Abstract: A water treatment system includes a container body and a container lid. The container body includes a buoyant section and a container mating section. The container lid includes a grasping unit and a lid mating section. The grasping unit grasps a water treatment chemical tablet via compression by a user without the user having direct contact with the water treatment chemical tablet. The lid mating section mates with the container mating section.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 1, 2019
Publication date:
July 25, 2019
Applicant:
Design Engineering LLC
Inventors:
Walter Edwin Balfour, Adam Lee Craft, Zachary Fanning
Abstract: A container lid with a finger entry section, a thumb entry section, a grasping section, and a mating section. The finger entry section includes a finger opening for receiving at least one finger of a hand. The thumb entry section includes a thumb opening for receiving a thumb of the hand. The grasping section is coupled to the finger entry section and the thumb entry section. The grasping section functions to grasp an item when compressed via the finger entry section and the thumb entry section and collectively prevent the finger(s) and the thumb from making direct contact with the item. The mating section is coupled to the finger entry section, the thumb entry section, and/or the grasping section and functions to mate the container lid with a container body.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 13, 2017
Date of Patent:
April 2, 2019
Assignee:
Design Engineering LLC
Inventors:
Walter Edwin Balfour, Adam Lee Craft, Zachary Fanning
Abstract: An apparatus comprises a container and an indicator. The container includes a section for containing a consumable resource. The consumable resource includes one or more of a dissolvable solid and a miscible liquid. The indicator physically changes position with respect to the container to indicate the amount of consumption of the consumable resource when the container is in an environment that causes the consumable resource to be consumed.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 27, 2017
Publication date:
March 29, 2018
Applicant:
Design Engineering LLC
Inventors:
Adam Lee Craft, Walter Edwin Balfour, Zachary Fanning
Abstract: A container lid with a finger entry section, a thumb entry section, a grasping section, and a mating section. The finger entry section includes a finger opening for receiving at least one finger of a hand. The thumb entry section includes a thumb opening for receiving a thumb of the hand. The grasping section is coupled to the finger entry section and the thumb entry section. The grasping section functions to grasp an item when compressed via the finger entry section and the thumb entry section and collectively prevent the finger(s) and the thumb from making direct contact with the item. The mating section is coupled to the finger entry section, the thumb entry section, and/or the grasping section and functions to mate the container lid with a container body.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 13, 2017
Publication date:
March 29, 2018
Applicant:
Design Engineering LLC
Inventors:
Walter Edwin Balfour, Adam Lee Craft, Zachary Fanning