Patents by Inventor Kurt Koptis

Kurt Koptis 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: 20040223802
    Abstract: A dispensing and application apparatus designed to contain pre-measured amounts of a flowable substance. The apparatus comprises a compartment 130 for storing the substance that is partially enclosed by a frangible seal 210, an applicator 100, and an expandable chamber 170 designed to accept and dissipate the hydraulic force created when pressure is applied to the compartment 130, rupturing the frangible seal 210, and expelling the substance into the chamber 170. The applicator 100 is attached to the chamber 170 with an applicator bond area 180. The expandability of the chamber 170 is conferred by expandability of the applicator 100, and is varied in different embodiments by altering the ratio between the area of the applicator bond area 180 and the area of the applicator 100. The frangible seal 210, in one of many embodiments, may be a chevron shape stress riser 250 with a point of inflection 240 oriented towards the compartment 130. A removable cap may cover the applicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Michael S. Bergey, Bruce Detwiler, James L. Hussey, Kurt Koptis, Yelena Lipoveskaya, Mahmood Mohiuddin
  • Patent number: 6099184
    Abstract: A dispenser-applicator assembly mounted on an aerosol container dispenses and applies a stain to a work surface. The assembly has two integral parts: a dispenser and a porous applicator. The dispenser is molded as one piece of polypropylene and includes a cap-shaped body which is truncated by a support panel. An actuator panel is hinged to the rear side of the support panel, by means of a flexible dispensing tube which has a horizontal portion and a vertical end portion aligned with a vertical valve stem of the aerosol container. The dispensing tube has a passageway extending to a dispensing opening through the support panel. When the activator panel is depressed, the vertical end of the dispensing tube is lowered to engage the valve stem to open the valve and dispense stain through the passageway and the dispensing opening. The porous applicator is adhesively mounted on the support panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Painter's Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Koptis
  • Patent number: 5577851
    Abstract: A tube dispenser, sponge applicator and cover assembly including a tube dispenser having a main body portion, an upper neck portion extending from the main body at an upper end and an upper circumferential portion at the upper end of the main body portion adjacent to the-neck portion. A sponge applicator for attachment around the neck portion of the tube dispenser for applying any substance contained in the tube dispenser. A cover member having an upper portion for covering the sponge applicator and the neck portion of the tube dispenser and a lower circumferential portion to mate with and seal to the upper circumferential portion of the main body of the tube dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Painter's Products Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Koptis
  • Patent number: D482962
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Painters Products Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Koptis
  • Patent number: D351338
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: Painter's Products Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Koptis
  • Patent number: D363377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Painter's Products Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Koptis
  • Patent number: D369976
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Assignee: Painter's Products Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Koptis
  • Patent number: D385789
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Painter's Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Koptis
  • Patent number: D386853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Painter's Products Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Koptis
  • Patent number: D386854
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Painter's Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Koptis
  • Patent number: D386855
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Painter's Products Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Koptis
  • Patent number: D387563
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Painters Products Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Koptis
  • Patent number: D398235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Painters Products Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Koptis
  • Patent number: D416388
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Painter's Products Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Koptis
  • Patent number: D418303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Painter's Products Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Koptis
  • Patent number: D433235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: Painter's Products Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Koptis