Patents by Inventor Shawn A. Oakes

Shawn A. Oakes 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).

  • Locking cup and lid with negative draft sealing surfaces
    Patent number: 6688487
    Abstract: A multi-sealing, multi-locking and reopenable cup and lid assembly includes a cup that has an open circular mouth defining an interior locking groove and an undercut frustoconical sealing surface, and a resilient circular lid having a peripheral lip and a frustoconical sealing surface complementary to cup sealing surface. Insertion of the lid into the cup creates a snap-in lock of the lip in the locking groove and a liquid-tight seal between the sealing surfaces. Interrupted portions in the interface between the lid lip and the locking groove in the cup may be aligned by manual rotation of the locked lid for unlocking and easy removal thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Shawn A. Oakes, Freida St. Germain
  • LOCKING CUP AND LID WITH NEGATIVE DRAFT SEALING SURFACES
    Publication number: 20030085228
    Abstract: A multi-sealing, multi-locking and reopenable cup and lid assembly includes a cup that has an open circular mouth defining an interior locking groove and an undercut frustoconical sealing surface, and a resilient circular lid having a peripheral lip and a frustoconical sealing surface complementary to cup sealing surface. Insertion of the lid into the cup creates a snap-in lock of the lip in the locking groove and a liquid-tight seal between the sealing surfaces. Interrupted portions in the interface between the lid lip and the locking groove in the cup may be aligned by manual rotation of the locked lid for unlocking and easy removal thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventor: Shawn A. Oakes
  • Bottle holder and bottle holding system
    Patent number: 5377862
    Abstract: A pair of identical thermoformed bottle holders support the bases and top portions of an array of glass bottles in an enclosing carton in a manner which spaces and flexibly cushions all portions of the bottles from the direct transmission of an impact through any carton wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Inventors: Shawn A. Oakes, Richard T. Steichen, Michael S. Freitas, Joseph G. Toma, Jr., Daryl J. Gray