Patrick J O'Brien

US Patent:

D692306, Oct 29, 2013

Filed:

Aug 24, 2011

Appl. No.:

29/400226

Inventors:

Jean Jeewon Lee - Mount Vernon NY, US
Patrick J. O'Brien - Mount Vernon NY, US

Assignee:

Premier Brands of America, Inc. - Mount Vernon NY

International Classification:

0901

US Classification:

D 9541, D9542, D9570, D9573, D9574

US Patent:

20120096777, Apr 26, 2012

Filed:

May 13, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/107118

Inventors:

Karl BACKUS - Emeryville CA, US
George Bradley - San Francisco CA, US
Tim Eliassen - Sunapee NH, US
Timothy W. Gudgel - Palo Alto CA, US
Scott David Hazard - Campbell CA, US
Holger Krueger - Schwabmuenchen, DE
Marcin Marchewka - London, GB
Michael Mulhern - Westford MA, US
Patrick O'Brien - West Nyack NY, US
James O'Callaghan - Winchester, GB
Yutang Zhang - Beijing City, CN

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

E04B 7/10
E04B 1/32
E04C 3/02
E04C 3/38
E04H 14/00

US Classification:

52 801, 52633, 521731, 52639, 52831

Abstract:

The present invention relates to support structures including truss assemblies and purlins, the truss assemblies including struts, wherein utilities such as pipes and cables can be contained within the purlins, and can pass through openings in the struts, to thereby be retained by the support structures so as to be hidden from view.

US Patent:

20120143641, Jun 7, 2012

Filed:

Dec 5, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/311385

Inventors:

Patrick J. O'Brien - San Ramon CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 711

Abstract:

The present invention relates to systems and methods for computing business value, thereby enable interested parties to accurately and efficiently determine the value of a given solution to a stakeholder. The system collates solution attributes. The solution may include any goods or services that a vendor, or other supplier, is offering to a purchaser. The solution attributes include the cost of the solution, the areas of a business that the solution impacts and degree of improvement that the solution provides to key performance indicators that are relevant to the areas impacted. The system also provides community aggregated values for the key performance indicators and other metrics for the impacted areas. The system collates stakeholder specific information, including revenue for the stakeholder and key objectives.

US Patent:

58199268, Oct 13, 1998

Filed:

Jul 23, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/899469

Inventors:

Patrick O'Brien - Maywood NJ
Arthur Kern - Rye NY

Assignee:

Ivy Hill Corporation - New York NY

International Classification:

B65D 8557

US Classification:

2063081

Abstract:

A method of assembling a paperboard package blank, a plastic hub and a substantially plastic recording medium includes the step of forming a sub-assembly of the package blank and the hub by mounting the hub on a first segment of a sheet from the rear thereof until the first segment of the sheet extends intermediate the back and intermediate flanges adjacent the hub central core and mounts the hub on the first segment of the sheet for movement therewith, with the hub central core front in front of the first segment of the sheet. Glue is then applied to the surface of the first segment of the sheet adjacent the hub back flange, and the first segment of the sheet and the hub are folded over an adjacent second segment of the sheet to form a panel and thereby trap the back flange within the panel intermediate the glued together first and second segments of the sheet. The recording medium is then mounted on the hub by inserting the hub central core front and the resilient detents on the hub from the rear through a central aperture of the recording medium.

US Patent:

53337280, Aug 2, 1994

Filed:

Aug 30, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/113984

Inventors:

Patrick J. O'Brien - Hackensack NJ
Ronald W. Womack - Fullerton CA

Assignee:

Ivy Hill Corporation - New York NY

International Classification:

B65D 8557

US Classification:

206232

Abstract:

A double-walled paperboard jacket for a compact disc and the like includes a front panel, a back panel, a front inner liner panel, a back inner liner panel, and a pair of glue flaps. One of the front panel ends is contiguous and folded relative to one of the back panel ends, the front inner liner panel is contiguous to and folded relative to the other end of the back panel. Each of the glue flaps is contiguous to and folded relative to a respective side of the front panel, and each of the glue flaps is glued to the back panel. The front, back and front inner liner panels are of generally the same configuration and dimensions, and the back inner liner panel and the pair of glue flaps are cooperatively configured and dimensioned to define a composite back inner liner panel of generally the same configuration and dimensions as the other panels.

US Patent:

52054055, Apr 27, 1993

Filed:

May 10, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/698201

Inventors:

Patrick J. O'Brien - Hackensack NJ
Larry Durham - Terre Haute IN

Assignee:

Ivy Hill Corporation - New York NY

International Classification:

B65D 8557

US Classification:

206310

Abstract:

A holder for a compact disc includes a tray adapted to releasably receive a compact disc thereon, and a base in telescopic relationship with the tray. The holder is movable from a spanning configuration wherein the base and tray are substantially untelescoped to a telescoped configuration wherein the base and tray are substantially overlying. The holder is used in an ecologically and economically desirable package which is switchable from an extended blank orientation, through an intermediate display orientation, to a collapsed home orientation. The package in the extended blank orientation has sections disposed in a common plane, in the collapsed home orientation has each of its sections substantially overlying with the holder disposed in the telescoped configuration, and in the intermediate display orientation has sections disposed in first and second planes with the holder disposed in an intermediate plane in the spanning configuration to preclude folding of the package into the collapsed home configuration prior to movement of the holder to the telescoped configuration.

US Patent:

58163948, Oct 6, 1998

Filed:

Jul 23, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/898807

Inventors:

Patrick J. O'Brien - Maywood NJ
Arthur Kern - Rye NY

Assignee:

Ivy Hill Corporation - New York NY

International Classification:

B65D 8557

US Classification:

2063081

Abstract:

An ecologically acceptable package for a recording medium includes a pair of easily separable paperboard and plastic components. The paperboard component defines a hollow box with a front face defining a large central aperture, and a front flap pivotal between a closed orientation wherein the front flap overlies the box front face to block access thereto and an open orientation wherein the front flap exposes the box front face to enable access thereto. The plastic component is thermoformed and defines a tray and optionally a locking mechanism. The tray includes a downwardly extending recess disposed at least partially within the front face central aperture for receipt of a recording medium, and an outwardly extending margin. The tray also includes a plurality of depressions about the recess for releasably securing the plastic component to the box front face without the use of glue. The optional locking mechanism includes an extension extending outwardly from the tray margin to a box edge, and a flipper connected to the extension by a living hinge and pivotable between a blocking orientation wherein the flipper blocks movement of the front flap between the open and closed orientations and an enabling orientation wherein the flipper enables such movement of the front flap.

US Patent:

49193139, Apr 24, 1990

Filed:

Dec 8, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/281272

Inventors:

Patrick J. O'Brien - Hackensack NJ

Assignee:

Container Corporation of America - Clayton MO

International Classification:

B65D 4710

US Classification:

222541

Abstract:

A one-piece, molded plastic, reclosable, pouring device adapted to be secured to an outer wall of a paperboard carton, adjacent an opening in said carton wall, to provide a tamper evident dispensing package for particulate type materials. The device includes a base member adapted to be located in the carton and secured to the carton wall adjacent the opening, and a cover member adapted to be located outside the carton and hingedly connected to the base member for snug engagement with the base member to provide a relatively tight fit therebetween upon reclosure of the package.