Patents by Inventor Daniel M. Futral

Daniel M. Futral 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: 20240131772
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a container includes forming a top portion of a preform by injecting a first material into a mold. A bottom portion of the preform is formed by injecting a second material into the mold to form inner and outer layers of the bottom portion and injecting a third material into the mold to form an intermediate layer of the bottom portion that is positioned between the inner layer and the outer layer. The third material includes virgin polyethylene terephthalate and an additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: PAUL VINCENT KELLEY, MICHAEL GREEN, DOUGLAS MILES DYGERT, DANIEL M. FUTRAL
  • Publication number: 20230390988
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a container includes injecting a first material into a first mold to form a top portion of a preform. The first material and a second material are injected into the first mold to form a bottom portion of the preform. The preform is disposed in a second mold. The preform is blow molded into a finished container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: RRING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: PAUL VINCENT KELLEY, MICHAEL GREEN, DOUGLAS MILES DYGERT, DANIEL M. FUTRAL
  • Patent number: 11697241
    Abstract: A blow mold system including a mold body and a base portion. The mold body includes a central bore extending from a first end of the mold body to a second end of the mold body along a longitudinal axis. The first end is configured to receive a mold preform. The base portion includes a recess, and the base portion is arranged at the second end of the mold body such that the central bore and recess define a blow mold cavity in which a container may be formed from the mold preform. In embodiments, the blow mold system has at least two interchangeable base portions that allow for containers with differently-sized or differently-shaped necks to be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Silgan Plastics LLC
    Inventors: Randal D. Porter, Daniel M. Futral, John K. Silva, William J. Peek, Brian J. Benell, Laura A. Flanagan-Kent
  • Patent number: 11607833
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a container includes injecting a first material into a first mold to form a top portion of a preform. The first material and a second material are injected into the first mold to form a bottom portion of the preform. The preform is disposed in a second mold. The preform is blow molded into a finished container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Vincent Kelley, Michael Green, Douglas Miles Dygert, Daniel M. Futral
  • Publication number: 20230026574
    Abstract: A food packaging container is provided. The container comprises a molded body defining a longitudinal axis, and including a plurality of sides and a plurality of axial corners. Each corner has a recess including a first portion and a second portion. Each of the first portions includes an axial grip surface where the grip surfaces are aligned with the body in an orientation for gripping. In some embodiments, packaging products, containers, handles, tooling, applicators and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel M. Futral, Theodore Guss, Paul Vincent Kelley
  • Publication number: 20230013327
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a container includes injecting a first material into a first mold to form a top portion of a preform. The first material and a second material are injected into the first mold to form a bottom portion of the preform. The preform is disposed in a second mold. The preform is blow molded into a finished container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Vincent Kelley, Michael Green, Douglas Miles Dygert, Daniel M. Futral
  • Publication number: 20230016502
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a container includes injecting a first material into a first mold to form a top portion of a preform. The first material and a second material are injected into the first mold to form a bottom portion of the preform. The preform is disposed in a second mold. The preform is blow molded into a finished container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Vincent KELLEY, Michael GREEN, Douglas Miles DYGERT, Daniel M. FUTRAL
  • Patent number: 11459147
    Abstract: A food packaging container is provided. The container comprises a molded body defining a longitudinal axis, and including a plurality of sides and a plurality of axial corners. Each corner has a recess including a first portion and a second portion. Each of the first portions includes an axial grip surface where the grip surfaces are aligned with the body in an orientation for gripping. In some embodiments, packaging products, containers, handles, tooling, applicators and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel M. Futral, Theodore Guss, Paul Vincent Kelley
  • Publication number: 20210308930
