Patents by Inventor James M. Gibbar

James M. Gibbar 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: 8550289
    Abstract: A drink vessel holder holds a drink vessel on a target surface such as a plate of food and allows the user to hold both the plate and the drink vessel held thereon with the same hand in order to allow the other hand to be used for enjoyment of the products being held. The drink vessel holder has a body member with a convex upper surface that seats within a concave bottom surface of a drink vessel. A tab extends outwardly from the body member, the tab being used by the user to hold the drink vessel on the plate. The tab may have an arcuate channel that receives a portion of the bottom structural ring of the drink vessel or the structural ring may be depressed or slotted for passage of the tab therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Inventor: James M. Gibbar
  • Patent number: 8302806
    Abstract: A drink vessel holder holds a drink vessel on a target surface such as a plate of food allowing the user to hold both the plate and the drink vessel held thereon with the same hand in order to allow the other hand to be used for enjoyment of the products being held. The drink vessel holder has a flexible body member with an upper portion with a first top surface and a first bottom surface and a lower portion with a second top surface and a second bottom surface with an adhesive material disposed on the first bottom surface of the upper portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Inventor: James M. Gibbar
  • Patent number: 6609625
    Abstract: A drink vessel holder holds a drink vessel therein and allows a user to hold a plate of food and a drink vessel that is held within the drink vessel holder with the drink vessel holder resting on the plate and the user holding both the plate and the drink vessel holder with the same hand in order to allow the other hand to be used for enjoyment of the products being held. The drink vessel holder has a base member and a wall, which is generally arcuate in shape and is comprised of either a generally solid wall extending from one side of a slit to the other or is a plurality of fingers that extend between the two sides of the slit. An extension extends outwardly from the wall proximate the bottom of the base at the bottom of the slit, the top surface of the extension being generally concave for receiving a thumb of the user for holding the drink vessel holder on the upper surface of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: James M. Gibbar