Stephen M Phelps

US Patent:

D454741, Mar 26, 2002

Filed:

Dec 19, 2000

Appl. No.:

29/134358

Inventors:

Richard P. Lewis - Marietta GA
D. Scott Rowley - Powder Springs GA
Stephen L. Phelps - Lilburn GA
Cleary E. Mahaffey - Suwanee GA
Pamela J. Mayberry - Roswell GA
Mark A. Bennett - Norcross GA
Randall M. Bachtel - Duluth GA

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

2302

US Classification:

D 6545

US Patent:

6360985, Mar 26, 2002

Filed:

Apr 23, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/298416

Inventors:

Stephen Lawrence Phelps - Lilburn GA
Arthur J. Garcia - Morrisville PA

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

B65H 1804

US Classification:

2425964, 2425967, 2425714

Abstract:

An adapter for converting a core roll product dispenser into a dispenser for a coreless roll product having a pair of depressions defined in the ends of the coreless roll. The adapter includes: (1) a mounting structure defining a central opening, the mounting structure having a thickness so the central opening has a depth, the mounting structure attachable to a core roll product dispenser; (2) a plunger having a distal end, a central shaft, and a base; and (3) a resilient device connecting the plunger and the mounting structure so that the base of the plunger is located in the central opening and the central shaft and distal end of the plunger protrude from the central opening, the resilient device being configured so that the plunger is adapted to retract into the depth of the central opening when a force is applied against the distal end of the plunger and extend from the central opening when the force is removed. Also disclosed is a dispenser for a coreless roll product having a pair of depressions defined in the ends of the coreless roll.

US Patent:

6382553, May 7, 2002

Filed:

Oct 31, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/702467

Inventors:

Richard Paul Lewis - Marietta GA
Stephen Lawrence Phelps - Lilburn GA
Antwain Demone Taylor - Suwanee GA

Assignee:

Kimberly Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

B65H 1606

US Classification:

2425967, 2425944, 2425968, 2425993

Abstract:

A carriage unit adapter for solid or coreless rolls of paper material that are dispensed in a roll dispenser having slots defined on inner surfaces of side wall members thereof for receipt of said adapter and a back wall positioned a distance from the slots that is slightly greater than the radius of a solid or coreless roll. The carriage unit adapter includes: a pair of spaced apart arms joined by a connecting member having a front surface and a back surface, each arm having an outboard surface and an inboard surface including: (i) an outboard pin disposed on the outboard surface, the outboard pin configured to slidably engage a slot on an inner surface of a side wall member of the dispenser; and (ii) an inboard pin attached to the inboard surface, the inboard pin configured to engage a coreless roll of material. Each spaced apart arm has a length measured from the back surface of the connecting member to the center of the outboard pin that is greater than the distance between the slots and the back wall of the dispenser so that the back surface of the connecting member contacts the back wall of the dispenser to force the connecting member out of the same planar dimension as the outboard pins as they engage the slots. Each spaced apart arm further includes vertical separation elements.

US Patent:

6386479, May 14, 2002

Filed:

Jun 22, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/888155

Inventors:

Richard Paul Lewis - Marietta GA
Stephen Lawrence Phelps - Lilburn GA

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

B65H 1606

US Classification:

2425968, 2425967, 2425944, 2425993

Abstract:

A carriage unit adapter for solid or coreless rolls of paper material that are dispensed in a roll dispenser having slots defined on inner surfaces of side wall members thereof for receipt of said adapter and a back wall positioned a distance from the slots that Is sightly greater than the radius of a solid or coreless roll. The carriage unit adapter includes: a pair of spaced apart arms joined by a connecting member having a front surface and a back surface, each arm having an outboard surface and an inboard surface including: (i) an outboard pin disposed on the outboard surface, the outboard pin configured to slidably engage a slot on an inner surface of a side Wall member of the dispenser; and (ii) an inboard pin attached to the inboard surface, the inboard pin configured to engage a coreless roll of material. Each spaced apart arm has a length measured from the back surface of the connecting member to the center of the outboard pin that is greater than the distance between the slots and the back wall of the dispenser so that the back surface of the connecting member contacts the back wall of the dispenser to force the connecting member out of the same planar dimension as the outboard pins as they engage the slots. This configuration permits the carriage unit adapter to hold the roll within said roll dispenser while allowing the carriage unit to move along said slots defined in said roll dispenser to a dispensing position.

US Patent:

6409120, Jun 25, 2002

Filed:

Mar 29, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/537275

Inventors:

Paul F. Tramontina - Alpharetta GA
Stephen L. Phelps - Lilburn GA

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

B65H 1602

US Classification:

2425945, 2425963, 2425964, 2425981, 2425984

Abstract:

The invention comprises a method and apparatus for more efficiently and easily dispensing paper products, such as toilet tissue, from commercial wall mounted dispensers. The invention may comprise spring loaded projections on the interior of the housing that are adapted to receive and suspend within the housing rolls of paper tissue. Doors within the housing are configured to allow insertion of a new roll of paper into the dispenser when located in the open position; further, such doors suspend the tail of the paper roll for easy access to the tissue user when the doors are in the closed position. An accessory feature facilitates the dispensing of a stub roll or partially consumed roll, as well as a new roll, upon reloading of the dispenser. One or more windows are provided to enable maintenance personnel to determine when reloading the dispenser is required.

US Patent:

D461671, Aug 20, 2002

Filed:

Apr 30, 2001

Appl. No.:

29/141127

Inventors:

Richard P. Lewis - Marietta GA
Stephen L. Phelps - Lilburn GA
John A. Clement - Alpharetta GA
D. Scott Rowley - Powder Springs GA
Victoria L. Brackney - Atlanta GA
Gary E. Torkington - Lawrenceville GA
Gary S. Pasternak - Brantford, CA

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

2302

US Classification:

D 6545

US Patent:

D461984, Aug 27, 2002

Filed:

Apr 30, 2001

Appl. No.:

29/141133

Inventors:

Richard P. Lewis - Marietta GA
Stephen L. Phelps - Lilburn GA
John A. Clement - Alpharetta GA
D. Scott Rowley - Powder Springs GA
Victoria L. Brackney - Atlanta GA
Gary E. Torkington - Lawrenceville GA
Gary S. Pasternak - Brantford, CA

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

2302

US Classification:

D 6545

US Patent:

D464514, Oct 22, 2002

Filed:

Apr 30, 2001

Appl. No.:

29/141134

Inventors:

Richard P. Lewis - Marietta GA
Stephen L. Phelps - Lilburn GA
John A. Clement - Alpharetta GA
D. Scott Rowley - Powder Springs GA
Victoria L. Brackney - Atlanta GA
Gary E. Torkington - Lawrenceville GA
Gary S. Pasternak - Brantford, CA

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

2302

US Classification:

D 6545