Ambulant Or Body Supported Patents (Class 221/185)
  • Patent number: 11786670
    Abstract: A removal device (121, 221) for removing and disposing of a pen needle (113, 213) connectable to a drug delivery device (111, 211) includes a body (123, 223) having a cavity (141, 241) for receiving the pen needle of the drug delivery device such that a patient end (116, 216) of a needle (115, 215) of the pen needle is covered by the body. An ejector (151, 251) is movably connected to the body (123, 223) for engaging the received pen needle (113, 213) and selectively ejecting the engaged pen needle from the body. The pen needle (113, 213) is securely retained within the removal device (121, 221) without exposing the needle (115, 215) of the pen needle until the pen needle (113, 213) can be properly disposed of, such as in a sharps container, thereby substantially preventing an accidental needle stick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Richard Cronenberg
  • Patent number: 11622535
    Abstract: Features are described for a pellet dispenser. The pellet dispenser be implemented as a complex molded unit to fit within the home cage of laboratory animals (e.g., hanging from a wall of the cage or inside a food hopper of the cage). The pellet dispenser may be contained within the cage or otherwise attached to the cage so as not to take up additional floor space in the cage which should be allocated for the small laboratory animal. The pellets may be gravity or screw drive fed towards an ejector port. At prescribed times during the day, a prescribed number of pellets may be ejected into the animal cage. Additional components of the pellet dispenser include an ejector (e.g., a linear actuator) and pellet hopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of The University of Arizona
    Inventors: Jonathan Lifshitz, Bret Tallent, Addison Wessel, Loren Matthew Law
  • Patent number: 11524836
    Abstract: A container for a plurality of articles comprising a main body, a hollow member fixedly coupled to an end of the main body, a cup member rotatably coupled to the hollow member, and a cam arm received within the hollow member and the cup member. The hollow member and the cup member define a dispensing opening. The cup member comprises a base portion defining a grooved track facing the end of the main body. The cam arm is configured to engage a bottom article from the plurality of articles and comprises a protrusion movably engaged with the grooved track. The cam arm moves relative to the hollow member, due to a relative rotation between the hollow member and the cup member, to a dispensing position in which the bottom article at least partially extends through the dispensing opening and is removable from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Scott David Hochberg, Brian David Andres, Kyle William Harris, Nicole Alisa Renee Lockett Turner, Matthew John Boehm, Christian Alexander Zipperer
  • Patent number: 11453020
    Abstract: A backpack material dispenser that includes a pumpless pressure tank for storing and discharging a material under pressure contained in the pressure tank and a hose and a shut off valve connected to an output opening of the pressure tank for allowing flow of the material from the pressure tank under pressure and through a nozzle communicating with a discharge end of the hose. A discharge valve communicates with the nozzle proximate the hose for allowing controlled discharge of the material from the nozzle. A backpack assembly mounts the pressure tank for being carried by a user. A charging tank contains a gas under pressure to charge the pressure tank to a predetermined pressure, and a releasable connector of the charging tank attaches to a complementary connector of the pressure tank for charging the pressure tank with the gas under pressure to the suitable pressure tank pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventor: David Daniel Rankin, Sr.
