Patents by Inventor Nancy Teppen

Nancy Teppen 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: 20070108070
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for retaining a plurality of containers. The device has a frame having a length dimension with opposite sides and a plurality of arms extending from opposite sides of the frame. Each arm has an arm portion extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the frame length and a curved portion connecting the arm portion to the frame length to form an open cavity between the frame and the arm. The cavity is adapted to receive and retain one of the elliptically-shaped containers. The cavity has at least one width dimension that is slightly smaller than the corresponding diameter dimension of the elliptically-shaped container when the container is not retained within the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Horton, Nancy Teppen
  • Publication number: 20070108069
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for retaining a plurality of elliptically-shaped containers. The device comprises a frame having a length dimension with opposite sides and a plurality of arms extending from opposite sides of the frame. The frame length, a flexible arm and a fixed arm arcuately form at least one container-retaining cavity adapted to receive and retain an elliptically-shaped container. The cavity has at least one length dimension that is slightly smaller than a major axis diameter of the elliptically-shaped container when the container is not retained within the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Horton, Nancy Teppen
  • Patent number: D538179
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Thomas C. Horton, Nancy Teppen
  • Patent number: D538180
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Thomas C. Horton, Nancy Teppen