Patents by Inventor Alfred G. Prior

Alfred G. Prior 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: 6659301
    Abstract: A universal bottle that interfits into a plurality of different housings for liquid vaporization devices. Two of the current commercial devices have specially constructed bottles that are not interchangeable, that is, the bottle intended for use with one of the commercial devices cannot be used with the other device and vice versa. The present bottle is dimensioned so as to interfit into both of the commercial devices and has a neck having an opening and two sets of opposite external surfaces that are dimensioned so that in one orientation, the bottle will fit into one of the commercial devices, and, by rotating the bottle a predetermined amount to another orientation, the bottle can be operatively inserted into the other of the commercial devices. In each instance, a locking system on the bottle cooperates with the housing of the commercial device to retain the bottle in its operative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Waldwick Plastics Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Terrence Fellows, Alfred G. Prior, Manfred Alois Riegg, Jeffrey Lawrence Stern
  • Publication number: 20030189022
    Abstract: A universal bottle that interfits into a plurality of different housings for liquid vaporization devices. Two of the current commercial devices have specially constructed bottles that are not interchangeable, that is, the bottle intended for use with one of the commercial devices cannot be used with the other device and vice versa. The present bottle is dimensioned so as to interfit into both of the commercial devices and has a neck having an opening and two sets of opposite external surfaces that are dimensioned so that in one orientation, the bottle will fit into one of the commercial devices, and, by rotating the bottle a predetermined amount to another orientation, the bottle can be operatively inserted into the other of the commercial devices. In each instance, a locking system on the bottle cooperates with the housing of the commercial device to retain the bottle in its operative position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Robert Terrence Fellows, Alfred G. Prior, Manfred Alois Riegg, Jeffrey Lawrence Stern
  • Patent number: D476895
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Waldwick Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Terrence Fellows, Alfred G. Prior, Manfred Alois Riegg, Jeffrey Lawrence Stern
  • Patent number: D491256
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Waldwick Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Terrence Fellows, Alfred G. Prior, Manfred Alois Riegg, Jeffrey Lawrence Stern