Patents by Inventor William Barlow

William Barlow 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: 20080075934
    Abstract: The present technology relates to tamper evident films, systems and methods for detecting tamper events in films or film packages. The present technology is especially useful in applications for detecting tamper events with individually packaged goods, as well as with bulk packaging or wrapped pallets in circumstances where visual inspection is hampered or prevented. In one or more preferred systems, films and methods of the present technology utilize a conductive pattern, a sensor and/or alarm circuit, and a wrapping film, such as a stretch film, shrink wrap, bagging or stretchhooder. In at least one particularly preferred embodiment, films of the present technology are stretch films having conductive ink patterns applied thereto that remain conductive when the films are stretched to a percent stretch of about 1% or greater. In other embodiments, a conductive material can be separately wrapped and/or cowrapped in conjunction with a film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: Pliant Corporation
    Inventors: William Barlow, W. Lilac, Jeffrey Middlesworth, Keith Nelson
  • Publication number: 20070042923
    Abstract: A laundry cleaning delivery system that dispenses cleaning liquid into laundry machines is disclosed. A cleaning solution is impregnated into a sheet that has a fabric substrate sufficient to contain the correct amount of cleaning solution to clean a particular load of laundry. The fabric substrate comprises hydraulically entangled nonwoven fibrous material periodically perforated to create sheets of a desired size and roll count and wound into rolls that are placed into resealable containers. The active ingredients of the cleaning solution comprise amyl acetate and alcohol etoxylate. Also, methods of using and manufacturing a laundry cleaning delivery system are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Akos Jankura, William Barlow
  • Publication number: 20050234407
    Abstract: The fluid delivery system generally includes a source of injection fluid, a pump device a fluid path set disposed between the source of injection fluid and the pump device, and a fluid control device. The fluid path set includes a multi-position valve. The fluid control device is operatively associated with the fluid path set and includes a valve actuator adapted to operate the multi-position valve. The valve actuator is adapted to close the multi-position valve to isolate the pump device from a patient and stop flow of the injection fluid to the patient at substantially any pressure or flow rate generated by the pump device for delivering a sharp bolus of the injection fluid to the patient. The valve actuator is generally adapted to selectively place the pump device in fluid communication with the source of injection fluid for supplying the injection fluid to the pump device and the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Spohn, Thomas Joyce, Michael Ehrenberger, James Dedig, John Haury, Susan Felix, Gerald Callan, John Shearer, Jonathan Speicher, Christopher Scutt, Herb Grubic, Ralph Kopacko, William Barlow, Jerry Stokes, Richard Critchlow, Karen Zelenski, Mirza Hussain, Linda O'meara, Roderick Beaulieu, Jennie Kwo, Luis Pedraza
  • Publication number: 20050193129
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for the policy driven provisioning of a Web conference. A Web conference provisioning system can include a policy manager coupled to at least two different Web conferencing platforms over a computer communications network. The policy manager can have a configuration for processing a request for a Web conferencing from a communicatively linked end user to select one of the Web conferencing platforms to host the Web conference. Preferably, two of the different Web conferencing platforms can include a CPE based platform and a hosted platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: William Barlow
  • Publication number: 20050166434
    Abstract: An inflatable display apparatus including at least one inflatable platform having a plurality of walls surrounding a base portion, and at least one inflatable display attached to the platform. The inflatable display is configured to extend from the platform when inflated and be generally contained within the walls of the platform when deflated. A method is included comprising providing inflatable display apparatus, inflating an inflatable display on the basis of a preselected criteria, and deflating the inflatable display after inflating the inflatable display such that the inflatable display is generally contained within the walls of the platform when deflated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventor: William Barlow
  • Publication number: 20050166433
    Abstract: A display apparatus having a base portion and a display support portion extending vertically from the base portion. At least one display feature bearing at least one graphic presentation is connected to the display apparatus. More specifically, the display apparatus includes elongate pontoons, a plurality of column members extending from each of the pontoons, an elongate transverse member with each of the column members connecting thereto, and a plurality of cross-members extending between the pontoons. The pontoons, the column members, the transverse member and the cross-members each comprise an independently inflatable compartment. The display apparatus further comprises a ballast system including elongate ballasts mounted to the pontoons, and display features removably affixed to the column members which extend between the transverse member and the pontoons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventor: William Barlow