Patents by Inventor Terry C. Pilon

Terry C. Pilon 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).

  • Method of forming cantilevered support arms for plastic bag rack
    Patent number: 4881577
    Abstract: A two-wire structure for use in suspending plastic bags on a rack is formed by inwardly bending each of the end portions of a single straight length of wire such that each lies against the middle portion thereof with their terminal ends butt welded together and with an upwardly directed looped protuberance formed on each end of the two-wire structure. Each end portion of the two-wire structure so formed is then bent to provide cantilevered support arms extending at right angles from each end of the middle portion thereof which forms the back of the two-wire structure by which the cantilevered support arms are attached to a rack. Such a construction provides the upwardly directed looped protuberances for use as safety precautions on the ends of the cantilevered support arms and further assures that each of the cantilevered support arms is provided with a continuous surface throughout its length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Assignees: McMillin Wire & Plating, Inc., Challenge Bag California, Inc.
    Inventors: Alvin L. Stroh, Terry C. Pilon
  • Cantilevered support arms for plastic bag rack
    Patent number: 4840336
    Abstract: A two-wire structure for use in suspending plastic bags on a rack is formed by inwardly bending each of the end portions of a single straight length of wire such that each lies against the middle portion thereof with their terminal ends butt welded together and with an upwardly directed looped protuberance formed on each end of the two-wire structure. Each end portion of the two-wire structure so formed is then bent to provide cantilevered support arms extending at right angles from each end of the middle portion thereof which forms the back of the two-wire structure by which the cantilevered support arms are attached to a rack. Such a construction provides the upwardly directed looped protuberances for use as safety precautions on the ends of the cantilevered support arms and further assures that each of the cantilevered support arms is provided with a continuous surface throughout its length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Assignees: McMillin Wire & Plating, Inc., Challenge Bag California, Inc.
    Inventors: Alvin L. Stroh, Terry C. Pilon
  • Bag construction with mounting tab
    Patent number: 4529090
    Abstract: A plastic bag having front and rear walls, an open bag mouth, and a detachable tab upwardly projecting from the front and rear walls centrally along the bag mouth. The tab is integral with the bag walls at a pair of opposed readily severable areas below the bag mouth, and non-integral with the bag walls between the severable areas. The bags are provided in packs with the bag secured at the tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1985
    Assignee: Sonoco Products Company
    Inventor: Terry C. Pilon
  • Bag pack
    Patent number: D288779
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1987
    Assignee: Sonoco Products Company
    Inventor: Terry C. Pilon