Patents by Inventor Kenneth C. Kreafle

Kenneth C. Kreafle 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: 7874446
    Abstract: A trash container has a flexible, corrugated baffle attached to or integrated into the lid of the container. The baffle may have a handle and a compacting plate attached to it, and it allows a user to compact trash inside the trash container. Specifically, the flexible design of the baffle allows the compacting plate to compact trash inside the container when the baffle is extended into the container. After the trash inside the container is compacted, the baffle may spring back into its original shape. The lid structure, including the baffle, may be incorporated into the container, which may have other features, such as a foot pedal to raise and lower the lid. The baffle allows trash in the trash container to be reduced in size, allowing more trash to be placed in the container, while maintaining a simple design and keeping the user clean and safe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Base Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Spivey, Kenneth C. Kreafle
  • Publication number: 20100230380
    Abstract: A tray and bottle arrangement has a tray for holding several reusable bottles. The tray has an elongated body and defines several pockets adjacent one another in the top of the tray. Each pocket has a cylindrical sidewall with narrow channels communicating between adjacent pockets so that the sides of adjacent bottles can touch one another. Fingers extend from the top surface of the tray on both sides of the pockets and engage the sides of the bottles within the pockets. Also, ribs extend into the pockets from the pockets' sidewalls that engage the sides of the bottles to hold them in the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: Base Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Spivey, Kenneth C. Kreafle
  • Publication number: 20090179037
    Abstract: A trash container is disclosed that has a flexible, corrugated baffle attached to or integrated into the lid of the container. The baffle may have a handle and a compacting plate attached to it, and it allows a user to compact trash inside the trash container. Specifically, the flexible design of the baffle allows the compacting plate to compact trash inside the container when the baffle is extended into the container. After the trash inside the container is compacted, the baffle may spring back into its original shape. The lid structure, including the baffle, may be incorporated into the container, which may have other features, such as a foot pedal to raise and lower the lid. The baffle allows trash in the trash container to be reduced in size, allowing more trash to be placed in the container, while maintaining a simple design and keeping the user clean and safe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: Base Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Spivey, Kenneth C. Kreafle
  • Patent number: D507458
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: In Zone, Inc.
    Inventors: Monty L. Allen, Kenneth C. Kreafle, Leon J. Scott, III
  • Patent number: D526827
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: In Zone Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Monty L. Allen, Kenneth C. Kreafle, Leon J. Scott, III
  • Patent number: D529749
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: In Zone Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Monty L. Allen, Kenneth C. Kreafle, Leon J. Scott, III
  • Patent number: D551895
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: In Zone, Inc.
    Inventors: Monty L. Allen, Kenneth C. Kreafle, Leon J. Scott, III
  • Cup
    Patent number: D490654
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: In Zone, Inc.
    Inventors: Monty L. Allen, Kenneth C. Kreafle, Leon J. Scott, III
  • Patent number: D589704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Base Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Spivey, Kenneth C. Kreafle
  • Mug
    Patent number: D594699
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Base Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Spivey, Kenneth C. Kreafle
  • Patent number: D622129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Base Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Spivey, Kenneth C. Kreafle