Patents by Inventor Mary Jenkins

Mary Jenkins 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: 20090001092
    Abstract: A metal reusable lid for resealing shaped to cover the opening of an opened metal beverage container. The lid is formed by from metal and comprises a top with a lip, a bottom with an edge and a projection to create the seal, and a notch that extends from the top to the bottom at a point on the lid corresponding to a rivet in the container. When the lid is pressed over the opening of the container, the edge overlaps the opening to extend outside of the interior of the container at the opening with the notch allowing for extension of the lid around the rivet such that a portion of the top of the lid at the rivet is located beneath a ring of the rivet, and the projection fits inside the container at the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventor: Mary Jenkins
  • Patent number: 4742696
    Abstract: A ring or article of decorative jewelry is provided that has multiple interchangeable decorative stones. The ring is made with a flexible hinged top piece securing large polished stones against a bezel rising from the ring. The stones are securely gripped by the flexible spring action of the hinged lid and it is unnecessary that the stones themselves be placed in any sort of intermediate mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1988
    Inventor: Mary A. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 4488415
    Abstract: A ring or article of decorative jewelry is provided that has multiple interchangeable decorative stones. The ring is made with a flexible hinged top piece securing large polished stones against a bezel upstanding from the ring. The stones securely gripped by the flexible spring action of the hinged lid and it is unnecessary that the stones themselves be placed in any form of intermediate mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1984
    Inventor: Mary A. Jenkins