Patents by Inventor Thomas Grinnan

Thomas Grinnan 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).

  • Publication number: 20100243507
    Abstract: A lockable container includes a lockable sleeve and a secondary package. The secondary package is configured as a slideable platform that can be stored in the lockable sleeve. The slidable platform includes at lease one receiving flange to hold a primary package. The lockable sleeve and the slideable platform can each have one or more of the engaging mechanism and a receiving mechanism, with reciprocal engaging mechanisms and/or receiving mechanisms being included at the other elements. A release button can be included in the locking assembly to disengage the engaging mechanism form the receiving mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: John Gelardi, Thomas Grinnan, William Bogdziewicz III
  • Publication number: 20080197043
    Abstract: Taught herein is a package for electronically monitoring the removal of items. An item is placed in the receiving chamber of a tray. A circuit is positioned across a gate that spans the chamber. To access the item the user breaks the gate which in turn breaks the circuit. The breaking of the circuit is an event registered and stored by an electronic monitoring device in communication with the circuit. The information stored on the monitoring device may be directly viewed by the user through a display interface or communicated to a remote party for viewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy E. Freeze, Thomas Grinnan