Patents by Inventor Christopher W. Ryan
Christopher W. Ryan 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: 12654914Abstract: A tennis ball container for storing at least one tennis ball. The container extends along a longitudinal axis and has an open end. The container includes a removable seal enclosing the open end, and an annular overcap. The seal includes a pull tab. The overcap includes a body adapted for removably attachment to the open end of the tennis ball container. The body includes a peripheral rim for engaging an outer surface of the container at the open end, and a lip projecting from the peripheral rim toward the longitudinal axis. The lip extends over a portion of the removable seal and over a portion of the pull tab. The lip defines a first opening. The lip is configured to inhibit the at least one tennis ball from passing through the first opening. The annular overcap defines at least one breakaway region for facilitating breaking of the annular overcap.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2024Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.Inventors: Jason B. Collins, Christopher W. Ryan, Chloe J. Lee
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Publication number: 20250368406Abstract: A tennis ball container for storing at least one tennis ball. The container extends along a longitudinal axis and has an open end. The container includes a removable seal enclosing the open end, and an annular overcap. The seal includes a pull tab. The overcap includes a body adapted for removably attachment to the open end of the tennis ball container. The body includes a peripheral rim for engaging an outer surface of the container at the open end, and a lip projecting from the peripheral rim toward the longitudinal axis. The lip extends over a portion of the removable seal and over a portion of the pull tab. The lip defines a first opening. The lip is configured to inhibit the at least one tennis ball from passing through the first opening. The annular overcap defines at least one breakaway region for facilitating breaking of the annular overcap.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2024Publication date: December 4, 2025Applicant: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.Inventors: Jason B. Collins, Christopher W. Ryan, Chloe J. Lee
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Publication number: 20220009677Abstract: An overcap for a container for storing at least one tennis ball, the container extending along a longitudinal axis and having an open end. The overcap includes a body adapted for removably attachment to the open end of the tennis ball container. The body includes a peripheral rim for engaging an outer surface of the container at the open end, and a lip projecting from the peripheral rim toward the longitudinal axis. The peripheral lip extends over a portion of the open end of the tennis ball container. The lip defines a first opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.Inventors: Jason B. Collins, Christopher W. Ryan
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Publication number: 20210237942Abstract: An overcap for a container for storing at least one tennis ball, the container extending along a longitudinal axis and having an open end. The overcap includes a body adapted for removably attachment to the open end of the tennis ball container. The body includes a peripheral rim for engaging an outer surface of the container at the open end, and a lip projecting from the peripheral rim toward the longitudinal axis. The peripheral lip extends over a portion of the open end of the tennis ball container. The lip defines a first opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Jason B. Collins, Christopher W. Ryan
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Patent number: 8784241Abstract: A racquet identification system for use with at least first and second racquets supported by a multi-racquet support structure. Each of the first and second racquets includes a head portion. The system includes first and second head cards coupled to the head portion of the first and second racquets, respectively. The first and second head cards include first and second bodies and first and second projections extending from the first and second bodies, respectively. The shape of the first body is similar to the shape of the second body. The first body and the first projection define a first orientation. The second body and the second projection define a second orientation. The first and second orientations are different. The first and second racquets have at least one characteristic that varies between the first and second racquets, and the first and second projections are configured to highlight the characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2012Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.Inventors: Christopher W. Ryan, John B. Lyons, Ryan Dowd, Kyle Dowd
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Publication number: 20130252769Abstract: A racquet identification system for use with at least first and second racquets supported by a multi-racquet support structure. Each of the first and second racquets includes a head portion. The system includes first and second head cards coupled to the head portion of the first and second racquets, respectively. The first and second head cards include first and second bodies and first and second projections extending from the first and second bodies, respectively. The shape of the first body is similar to the shape of the second body. The first body and the first projection define a first orientation. The second body and the second projection define a second orientation. The first and second orientations are different. The first and second racquets have at least one characteristic that varies between the first and second racquets, and the first and second projections are configured to highlight the characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: WILSON SPORTING GOODS CO.Inventors: Christopher W. Ryan, John B. Lyons, Ryan Dowd, Kyle Dowd
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Patent number: D648937Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2009Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.Inventors: Christopher W. Ryan, Saud Khazal
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Patent number: D653852Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.Inventors: Christopher W. Ryan, Saud Khazal
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Patent number: D653853Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.Inventors: Christopher W. Ryan, Saud Khazal
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Patent number: D893997Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.Inventors: Christopher W. Ryan, Chris Clark
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Patent number: D952464Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.Inventors: Jason B. Collins, Christopher W. Ryan
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Patent number: D974910Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.Inventors: Jason B. Collins, Christopher W. Ryan
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Patent number: D998455Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.Inventors: Christopher W. Ryan, Jason B. Collins
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Patent number: D1017395Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.Inventors: Christopher W. Ryan, Jason B. Collins