Patents by Inventor Joseph B. Swann

Joseph B. Swann 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: 6041979
    Abstract: A cap for dispensing material from a container defining an interior portion, including a housing capable of attachment to the container and including a translucent region, and defining an aperture, a first opening, and a second opening, and a spout member disposed through the aperture and defining a transfer compartment, having a first end and a second end and defining an inlet orifice at the first end and an outlet orifice at the second end, the spout member rotatably movable with respect to the housing between a first position where the inlet orifice is disposed to generally align with the first opening and communicate with the interior portion and the outlet orifice is disposed within and closed by the housing whereby material within the container may be transferred from the interior portion into the transfer compartment through the inlet orifice but material may not be dispensed from the container, and a second position where the inlet orifice is disposed within and closed by the housing and the outlet or
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Edward S. Robbins, III
    Inventors: Edward S. Robbins, III, Don B. Walker, II, Harry L. Raney, Joseph B. Swann