Patents by Inventor Charles P. Simpson, Jr.
Charles P. Simpson, Jr. 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).
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Patent number: 7963088Abstract: A base for a plastic container defining a central longitudinal axis. The base includes an annular standing ring portion defining a standing surface. The base includes a substantially cylindrical ring portion extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the standing surface. The base further includes a substantially concave dome portion extending inwardly from the substantially cylindrical ring portion to the longitudinal axis. The concave dome portion of the base includes a first plurality of substantially triangular panels circumferentially spaced around the longitudinal axis, and a second plurality of substantially triangular panels circumferentially spaced around the longitudinal axis. At least a portion of each of the second plurality of substantially triangular panels is circumferentially and longitudinally offset from the first plurality of substantially triangular panels. A container preform and method of hot filling a plastic container are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2009Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.Inventors: Charles P. Simpson, Jr., Todd Budden, John P. Dinkel
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Patent number: 7780025Abstract: A base for a plastic container defining a central longitudinal axis. The base includes an annular standing ring portion defining a standing surface. The base includes a substantially cylindrical ring portion extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the standing surface. The base further includes a substantially concave dome portion extending inwardly from the substantially cylindrical ring portion to the longitudinal axis. The concave dome portion of the base includes a first plurality of substantially triangular panels circumferentially spaced around the longitudinal axis, and a second plurality of substantially triangular panels circumferentially spaced around the longitudinal axis. At least a portion of each of the second plurality of substantially triangular panels is circumferentially and longitudinally offset from the first plurality of substantially triangular panels. A container preform and method of hot filling a plastic container are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2006Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.Inventors: Charles P. Simpson, Jr., Todd Budden, John Philip Dinkel
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Publication number: 20090229704Abstract: A base for a plastic container defining a central longitudinal axis. The base includes an annular standing ring portion defining a standing surface. The base includes a substantially cylindrical ring portion extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the standing surface. The base further includes a substantially concave dome portion extending inwardly from the substantially cylindrical ring portion to the longitudinal axis. The concave dome portion of the base includes a first plurality of substantially triangular panels circumferentially spaced around the longitudinal axis, and a second plurality of substantially triangular panels circumferentially spaced around the longitudinal axis. At least a portion of each of the second plurality of substantially triangular panels is circumferentially and longitudinally offset from the first plurality of substantially triangular panels. A container preform and method of hot filling a plastic container are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Charles P. Simpson, Jr., Todd Budden, John P. Dinkel
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Patent number: 7481325Abstract: A container includes a hollow body having a finish extending from the body. The finish has an open end, at least one external thread for securement of a closure, and a pair of spaced external circumferential flanges on a side of the thread remote from the open end of the finish. A bale handle includes a ring having resilient internal tabs captured beneath the lower of the flanges remote from the open end of the finish, and a handle extending from the ring for carrying the container. The upper flange, which preferably has a greater outside diameter than the lower flange, has an undersurface that is free of obstruction from the bale handle and therefore is adapted to perform support functions for the container after attachment of the bale handle to the container finish.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2006Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Graham Packaging PET Technologies Inc.Inventors: Charles P Simpson, Jr., Stephen R Guerin, David P Piccioli, Qiuchen Peter Zhang
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Patent number: 7178684Abstract: A hot-fill container is of one-piece plastic construction that includes a base, a sidewall extending from the base, a dome connected to the sidewall and a neck finish extending from the dome. The sidewall has an hourglass shape as viewed in side elevation with ends connected to the base and the dome. The sidewall includes a circumferential series of vacuum panels that are flexible inwardly with respect to the remainder of the sidewall. The vacuum panels preferably are rectangular as viewed in side elevation and concave as viewed tangentially of the container.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2004Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Graham Packaging PET Technologies Inc.Inventors: Todd M. Budden, Charles P. Simpson, Jr., Dennis A. Rogers
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Patent number: 7172087Abstract: A plastic container includes a finish, a shoulder extending from the finish, a closed base, and a sidewall connecting the shoulder to the base. The sidewall is of blow molded construction and generally uniform wall thickness. The sidewall has an array of circumferentially spaced longitudinally extending radially recessed channels, and an array of axially spaced circumferentially extending radially recessed channels intersecting the longitudinally extending channels. The longitudinally extending channels have radially inner portions that lie on an hourglass-shaped common surface of revolution around the axis of the container sidewall. In the preferred embodiments of the invention, a plurality of axially and circumferentially spaced land areas are disposed in spaces between the intersecting longitudinally and circumferentially extending channels, with the land areas lying on a common surface of revolution, preferably a cylindrical surface of revolution, around the axis of the container sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2003Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, LPInventors: Timothy P. Axe, Qiuchen Peter Zhang, Charles P. Simpson, Jr.
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Patent number: 7097061Abstract: A container includes a hollow body having a finish extending from the body. The finish has an open end, at least one external thread for securement of a closure, and a pair of spaced external circumferential flanges on a side of the thread remote from the open end of the finish. A bale handle includes a ring having resilient internal tabs captured beneath the lower of the flanges remote from the open end of the finish, and a handle extending from the ring for carrying the container. The upper flange, which preferably has a greater outside diameter than the lower flange, has an undersurface that is free of obstruction from the bale handle and therefore is adapted to perform support functions for the container after attachment of the bale handle to the container finish.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2003Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: Graham Packaging PET Technologies Inc.Inventors: Charles P. Simpson, Jr., Stephen R. Guerin, David P. Piccioli, Qiuchen Peter Zhang
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Patent number: D515430Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2004Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.Inventors: Shriram Venkataraman, Stuart Leslie, Charles P. Simpson, Jr.
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Patent number: D547651Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2005Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.Inventors: Charles P. Simpson, Jr., Todd Budden, John Philip Dinkel