Patents by Inventor John Allen Broadbent

John Allen Broadbent 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).

  • Beverage container with ice compartment
    Patent number: 6276163
    Abstract: A beverage container having a beverage compartment and an ice compartment. Prior to beverage consumption, the container is placed in a dual-temperature environment that freezes the beverage in the ice compartment but doesn't freeze the beverage in the beverage compartment. A barrier inside the beverage container minimize the mixing of the beverage in one compartment with the beverage in the other compartment, allowing the beverage in the ice compartment to freeze while the beverage in the beverage compartment does not. Once removed from refrigeration, the frozen beverage in the ice compartment keeps the beverage in the beverage compartment cool for an extended period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Inventor: John Allen Broadbent