Patents by Inventor Tomas Colussi

Tomas Colussi 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).

  • Portable water bottle assembly having a replaceable filter cartridge
    Patent number: 9636613
    Abstract: A portable bottle for filtering drinking water is disclosed that includes a bottle having a threaded opening, a cover for cooperating with the threaded opening of the bottle and including a top wall having a plurality of internal engagement lugs depending downwardly from an interior surface of the top wall, a filter cartridge including an end cap having a circumferential side wall that includes a plurality of engagement ribs for cooperating with the engagement lugs of the cover, and a spout including a compressible circumferential flange configured to be positioned between the interior surface of the top wall of the cover and the upper surface the end cap of the filter cartridge to provide a resilient biasing force therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Liquidity Corporation
    Inventors: David Hayslett, Tomás Colussi, Michael Hawes
  • PORTABLE WATER BOTTLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A REPLACEABLE FILTER CARTRIDGE
    Publication number: 20160251234
    Abstract: A portable bottle for filtering drinking water is disclosed that includes a bottle having a threaded opening, a cover for cooperating with the threaded opening of the bottle and including a top wall having a plurality of internal engagement lugs depending downwardly from an interior surface of the top wall, a filter cartridge including an end cap having a circumferential side wall that includes a plurality of engagement ribs for cooperating with the engagement lugs of the cover, and a spout including a compressible circumferential flange configured to be positioned between the interior surface of the top wall of the cover and the upper surface the end cap of the filter cartridge to provide a resilient biasing force therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Liquidity Corporation
    Inventors: David Hayslett, Tomás Colussi, Michael Hawes
  • MULTI-LAYERED COMPOSITE FILTER MEDIA AND PLEATED FILTER ELEMENT CONSTRUCTED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20160250573
    Abstract: A multi-layered pleated filter element for filtering drinking water is disclosed which includes at least one upstream glass fiber layer for pre-filtration, a nanofiber membrane layer for bacteria retention, and at least one downstream positively charged microporous membrane layer for virus retention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Liquidity Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hawes, Sylvie Chavanne, Tomás Colussi
  • Cereal-based charcoal binder
    Patent number: 9108909
    Abstract: The cereal-based charcoal binder utilizes unrefined non-corn whole grains to replace the conventional cornstarch binder in solid charcoal fuels. The whole grain material is ground up, mixed with water, gelatinized, and then mixed with at least one dry ingredient to produce the solid charcoal fuel product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Syed H. Imam, Greg M. Glenn, Bor-Sen Chiou, William J. Orts, Dustin Rains, Allison Fretwell, Greg Piche, Adam Slaboski, Stephen Fisher, Tomas Colussi, Don Swatling
  • Faucet mounted water filter
    Patent number: D541374
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Tomas Colussi, Brett Z. Green, Greg Spooner, Piercy Yau
  • Faucet mounted water filter
    Patent number: D542374
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Brett Z. Green, Tomas Colussi, Greg Spooner, Piercy Yau
  • Water filter housing sieve
    Patent number: D729344
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Brita LP
    Inventor: Tomas Colussi
  • Portable water bottle
    Patent number: D758800
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Liquidity Corporation
    Inventors: David Hayslett, Tomás Colussi, Elliott Gansner