  • Patent number: 11143474
    Abstract: The present invention discloses enhancements for a follower within a magazine for an automatic rifle. The disclosed follower contains mechanisms that will (i) disengage the magazine from the automatic rifle once the last round has been removed from the magazine; (ii) minimize the amount of friction between the follower and the inner wall of the magazine; and (iii) detect if the automatic rifle has been breeched prior to disengaging the magazine from the automatic rifle. The disclosure also provides for a takedown pin that will have selectable positions to allow for a full breech, partial breech, and a normal firing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventor: Ruben Maldonado
  • Patent number: 10849832
    Abstract: Custom formulation systems include a user input device and a dispenser having a cabinet, a bead assembly, a fluid formulation assembly, and a mixing area. The bead assembly dispenses a plurality of beads containing a first cosmetic formulation, and is one of a plurality of bead assemblies located within the cabinet. The plurality of bead assemblies has a vertically organized configuration. The fluid formulation assembly is configured to dispense a second cosmetic formulation in flowable fluid form, and is one of a plurality of fluid formulation assemblies located within the cabinet. The mixing area is located within the cabinet and configured to receive at least one bead from the bead assembly and the second cosmetic formulation in flowable fluid form from the fluid formulation assembly. The vertically organized bead assemblies, the fluid formulation assemblies, and the mixing area are positioned adjacent to a first side of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Yazid Belkhir, Frédéric Carlier, Laurent Bourdelain
  • Patent number: 10820722
    Abstract: A device for dispensing cutlery utensils individually, having a housing containing a quantity of utensils with the housing having sides and product guides within. The front wall contains an opposing leaf escapement mechanism connected to it, to hold and singulate the utensils such that they dispense seriatim, without a user being required to physically touch or interface with any part of dispenser other than the actual desired utensil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Waddington North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark V. Pierson, Anthony D'Amelia
  • Patent number: 10611541
    Abstract: The invention provides a sheet material dispenser and more particularly a dispenser for storing and dispensing a compact stack of folded tissue products. The compact stack of folded tissues may be secured by the tension of a pair of opposed side panels having a generally elliptical shape. The elliptically shaped side panels result in a rigid, resilient frame-work such that the dispenser has sufficient resiliency to maintain its shape even after a portion of the folded tissue products have been dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Jessica Annette Ives Dieringer, Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Julie Ann Paveletzke, Jordyn Kaylee Somerville, Gacia Coronado, Christopher Peter Olson, Andrew Peter Bakken
  • Patent number: 10328356
    Abstract: An apparatus for holding beads in a pattern has a beading board having a base with a bottom side and a top side. A plurality of posts project out from the top side of the base and are configured to extend through holes in beads to hold the beads in lateral position relative to each other. The apparatus has a perforated panel having perforations that are larger in width than the posts, and the perforated panel is configured to be removably placed on the beading board with the posts extending through the perforations. The perforated panel slides along the posts and sliding of the perforated causes beads placed on the posts to slide vertically along the length of the posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Inventor: Patrick Royce Edmund Dubois Harper
  • Patent number: 10274296
    Abstract: Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a modular carrier for a tactical implement or for an accessory to a weapon, tool, or other implement, for example. The modular carrier comprises first and second shell components to at least partially encase the accessory. The first and second shell components are adjustably attached using at least one attachment member on each of the first and second shell components, to form an enclosure. At least one adjustable retention component may be used with the attachment members to adjust the retention of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: TEDDER INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Tedder, Drew Stephens, Silas Van Natter, Taylor Vold, Tim Treto, Christopher Weber
  • Patent number: 10179664
    Abstract: Robotic pick-and-place automation is used to transfer oral solid pharmaceuticals from moveable trays or canisters. Sensors are used to verify that the pharmaceuticals have been properly placed in the desired pharmaceutical locations precisely according to the patient prescription data. A pharmacist places pharmaceutical products within dispensing trays or canisters to present the pharmaceutical products for picking and placing via the robotic pick-and-place machinery. Once the canister or tray is located adjacent the pick-and-place device, a sensor or imaging unit associated with the pick-and-place device verifies that the pharmaceutical product the size, shape, and/or color of an expected pharmaceutical product that is to be placed within the packaging material in accordance with patient prescription data stored by a computer associated with the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: MTS Medication Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward D Kames, Robert Barrett
  • Patent number: 10098444
    Abstract: A phone security case with ejection mechanism having a case body, a pair of support arms, and a swivelable belt clip disposed on the case body. An ejection mechanism, a central processing unit, a tethering mechanism, a message sensor mechanism, a rechargeable battery, and a speaker are also disposed on the case body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: Bengy Deetjen
