Patents by Inventor Wesley S Jones
Wesley S Jones 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).
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Publication number: 20230329334Abstract: The present disclosure relates to containers and methods of making same for oral products made or derived from tobacco, incorporate tobacco, or may be tobacco-free and are intended for human consumption. The disclosed containers incorporate one or more of an alignment mechanism, a seal arrangement, a retention mechanism, or a tamper-evident feature to suit a particular application.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Pankaj C. Patel, Nicholas H. Watson, Wesley S. Jones, Ryan A. Bailey, Michael E. Laut, Luke Giduz
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Publication number: 20220330621Abstract: A unit for mixing and dispensing an aerosol precursor composition, and containers to be dispensed therefrom. The unit includes a plurality of bulk material filling stations, the plurality of bulk material filling stations have at least one first filling station with aerosol former and at least one second filling station with a flavor material for creating the aerosol precursor. The unit also includes a bulk consumable pack staging a plurality of containers configured to receive the aerosol precursor, and a robot configured to retrieve a container from the bulk consumable pack and move the container through at least two dimensions to stop at at least two of the plurality of bulk material filling stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Charles Jacob Novak, III, Alvaro Gonzalez-Parra, Eugenia Theophilus, Marielle Anitra Keyna Des Etages, Joseph Dominique, Wesley S. Jones, Bradley Phillips, Mark Dockrill, Simon A. English, Simon Philip Adam Higgins, Thomas Crugnale, Jeffrey Hughes, Robert Neil, David Pritchard
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Patent number: 9493291Abstract: A packaged product assembly is provided. The packaged product assembly may include a packet received in a dispensing container. The packet may be a blister packet including units of a product received in sealed cavities. The dispensing container may include a top casing and a bottom casing. The upper casing may be pivotably connected to the lower casing such that the upper casing is moveable between a closed position in which access to the packet is substantially blocked, and an open position in which access to the packet is provided. The packet may be supported by a shoulder defined at an inner surface of sidewalls of the lower casing such that a receptacle is formed between the packet and a major wall of the lower casing. A unit of the product released from one of the sealed cavities may be received in the receptacle and dispensed via a dispensing aperture.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, William P. Scott, Melissa Ann Clark, Wesley S. Jones
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Patent number: 9346594Abstract: A packaged product assembly is provided. The packaged product assembly may include a tray slidably received in a dispensing container. The tray may be a blister pack including units of a product received in sealed cavities. A locking apparatus may be configured to releasably retain the tray in a locked configuration. The locking apparatus may include one or more locking protrusions that engage corresponding locking apertures in the tray. The locking apparatus may also include buttons positioned on opposing sides of the tray. When the buttons are depressed toward one another, the locking protrusions may move relative to the locking apertures such that the tray is unlocked and may be withdrawn from the dispensing container.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Jerry W. Pipes, Wesley S. Jones
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Publication number: 20150298892Abstract: A packaged product assembly is provided. The packaged product assembly may include a packet received in a dispensing container. The packet may be a blister packet including units of a product received in sealed cavities. The dispensing container may include a top casing and a bottom casing. The upper casing may be pivotably connected to the lower casing such that the upper casing is moveable between a closed position in which access to the packet is substantially blocked, and an open position in which access to the packet is provided. The packet may be supported by a shoulder defined at an inner surface of sidewalls of the lower casing such that a receptacle is formed between the packet and a major wall of the lower casing. A unit of the product released from one of the sealed cavities may be received in the receptacle and dispensed via a dispensing aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, William P. Scott, Melissa Ann Clark, Wesley S. Jones
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Patent number: 9108784Abstract: A packaged product assembly is provided. The packaged product assembly may include a packet received in a dispensing container. The packet may be a blister packet including units of a product received in sealed cavities. The dispensing container may include a top casing and a bottom casing. The upper casing may be pivotably connected to the lower casing such that the upper casing is moveable between a closed position in which access to the packet is substantially blocked, and an open position in which access to the packet is provided. The packet may be supported by a shoulder defined at an inner surface of sidewalls of the lower casing such that a receptacle is formed between the packet and a major wall of the lower casing. A unit of the product released from one of the sealed cavities may be received in the receptacle and dispensed via a dispensing aperture.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Jerry W. Pipes, William P. Scott, Melissa A. Clark, Wesley S. Jones
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Publication number: 20150128968Abstract: A rigid tubular mouthpiece for a smoking article may include a cushioning wrapping material thereabout. The wrapping material may be configured to form several layers, encompassed by a polymeric label, which may include indicia. The wrapping material will provide a lower durometer, as applied, than the unwrapped mouthpiece, which may be incorporated as part of a smoking article.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Paul S. Chapman, Robert Oglesby, Wesley S. Jones, Kenneth Lin, Moris Amon, Ramin Heydarpour
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Publication number: 20150128969Abstract: A rigid tubular mouthpiece for a smoking article may include a cushioning wrapping material thereabout and/or a tipping cover that may be configured as overmolding, a shrink sleeve, or other cover. The wrapping material, if present, may be configured to form one or several layers, encompassed by a polymeric shrink-label, which may include visual indicia. The tipping cover and/or wrapping material will provide a lower durometer and more elastic contact mouthpiece surface, as applied, than present in an uncovered mouthpiece, which may be incorporated as part of a smoking article.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventors: Paul S. Chapman, Robert L. Oglesby, Wesley S. Jones, Kenneth Shou-Chein Lin, Moris Amon, Ramin Heydarpour
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Publication number: 20140251842Abstract: A packaged product assembly is provided. The packaged product assembly may include a tray slidably received in a dispensing container. The tray may be a blister pack including units of a product received in sealed cavities. A locking apparatus may be configured to releasably retain the tray in a locked configuration. The locking apparatus may include one or more locking protrusions that engage corresponding locking apertures in the tray. The locking apparatus may also include buttons positioned on opposing sides of the tray. When the buttons are depressed toward one another, the locking protrusions may move relative to the locking apertures such that the tray is unlocked and may be withdrawn from the dispensing container.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Jerry W. Pipes, Wesley S. Jones
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Publication number: 20140001194Abstract: A packaged product assembly is provided. The packaged product assembly may include a packet received in a dispensing container. The packet may be a blister packet including units of a product received in sealed cavities. The dispensing container may include a top casing and a bottom casing. The upper casing may be pivotably connected to the lower casing such that the upper casing is moveable between a closed position in which access to the packet is substantially blocked, and an open position in which access to the packet is provided. The packet may be supported by a shoulder defined at an inner surface of sidewalls of the lower casing such that a receptacle is formed between the packet and a major wall of the lower casing. A unit of the product released from one of the sealed cavities may be received in the receptacle and dispensed via a dispensing aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Jerry W. Pipes, William P. Scott, Melissa A. Clark, Wesley S. Jones
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Patent number: 7451476Abstract: A services delivery element (26) forms an interface between an external element (such as an external end user's network feature server) and a communication network including both a core network (10) and an access network (12). The services delivery element (26) provides access to the core network (10) and access networks (12) to which the external element is interfaced.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2000Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: Robert Banks, Wesley S Jones, Richard Malcolm
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Patent number: D685650Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2011Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Jerry W. Pipes, Mark S. Hatcher, Wesley S. Jones, Craig T. Demarest, Pankaj C. Patel