Patents by Inventor Brian Adrian Miller

Brian Adrian Miller 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).

  • Container Bottom and Methods
    Publication number: 20120024870
    Abstract: Substantially triangular shaped container bottoms include a bottom wall with a concave surface. The container bottom can be used with a container body having an interior chamber for receiving at least one article. Exemplary embodiments include a container bottom attached to a container body wherein the container bottom includes a central surface area that is inwardly concave towards an interior chamber of the container body. Methods of loading a plurality of articles in a container are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Gerard Laurent Buisson, James Calvin McIntyre, Elizabeth Dominique Maczek, James Wagner Settelmayer, JR., Douglas David Sena, Brian Adrian Miller, Benito Alberto Romanach
  • Container bottom and methods
    Patent number: 8061111
    Abstract: A method of loading a plurality of articles in a container. The method can include providing a container having a body and defining an interior chamber, providing a stack of articles comprising snack pieces having a convex surface, inserting the stack of articles at least partially into the interior chamber, and reorienting the leading article by forcing the leading article against the inner surface such that the convex surface of the article cooperates with the inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gerard Laurent Buisson, James Calvin McIntyre, Elizabeth Dominique Maczek, James Wagner Settelmayer, Jr., Douglas David Sena, Brian Adrian Miller, Benito Alberto Romanach
  • Container Bottom and Methods
    Publication number: 20110067362
    Abstract: A method of loading a plurality of articles in a container. The method can include providing a container having a body and defining an interior chamber, providing a stack of articles comprising snack pieces having a convex surface, inserting the stack of articles at least partially into the interior chamber, and reorienting the leading article by forcing the leading article against the inner surface such that the convex surface of the article cooperates with the inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Gerard Laurent Buisson, James Calvin McIntyre, Elizabeth Dominique Maczek, James Wagner Settelmayer, JR., Douglas David Sena, Brian Adrian Miller, Benito Alberto Romanach
  • Container bottom and methods
    Patent number: 7866128
    Abstract: Substantially triangular shaped container bottoms include a bottom wall with a concave surface. The container bottom can be used with a container body having an interior chamber for receiving at least one article. Exemplary embodiments include a container bottom attached to a container body wherein the container bottom includes a central surface area that is inwardly concave towards an interior chamber of the container body. Methods of loading a plurality of articles in a container are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gerard Laurent Buisson, James Calvin McIntyre, Elizabeth Dominique Maczek, James Wagner Settelmayer, Jr., Douglas David Sena, Brian Adrian Miller, Benito Alberto Romanach
  • Ergonomic snack piece having improved dip containment
    Publication number: 20020132029
    Abstract: The present invention includes an ergonomic snack piece having improved hand held characteristics and dip containment and a method to make such a snack piece. More particularly, the present invention relates to a ergonomic snack piece that optimizes an engagement angle and hold angle of the snack piece. Even more particularly, the present invention relates to a snack piece having a dip containment well and a grip region that provides improved dip-condiment retention while simultaneously providing the user areas to hold the chip and thus avoiding messy finger contact with the dip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lee Michael Teras, John Russell Herring, Charles Edward Jones, Stephen Paul Zimmerman, Benito Albert Romanach, Douglas David Sena, Brian Adrian Miller
  • Container bottom and methods
    Publication number: 20020119223
    Abstract: Substantially triangular shaped container bottoms include a bottom wall with a concave surface. The container bottom can be used with a container body having an interior chamber for receiving at least one article. Exemplary embodiments include a container bottom attached to a container body wherein the container bottom includes a central surface area that is inwardly concave towards an interior chamber of the container body. Methods of loading a plurality of articles in a container are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gerard Laurent Buisson, James Calvin McIntyre, Elizabeth Dominique Maczek, James Wagner Settelmayer, Douglas David Sena, Brian Adrian Miller, Benito Alberto Romanach