  • Patent number: 9781986
    Abstract: The radio holster incorporated a lock mechanism that automatically actuates when the radio is inserted into the holster and is deactivated by pressing on the radio in a small downward and outward direction. The radio holster includes pliable front and back covers affixed to a rigid support frame. The support frame has a recessed channel that as a guide track and a button cavity that acts as keyhole for locking the radio inside holster. The wall forming the button cavity wall is back cut or angled to form an upper lip, which is configured to receive the button head of a coupling mechanism used by the radio to restrictively hold the radio within the holster. The support frame also carries a back spring that exerts a lateral force on the radio when seated within the holster to push the bottom of the radio laterally away from the support frame and a bottom spring that exerts a force on the radio when seated within the holster to push the bottom of the radio upward within the holster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Inventor: Richard H. Merzon
  • Patent number: 9743731
    Abstract: A wearable sled system for a mobile computer device includes an open-ended sled housing, a removable end cap, and a mounting assembly for mounting the sled housing onto a user's arm or belt. A mobile computer device is slidably received into the sled housing, and the end cap is received on the sled housing's open end to form a complete enclosure. The mounting assembly includes a rigid mounting plate having a front side configured to receive the back side of the sled housing. The mounting plate and the sled housing include locking formations for selectively securing the sled housing to the mounting plate. The mounting assembly further includes an attachment device secured to the back side of the mounting plate for removably mounting the system on the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Lee Oberpriller, Robert Bruffey, Marcus Charles Phillips
  • Patent number: 9459062
    Abstract: A magazine dispenser for loading a magazine into a gun having an opening to receive and hold at least one magazine through an opening. Once at least one magazine is inserted, a flange of the magazine is received in a track provided by a slot region in the magazine dispenser. The magazine then rests on a retention bar disposed in the track which may impede the magazine from being dispensed or support the magazine to be dispensed from the magazine dispenser depending on circumstances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Torrent Loading Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Paul Joseph Shaskan
  • Patent number: 9357830
    Abstract: A belt hanger detachably supports the handheld device, whether or not carried in a pouch or holster, to a wearer's waist belt to comfortably and securely carry the device while preventing the device from sagging and hanging outward from the wearer's body. The belt hanger includes a rigid hanger body, a flexible strap cover and a quick connector part, which couples directly to the handheld device or its carry pouch or holster. The hanger body has a rectangular shape and a central belt channel for receiving the user's waist belt. The cover strap is bonded to the hanger body and wraps over the hanger body so that one end covers one its faces and the opposite loose end extends over the belt channel and its other face to act as the closure strap for belt hanger. The opposite loose end of the cover strap is secured to the hanger body by a pair of snaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Richard H. Merzon
  • Patent number: 8944282
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing and dispensing small objects comprises a housing, an interior volume formed in the housing adapted to hold at least one of the small objects, an access port in the housing providing access to the interior volume, and a dispenser closure operatively connected to the housing and movable from a first position closing access to the access port to a second position adapted to provide dispensing of one of the objects from the interior volume through the access port. An openable and closeable attachment loop is integrally formed as part of the housing, the attachment loop adapted to be selectively attached to a holding device to secure the housing to the holding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Kroupa, Jeff Grossman
  • Patent number: 8870023
    Abstract: A cup rack includes a cup rack body for receiving multiple cups in a stack, and a base for supporting the storage cups in the cup rack body and defining an access port for finger access to pick up the cups individually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Dongguan Master United Plastic & Hardware Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsung-Yu Tsai
  • Publication number: 20140217111
    Abstract: A projectile dispenser apparatus used as a novelty device to aim and rapidly dispense multiple pieces of materials such as currency at a target under the exclusive actuation and control of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Gary R. McGowan, Kwasi D. Sampson
  • Publication number: 20140175114
    Abstract: A fastener-stick dispenser for dispensing sticks of fasteners, such as staples, nails, and screws. In some embodiments, the dispenser includes a body defining a fastener-stick receptacle that receives a plurality of the fastener sticks. The dispenser also includes a dispensing port through which fastener sticks are dispensed one or more at a time by a user. The dispenser may also include one or more securing device for securing the dispenser to a user so that the user can carry the dispenser in a hands-free manner. A method of providing a fastener-stick dispenser is also disclosed. The method includes providing a fastener stick dispenser and providing various instructions for its use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: John Paul Southgate
