Patents by Inventor Penny M. Wuestman

Penny M. Wuestman 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).

  • Patent number: 7290677
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for maintaining container contents in a desired ambient temperature and a container assembly for achieving the same. The method incorporates use of a container assembly comprising an outer bowl member, an inner vessel member and a lid member, all of which are constructed with porous materials. Critically-select portions of the outer bowl member, the inner vessel member and the lid member are glazed with a vapor-impervious coating while the remaining portions of the container assembly are left unglazed. The glazed portions thus provide an avenue for vapor or liquid media, emanating from temperature-maintaining matter, to permeate through the interstitial pores of the material by entering and exiting through the unglazed portions of the container assemblage. Container contents, housed in the lidded inner vessel member, are thus more efficiently maintained in a desired ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Inventor: Penny M. Wuestman
  • Patent number: 6840396
    Abstract: The present invention provides a container assembly and method for maintaining container contents in a desired ambient temperature. The device comprises an outer bowl member, an inner vessel member and a lid member, all of which are constructed with porous materials. Critically-select portions of the outer bowl member, the inner vessel member and the lid member are glazed with a vapor-impervious coating while the remaining portions of the container assembly are left unglazed. The glazed portions thus provide an avenue for vapor or liquid media, emanating from temperature-maintaining matter, to permeate through the interstitial pores of the material by entering and exiting through the unglazed portions of the container assemblage. Container contents, housed in the lidded inner vessel member, are thus more efficiently maintained in a desired ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Inventor: Penny M. Wuestman
  • Publication number: 20040016760
    Abstract: The present invention provides a container assembly and method for maintaining container contents in a desired ambient temperature. The device comprises an outer bowl member, an inner vessel member and a lid member, all of which are constructed with porous materials. Critically-select portions of the outer bowl member, the inner vessel member and the lid member are glazed with a vapor-impervious coating while the remaining portions of the container assembly are left unglazed. The glazed portions thus provide an avenue for vapor or liquid media, emanating from temperature-maintaining matter, to permeate through the interstitial pores of the material by entering and exiting through the unglazed portions of the container assemblage. Container contents, housed in the lidded inner vessel member, are thus more efficiently maintained in a desired ambient temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventor: Penny M. Wuestman
  • Patent number: 6244065
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device for containing and a method of refrigerating, heating, and storing. The device comprises at least two containers each having a continuously formed rounded surface running from a bottom plane to a medial perimeter. The continuously formed rounded surface of one of the containers laterally extends beyond the medial perimeter of at least the two containers and extends over and laterally at opposite ends of the containers in a parallel relationship for suspending the one container within one of the other containers. A notched cap is sized for placement over and for substantially encapsulating the two containers. The continuously formed rounded surface of the one container laterally extends through and laterally beyond the notched cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Inventor: Penny M. Wuestman
  • Patent number: D476851
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Inventor: Penny M. Wuestman