Patents by Inventor James Clayton Bell

James Clayton Bell 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).

  • Packaged bottle beverage having an ingredient release closure with improved additive release and method and apparatus thereof
    Patent number: 8541037
    Abstract: A packaged bottle beverage has a base component of the beverage in a container wider vacuum separate from an additive in a sealed compartment of an ingredient release closure. Upon opening the sealed compartment, suction is created forcing the additive to quickly and thoroughly exit the ingredient release closure, a region of relatively higher pressure, and flow into the base component in the container, a region of relatively lower pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia Crown Distributing Co.
    Inventor: James Clayton Bell
  • Packaged bottle beverage having an ingredient release closure with improved additive release and method and apparatus thereof
    Patent number: 8142827
    Abstract: A packaged bottled beverage has a base component of the beverage in a container under vacuum separate from an additive in a sealed compartment of an ingredient release closure. Upon opening the sealed compartment, suction is created forcing the additive to quickly and thoroughly exit the ingredient release closure, a region of relatively higher pressure, and flow into the base component in the container, a region of relatively lower pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Georgia Crown Distributing Co.
    Inventor: James Clayton Bell
  • Packaged Bottle Beverage Having an Ingredient Release Closure with Improved Additive Release and Method and Apparatus Thereof
    Publication number: 20110045143
    Abstract: A packaged bottled beverage has a base component of the beverage in a container under vacuum separate from an additive in a sealed compartment of an ingredient release closure. Upon opening the sealed compartment, suction is created forcing the additive to quickly and thoroughly exit the ingredient release closure, a region of relatively higher pressure, and flow into the base component in the container, a region of relatively lower pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventor: James Clayton Bell
  • Packaged Bottle Beverage Having An Ingredient Release Closure With Improved Additive Release And Method And Apparatus Thereof
    Publication number: 20090260690
    Abstract: A packaged bottled beverage has a base component of the beverage in a container under vacuum separate from an additive in a sealed compartment of an ingredient release closure. Upon opening the sealed compartment, suction is created forcing the additive to quickly and thoroughly exit the ingredient release closure, a region of relatively higher pressure, and flow into the base component in the container, a region of relatively lower pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventor: JAMES CLAYTON BELL