Patents by Inventor Bernhard Wettlaufer

Bernhard Wettlaufer 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: 9162810
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for the attachment of a figurine with a cylindrical base part onto a beverage bottle. Furthermore, the invention concerns a combination of such a device and a figurine as well as a beverage bottle made of plastic, which forms a sales unit with such a device and such a figurine. In order to enable the figurine to be joined separably to the beverage bottle to form a sales unit in a simple, aesthetical and sales-promoting manner, the device according to the invention comprises a body having means for separable attachment of the figurine and having a recess for holding a screw cap and/or a neck part provided with an outside thread of the beverage bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: PCO Group GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Lemke, Bernhard Wettlaufer, Goetz Thomas
  • Patent number: 9010074
    Abstract: A method of using a packaging unit with a selected beverage container comprises obtaining a packaging unit having a receiving chamber for popcorn or the like and a square pocket coupled to the outside of the receiving chamber, a lower end portion of the pocket having one or more strip-shaped wall sections; selecting either a conical beverage cup or a beverage bottle; configuring the pocket based on the configuration of the selected beverage container; and inserting the selected beverage container into the correspondingly configured pocket, wherein in a first configuration, the conical beverage cup is held in a clamp seat, or in a second pocket configuration the beverage bottle is supported on a partial bottom support member formed by the strip-shaped wall sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: PCO Group GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Lemke, Bernhard Wettlaufer
  • Publication number: 20140339190
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for the attachment of a figurine with a cylindrical base part onto a beverage bottle. Furthermore, the invention concerns a combination of such a device and a figurine as well as a beverage bottle made of plastic, which forms a sales unit with such a device and such a figurine. In order to enable the figurine to be joined separably to the beverage bottle to form a sales unit in a simple, aesthetical and sales-promoting manner, the device according to the invention comprises a body having means for separable attachment of the figurine and having a recess for holding a screw cap and/or a neck part provided with an outside thread of the beverage bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: PCO Group GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Lemke, Bernhard Wettlaufer, Goetz Thomas
  • Publication number: 20140283488
    Abstract: A method of using a packaging unit with a selected beverage container comprises obtaining a packaging unit having a receiving chamber for popcorn or the like and a square pocket coupled to the outside of the receiving chamber, a lower end portion of the pocket having one or more strip-shaped wall sections; selecting either a conical beverage cup or a beverage bottle; configuring the pocket based on the configuration of the selected beverage container; and inserting the selected beverage container into the correspondingly configured pocket, wherein in a first configuration, the conical beverage cup is held in a clamp seat, or in a second pocket configuration the beverage bottle is supported on a partial bottom support member formed by the strip-shaped wall sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Stefan Lemke, Bernhard Wettlaufer
  • Patent number: 8727150
    Abstract: A device attaches a figurine with a cylindrical base part onto a beverage bottle. A combination of such a device and a figurine as well as a beverage bottle made of plastic forms a sales unit with such a device and such a figurine. In order to enable the figurine to be joined separably to the beverage bottle to form a sales unit in a simple, aesthetical and sales-promoting manner, the device includes a body having means for separable attachment of the figurine and having a recess for holding a screw cap and a neck part provided with an outside thread of the beverage bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: PCO Group GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Lemke, Bernhard Wettlaufer, Götz Thomas
  • Patent number: 8365980
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a container for non-liquid food, such as for popcorn, potato chips or french fries, and has a bottom and an upright peripheral wall which together delineate a cavity for holding the food, as well as a pocket, which is formed from parts of the peripheral wall for holding an object that accompanies the food. In order to prevent an escape of the food located in the cavity and/or a contact of the object in the pocket with the food in the cavity, the invention provides that a lower end of the pocket is formed from a movable peripheral wall part which is delineated by two fold lines diverging upwards in a V shape and a punch line or cut joining the upper ends of the fold lines at a distance from an upper edge of the peripheral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: PCO Group GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Wettlaufer, Stefan Lemke
  • Publication number: 20110180593
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a container for non-liquid food, such as for popcorn, potato chips or french fries, and has a bottom and an upright peripheral wall which together delineate a cavity for holding the food, as well as a pocket, which is formed from parts of the peripheral wall for holding an object that accompanies the food. In order to prevent an escape of the food located in the cavity and/or a contact of the object in the pocket with the food in the cavity, the invention provides that a lower end of the pocket is formed from a movable peripheral wall part which is delineated by two fold lines diverging upwards in a V shape and a punch line or cut joining the upper ends of the fold lines at a distance from an upper edge of the peripheral wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: PCO Group GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Wettlaufer, Stefan Lemke
  • Publication number: 20100200584
    Abstract: The packaging unit comprising a receiving chamber for popcorn or the like and a pocket which is arranged on the receiving chamber on the outside and is square in ground plan and is dimensioned such that a beverage cup can be inserted in a clamp seat into the pocket is characterized in that on the lower end portion of the pocket at least one strip-shaped wall section, preferably two strip-shaped wall sections are cut free laterally from the side walls of the pocket, the incisions extending in parallel with the lower edge of the pocket each time at both sides of the corners of the pocket, which are spaced apart from the receiving chamber, the incisions extending at the same height of the pocket, and that at the two ends of the strip-shaped wall sections fold lines are respectively formed extending in a direction perpendicular to said sections, so that the strip-shaped wall sections can be bent around the fold lines into the interior of the pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Lemke, Bernhard Wettlaufer
  • Patent number: D843213
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: PCO GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Wettlaufer, Rafal Marian Wisniewski
  • Patent number: D866324
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: PCO GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Wettlaufer, Rafal Marian Wisniewski
  • Patent number: D900638
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: PCO GROUP GMBH
    Inventor: Bernhard Wettlaufer