Patents by Inventor Joanne Santospago

Joanne Santospago 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: 20060062077
    Abstract: An improved adapter bucket for a mixing apparatus adapted for mixing paints or other fluids can selectively receive either conventional cylindrical containers or non-conventional, non-cylindrical containers therein and restrain either of such container types on the apparatus during mixing operations. The adapter bucket is configured to properly register either of such containers types so that its center of gravity axis is colinearly aligned with the rotation axis of the bucket and the mixing apparatus, regardless of whether the containers' center of gravity axes and central geometric axes are coincident and colinear with each other or laterally offset with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicant: Ultrablend Color, LLC
    Inventors: Joanne Santospago, Carlos Salas
  • Patent number: 6988824
    Abstract: An improved adapter bucket for a mixing apparatus adapted for mixing paints or other fluids can selectively receive either conventional cylindrical containers or non-conventional, non-cylindrical containers therein and restrain either of such container types on the apparatus during mixing operations. The adapter bucket is configured to properly register either of such containers types so that its center of gravity axis is colinearly aligned with the rotation axis of the bucket and the mixing apparatus, regardless of whether the containers' center of gravity axes and central geometric axes are coincident and colinear with each other or laterally offset with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Ultrablend Color, LLC
    Inventors: Joanne Santospago, Carlos P. Salas
  • Publication number: 20050030834
    Abstract: An improved adapter bucket for a mixing apparatus adapted for mixing paints or other fluids can selectively receive either conventional cylindrical containers or non-conventional, non-cylindrical containers therein and restrain either of such container types on the apparatus during mixing operations. The adapter bucket is configured to properly register either of such containers types so that its center of gravity axis is colinearly aligned with the rotation axis of the bucket and the mixing apparatus, regardless of whether the containers' center of gravity axes and central geometric axes are coincident and colinear with each other or laterally offset with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: Ultrablend Color, LLC
    Inventors: Joanne Santospago, Carlos Salas
  • Publication number: 20030142583
    Abstract: An improved adapter bucket for a mixing apparatus adapted for mixing paints or other fluids can selectively receive either conventional cylindrical containers or non-conventional, non-cylindrical containers therein and restrain either of such container types on the apparatus during mixing operations. The adapter bucket is configured to properly register either of such containers types so that its center of gravity axis is colinearly aligned with the rotation axis of the bucket and the mixing apparatus, regardless of whether the containers' center of gravity axes and central geometric axes are coincident and colinear with each other or laterally offset with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: Ultrablend Color, LLC
    Inventors: Joanne Santospago, Carlos P. Salas