Patents by Inventor Michael A. Eckstein

Michael A. Eckstein 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: 7686168
    Abstract: A container for transporting and handling materials such as ice has a side wall having a top, a middle and a bottom. The side wall forms a containing portion. The top has an opening to the containing portion. The side wall has a recess adjacent to the bottom. The container has a bottom wall. The containing portion extends from the bottom wall to the opening. The container has a top handle adjacent to the top of the side wall. The container has a recess handle that extends from the bottom of the side wall to the middle of the side wall adjacent to the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Traex Company
    Inventors: Charles F. Smiley, Michael A. Eckstein
  • Patent number: 6732888
    Abstract: A squeeze bottle is provided for dispensing a flowable liquid material. The bottle includes an axially extending squeezable container having a side wall and a base at one end of the side wall to define an interior chamber for housing the flowable liquid material. The container defines a neck that extends axially outwardly from an axially outer end of the container opposite the base. A cap is removably attachable to the neck, and includes a plate having at least one opening therethrough and in communication with the interior void of the container. The cap further includes at least two tips defining respective outlet channels in fluid communication with the plate opening to outlet at least two directed streams from the squeeze bottle to a desired food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Traex Corporation
    Inventors: Charles F. Smiley, Richard G. Diermeier, Michael A. Eckstein