Patents by Inventor Mark Gerhart

Mark Gerhart 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).

  • Single handed container for mixing foods
    Patent number: 6641854
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method and an apparatus for a food container which includes an inner member (which can be a cup or a bottle) for holding a particulate food; an outer member (which can be a second cup or a second bottle) adapted to receive the inner member, with a space between the inner and the outer members, for a liquid food; where the inner member interlocks with the outer member and openings are provided for the discharge of the liquid food; and the particulate food and the liquid food can be consumed simultaneously by tilting the container towards the mouth of the user to discharge or withdraw particulate food from the inner member and liquid food from the outer member through the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Kellogg Company
    Inventors: Mark Gerhart, Edward O'Brien, Simon Gainey, Robert Guldi, Brian Wagner, Mike Richmond
  • Single handed container for mixing foods
    Publication number: 20030054078
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method and an apparatus for a food container which includes an inner member (which can be a cup or a bottle) for holding a particulate food; an outer member (which can be a second cup or a second bottle) adapted to receive the inner member, with a space between the inner and the outer members, for a liquid food; where the inner member interlocks with the outer member and openings are provided for the discharge of the liquid food; and the particulate food and the liquid food can be consumed simultaneously by tilting the container towards the mouth of the user to discharge or withdraw particulate food from the inner member and liquid food from the outer member through the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Mark Gerhart, Edward O'Brien, Simon Gainey, Robert Guldi, Brian Wagner, Mike Richmond
  • Single handed container for mixing foods
    Patent number: 6528105
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method and an apparatus for a food container which includes an inner member (which can be a cup or a bottle) for holding a particulate food; an outer member (which can be a second cup or a second bottle) adapted to receive the inner member, with a space between the inner and the outer members, for a liquid food; where the inner member interlocks with the outer member and openings are provided for the discharge of the liquid food; and the particulate food and the liquid food can be consumed simultaneously by tilting the container towards the mouth of the user to discharge or withdraw particulate food from the inner member and liquid food from the outer member through the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Kellogg Company
    Inventors: Mark Gerhart, Edward O'Brien, Simon Gainey, Robert Guldi, Brian Wagner, Mike Richmond
  • Container
    Patent number: D502109
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian E. Hutter, Peter J. Mackinson, Thomas E. Wells, Sr., Mark Gerhart, Simon R. Gainey
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D524657
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Harris, Shannon Navarette Bowers, Mark Gerhart
  • Container
    Patent number: D525129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian E. Hutter, Peter J. Mackinson, Thomas E. Wells, Sr., Mark Gerhart, Simon R. Gainey
  • Interlocking bottles
    Patent number: D556057
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Shannon Bowers, Mark Gerhart
  • Interlocking bottles
    Patent number: D556058
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Shannon Bowers, Mark Gerhart
  • Interlocking bottles
    Patent number: D558605
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Shannon Bowers, Mark Gerhart
  • Interlocking bottles
    Patent number: D569739
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Shannon Bowers, Mark Gerhart