lock is destroyed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2002Publication date: January 2, 2003Inventors: James M. Byrne, Dennis D. Belden, Ronald K. Burdett, Nicholas M. Sedon, Michael S. Jaeb
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Patent number: 6474470Abstract: A lockable media storage box and lock and key combination includes a box having a base and a lid hingedly connected to the base and movable between opened and closed positions. A lock is attached to the box that prevents the box from being opened until the lock is removed with a key or until the lock is destroyed.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2001Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: Nexpak CorporationInventors: James M. Byrne, Dennis D. Belden, Jr., Ronald K. Burdett, Nicholas M. Sedon, Michael S. Jaeb
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Publication number: 20020046963Abstract: A lockable media storage box includes a base and a lid connected to the base with at least one hinge. The base and lid include elements that cooperate with a locking to allows the lid to be locked in the closed position. In one embodiment, the lock is received in the concave opening disposed at the front of the storage container. The lock may be unlocked with a special key or may be unlocked by destroying portions of the lock that are designed to be destroyed. In another embodiment of the invention, a sliding lock is carried by the container. The sliding lock may be carried inside the container or on the front wall of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2001Publication date: April 25, 2002Inventors: Dennis D. Belden, Ronald K. Burdett, Michael S. Jaeb, Ronald M. Marsilio, Nicholas M. Sedon, James M. Byrne, Christopher G. Gallagher
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Publication number: 20020011426Abstract: A lockable media storage box and lock and key combination includes a box having a base and a lid hingedly connected to the base and movable between opened and closed positions. A lock is attached to the box that prevents the box from being opened until the lock is removed with a key or until the lock is destroyed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2001Publication date: January 31, 2002Inventors: James M. Byrne, Dennis D. Belden, Ronald K. Burdett, Nicholas M. Sedon, Michael S. Jaeb
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Patent number: 6170660Abstract: A video cassette storage container formed as a one-piece member of polypropylene where the container has a smooth outer contour and configured sidewalls and hinge area to provide an extremely aesthetically pleasing and efficient storage container. The container further has square feet on one end thereof for endwise standing of the video storage container. The container also has a recessed front for easy opening where the recessed front is also arcuate or scalloped so as to extend inward into the container to assist in holding and centering video cassette tapes. The container also has ribs on the inner surface thereof which automatically centers the video cassette and its associated literature into the storage container during manual insertion of a cassette therein.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 1999Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: Alpha Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: James K. Sankey, Ronald M. Marsilio, James T. Weisburn, Ronald K. Burdett, Christopher G. Gallagher
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Patent number: 6135280Abstract: A lockable media storage box and lock and key combination includes a box having a base and a lid hingedly connected to the base and movable between opened and closed positions. A locking tab extends from the lid. The locking tab has a first hole therein. The base has a second hole therein. The first and second holes are aligned when the lid is in the closed position. A lock having at least one locking finger and at least one locking pin is attachable to the box by the locking finger. When the lock is attached to the box, the locking pin is disposed in the first and second holes to the prevent lid from being opened. Lock carries an EAS tag in a manner such that it cannot be easily removed.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1999Date of Patent: October 24, 2000Assignee: Alpha Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Ronald K. Burdett, Dennis D. Belden, Jr., Nicholas M. Sedon
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Patent number: 5975298Abstract: A video cassette storage container formed as a one-piece member of polypropylene where the container has a smooth outer contour and configured sidewalls and hinge area to provide an extremely aesthetically pleasing and efficient storage container. The container further has square feet on one end thereof for endwise standing of the video storage container. The container also has a recessed front for easy opening where the recessed front is also arcuate or scalloped so as to extend inward into the container to assist in holding and centering video cassette tapes. The container also has ribs on the inner surface thereof which automatically centers the video cassette and its associated literature into the storage container during manual insertion of a cassette therein.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 1997Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: Alpha Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: James K. Sankey, Ronald M. Marsilio, James T. Weisburn, Ronald K. Burdett, Christopher G. Gallagher
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Patent number: 5944185Abstract: A lockable media storage box and lock and key combination includes a box having a base and a lid hingedly connected to the base and movable between opened and closed positions. A locking tab extends from the lid. The locking tab has a first hole therein. The base has a second hole therein. The first and second holes are aligned when the lid is in the closed position. A lock having at least one locking finger and at least one locking pin is attachable to the box by the locking finger. When the lock is attached to the box, the locking pin is disposed in the first and second holes to the prevent lid from being opened. Lock carries an EAS tag in a manner such that it cannot be easily removed.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 1998Date of Patent: August 31, 1999Assignee: Alpha Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Ronald K. Burdett, Dennis D. Belden, Jr., Nicholas M. Sedon
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Patent number: 5931291Abstract: A multi-media shipping container, such as a compact disc or video cassette container, having a base and a lid hingedly connected by a hinge assembly and movable between open and closed positions, whereby the shipping container includes a tear away latching mechanism which when torn away provides a storage container. The latching mechanism is mounted on the container and includes a pair of flexible flaps or strips which are hingedly connected to the base and lid by reduced thickness living hinges. The flaps overlap one another and interengage one another to thereby lock the base and lid together in a tamper proof and pry-resistant manner. The flaps are grasped and pulled outwardly and along the front of the container by a user thereby tearing them away. The reduced thickness living hinges are torn from the container leaving a usual compact disc or VHS video cassette storage container.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 1998Date of Patent: August 3, 1999Assignee: Alpha Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas M. Sedon, Ronald K. Burdett, David P. Ignaczak