  • Patent number: 8602257
    Abstract: A combination dispenser for hand wipes and hand gel, configured to be held in a cup holder, is disclosed. Some embodiments of the device are substantially cylindrical in order to fit within a cup holder and substantially prevent shifting. Further, embodiments are partitioned internally to provide at least two separate compartments. The partitioned compartments are uniquely designed to hold and provide access to various products such as, but not limited to, hand wipes, sanitizing gel, lotion, fragrance, liquid soap or the like. In some embodiments, a lid covers the device to prevent the hand wipes from drying out. Also, some embodiments include a pump aspect that is in fluid communication with fluid products contained within a portion of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Inventor: David Godsell
  • Patent number: 8561838
    Abstract: Device for facilitating the loading of capsules into a machine for dispensing capsules or for preparing drinks based on these capsules comprising: a detachable tube (2) containing stacked capsules (8) furnished with an opening (24) for the capsules to pass through the tube, means (4) of aligning the tube allowing the tube (2) to be aligned through a capsule receiving zone (5) for the capsules to descend by gravity into this zone. The alignment means (5) comprise means (6) for retaining the capsules in their stack when the tube (2) is moved with its opening (24) oriented downwards, in the direction of the position in which the tube is aligned with the reception zone (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Christian Jarisch, Alfred Yoakim
  • Publication number: 20130248554
    Abstract: A dispenser and organizer for dispensing trash bags, generally made of a flexible fabric in a tubular shape having a hollow body with a large closable entry opening at the top and a smaller elasticized dispensing opening at the bottom. The body therein holds a container, the container having a large entry opening and a smaller dispensing opening with a neck, the container defining a roll of plurality of trash bags. Whereby the body when coupled with a container with small neck can be that of an organizer, for example a hand sanitizer bottle. Whereby two different sizes can be made as one unit to accommodate two sizes in one location. Other advantages is its ability to be utilized at a preferred height by individuals confined to a wheelchair and to carry along hands free.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventor: Linda S. Robin
  • Patent number: 8469229
    Abstract: A product vending machine having a locking device, wherein a column of rollers, fitted along a guide with sufficient play to roll along the guide, is selectively engaged by one of a number of wedge members to eliminate the play and move the rollers into a compact configuration preventing insertion of the other wedge members; each wedge member being movable with a relative movable part, e.g. a tray or a door, of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: N&W Global Vending S.p.A.
    Inventor: Silvano Personeni
  • Publication number: 20120292426
    Abstract: A bandage strip includes a plurality of flat adhesive bandage packages of conventional configuration, having sealed therein an adhesive bandage comprising a pad and an adhesive substrate for adhering to a patient and holding the pad in place on the patient's skin. The packages are adhered to an elongated substrate in end-to-end, spaced relation to form a flat, elongated bandage strip, with perforations in the substrate between the packages. A user can dispense a length of substrate, sever it at the perforations, and remove the bandage from the substrate for use in the conventional manner. In another embodiment, a flat adhesive bandage strip comprises an elongated substrate with at least one continuous strip of absorbent material on one side extending in the elongated dimension of the substrate and an adhesive portion adjacent each outside elongated edge of the substrate, with a release liner adhered to the adhesive portion and covering the pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Thuban, Inc.
    Inventor: Rana J. Arefieg
  • Patent number: 8308026
    Abstract: An apparatus for picking up, holding and dispensing objects is disclosed. The apparatus has a storing device, a holding device, a retaining device, and an ejection device that enables pick up, holding and dispensing of a plurality of objects. The apparatus provides an improved method of picking up, holding and storing objects that heretofore required extreme dexterity and substantial periods of time. The apparatus can be used to pick up, hold and dispense a variety of objects including, but not limited to, crystals, nuts, confectionary pieces, pills, jewelry, and electronic components. The apparatus may be sold as a kit or as replacement parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Rapko Corporation
    Inventors: Darin Rapko, Norma Rapko
  • Patent number: 8261937
    Abstract: A dispenser includes an upper member having a slot and a lower member attached to the upper member thereby forming a housing, the lower member having an outer surface; a stack of sheets assembled in a fan-fold configuration disposed in the housing; and a polymeric holding film having a first surface attached to the outer surface of the lower member. The holding film having a flexural modulus less than about 50 MPa, as measured according to ASTMD790 standard, and a roughness parameter, Ra of less than about 1 micrometer, as calculated according to ASME B46.1 standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Douglas P. Bodziak, James E. Nash, Peter Newbould, Timothy J. O'Leary, David C. Windorski
  • Publication number: 20120037656