    Abstract: A blow mold system including a mold body and a base portion. The mold body includes a central bore extending from a first end of the mold body to a second end of the mold body along a longitudinal axis. The first end is configured to receive a mold preform. The base portion includes a recess, and the base portion is arranged at the second end of the mold body such that the central bore and recess define a blow mold cavity in which a container may be formed from the mold preform. In embodiments, the blow mold system has at least two interchangeable base portions that allow for containers with differently-sized or differently-shaped necks to be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Randal D. Porter, Daniel M. Futral, John K. Silva, William J. Peek, Brian J. Benell, Laura A. Flanagan-Kent
  • Patent number: 11065802
    Abstract: A blow mold system including a mold body and a base portion. The mold body includes a central bore extending from a first end of the mold body to a second end of the mold body along a longitudinal axis. The first end is configured to receive a mold preform. The base portion includes a recess, and the base portion is arranged at the second end of the mold body such that the central bore and recess define a blow mold cavity in which a container may be formed from the mold preform. In embodiments, the blow mold system has at least two interchangeable base portions that allow for containers with differently-sized or differently-shaped necks to be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Silgan Plastics LLC
    Inventors: Randal D. Porter, Daniel M. Futral, John K. Silva, William J. Peek, Brian J. Benell, Laura A. Flanagan-Kent
  • Publication number: 20210129409
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a container includes injecting a first material into a first mold to form a top portion of a preform. The first material and a second material are injected into the first mold to form a bottom portion of the preform. The preform is disposed in a second mold. The preform is blow molded into a finished container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Ring Container Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Paul Vincent Kelley, Michael Green, Douglas Miles Dygert, Daniel M. Futral
  • Publication number: 20200148419
    Abstract: A food packaging container is provided. The container comprises a molded body defining a longitudinal axis, and including a plurality of sides and a plurality of axial corners. Each corner has a recess including a first portion and a second portion. Each of the first portions includes an axial grip surface where the grip surfaces are aligned with the body in an orientation for gripping. In some embodiments, packaging products, containers, handles, tooling, applicators and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel M. Futral, Theodore Guss, Paul Vincent Kelley
  • Publication number: 20190255756
    Abstract: A blow mold system including a mold body and a base portion. The mold body includes a central bore extending from a first end of the mold body to a second end of the mold body along a longitudinal axis. The first end is configured to receive a mold preform. The base portion includes a recess, and the base portion is arranged at the second end of the mold body such that the central bore and recess define a blow mold cavity in which a container may be formed from the mold preform. In embodiments, the blow mold system has at least two interchangeable base portions that allow for containers with differently-sized or differently-shaped necks to be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Randal D. Porter, Daniel M. Futral, John K. Silva, William J. Peek, Brian J. Benell, Laura A. Flanagan-Kent
  • Patent number: 10293538
    Abstract: A blow-molding method for forming a squeezable or tubular plastic container is provided. The method includes molding a preform having a sidewall, an interior cavity, an open end, a closed end, and a neck adjacent the closed end of the preform. The neck of the preform has an engagement structure. The method includes providing a blow mold system including a blow mold cavity. The method includes placing at least a portion of the preform into the blow mold cavity, and blow molding a one-piece container body from the preform by inflating the preform within the blow mold cavity. The container body has an open end, a closed end and a neck adjacent to the closed end. Wherein the open end of the container body is formed from the open end of the preform, and the closed end of the container body is formed from the closed end of the preform. The method includes creating a dispensing opening through the closed end of the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Silgan Plastics LLC
    Inventors: Randal D. Porter, Daniel M. Futral, John K. Silva, William J. Peek, Brian J. Benell, Laura A. Flanagan-Kent
  • Patent number: D788592
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Rusty Shaver, Daniel M. Futral
  • Patent number: D832098
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Richard K. Ogg, Daniel M. Futral, Paul Vincent Kelley
  • Patent number: D833286
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Richard K. Ogg, Daniel M. Futral, Paul Vincent Kelley
  • Patent number: D880307
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Vincent Kelley, Richard K. Ogg, Daniel M. Futral, Thomas Graham
  • Patent number: D905562
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel M. Futral, Paul Vincent Kelley
  • Patent number: D921489
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel M. Futral, Theodore Guss, Paul Vincent Kelley