Patents by Inventor Kyle A. Ryan

Kyle A. Ryan 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: 20040094549
    Abstract: A seal for use with a drink-through beverage lid, comprising a generally flat plate and a projection. When attached to a lid, the projection mates with an opening in the drink-through lid, commonly at the top of a drinking spout. The projection seals the opening, preventing spillage during transport. The seal is easily removable by grasping the plate and pulling it away from the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Kyle A. Ryan, Suzanne L. Charnos
  • Publication number: 20030141302
    Abstract: A seal for use with a drink-through beverage lid, comprising a generally flat plate and a projection. When attached to a lid, the projection mates with an opening in the drink-through lid, commonly at the top of a drinking spout. The projection seals the opening, preventing spillage during transport. The seal is easily removable by grasping the plate and pulling it away from the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Kyle A. Ryan, Suzanne L. Charnos
  • Patent number: 5005839
    Abstract: A game apparatus for playing a game in which the players simulate being waitpersons in a restaurant and in which the players take and remember lists of food dishes for later recitation and confirmation as to accuracy includes a board having a playing surface divided into segments, each segment assigned to a different player, each segment having table spaces marked thereon corresponding to tables in a restaurant. A set of table cards corresponding to each of the table spaces is provided and a plurality of order sheets for marking down food dishes being ordered is also provided. The order sheets are of a size smaller than the table cards so that they can be covered from view by the table cards during play of the game. A plurality of markers is provided, one marker associated with each player. The markers are moved around the playing surface to predetermined spaces marked on the playing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Assignee: Turning the Tables, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle A. Ryan, Michael Ackerman, Bruce Hale, Ward Payne