    Abstract: A dispenser for sticky articles and a sticky article, A sticky article comprising: a skin-adherent cover, a first and a second handle and a first and a second protective element, the cover comprising: a side comprising skin-adhesive material, an opposite side and edges; the protective elements protective of the cover, each protective element extending to or beyond all edges of the cover, the first said protective element adhering to the cover opposite side and the second said protective element coupled to the cover side comprising skin-adhesive material, said first handle coupled to the first protective element and said second handle coupled to the second protective element, said first protective element configured to adhere to the cover less than the cover adheres to skin, wherein the article is configured to allow detachment of said second element and second handle from said cover when said first and second handles are pulled apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Ehud Rattner
    Inventors: Ehud Rattner, Nimrod Rotem
  • Patent number: 8061557
    Abstract: A golf ball dispenser which attaches to the exterior surface of a golf bag that is upright, rectangular, and capable of holding a plurality of golf balls, is herein disclosed. The dispenser is made of a durable yet flexible plastic material. Stored balls are added through the top of the dispenser through an upper opening. The balls can either be inserted one (1) at a time or in “as-purchased” quantities. In use, to remove a golf ball, the lowest ball is forced upward through a flexible retaining tab, thus releasing the ball through a bottom aperture. The dispenser is attachable to a golf bag with a fastening means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Inventor: Joshua Torrance
  • Patent number: 7992745
    Abstract: A water resistant absorbent towel dispenser. The dispenser includes a container having top, bottom and side walls housing a supply of absorbent towels, and an exterior handle for facilitating transport of the dispenser. The top wall includes a finger-accessible opening through which absorbent towels may be withdrawn. In certain embodiments, the top wall is convex upwardly, but is flexible to enable it to be depressed when dispensers are stacked vertically so as to come into load bearing contact with the towel supply. In some embodiments, the top and bottom walls have interlocking configurations to add lateral stability to vertically stacked dispensers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Sellars Absorbent Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Sellars, Jerry Ballas, Balbir Singh, Neal D. Watson, Ronald A. Bogdanovich
  • Publication number: 20100327006
    Abstract: A magazine dispensing and housing apparatus for firearms incorporates a housing and a biasing apparatus. The housing comprises a first side wall, a second side wall, a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall. The biasing apparatus is disposed at the rear wall of the housing. The biasing apparatus is comprised of a biasing member and a biasing element. The biasing member is affixed with the biasing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: Michael Andrew Campo
  • Patent number: 7806293
    Abstract: A shotgun shell storage and dispenser device in the form of a hollow elongated housing to hold the shotgun shells in vertical array, the housing adjusted for loading and dispensing shotgun shells through a loading end of the housing. Shotgun shells are positioned by structural elements on a rear wall of the housing and constant force springs in conjunction with a follower to urge the shotgun shells toward a loading and discharge end of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Inventors: Daniel P. Altieri, Andrew M. Truxel
  • Patent number: 7735682
    Abstract: A wipes dispenser includes a generally tubular transparent housing adapted to be worn about a person's wrist with a plurality of wipes contained within the housing. The housing also has an opening through which the wipes are dispensed. In a second embodiment, the opening may be covered with a hinged resealable cap that may cover or uncover the opening as needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Inventors: Stacy Cassel, Eileen Longo
  • Patent number: 7735680
    Abstract: A dispensing device and method including a housing defining an opening. A door is movable relative to the housing from a closed position to a maximum open position. The door and the housing defining an access portion of the opening. A tray is disposed within the housing and is supported for movement relative to the housing. The tray is configured to support dispensable items within a plurality of segments of the tray. An access control mechanism is configured to locate the tray relative to the housing to generally align a selected one of the plurality of segments with the opening and also to limit opening movement of the door to limit a size of the access portion to a size of the selected segment if a corresponding position of the door is less than the maximum open position of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Nexiant
    Inventor: Peter Godlewski
  • Patent number: 7703638
    Abstract: A fastener dispenser including a housing having a plurality of rails formed thereon. The rails have terminal ends that are open to facilitate the passage of fasteners into or out of the housing. Fasteners are removably secured between adjacent rails and maintained in a predefined orientation by the adjacent rails. The fastener dispenser also includes fastener release means on the terminal ends of the rails for maintaining fasteners between adjacent rails. The fastener release means also allow a user to selectively dispense a desired number of fasteners from between the rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Inventor: Mario Enrico Magnani
  • Publication number: 20090261119
    Abstract: A shotgun shell storage and dispenser device in the form of a hollow elongated housing to hold the shotgun shells in vertical array, the housing adjusted for loading and dispensing shotgun shells through a loading end of the housing. Shotgun shells are positioned by structural elements on a rear wall of the housing and constant force springs in conjunction with a follower to urge the shotgun shells toward a loading and discharge end of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: DPA INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel P. Altieri, Andrew M. Truxel
