Patents by Inventor Stephen Kenneth Cox

Stephen Kenneth Cox 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: 9642437
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gravity flow spool valve for dispensing small volumes of liquid. The valve comprises an elongated hollow housing and a piston adapted to move within the interior of the housing. The piston has a first and second spool, spaced from each other using a coupling rod. The piston is coupled to an activation button which moves the piston from a dispense position to an intake position. In the intake position, the second spool is moved past a series of intake holes in the housing and fluid surrounding the holes flows into the chamber defined between the interior surface of the housing, the first spool and the second spool. When in the dispense position, the chamber is in communication with a spout and a ventilation hole which allows the fluid contained within the chamber to flow out the spout. One application of the valve is dispensing perfume samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Kenneth Cox, Swarnjit Chana
  • Publication number: 20170020264
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gravity flow spool valve for dispensing small volumes of liquid. The valve comprises an elongated hollow housing and a piston adapted to move within the interior of the housing. The piston has a first and second spool, spaced from each other using a coupling rod. The piston is coupled to an activation button which moves the piston from a dispense position to an intake position. In the intake position, the second spool is moved past a series of intake holes in the housing and fluid surrounding the holes flows into the chamber defined between the interior surface of the housing, the first spool and the second spool. When in the dispense position, the chamber is in communication with a spout and a ventilation hole which allows the fluid contained within the chamber to flow out the spout. One application of the valve is dispensing perfume samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: SEVEN CONTINENTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen Kenneth Cox, Swarnjit Chana
  • Patent number: 6085916
    Abstract: A demountable hanger assembly, for mounting at various locations in a display panel, has a cylindrical socket of predetermined diameter, a magnet mounted within the socket; a hanger locating device mounted within the socket adjacent to the magnet; a hanger member having a cylindrical portion to make a snug sliding fit in the socket, the cylindrical portion at least being formed of a magnetically sensitive material, attracted to the magnet, a locating recess formed in the cylindrical member to interfit with the locating member in the socket; and a hanger extending outwardly from the cylindrical portion, the hanger member being demountable from and mountable in the socket by manually separating the cylindrical member from the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Seven Continents Enterprises Incorporated
    Inventors: Ivica Kovacevic, Colin Wendell Mathlin, David Fredrick Didur, Paul Kenneth Wolff, David Melbye, Sarah Katharine Barnes, Carol-Ann Ursa, Todd Christopher Langille, Stephen Kenneth Cox, Steve Singh