Patents by Inventor Donald L. Jaycox

Donald L. Jaycox 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: 7036672
    Abstract: A packaging system includes an elongate vessel and a lid. The vessel includes a bottom wall, a top surface, and a cylindrical body between the top surface and bottom wall. The body includes an outer surface, a tapered inner surface, and a vertical portion. The vertical portion extends between the tapered inner surface and the top surface. The vessel further includes a plurality of locking tabs formed on the outer surface. The lid includes a cylindrical body, an interior perimeter and an inner surface, and an inner sealing ring extending from the inner surface and configured to engage and seal against the vertical portion of the elongate vessel. The lid also includes an outer sealing ring extending down from the inner surface and out from the interior perimeter, a plurality of tab receptacles positioned within the lid cylindrical body, and a plurality of notches within the cylindrical body positioned between the plurality of tab receptacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Inventor: Donald L. Jaycox
  • Patent number: 5590786
    Abstract: A package for holding a plurality of F-style containers, each having a generally rectangular cross section and a spout and an inverted U-shaped strap handle projecting from the top. The package comprises a box having a top, a bottom, and a sidewall therebetween. There is a bottom liner inside the box, adjacent the bottom. The bottom liner has a plurality of generally rectangular cutouts for receiving and retaining the bottoms of F-style containers. There is also a top liner inside the box, adjacent the top. The top liner comprising spaced apart upper and lower walls, the lower wall adapted to engage the tops of the containers held inside the box and having openings therein for receiving the spouts and handles of the containers held inside the box. The openings allow the spouts and handles of the containers to project into the space between the walls, to protect the spouts and handles, and secure the tops of the containers against lateral movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Inventor: Donald L. Jaycox