Patents by Inventor William E. KEARNEY

William E. KEARNEY 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: 9211990
    Abstract: A sealed dispensing port in a wall of a container or package, the wall including an outer sheet having a formed aperture there through, and an inner comprising a seal portion registered with the aperture, and a release cover that includes a seal portion over the aperture that irreleasably attaches through the aperture to the seal portion of the inner sheet to form a seal. When the release cover is pulled from over the aperture, the seal is removed to form a dispensing port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Inventor: William E. Kearney
  • Publication number: 20140209606
    Abstract: A sealed dispensing port in a wall of a container or package, the wall including an outer sheet having a formed aperture there through, and an inner comprising a seal portion registered with the aperture, and a release cover that includes a seal portion over the aperture that irreleasably attaches through the aperture to the seal portion of the inner sheet to form a seal. When the release cover is pulled from over the aperture, the seal is removed to form a dispensing port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventor: William E. KEARNEY
  • Publication number: 20140047960
    Abstract: A method and device for cutting a pleat-folded web material into a plurality of pleat-folded towelettes. A cutting station has one or more rotary knives that rotates axially and carry a one or more blades having a non-linear, typically curved, cutting edge. The pleat-folded web passes continuously through the cutting station in a direction transverse to the axis of the rotary knife, and is severed into units of pleat-folded towelettes by the cutting edge of the rotary knife at a predetermined length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventor: William E. KEARNEY