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).
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Publication number: 20240131772Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: PAUL VINCENT KELLEY, MICHAEL GREEN, DOUGLAS MILES DYGERT, DANIEL M. FUTRAL
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Publication number: 20230390988Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: RRING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: PAUL VINCENT KELLEY, MICHAEL GREEN, DOUGLAS MILES DYGERT, DANIEL M. FUTRAL
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Patent number: 11697241Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Silgan Plastics LLCInventors: Randal D. Porter, Daniel M. Futral, John K. Silva, William J. Peek, Brian J. Benell, Laura A. Flanagan-Kent
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Patent number: 11607833Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Paul Vincent Kelley, Michael Green, Douglas Miles Dygert, Daniel M. Futral
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Publication number: 20230026574Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Daniel M. Futral, Theodore Guss, Paul Vincent Kelley
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Publication number: 20230013327Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Paul Vincent Kelley, Michael Green, Douglas Miles Dygert, Daniel M. Futral
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Publication number: 20230016502Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Paul Vincent KELLEY, Michael GREEN, Douglas Miles DYGERT, Daniel M. FUTRAL
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Patent number: 11459147Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Daniel M. Futral, Theodore Guss, Paul Vincent Kelley
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Publication number: 20210308930Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Randal D. Porter, Daniel M. Futral, John K. Silva, William J. Peek, Brian J. Benell, Laura A. Flanagan-Kent
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Patent number: 11065802Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 6, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Silgan Plastics LLCInventors: Randal D. Porter, Daniel M. Futral, John K. Silva, William J. Peek, Brian J. Benell, Laura A. Flanagan-Kent
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Publication number: 20210129409Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: Ring Container Technologies LLCInventors: Paul Vincent Kelley, Michael Green, Douglas Miles Dygert, Daniel M. Futral
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Publication number: 20200148419Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Daniel M. Futral, Theodore Guss, Paul Vincent Kelley
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Publication number: 20190255756Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Randal D. Porter, Daniel M. Futral, John K. Silva, William J. Peek, Brian J. Benell, Laura A. Flanagan-Kent
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Patent number: 10293538Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 15, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Silgan Plastics LLCInventors: Randal D. Porter, Daniel M. Futral, John K. Silva, William J. Peek, Brian J. Benell, Laura A. Flanagan-Kent
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Patent number: D788592Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Rusty Shaver, Daniel M. Futral
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Patent number: D832098Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Richard K. Ogg, Daniel M. Futral, Paul Vincent Kelley
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Patent number: D833286Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Richard K. Ogg, Daniel M. Futral, Paul Vincent Kelley
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Patent number: D880307Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Paul Vincent Kelley, Richard K. Ogg, Daniel M. Futral, Thomas Graham
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Patent number: D905562Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Daniel M. Futral, Paul Vincent Kelley
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Patent number: D921489Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: RING CONTAINER TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Daniel M. Futral, Theodore Guss, Paul Vincent Kelley