Patents by Inventor Kip M. Skapyak

Kip M. Skapyak 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: 20030150144
    Abstract: A plurality of stemware rings, are formed of resilient material in a loop having a pair of opposing ends. The loops are of a size for accepting a stem of a wine or other stemmed glass, and further, for being supported on a base of such a glass. The stemware rings each provide a distinctive ornamentation so as to distinguish the glasses from each other. The method includes distributing the glasses to guests with the rings engaged on the stems of the glasses so that one glass may be distinguished from the next, personalized, fitted to the occasion and other uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Kip M. Skapyak, Ann DeLanghe
  • Patent number: 6530163
    Abstract: A plurality of stemware rings, are formed of resilient material in a loop having a pair of opposing and abutting ends. The loops are of a size for accepting a stem of a wine or other stemmed glass, and further, for being supported on a base of such a glass. The stemware rings each provide a distinctive ornamentation so as to distinguish the glasses from each other. The method includes distributing the glasses to guests with the rings engaged on the stems of the glasses so that one glass may be distinguished from the next, personalized, fitted to the occasion and other uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Inventors: Kip M. Skapyak, Ann DeLanghe
  • Publication number: 20020083629
    Abstract: A plurality of stemware rings, are formed of resilient material in a loop having a pair of opposing and abutting ends. The loops are of a size for accepting a stem of a wine or other stemmed glass, and further, for being supported on a base of such a glass. The stemware rings each provide a distinctive ornamentation so as to distinguish the glasses from each other. The method includes distributing the glasses to guests with the rings engaged on the stems of the glasses so that one glass may be distinguished from the next, personalized, fitted to the occasion and other uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Kip M. Skapyak, Ann DeLanghe
  • Patent number: 6293034
    Abstract: A wine bottle ring of a continuous unbroken form for accepting a neck of a wine bottle so the ring may be supported on the wine bottle. A plurality of wine glass rings, are formed of spring steel in a loop having a pair of opposing and abutting ends. The loops are of a size for accepting a stem of a wine glass, and further, for being supported on a base of a wine glass. The wine glass rings each provide a distinctive ornamentation so as to distinguish the wine glasses from each other. The method includes serving the wine bottle with the wine glass rings attached to the bottle ring so that the decorative elements are immediately visible. When the wine glasses are distributed to guests, each has one of the wine glass rings engaged on its stem so that one glass may be distinguished from the next.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Inventors: Kip M. Skapyak, Ann DeLanghe
  • Patent number: D459151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Inventor: Kip M. Skapyak