Patents by Inventor Tom Aloysius Kelly

Tom Aloysius Kelly 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).

  • Bag stuffer with improved spring
    Patent number: 6698927
    Abstract: A bag stuffer for an expandable bag has an insert movable from a collapsed to an expanded orientation and made of at least one substantially rigid and substantially planar side panel and a bottom panel. The side panel is connected to one end of the bottom panel at a hinge containing a fold between the side panel and the bottom panel and a Z shaped torsion spring biases the insert toward the expanded orientation. The spring has a torso disposed only at the hinge for directly acting on the fold to bias the side panel away from the bottom panel and toward the expanded orientation, and a pair of arms extending at angles from opposite ends of the torso, each arm lying flat against an inside surface of the respective bottom panel and side panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Barclay Brown
    Inventors: Maurice Hedaya, Kenneth James Kelly, Alfred Powell Kelly, Tom Aloysius Kelly
  • Bag stuffer with improved spring
    Publication number: 20030174908
    Abstract: A bag stuffer for an expandable bag has an insert movable from a collapsed to an expanded orientation and made of at least one substantially rigid and substantially planar side panel and a bottom panel. The side panel is connected to one end of the bottom panel at a hinge containing a fold between the side panel and the bottom panel and a Z shaped torsion spring biases the insert toward the expanded orientation. The spring has a torso disposed only at the hinge for directly acting on the fold to bias the side panel away from the bottom panel and toward the expanded orientation, and a pair of arms extending at angles from opposite ends of the torso, each arm lying flat against an inside surface of the respective bottom panel and side panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Maurice Hedaya, Kenneth James Kelly, Alfred Powell Kelly, Tom Aloysius Kelly