Patents by Inventor James B. Swett

James B. Swett 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).

  • Patent number: 4488667
    Abstract: A container for condiments and the like comprising vertical side walls, a bottom wall integral with the side walls, and a removable top wall snap-fitted to the upper ends of the side walls and including multiple distinct dispensing ports. A cover, mountable over the top wall and sealing each of the ports therethrough, includes a movable component which, upon displacement, exposes one of the discharge ports. The cover is mountable in predetermined positions relative to the top wall for alignment of the movable component with any one of the discharge ports for a selective exposure thereof while the remaining ports are maintained sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1984
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: James B. Swett, Erik Herlow
  • Patent number: 4392594
    Abstract: A watering can having a multiplicity of fluid dispensing means including a spout and a remote flexible conduit which, when not in use, is fixedly stored in appropriately recessed areas of the handle and cover of the can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1983
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: James B. Swett, Ann A. Arnold
  • Patent number: 4008526
    Abstract: A toy comprising a hollow body member having a plurality of differently configurated openings and a plurality of block members corresponding in cross-sectional configuration to the openings. In a preferred embodiment the hollow body member is formed as two halves joined together by a spring means which permits the member to be "broken apart" to release the individual pieces. The holes in the hollow body member are located on plane defining portions which are in turn located adjacent curvilinear surface portions of said hollow body member. The block members can be used individually as molds or foodstuff cutters, stacking blocks, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1972
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1977
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: James B. Swett, Harold P. Ashton
  • Patent number: 3957097
    Abstract: A container and closure combination wherein the closure includes a stepped ledge area formed by two truncated conical sections that produce a structure resiliency enabling the generation of an effective seal between the mating parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1976
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventor: James B. Swett
  • Patent number: D255411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1980
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: James B. Swett, Robert F. Bateman, Ann K. Fritz
  • Patent number: D257195
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1980
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: James B. Swett, Rino Conti
  • Patent number: D264924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1982
    Assignee: Dart Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: James B. Swett
  • Patent number: D266450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1982
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: James B. Swett, Joseph W. Blake, III, Rino Conti
  • Patent number: D269313
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1983
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: James B. Swett, Robert F. Bateman, Richard A. Boucher
  • Patent number: D269656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1983
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: James B. Swett, David G. Bragin
  • Patent number: D276114
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1984
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Rino Conti, Robert H. C. M. Daenen, Gerald M. Grusin, Augusto A. Picozza, James B. Swett
  • Patent number: D276118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1984
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Rino Conti, Robert H. C. M. Daenen, Gerald M. Grusin, Augusto A. Picozza, James B. Swett
  • Patent number: D276398
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1984
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Rino Conti, Robert H. C. M. Daenen, Gerald M. Grusin, Augusto A. Picozza, James B. Swett
  • Patent number: D283479
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: James B. Swett, Erik Herlow, Robert H. C. M. Daenen