Patents by Inventor Steven R. Sackett

Steven R. Sackett 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: 8184864
    Abstract: This invention protects the processes and technologies used to produce kitting foam inserts. The manufactured inserts are in the form of foam silhouettes with a thin hard plastic backing. The process is unique in that it utilizes software and automations that were previously unknown in the kitting industry. The hard plastic backed foam inserts will retain the positions of items within the kit and allow, at a glance, identification of missing or displaced items and tools. The foam inserts also provide for rapid restocking of reusable assembly kits. Pocket marks can incorporate human and/or machine-readable symbols into the foam inserts. This patent is unique with respects to the referenced U.S. Pat. No. 7,410,053 B2 in that this invention describes in detail the manufacturing process for producing foam kitting inserts to be used for organizing tool and assembly kits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Inventors: Steven R. Sackett, Arlen R. Hill, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20100193385
    Abstract: This invention protects the processes and technologies used to produce kitting foam inserts. The manufactured inserts are in the form of foam silhouettes with a thin hard plastic backing. The process is unique in that it utilizes software and automations that were previously unknown in the kitting industry. The hard plastic backed foam inserts will retain the positions of items within the kit and allow, at a glance, identification of missing or displaced items and tools. The foam inserts also provide for rapid restocking of reusable assembly kits. Pocket marks can incorporate human and/or machine-readable symbols into the foam inserts. This patent is unique with respects to the referenced US patent U.S. Pat. No. 7,410,053 B2 in that this invention describes in detail the manufacturing process for producing foam kitting inserts to be used for organizing tool and assembly kits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Steven R. Sackett, Arlen R. Hill, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090123350
    Abstract: This patent is an improvement of the well known process outlined in U.S. Pat. No. 4,336,235. The current invention is unique in the fact that it applies this well-known manufacturing technique to the recovery of precious metals locked in natural quartz complexes. The desired products of the process described herein are the precious metals and their compounds, which are not recoverable in appreciable yields by standard mining recovery techniques from the natural quartz ore complexes. In the aforementioned patent the application as a viable mining recovery operation is not obvious, nor is the invention presented herein covered in the claims of the aforementioned patent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventor: Steven R. Sackett