Patents by Inventor Mary T. Riley

Mary T. Riley 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: 6412657
    Abstract: A spray can system including a spray can with a hollow body with contents therein and gas under pressure for expelling the contents therefrom, and nozzle apparatus connected to the spray can and having a nozzle with a fluid flow channel therethrough with an exit port for the passage of the contents out from the spray can, a cap releasably emplaced on the hollow body for covering the nozzle apparatus, a tube holder comprising a tube holder for holding a spray tube insertable into the nozzle, the tube holder formed of the cap and separable therefrom, the tube holder having a ring, the tube holder connected to the cap by a plurality of connection members between the cap and the ring, the connection members severable so that at least a remaining part thereof remains connected to the ring and the part projects inwardly of the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Inventors: Mary T. Riley, Michael J. Riley
  • Patent number: 6412671
    Abstract: A spray can system, in certain embodiments, including a spray can with a hollow body with contents therein and gas under pressure for expelling the contents therefrom, and nozzle apparatus connected to the spray can and having a nozzle with a fluid flow channel therethrough with an exit port for the passage of the contents out from the spray can, a cap releasably emplaced on the hollow body for covering the nozzle apparatus, and a tube holder comprising a tube holder for holding a spray tube insertable into the nozzle, and the tube holder formed of the cap and separable therefrom or formed of a secondary member releasably connected to the cap or to the can, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Inventors: Mary T. Riley, Michael J. Riley
  • Publication number: 20010010319
    Abstract: A spray can system including a spray can with a hollow body with contents therein and gas under pressure for expelling the contents therefrom, and nozzle apparatus connected to the spray can and having a nozzle with a fluid flow channel therethrough with an exit port for the passage of the contents out from the spray can, a cap releasably emplaced on the hollow body for covering the nozzle apparatus, a tube holder comprising a tube holder for holding a spray tube insertable into the nozzle, the tube holder formed of the cap and separable therefrom, the tube holder having a ring, the tube holder connected to the cap by a plurality of connection members between the cap and the ring, the connection members severable so that at least a remaining part thereof remains connected to the ring and said part projects inwardly of the ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Publication date: August 2, 2001
    Inventors: Mary T. Riley, Michael J. Riley
  • Patent number: 6102258
    Abstract: A tube holder has been invented for holding straw or a hollow spray tube, the tube holder having a first ring, an interconnection member having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to or formed integrally with the first ring, a holding ring connected to or formed integrally with the second end of the interconnection member, the holding ring made of stretchable material for releasably holding a hollow spray tube, and at least one tab projecting from the first ring and connected thereto or formed integrally thereof. A method has been invented for releasably holding with such a tube holder a spray tube of a spray can system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Inventors: Mary T. Riley, Michael J. Riley
  • Patent number: 5887767
    Abstract: A tube holder has been invented for holding a spray tube for use with a nozzle of a spray can, the tube holder, in one aspect, having a ring stretchable or non-stretchable for encircling part of the spray can (e.g. body, nozzle, or nozzle projection) for mounting the tube holder to the spray can, an interconnection member having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to or formed integrally with the ring, and a holding member connected to or formed integrally with the second end of the interconnection member. In one embodiment the holding member is a ring (stretchable or non-stretchable) and in another embodiment the holding member is a body with at least one slit opening therethrough, the spray tube insertable through and removably holdable in the at least one slit opening. The present invention discloses a spray can with any such tube holder and with a hollow spray tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Inventors: Mary T. Riley, Michael J. Riley