Patents by Inventor Galina LAUFER

Galina LAUFER 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).

  • Base for container of a viscous product and a propellant
    Patent number: 10246247
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing and dispensing a viscous product. The product and a propellant are stored in a container on a base, and the propellant forms a head space. In a storage configuration, the container rests on the base, the base rests on a surface, and the propellant in the head space and the product tend to move toward positions wherein the propellant in the head space is at a higher elevation than the product and the product is at a higher elevation than an inlet to a dispenser. In one aspect, the base comprises a first portion, a second portion comprising a lid, a sidewall comprising a window, and an interior. In a second aspect, the method comprises storing the container in the storage configuration, removing the lid to expose a dispenser, dispensing the product, and viewing an interior of the base through the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Godfroid, Galina Laufer, David Michael Pehar, John Evan Spirk
  • BASE FOR CONTAINER OF A VISCOUS PRODUCT AND A PROPELLANT
    Publication number: 20170203909
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing and dispensing a viscous product. The product and a propellant are stored in a container on a base, and the propellant forms a head space. In a storage configuration, the container rests on the base, the base rests on a surface, and the propellant in the head space and the product tend to move toward positions wherein the propellant in the head space is at a higher elevation than the product and the product is at a higher elevation than an inlet to a dispenser. In one aspect, the base comprises a first portion, a second portion comprising a lid, a sidewall comprising a window, and an interior. In a second aspect, the method comprises storing the container in the storage configuration, removing the lid to expose a dispenser, dispensing the product, and viewing an interior of the base through the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Robert GODFROID, Galina LAUFER, David Michael PEHAR, John Evan SPIRK
  • Base for container of a viscous product and a propellant
    Patent number: 9637301
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing and dispensing a viscous product. The product and a propellant are stored in a container on a base, and the propellant forms a head space. In a storage configuration, the container rests on the base, the base rests on a surface, and the propellant in the head space and the product tend to move toward positions wherein the propellant in the head space is at a higher elevation than the product and the product is at a higher elevation than an inlet to a dispenser. In one aspect, the base comprises a first portion, a second portion comprising a lid, a sidewall comprising a window, and an interior. In a second aspect, the method comprises storing the container in the storage configuration, removing the lid to expose a dispenser, dispensing the product, and viewing an interior of the base through the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Godfroid, Galina Laufer, David Michael Pehar, John Evan Spirk
  • BASE FOR CONTAINER OF A VISCOUS PRODUCT AND A PROPELLANT
    Publication number: 20160304270
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for storing and dispensing a viscous product. The product and a propellant are stored in a container on a base, and the propellant forms a head space. In a storage configuration, the container rests on the base, the base rests on a surface, and the propellant in the head space and the product tend to move toward positions wherein the propellant in the head space is at a higher elevation than the product and the product is at a higher elevation than an inlet to a dispenser. In one aspect, the base comprises a first portion, a second portion comprising a lid, a sidewall comprising a window, and an interior. In a second aspect, the method comprises storing the container in the storage configuration, removing the lid to expose a dispenser, dispensing the product, and viewing an interior of the base through the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Robert GODFROID, Galina LAUFER, David Michael PEHAR, John Evan SPIRK
  • Base for a container with an inverted dispenser
    Patent number: D804948
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Godfroid, Galina Laufer, David Michael Pehar, John Evan Spirk
  • Base for a container with an inverted dispenser
    Patent number: D804949
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Godfroid, Galina Laufer, David Michael Pehar, John Evan Spirk