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Patent number: 5782348Abstract: A case for storing multiple compact discs has a base hingedly connected to a cover by a hinge panel and a pair of living hinges which provide for movement of the base and lid between open and closed positions. A pair of adjacent hubs are formed on the base with each hub capable of storing one compact disc. One hub is raised higher than the other to allow one compact disc to partially overlap the other compact disc and prevent contact therebetween. A pair of tabs extend inwardly from the lid to store graphics and prevent the graphics from contacting the two stored compact discs. A second embodiment is free of the tabs and includes two additional hubs formed on the lid which allow the case to store up to four compact discs. The hubs formed on the lid are identical to the hubs formed on the base with one hub being raised higher than the other to allow one of the discs to partially overlap the other and prevent contact therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 1996Date of Patent: July 21, 1998Assignee: Alpha Enterprises, Inc.Inventor: Ronald K. Burdett
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Patent number: 5772028Abstract: An improved video cassette storage container includes a lid hingedly mounted to a base and movable between open and closed positions. The hinge provides a rounded outer spine and the base and lid have smooth curved radiused edges to provide an attractive and sleek external configuration. The peripheral walls of the base and lid are substantially equal in height and form a centrally located closure line when the container is in the closed position. A front wall of each of the base and lid is recessed to form an overhang portion to facilitate opening of the storage container. A pair of parallel spaced guide rails extend from an inner surface of the lid and center a VHS tape as the tape slides into the storage container during loading and packaging thereof. A plurality of ramped ribs extend from a pair of end walls and front wall of the lid to provide a camming surface which assists in guiding the tape between the guide rails.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1996Date of Patent: June 30, 1998Assignee: Alpha Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Ronald M. Marsilio, James T. Weisburn, Ronald K. Burdett, Christopher G. Gallagher
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Patent number: 5597068Abstract: A security container for storing various articles is formed of transparent plastic material and has four tabs extending from a bottom wall with latching flanges extending from the ends of each tab. The flanges are positioned to be inserted into the four openings formed in the side walls of most jewel boxes for the storage of compact discs, removably securing the jewel box to the bottom wall of the container and allowing the jewel box to be opened and the compact disc to be accessed while the jewel box remains secured to the container by the flanges. A holder with a U-shaped opening for receiving at least one or two compact discs is removably secured to the inside surface of a double hinge panel of the container and holds the compact discs for display through a front wall of the security container. A locking mechanism secures the contents of the container while allowing the articles to be displayed through the container walls. An E.A.S.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 1995Date of Patent: January 28, 1997Assignee: Alpha Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: James T. Weisburn, Ronald K. Burdett
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Patent number: 5549203Abstract: A container for removably storing an article such as a video game, and for securing sheet material to the container, such as the instruction booklet for the video game, to prevent separation of the booklet from the container. The container has a base and a pivotally mounted lid which forms an internal storage compartment with the base. A hinge assembly having an elongated panel and pair of hinge strips pivotally mount the lid on the base. A holder bar is secured to the hinge panel. A pair of flexible straps are provided at the ends of the holder bar and form a pair of loops which extend into the storage compartment of the container when the lid is closed on the base. Other ends of the straps extend through holes formed in the booklet to mount the booklet on the straps, after which the ends are snap-fitted through locking holes formed in the holder bar to permanently secure the booklet on the loops within the container.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 1995Date of Patent: August 27, 1996Assignee: Alpha Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: James T. Weisburn, Christopher G. Gallagher, Ronald K. Burdett
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Patent number: 5285918Abstract: A container for shipping and storing an article such as a video cassette has a base formed by a pair of spaced end walls, and a pair of spaced side walls. Integrally molded to the base is a lid having at least one destructible locking tang formed thereon which passes through an aperture formed in one of the side walls of the base. When the locking tang is inserted through the aperture, a shoulder on the tang engages the base wall and may only be disengaged from the wall by destructibly removing the locking tang from the lid. A tear groove preferably is formed in a hinge portion of the tang to facilitate removal of the tang from the lid. Also, provided on the lid and base are a plurality of projections to provide at least one snap-fit engagement between the lid and the base to latch the lid and the base together once the locking tang has been removed. A plurality of shock absorbing tabs are formed in the storage compartment to space the video cassette from the walls to reduce damage thereto during shipment.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1992Date of Patent: February 15, 1994Assignee: Alpha Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: James T. Weisburn, Ronald K. Burdett, Christopher G. Gallagher
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Patent number: D472420Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1996Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: Nexpak CorporationInventors: Ronald M. Marsilio, James T. Weisburn, Ronald K. Burdett, Christopher G. Gallagher
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Patent number: D477767Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Nexpak CorporationInventors: Ronald K. Burdett, Dennis D. Belden, Jr., Nicholas M. Sedon
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Patent number: D385454Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 1996Date of Patent: October 28, 1997Assignee: Alpha Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Ronald M. Marsilio, James T. Weisburn, Ronald K. Burdett, Christopher G. Gallagher
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Patent number: D407592Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 1998Date of Patent: April 6, 1999Assignee: Alpha Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Ronald K. Burdett, Nicholas M. Sedon, Dennis D. Belden, Jr.