  • Publication number: 20090194552
    Abstract: A golf ball container and dispenser for use in storing and dispensing golf balls is constructed of a tube, bottom, spring, spring pad, wire ball catch, opening, bag clip. The bottom is beveled to prevent damage to golf clubs contained in the golf bag and to the device itself. The bottom is also removably attached to facilitate cleaning and maintenance of the interior components of the device. The device may be freestanding or may be inserted in a receptacle molded into the interior of a golf bag to provide further protection from damage to golf clubs and other accessories contained therein as well as to the golf bag itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Stephen M. Jeremias, William J. Milnazik
  • Publication number: 20090178942
    Abstract: The present invention provides a golf tee container and dispenser having an elastomeric body with a plurality of apertures through which golf tees can be dispensed. Also provided by the invention are ready-packs of dispensable golf tees, as well as methods for containing and dispensing golf tees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventor: John Balazs
  • Patent number: 7556174
    Abstract: Disclosed is a candy storage and dispenser device. A multi-compartment dispensing device offers a unique device for storing and dispensing candy. Accordingly, multiple types and/or colors of candy may be contained in a transparent housing to create a very colorful presentation. Any number of candy types, including powdered, beads, pellets and the like, may be stored and dispensed with the multi-compartment device. The compartments are joined by a series of apertures which may, or may not, be regulated by a movable barricade. Then, when desired, the multiple candies are dispensed through the series of compartment apertures and a dispensing aperture. One version comprises a flute-shaped device having an operational mouthpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Inventor: Frank P. Gatski
  • Publication number: 20090014462
    Abstract: A needle dispensing system including a pen-type hypodermic syringe having a threaded end that is suitable for mating with a needle assembly having a threaded portion that is complementary to the threaded end of the syringe and located within a closed pod. A hand tool is provided for controlling the pod that includes a collet sized so as to releasably grip a portion of the closed pod for opening. The hand tool also includes a radiused guard that helps to prevent inadvertent needle sticks during use, and a biased release button the actuation of which causes the opened pod to be released from the collet. A hand tool is also provided for controlling a container holding a disposable needle assembly that includes a housing that supports a collet that is sized so as to releasably grip a portion of the container for opening, and a biased release button the actuation of which causes the opened pod to be released from the collet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: PHARMADESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Costa, Hung Mach
  • Patent number: 7083512
    Abstract: An improved coin and token organizing, holding and dispensing apparatus comprises a lower housing for organizing, holding and dispensing a pre-determined number of coins and tokens of varying sizes and denominations. The lower housing has a substantially rectangular shape having a taper along its length so that the apparatus fits conveniently in pocket or purse and is comfortable to hold. The apparatus is well suited for visually and physically impaired individuals as it permits the ready identification and handling of coins based on the tapered shape of the apparatus and the ability to distinguish by touch one coin from another. The lower housing has a substantially open top surface, a closed flat bottom surface; and, closed vertical sides. Within the lower housing is a plurality of linearly disposed cylindrical wells. Each well is adapted to receive a coin or token of a predetermined size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Inventors: Marc Auguste, Jr., Marc B. Auguste, Sr., Jacqueline A Johnson-Auguste
  • Patent number: 7017779
    Abstract: Frozen aerated edible product can be dispensed from single dose cartridges containing said frozen aerated edible product, using a portable dispenser comprising thermally insulated storing means for storing single dose cartridges containing said frozen aerated edible product, said thermally insulated storing means being adapted to be mounted on the back of a person, and dispensing means capable of holding a single dose cartridge containing said frozen aerated edible product outside the storing means, said dispensing means comprising discharge means capable of discharging frozen aerated edible product out of said single dose cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Good Humor - Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Aldred, Richard Henry Luck, David Needham, Paul Anthony Trusty
  • Patent number: 7004111
    Abstract: An animal reward dispensing apparatus for attaching to an animal trainer's forearm, the apparatus having a dispensing tube defined about a longitudinal axis, the dispensing tube having at least a first and second attaching straps for attaching the dispensing tube to the animal trainer's forearm. The dispensing tube also having a first and second spaced apart ends defining an interior cavity, and a spring located inside the interior cavity of the dispensing tube and positioned between the first and second ends of the dispensing tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Inventor: Keryl Olson
  • Patent number: 6932236
