Patents by Inventor Thomas W. Greer

Thomas W. Greer 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: 5489091
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for the collated printing of a first set of images of a nonrepeating series and a second set of images. The collated printing provides for the complete printing of the nonrepeating series with respect to each of the images so that the combined images of the first and second series are collated in predetermined units or packets, preferably corresponding to the number of images in the repeating series. A first indicia for identifying the nonrepeating series and a second indicia for identifying the collated units can be printed on the combined images. Also, a strip of pressure-sensitive adhesive can be applied to the back of the combined images to form packets of the combined images and any desired quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: The Reliable Corporation of America
    Inventors: Thomas W. Greer, James H. Meyers
  • Patent number: 5467996
    Abstract: An improved bingo game sheet and method for playing the same are disclosed. The game sheet comprises at least three bingo matrix designated by a first indicia, at least two second bingo matrix designated by a second indicia and at least one third bingo game matrix, but less than the number of second bingo game matrices, the third bingo game matrices being identified by a third common indicia. When the desired configuration is created on the first indicia a player wins a first prize which is distinct from a second prize and third prize awarded when a player obtains the desired configuration on a second and third bingo game matrices, respectively. Preferably, a plurality of game sheets are arranged sequentially in a packet such that the used game sheet may be easily discarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: The Reliable Corporation of America
    Inventor: Thomas W. Greer
  • Patent number: 5338042
    Abstract: A method for playing an improved bingo game sheet is disclosed. The game sheet comprises at least one bingo matrix designated by a first indicia and at least one second bingo matrix designated by a second indicia. When the desired configuration is created on the first indicia a player wins a first prize which is distinct from a second prize awarded when a player obtains the desired configuration on a second bingo game matrix. Preferably, a plurality of game sheets are arranged sequentially in a packet such that the used game sheet may be easily discarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: The Reliable Corporation of America
    Inventor: Thomas W. Greer
  • Patent number: 5160146
    Abstract: An improved bingo game sheet and method for playing the same are disclosed. The game sheet comprises at least one bingo matrix designated by a first indicia and at least one second bingo matrix designated by a second indicia. When the desired configuration is created on the first indicia a player wins a first prize which is distinct from a second prize awarded when a player obtains the desired configuration on a second bingo game matrix. Preferably, a plurality of game sheets are arranged sequentially in a packet such that the used game sheet may be easily discarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Assignee: The Reliable Corporation of America
    Inventor: Thomas W. Greer
  • Patent number: 5149347
    Abstract: The intake for a fuel vapor storage canister separates entrained water from the entering purge flow. A separator in the form of an open ended box includes a series of alternating, interleaved, and downwardly sloped fins, the free edges of which create a series of restricting gaps that decrease in size in the upstream direction. Each gap, for some defined subrange of the total possible range of flow rates, accelerates the flow into the fin above it at the optimal velocity for water stripping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Turner, Patti S. Du Bois, Peter J. Alfred, Thomas W. Greer