Patents by Inventor Peter J. Savarie

Peter J. Savarie 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).

  • Container apparatus
    Patent number: 9730438
    Abstract: A container apparatus for exposing an article to an external environment, the apparatus including a sidewall with an interior having an inner surface, the sidewall terminating in a first margin and an opposing second margin. The container apparatus also includes a capsule having an outer periphery and an inner void holding the article, the outer periphery is slidably engaged to the sidewall inner surface, the capsule having a split boundary separating the capsule into a plurality of partial capsule elements. The capsule having a closed state with the partial capsule elements being adjacent at the boundary while slidably engaged to the sidewall with the void separated from the environment and the capsule being able to have an open state without the slidable engagement as the partial capsule elements are separated at the boundary with the void open to the environment, thus exposing the article to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: Applied Design Corporation, The United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Michael C. Messaros, Grady E. Barfoot, Jonathan C. Fragoso, Peter J. Savarie, William C. Pitt
  • Container Apparatus
    Publication number: 20160205920
    Abstract: A container apparatus for exposing an article to an external environment, the apparatus including a sidewall with an interior having an inner surface, the sidewall terminating in a first margin and an opposing second margin. The container apparatus also includes a capsule having an outer periphery and an inner void holding the article, the outer periphery is slidably engaged to the sidewall inner surface, the capsule having a split boundary separating the capsule into a plurality of partial capsule elements. The capsule having a closed state with the partial capsule elements being adjacent at the boundary while slidably engaged to the sidewall with the void separated from the environment and the capsule being able to have an open state without the slidable engagement as the partial capsule elements are separated at the boundary with the void open to the environment, thus exposing the article to the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Michael C. Messaros, Grady E. Barfoot, Jonathan C. Fragoso, Peter J. Savarie, William C. Pitt