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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Bryan A. Netsch, Lewisville, TX (US);
Inventor:
Bryan A. Netsch, Lewisville, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 43/28 (2006.01); G01F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A scoop expandable into a configuration including a handle section attached to a bellows section. The bellows section includes a plurality of slant wall sections and thin wall sections attached between adjacent slant wall sections defining peaks and valleys between adjacent slant wall sections, and a center bottom section attached to an adjacent slant wall section. A height dimension of the scoop in an unexpanded state ranges from about 2.5 to about 12.5 millimeters. The scoop is suitable for use in packaging granulated materials under high speed, high pressure, or space-limited packaging conditions.