Patents by Inventor Shawn Lee Allen

Shawn Lee Allen 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).

  • Light-tight bag having a trapped air exit
    Patent number: 5973768
    Abstract: A bag and a method of packing a bag for storing sheets of material, such as photosensitive materials, provides a light-tight environment for the photosensitive material. The bag has a rear end which has a serpentine passageway, thereby creating a light-tight end as well as allowing for entrapped air to exit the cavity of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Imation Corp.
    Inventors: Leigh Allen Mazion, Gregory Kent Elliot Hall, Daniel Leo Brothers, Jr., Shawn Lee Allen
  • Sheet feed apparatus and container for an imaging unit
    Patent number: 5879003
    Abstract: A sheet feed apparatus for an imaging device. The apparatus includes a drive roller, plurality of sheets of photosensitive material, a photographically inert liner having upper and lower surfaces and a container for storing the sheets of photosensitive material. Proper feeding of the sheets of material and a stable location of the liner are ensured by appropriate coefficients of friction between the respective components. The top surface (19b) of the liner (19) to the bottom surface (18B) of the sheets (18) has a first coefficient of friction and the bottom of one sheet (18) to the top of another sheet (18) has a second coefficient of friction, the second coefficient friction being less than the first coefficient of friction, whereby multiple feeds of the sheets are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Imation Corp.
    Inventors: Melinda Kaye Kovach, Leigh Allen Mazion, Eric Julius Donaldson, Jon Edward Holmes, Shawn Lee Allen
  • Light-tight bag having a trapped air exit
    Patent number: 5825471
    Abstract: A bag and a method of packing a bag for storing sheets of material, such as photosensitive materials, provides a light-tight environment for the photosensitive material. The bag has a rear end which has a serpentine passageway, thereby creating a light-tight end as well as allowing for entrapped air to exit the cavity of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Imation Corp.
    Inventors: Leigh Allen Mazion, Gregory Kent Elliot Hall, Daniel Leio Brothers, Jr., Shawn Lee Allen
  • Light-tight bag having a trapped air exit
    Patent number: 5715041
    Abstract: A bag and a method of packing a bag for storing sheets of material, such as photosensitive materials, provides a light-tight environment for the photosensitive material. The bag has a rear end which has a serpentine passageway, thereby creating a light-tight end as well as allowing for entrapped air to exit the cavity of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Imation Corp.
    Inventors: Leigh Allen Mazion, Gregory Kent Elliott Hall, Daniel Leo Brothers, Jr., Shawn Lee Allen