Patents by Inventor Charles Curtiss

Charles Curtiss 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: 20050218198
    Abstract: Dispensers for comestible products are provided. The dispensers can be made of any suitable material including paperboard and plastic. The dispensers in general open to expose multiple products to the consumer who can select one or more of same. The dispensers are recloseable and can be pseudo-airtight. They can be sized to hold varying amounts and sizes of products. In certain embodiments, glue or adhesive is used to hold the products in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Dio Cavero, Raymond Clepper, Charles Curtiss, James Jenkins, Sungeun Kim, Stuart Leslie, Justin Waldinger
  • Publication number: 20050218201
    Abstract: A package for comestible products is provided. The package includes a front wall having a slot, a rear wall, a bottom wall and opposing sidewalls. The walls define a package interior and the rear wall includes a movable flap having a protruding member extending from the rear wall. The protruding member is adapted to engage the slot on the front wall and enclose the package interior. The package may include a debossed area and an embossed area adjacent to and surrounding the slot on the front wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Jason Billig, Charles Curtiss, Stuart Leslie, Heather Gross
  • Publication number: 20050087553
    Abstract: A valve assembly has a valve housing and a valve core body movable therewithin for providing a smooth and continuous outflow of liquid from a container, which may be unvented and rigid, through a liquid-out passageway, and provides an air-back passageway for drawing external air into the container. In a preferred embodiment, the core is rotatable within the housing by one-handed actuation. The air-back passageway is preferably a channel provided on the surface of the core body, and the liquid-out passageway is preferably provided between openings in the core body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: J. Halfacre, John Gruver, Christian Randhahn, Charles Curtiss, Stuart Leslie, Christopher Matice, Stephen DeHoff
  • Patent number: 6827228
    Abstract: A bubble 6 formed in the wall 7 of a plastic container having, an interior surface 8, an exterior surface 9 and a wall thickness 29 and being suitable for containing a liquid under pressure e.g., a carbonated beverage, including an integral structure formed of a central dome 10 having a convex outer surface 11 facing toward the adjacent exterior surface 9 and connected with an annular trough 18 having an annular concave surface facing the adjacent the exterior surface 9, a frustum 20 interconnecting the trough 18 with the dome or an outer ring of curved cross-section, the outer ring having an annular concave surface facing toward the interior 14, integrally formed with the container wall 7 surrounding the bubble, the bubble having a thickness approximately equal to the wall thickness. An associated container, blow mold and method are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: PepsiCo., Inc.
    Inventors: Cynthia Ann Headen, Martin H. Beck, Dennis Connor, Lydia Reed, John Boyet Stevens, Charles A. Curtiss, Stuart Leslie
  • Publication number: 20040026355
    Abstract: A bubble 6 formed in the wall 7 of a plastic container having, an interior surface 8, an exterior surface 9 and a wall thickness 29 and being suitable for containing a liquid under pressure e.g., a carbonated beverage, including an integral structure formed of a central dome 10 having a convex outer surface 11 facing toward the adjacent exterior surface 9 and connected with an annular trough 18 having an annular concave surface facing the adjacent the exterior surface 9, a frustum 20 interconnecting the trough 18 with the dome or an outer ring of curved cross-section, the outer ring having an annular concave surface facing toward the interior 14, integrally formed with the container wall 7 surrounding the bubble, the bubble having a thickness approximately equal to the wall thickness. An associated container, blow mold and method are also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Cynthia Ann Headen, Martin H. Beck, Dennis Connor, Lydia Reed, John Boyet Stevens, Charles A. Curtiss, Stuart Leslie
  • Publication number: 20030168372
    Abstract: A container for storing a liquid includes at least one translucent or transparent side wall with a first image formed on an interior surface thereof and a second image formed on an exterior surface thereof. The first image is formed in a manner such that it is not visible when the container is filled with the liquid. When the container is substantially empty of the liquid, the first and second images become visible to form a composite image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Cynthia Headen, Stuart Leslie, Charles Curtiss
  • Patent number: D502877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.
    Inventors: Machelle D. Stockwell, Stuart Leslie, Charles A. Curtiss, Tomohito Asano, David Deemer, Hassan Mourad
  • Patent number: D511973
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.
    Inventors: Machelle D. Stockwell, Stuart Leslie, Charles A. Curtiss, Tomohito Asano, David Deemer, Hassan Mourad
  • Patent number: D512326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.
    Inventors: Machelle D. Stockwell, Stuart Leslie, Charles A. Curtiss, Tomohito Asano, David Deemer, Hassan Mourad
  • Patent number: D512327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.
    Inventors: Machelle D. Stockwell, Stuart Leslie, Charles A. Curtiss, Tomohito Asano, David Deemer, Hassan Mourad
  • Patent number: D516423
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Nestle Waters North America, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Wayne Halfacre, John S. Gruver, Christian Randhahn, Charles A. Curtiss, Stuart Leslie, Christopher J. Matice, Stephen P. DeHoff
  • Patent number: D516922
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.
    Inventors: Machelle D. Stockwell, Stuart Leslie, Charles A. Curtiss, Tomohito Asano, David Deemer, Hassan Mourad
  • Patent number: D472474
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Cynthia Headen, Stuart Leslie, Charles Curtiss
  • Patent number: D476574
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Gerber Products Company
    Inventors: Chad Beachum, Charles Curtiss, Nicholas Latorre, Stuart M. Leslie
  • Patent number: D480004
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Gerber Products Company
    Inventors: Chad Beachum, Charles Curtiss, Nicholas Latorre, Stuart M. Leslie
  • Patent number: D483455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Kaz, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart M. Leslie, Charles A. Curtiss, Walter G. Birdsell
  • Patent number: D483456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Kaz, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart M. Leslie, Charles A. Curtiss, Walter G. Birdsell
  • Patent number: D485493
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Nestle Waters North America, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Wayne Halfacre, John S. Gruver, Christian Randhahn, Charles A. Curtiss, Stuart Leslie, Christopher J. Matice
  • Patent number: D489624
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Gerber Products Company
    Inventors: Chad Beachum, Charles Curtiss, Nicholas Latorre, Stuart M. Leslie
  • Patent number: D497550
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Nestle Waters North America, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Wayne Halfacre, John S. Gruver, Christian Randhahn, Charles A. Curtiss, Stuart Leslie, Christopher J. Matice