Patents by Inventor Brad Caszatt

Brad Caszatt 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).

  • Hot-fill container having flat panels
    Patent number: 8727152
    Abstract: A container may employ an upper portion defining a mouth, a shoulder portion formed with the upper portion and extending away from the upper portion, a bottom portion forming a base, a sidewall extending between and joining the shoulder portion and the bottom portion, and a plurality of smooth surfaced vacuum panels formed in the sidewall, which may be separated by one or more strengthening grooves. The vacuum panels and/or the container in a profile view may form an hourglass shape. The container may also employ a sidewall utilizing three smooth, grooveless, vacuum panels, which may form a triangle in cross-section. The vacuum panels may be concave inward toward a central vertical axis of the container and have an hourglass shape when the container is viewed in a side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Amcor Limited
    Inventors: Walter J. Strasser, Bradley S. Philip, Richard J. Steih, Richard K. Rangler, Brad Caszatt, John B. Simon
  • HOT-FILL CONTAINER HAVING FLAT PANELS
    Publication number: 20110186538
    Abstract: A container may employ an upper portion defining a mouth, a shoulder portion formed with the upper portion and extending away from the upper portion, a bottom portion forming a base, a sidewall extending between and joining the shoulder portion and the bottom portion, and a plurality of smooth surfaced vacuum panels formed in the sidewall, which may be separated by one or more strengthening grooves. The vacuum panels and/or the container in a profile view may form an hourglass shape. The container may also employ a sidewall utilizing three smooth, grooveless, vacuum panels, which may form a triangle in cross-section. The vacuum panels may be concave inward toward a central vertical axis of the container and have an hourglass shape when the container is viewed in a side view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: WALTER J. STRASSER, Bradley S. Philip, Richard J. Steih, Richard K. Rangler, Brad Caszatt, John B. Simon
  • Rectangular hot-filled container
    Patent number: 7455189
    Abstract: A rectangular plastic container having a shoulder region adapted for vacuum pressure absorption, a sidewall portion having a rigid support ledge and a tapered base structure having an octagonal shaped footprint. The shoulder region including vacuum panels being moveable to accommodate vacuum related forces generated within the container. The shoulder region, sidewall portion and base each having differing horizontal cross sectional shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Amcor Limited
    Inventors: Michael T. Lane, Dan Weissmann, John Nievierowski, Brad Caszatt
  • Rectangular hot-filled container
    Publication number: 20070039918
    Abstract: A rectangular plastic container having a shoulder region adapted for vacuum pressure absorption, a sidewall portion having a rigid support ledge and a tapered base structure having an octagonal shaped footprint. The shoulder region including vacuum panels being moveable to accommodate vacuum related forces generated within the container. The shoulder region, sidewall portion and base each having differing horizontal cross sectional shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Lane, Dan Weissmann, John Nievierowski, Brad Caszatt