Patents by Inventor Gilles Keller

Gilles Keller 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).

  • Vacuum panel base
    Publication number: 20060113274
    Abstract: A plastic container having a sidewall and a base merging with the sidewall. The base includes an annular bearing surface and an inner portion for accommodating inner forces tending to collapse the sidewall. The inner portion has a hinge for facilitating the inward collapse of the inner portion, a vacuum panel, and a support ring interposed between the hinge and the vacuum panel for facilitating a flexure of the vacuum panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Gilles Keller, Michel Romand, Gilles Rapet, Gilles Perez
  • Container with vented blown finish
    Publication number: 20050077282
    Abstract: A container with a neck having a protrusion adapted to engage a sealing lid when the lid is placed on the container. The sealing ring or protrusion has a discontinuity, forming a gap when the lid is engaged on the container. The gap allows gas to escape during heating of product within the container when the lid is engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Applicant: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Gilles Keller, Brice Arlaud
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D454792
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Schmalbach-Lubeca AG
    Inventor: Gilles Keller
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D531909
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Unilever Bestfoods, North America division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gilles Keller, Ronald Khan, Phlip Alan Marlow
  • Neck of a bottle
    Patent number: D467502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Schmalbach-Lubeca AG
    Inventors: Gilles Keller, Sebastien Lefebvre, Frank Haesendonckx, Laurent Degroote, Cor Jansen