Patents by Inventor Ian Alec Mackinnon

Ian Alec Mackinnon 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).

  • Publication number: 20120097713
    Abstract: A spray through cap (1) for a pressurised fluid container (2), said cap comprising an outer shell (6) defining a outlet aperture (3) and a sidewall gap (4), a chassis (8) over which the outer shell sits, the chassis comprising a plinth (11) that supports a spray channel (7) suitable for transferring a pressurised fluid from a pressurised fluid container to the outlet aperture and an activation paddle (9) hinged at its lower edge, said activation paddle comprising a member (12) adjacent to the sidewall gap in the outer shell and a strut (13) projecting inwards from said member, the strut pressing upon a projection from the plinth supporting the spray channel and thereby causing depression of the spray channel when lateral pressure is applied to the member adjacent to the sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Ian Alec MacKinnon, Geoffrey Stephen Mawtus
  • Patent number: D419821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Mars U.K. Limited
    Inventors: David Hillary Powell, Sergei Alexandrovich Streltsov, Akio Shindate, Ian Alec Mackinnon