Patents by Inventor Gerald J. Baker

Gerald J. Baker 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: 20130306661
    Abstract: A metal food can including a metal sidewall is provided. The diameter of the sidewall varies at different axial positions along the sidewall. The can includes a can end coupled to an end of the metal sidewall, and a plurality of circumferential beads formed in the metal sidewall. The shape of each circumferential bead varies based upon the diameter of the section of the sidewall in which the beads are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: Gerald J. Baker, Rowdy H. Holstine, Jianwen Hu
  • Publication number: 20130306659
    Abstract: A metal food can including a metal sidewall is provided. The diameter of the sidewall varies at different axial positions along the sidewall. The can includes a can end coupled to an end of the metal sidewall, and a plurality of circumferential beads formed in the metal sidewall. The shape of each circumferential bead varies based upon the diameter of the section of the sidewall in which the beads are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Silgan Containers LLC
    Inventors: Gerald J. Baker, Rowdy H. Holstine, Jianwen Hu
  • Publication number: 20120043324
    Abstract: A container assembly includes a can, a can end, and a sheet which hermetically closes an access opening in the can end. The can end includes an opening for accessing the contents of the container. This opening is hermetically sealed closed by a sheet sealed to the end about the periphery of the opening with a closed-loop of adhesive. The sheet preferably includes a tab and a weakened or score line which causes the sheet to tear across the seal at an angle less than 90 degrees to the seal such that the sheet pulls away from the can end along a line generally parallel to the loop where the sheet is being separated from the can end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Gerald J. Baker, Alvin Widitora
  • Patent number: 4895731
    Abstract: The invention relates to canned pet foods and to a process for preparing them. Meat and gravy pet foods are prepared which are highly palatable due to high meat and significant fat contents. The meaty pieces exhibit high integrity and the gravy component is flowable from the can and coats the meaty pieces to provide a high sheen with no significant visible fat in the gravy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: The Quaker Oats Company
    Inventors: Gerald J. Baker, Arun K. Bansal, John L. Konieczka, David A. Kuntz
  • Patent number: 4791002
    Abstract: The invention relates to canned pet foods and to a process for preparing them. Meat and gravy pet foods are prepared which are highly palatable due to high meat and significant fat contents. The meaty pieces exhibit high integrity and the gravy component is flowable from the can and coats the meaty pieces to provide a high sheen with no significant visible fat in the gravy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Assignee: The Quaker Oats Company
    Inventors: Gerald J. Baker, Arun K. Bansal, John L. Konieczka, David A. Kuntz
  • Patent number: 4184149
    Abstract: An air speed and attitude probe characterized by a pivot shaft normally projected from a data boom and supported thereby for rotation about an axis of rotation coincident with the longitudinal axis of the shaft, a tubular body supported for angular displacement about the axis of rotation, a fin mounted on the body for maintaining one end of the body in facing relation with relative wind, a pair of transducers mounted in the body for providing intelligence indicative of total pressure and static pressure for use in determining air speed, a stack of potentiometers coupled with the shaft for providing intelligence indicative of aircraft attitude, and circuitry connecting the transducers and potentiometers to suitable telemetry circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1980
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Gerald J. Baker, Merle A. Economu
  • Patent number: D683247
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Silgan Containers LLC
    Inventors: Gerald J. Baker, Rowdy H. Holstine, Jianwen Hu
  • Patent number: D690599
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Silgan Containers LLC
    Inventors: Seth Moore, Matt R. Brown, Gerald J. Baker, William Kapolas
  • Patent number: D696594
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Sligan Containers LLC
    Inventors: Gerald J. Baker, Rowdy H. Holstine, Jianwen Hu