Patents by Inventor Brad Clutter

Brad Clutter 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).

  • Publication number: 20060086687
    Abstract: A plastic bottle mouth has a finish generally symmetric about a vertical axis of the bottle, suitable to receive a metal crown cap. The finish has a top planar surface lying in a plane normal to the vertical axis. A downwardly curved portion extends outward from the planar ring and terminates at an outermost edge located at a radius R1 bottle axis. An undercutting surface begins adjacent to the outer edge and extends axially inwardly and downwardly as a concave partial toroid. The undercutting surface can be defined in substantial part by a locus of points generated by a radius R having its origin on a circle of radius R2 lying in a plane normal to the vertical axis, particularly where R<<R2<R1. The radius R defining the undercutting surface is generally less than about 7% of radius R1, and can be only about 4% of radius R1. The planar ring on the top surface of the finish can have a width that is greater than about 2% of radius R1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Inventors: Brad Clutter, James Healan