Patents by Inventor William E. Steele

William E. Steele 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: 8074817
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for metering a liquid nutritional supplement is disclosed and provides a liquid dispenser having a body that contains a predetermined number of single dosages of the liquid nutritional supplement, a cap, such as a child resistant cap, coupled to a neck portion of the body, and a dosage cup coupled to the cap. The dosage cup has at least four axial shoulders on an inside surface thereof wherein each has an engaging surface adapted to engage axial ridges of the cap. The dosage cup is coupled to the cap such that a force that is greater, by a predetermined amount, than the weight of the dosage cup is required to remove the dosage cup from the cap. The dosage cup is provided with an indicator adapted to indicate one of the single dosages of the liquid nutritional supplement to be consumed by a user for a predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Remington Health Products, L.L.C.
    Inventors: William E. Steele, IV, Phillip D. Livingston, Clarence D. Zierhut
  • Publication number: 20080296310
    Abstract: A packaging system is disclosed comprising at least one article, translucent walls allowing the at least one article to be viewable by a consumer, and a header and footer covering top and bottom portions of the translucent walls. The header and footer may include printed or graphic information about the at least one article wherein the header and footer extend the area in which printed information about the at least one article can be provided. Additional labeling can be provided to display information about the at least one article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Remington Health Products, L.L.C.
    Inventors: William E. Steele, IV, Phillip D. Livingston
  • Patent number: 7296700
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for metering a liquid nutritional supplement provides a liquid dispenser having a body that contains a predetermined number of single dosages of the liquid nutritional supplement, a cap, such as a child-resistant cap, coupled to a neck portion of the body, and a dosage cup coupled to the cap. The dosage cup has at least four axial shoulders on an inside surface thereof that each has an engaging surface adapted to engage axial ridges of the cap. The dosage cup is coupled to the cap such that a force that is greater, by a predetermined amount, than the weight of the dosage cup is required to remove the dosage cup from the cap, and providing the dosage cup with an indicator adapted to indicate one of the single dosages of the liquid nutritional supplement to be consumed by a user for a predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Remington Health Products, L.L.C.
    Inventors: William E. Steele, IV, Phillip D. Livingston, Clarence D. Zierhut
  • Publication number: 20040007555
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for metering a liquid nutritional supplement is disclosed and provides a liquid dispenser having a body that contains a predetermined number of single dosages of the liquid nutritional supplement, a cap, such as a child-resistant cap, coupled to a neck portion of the body, and a dosage cup coupled to the cap. The dosage cup has at least four axial shoulders on an inside surface thereof that each has an engaging surface adapted to engage axial ridges of the cap. The dosage cup is coupled to the cap such that a force that is greater, by a predetermined amount, than the weight of the dosage cup is required to remove the dosage cup from the cap, and providing the dosage cup with an indicator adapted to indicate one of the single dosages of the liquid nutritional supplement to be consumed by a user for a predetermined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: William E. Steele, Phillip D. Livingston, Clarence D. Zierhut
  • Patent number: 6567948
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting information between a host computer and one or more subscriber computers via a satellite is provided. One or more live streams of data representing the information are inputted in the host computer. The respective pacing factors are measured from the live data streams. The respective virtual files are created from the live data streams. The virtual files are packet-encoded to generate respective streams of encoded packets. The streams of encoded packets and pacing factors are transmitted to the subscriber computers via satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: KenCast, Inc.
    Inventors: William E. Steele, Michael Fischer, Sophia Paleologou
  • Publication number: 20020049939
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting information between a host computer and one or more subscriber computers via a satellite is provided. One or more live streams of data representing the information are inputted in the host computer. The respective pacing factors are measured from the live data streams. The respective virtual files are created from the live data streams. The virtual files are packet-encoded to generate respective streams of encoded packets. The streams of encoded packets and pacing factors are transmitted to the subscriber computers via satellite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: William E. Steele, Michael Fischer, Sophia Paleologou
  • Patent number: 6272658
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting information between a host computer and one or more subscriber computers via a satellite is provided. One or more live streams of data representing the information are inputted in the host computer. The respective pacing factors are measured from the live data streams. The respective virtual files are created from the live data streams. The virtual files are packet-encoded to generate respective streams of encoded packets. The streams of encoded packets and pacing factors are transmitted to the subscriber computers via satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: KenCast, Inc.
    Inventors: William E. Steele, Michael Fischer, Sophia Paleologou
  • Patent number: D476234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Remington Health Products, L.L.C.
    Inventors: William E. Steele, IV, Phillip D. Livingston, Clarence D. Zierhut
  • Patent number: D476575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Remington Health Products, L.L.C.
    Inventors: William E. Steele, IV, Phillip D. Livingston, Clarence D. Zierhut
  • Patent number: D556566
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Remington Health Products, L.L.C.
    Inventors: William E. Steele, IV, George E. Steele, Phillip Douglas Livingston
  • Patent number: D484972
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Remington Health Products, L.L.C.
    Inventors: William E. Steele, IV, Phillip D. Livingston, Samuel A. Sanchez
  • Patent number: D485496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Remington Health Products, L.L.C.
    Inventors: William E. Steele, IV, Phillip D. Livingston, Clarence D. Zierhut
  • Patent number: D485497
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Remington Health Products, L.L.C.
    Inventors: William E. Steele, IV, Phillip D. Livingston, Clarence D. Zierhut
  • Patent number: D486069
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Remington Health Products, L.L.C.
    Inventors: William E. Steele, IV, Phillip D. Livingston, Clarence D. Zierhut
  • Patent number: D486740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Remington Health Products, L.L.C.
    Inventors: William E. Steele, IV, Phillip D. Livingston, Clarence D. Zierhut
  • Patent number: D572581
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Remington Health Products L.L.C.
    Inventors: William E. Steele, IV, George E. Steele, Phillip Douglas Livingston
  • Patent number: D488068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Remington Health Products, L.L.C.
    Inventors: William E. Steele, IV, Phillip D. Livingston, Clarence D. Zierhut
  • Patent number: D489625
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Remington Health Products, L.L.C.
    Inventors: William E. Steele, IV, Phillip D. Livingston, Clarence D. Zierhut