Patents by Inventor Karen Swinford

Karen Swinford 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).

  • Publication number: 20120111821
    Abstract: A lid for a container. The lid includes an upper lid, slider, and lower lid, the upper lid and slider pivotable about a lid hinge relative to the lower lid. A slider lock portion and lower lid lock portion securing the upper lid and slider to the lower lid. A handle assembly for engaging a bottle, the handle assembly having a collar and base with a handle disposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: David STARR, Jeffrey CHIU, Mason UMHOLTZ, Traci CHAPPLE, Stephanie GUTTAS, Karen SWINFORD
  • Publication number: 20110024311
    Abstract: A liquid container includes the first compartment configured to hold a liquid, the second compartment separated from the first compartment, the first wall structure surrounding the first compartment, the second wall structure separating the second compartment from the first compartment, the first opening formed at a top portion of the liquid container and exposing the first compartment, the second opening formed at a bottom portion of the liquid container and exposing the second compartment, the first cap configured to engage the top portion of the liquid container to seal the first opening and the first compartment, and the second cap configured to engage the bottom portion of the liquid container to seal the second opening and the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Wilton Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen SWINFORD, Traci Chapple, David Starr, Emily Carlson, Jeffrey Chiu, Mason Umholtz
  • Patent number: 6056146
    Abstract: A splatter screen may be releasably retained to a cookware item to prevent splatter of hot food items and the like from the cookware item during cooking. A rim of the splatter screen is constructed and arranged to be releasably retained within an upper rim portion of the cookware item. Any number of spring clips may be attached to the rim of the splatter screen for releasably retention of a cover of the cookware item to the splatter screen. A grip portion of a handle, attached to the rim of the splatter screen, is constructed and arranged to accommodate a handle of the cookware item with which the splatter screen is intended to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Ekco Housewares, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Varakian, Karen Swinford, Patricia A. Filkins, Randall Bell, James Hand
  • Patent number: D516858
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Wilton Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis Henry, Karen Swinford
  • Patent number: D522813
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Wilton Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Swinford, David Purcell, Jeffrey Bull, Denise Marie Simon, Jacky Tse
  • Patent number: D526529
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Wilton Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis Henry, Karen Swinford, David Purcell
  • Patent number: D526837
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Wilton Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis Henry, Lyndon Treacy, Karen Swinford, Shawn Young
  • Patent number: D526838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Wilton Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hyerin Park, Lou Henry, Karen Swinford, David Purcell
  • Patent number: D527573
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Wilton Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis Henry, Lyndon Treacy, Karen Swinford, Shawn Young
  • Patent number: D530563
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Wilton Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Lou Henry, Karen Swinford, David Purcell
  • Patent number: D543413
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Wilton Industries, Inc
    Inventors: Lou Henry, Karen Swinford, David Purcell
  • Patent number: D572539
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Wilton Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Swinford, David Purcell, Denise Simon, Jeff Bull
  • Patent number: D599614
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Wilton Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Swinford, Lou Henry, Chris Mellen, Jennifer Courington
  • Patent number: D639114
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Wilton Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Swinford, Traci Chapple, David Starr, Emily Carlson, Jeffrey Chiu, Mason Umholtz
  • Cup
    Patent number: D640094
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Wilton Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Emily Carlson, Jeffrey Chiu, Traci Chapple, Mason Umholtz, David Starr, Karen Swinford, Yvonne Hau Yee Chow
  • Cup
    Patent number: D648985
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Wilton Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Chiu, Mason Umholtz, Traci Chapple, David Starr, Karen Swinford, Yvonne Hau Yee Chow, Emily Carlson
  • Patent number: D401473
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Ekco Housewares, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Swinford, Heng Kah Hee, Chau Pok Man, Lee Suet Mui, Fung Ka Ming
  • Cup
    Patent number: D658443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Wilton Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Chiu, Mason Umholtz, Traci Chapple, David Starr, Karen Swinford, Yvonne Hau Yee Chow, Emily Carlson
  • Patent number: D420249
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Ekco Housewares, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Varakian, Karen Swinford, Patricia A. Filkins, Randall Bell, James Hand
  • Patent number: D422175
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Ekco Housewares, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Varakian, Karen Swinford, Patricia A. Filkins, Randall Bell, James Hand