    Abstract: The efficiency of a John Deere planter to plant corn seed is improved where the planter is of the type having a vacuum operated metering unit enclosing a seed disk and a double eliminator. To improve the efficiency a kit is provided including an improved seed disk, an improved double eliminator, and an alignment tool for properly aligning the double eliminator with respect to the seed disk. When the parts are installed and properly aligned the planter can accept corn seed in the range of 1200 seeds per pound to 2800 seeds per pound without requiring readjustment of the vacuum setting or replacing the seed disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Inventor: Dale A. Ven Huizen
  • Patent number: 6817135
    Abstract: The improved shotgun shell carrier is a rectangular plastic housing one end closed by a sliding door. A zigzag-type compression spring is positioned within the housing between the sliding door and a magazine follower. The open end of the housing is provided with opposing feeding lips formed from spring steel and shaped to funnel the shells one at a time to a release point adjacent the tip of the feeding lips. The feeding lips are formed with a centrally located finger slot having a length greater than the width of a shotgun shell. Blocking elements are pivotally positioned at the open end of the housing to prevent extra shells from falling out when the feeding lips are open. The housing is adapted for receiving attaching elements to enable attaching the carrier to high-speed modular gear in a desired position for quick and efficient reloading of a shotgun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Inventor: Jonathan D. Jackson
  • Patent number: 6810822
    Abstract: An agricultural and gardening fertilizer applicator comprised of a container filled with a granular, the container having sloping surfaces at the bottom; a worm gear feed rod, a container output port, the worm gear feed rod subjected to the rotational force of a drive mechanism, the pliant delivery hose conjoined to a long pipe; and a manual switch for starting and stopping the drive mechanism. The drive mechanism is connected to a controller, it consisting of power off, intermittent on, and a continuous on. When the long pipe sharp scoop tip is moved to the root section, pressing the switch causes the drive mechanism to start the rotation of the worm gear feed rod, forcing the fertilizer downward under pressure through the output opening to the worm gear feed rod and into the pliant delivery hose, the long pipe, the sharp scoop tip, and onto the root section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: Yao-Pang Chan
  • Patent number: 6752582
    Abstract: Automatic delivery and placement of safety cones from a moving vehicle is provided. The key idea is that there is a receptacle that holds a plurality of safety cones. The receptacle is attached to the vehicle. A releasing means which is attached to the receptacle is controlled and advances the safety cones in an automatic and controlled fashion, one-by-one, to different locations on a road, street, freeway, intersection, or the like. The advantage is that it automatically takes care of the placement of a plurality of safety cones. There would no longer be a need for a person to manually deliver and place the safety cones. Therefore, the present invention provides for increased safety since it decreases or even eliminates the number of fatal or non-fatal accidents as well as chronic injuries of road-workers that are involved in placing safety cones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Worldwide Safety, LLC
    Inventor: Guadalupe C. Garcia
  • Patent number: 6702149
    Abstract: A conveniently sized and reusable animal treat dispenser (treat(s) will herein after be referred to as positive reinforcement(s)) for use in providing positive reinforcements, in an immediate and non-distracting manner, to reward and reinforce specific behaviors. Generally, the treat dispenser consists of a loading port, housing area, transfer mechanism, dispensing port and spring loaded clip. The treat dispenser is designed for temporary attachment to the trainer's garment; for receiving and housing multiple positive reinforcements; for dispensing a single positive reinforcement upon demand and for automatically reloading a single positive reinforcement for use in continued training. The housing area is lined with a felt or cloth material to reduce noise caused by the treats striking one another or the housing area walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Inventors: Charles Jason Brown, Susan Leigh Giddens
  • Publication number: 20040004083
    Abstract: A dispenser device for storage and dispensing individual unit members of all types, including medicines, drugs, food and candy products. The units are held in a housing or container portion and released by a dispenser mechanism in a dispensing portion. A biased trigger member is operated in order to release the unit members from the housing portion. One or more finger positioners (depressed or raised configurations) are provided on the container portion, and the dispenser device is adapted to be positioned easily and comfortably in the user's hand. The trigger member is positioned such that it can be easily operated by one of the user's fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventor: Bradford Grant
  • Patent number: RE47263
    Abstract: A child's safety tether with an attachment pouch provides for quick release of the stored child safety tether in situations where the child care provider must temporarily relinquish contact with the child's hand while using both adult hands to negotiate a commercial transaction. The pouch has a top openable compartment for storing a cell phone or other personal electronic device, with other necessary documents such as credit cards and drivers license cards providing an adult's photographic identification and/or signature replica. The pouch also has a lower openable compartment for storing the child safety tether, which is released downward upon opening a quick release fastener for the downward oriented lower compartment for the tether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Inventor: Richard E Hendrickson