Patents by Inventor Ross T. Thorne

Ross T. Thorne 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: 5295592
    Abstract: A dispenser including a storage zone to receive a column of said like articles, a resilient first abutment engagable by a rear corner of the lowest article in storage zone, said dispenser also including a dispensing zone having an inclined article support with a lower end stop disposed below the storage zone, the distance in the plane of said inclined support from said stop to the bottom face of the lowest article in the storage zone allows at least two articles to rest thereon is edge to edge relationship with edges of the first and last of the articles on the support respectively in contact with said stop means and the bottom face of the lowest article in the storage zone to provide a further abutment on which the lowest article in said storage zone will rest, on removal of a lowermost article from the support the other article(s) thereon will move downwardly and withdraw the further abutment and the lowermost article in the storage zone will pivot about its engagement with the first abutment with outward d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Inventor: Ross T. Thorne