Patents by Inventor James Vlodek

James Vlodek 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: 6959841
    Abstract: The invention provides a dispense closure for a fluid receptacle. The closure includes a cap configured to engage the fluid receptacle threadably. The cap includes at least one aperture. The closure also includes a blister pack having at least one blister thereon. The blister contains an additive and is insertable through the aperture in the cap upon coupling the blister pack and cap. The closure further includes a retainer ring coupled to the cap. The retainer ring supports the blister pack in the cap and seals the cap and fluid receptacle together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Inventor: James A. Vlodek
  • Patent number: 6893317
    Abstract: The device provides auditory and visual stimulation to an infant or young child. The device includes a themed housing with a base portion and an upper portion. The base portion includes electronic circuitry and a drive mechanism. The upper portion houses a plurality of planar members that are drivably co-engaged. The floor of the upper portion includes a plurality of grooves in which the planar members travel, a microswitch arrangement for identifying which planar members are viewable, and a slot through which a driving member engages the planar members. The upper portion includes two or more lights for selectively illuminating the viewable planar members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Inventor: James Vlodek
  • Patent number: 6848597
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for extruding foam through an orifice, including a foam canister, a nozzle attached to the foam canister, an actuator attached to the foam canister, a cover secured to the soap foam canister having one or more orifices on the outer surface of the cover. The apparatus includes a plurality of selectable extrusion attachments operable with the nozzle. A method of extruding foam through orifices provides ornamental foam canister having the cover actuator thereon in which foam expelled into the void of the cover further extruding foam components through one or more orifices therein from which the extruded foam may be shaped for child play activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Inventor: James A. Vlodek
  • Publication number: 20040011679
    Abstract: The invention provides a dispense closure for a fluid receptacle. The closure includes a cap configured to engage the fluid receptacle threadably. The cap includes at least one aperture. The closure also includes a blister pack having at least one blister thereon. The blister contains an additive and is insertable through the aperture in the cap upon coupling the blister pack and cap. The closure further includes a retainer ring coupled to the cap. The retainer ring supports the blister pack in the cap and seals the cap and fluid receptacle together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventor: James A. Vlodek
  • Patent number: 6609612
    Abstract: A closure for a beverage receptacle is provided with a selectively operable dispense feature. A plurality of hollow plungers containing different additives are disposed in the closure and are selectively operable to pierce a rupturable seal, permitting contents to be dispensed into the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: James A. Vlodek
  • Publication number: 20020153390
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for extruding foam through an orifice, including a foam canister, a nozzle attached to the foam canister, an actuator attached to the foam canister, a cover secured to the soap foam canister having one or more orifices on the outer surface of the cover. The cover is in mechanical communication with the actuator for dispensing foam from the foam canister through the nozzle into an interior void of the cover, which further extrudes the foam through the one or more orifices thereon. The apparatus includes a plurality of selectable extrusion attachments operable with the nozzle. A method of extruding foam through orifices provides the ornamental foam canister having the cover actuator thereon in which foam expelled into the void of the cover further extruding foam components through one or more orifices therein from which the extruded foam may be shaped for child play activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventor: James A. Vlodek
  • Publication number: 20020050461
    Abstract: A closure for a beverage receptacle is provided with a selectively operable dispense feature. A plurality of hollow plungers containing different additives are disposed in the closure and are selectively operable to pierce a rupturable seal, permitting contents to be dispensed into the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventor: James A. Vlodek