Patents by Inventor Cynthia Ann Headen

Cynthia Ann Headen 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).

  • Plastic container with decorative recessed features and associated method and apparatus for manufacture thereof
    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
  • Plastic container with decorative recessed features and associated method and apparatus for manufacture thereof
    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