Patents by Inventor Harold W. Trammel, II

Harold W. Trammel, II 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).

  • FLUID CONTAINMENT FOR LABORATORY CONTAINERS
    Publication number: 20090068729
    Abstract: A culture dish assembly includes a polygonal culture dish with a bottom wall and a side wall enclosure formed by a plurality of generally planar panels joined consecutively to one another by non-planar corners. The side wall enclosure includes a generally planar top edge. Inner surface regions of a plurality of the planar panels are formed with a plurality of projections or recesses that are spaced from one another and spaced from the corners. A splash guard includes engagement flanges disposed for nesting with inner peripheral surface regions of the panels of the side wall enclosure. The engagement flanges include projections or recesses disposed for releasably engaging the projections or recesses on the side wall enclosure to hold the splash guard on the culture dish without creating stress concentrations in the corners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Harold W. Trammel, II, John P. Hall
  • Fluid containment for laboratory containers
    Patent number: 7449332
    Abstract: A culture dish assembly includes a polygonal culture dish with a bottom wall and a side wall enclosure formed by a plurality of generally planar panels joined consecutively to one another by non-planar corners. The side wall enclosure includes a generally planar top edge. Inner surface regions of a plurality of the planar panels are formed with a plurality of projections or recesses that are spaced from one another and spaced from the corners. A splash guard includes engagement flanges disposed for nesting with inner peripheral surface regions of the panels of the side wall enclosure. The engagement flanges include projections or recesses disposed for releasably engaging the projections or recesses on the side wall enclosure to hold the splash guard on the culture dish without creating stress concentrations in the corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Harold W. Trammel, II, John P. Hall