Patents by Inventor Michael G. Bodary

Michael G. Bodary 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: 9266660
    Abstract: Insulating cup includes an inner body and an outer body. The inner body has an inner sidewall defining a top opening and an inner bottom portion, and the inner sidewall includes a first circumferential rib and a second circumferential rib. The outer body has an outer sidewall surrounding at least a substantial portion of the inner sidewall and engaging the first circumferential rib and the second circumferential rib to define an insulating space therebetween, and the outer body has an outer bottom portion disposed below the inner bottom portion to define a surface-engaging edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: PACTIV LLC
    Inventors: Liming Cai, Michael G. Bodary
  • Publication number: 20130292392
    Abstract: Insulating cup includes an inner body and an outer body. The inner body has an inner sidewall defining a top opening and an inner bottom portion, and the inner sidewall includes a first circumferential rib and a second circumferential rib. The outer body has an outer sidewall surrounding at least a substantial portion of the inner sidewall and engaging the first circumferential rib and the second circumferential rib to define an insulating space therebetween, and the outer body has an outer bottom portion disposed below the inner bottom portion to define a surface-engaging edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.
    Inventors: Liming Cai, Michael G. Bodary
  • Patent number: 8113379
    Abstract: A hot cup lid providing alternating modes of access to the contents of a cup, the lid including an enlarged drinking opening selectively closed by a tear flap, and a smaller sipping opening diametrically aligned with the drinking opening and adjacent the periphery of the lid, the tear flap including a sealing lug thereon engageable within and closing the sipping opening upon pivotal movement of the flap to open the drinking opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Dopaco, Inc.
    Inventors: Liming Cai, Michael G. Bodary
  • Publication number: 20090266828
    Abstract: A hot cup lid providing alternating modes of access to the contents of a cup, the lid including an enlarged drinking opening selectively closed by a tear flap, and a smaller sipping opening diametrically aligned with the drinking opening and adjacent the periphery of the lid, the tear flap including a sealing lug thereon engageable within and closing the sipping opening upon pivotal movement of the flap to open the drinking opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Liming CAI, Michael G. BODARY
  • Patent number: 5765716
    Abstract: The cup protector includes a vertically elongate insulating sleeve slidably receiving a cup therein, the protector also including a closure lid integrally formed with the sleeve and selectively movable relative thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Dopaco, Inc.
    Inventors: Liming Cai, Michael G. Bodary
  • Patent number: 5121877
    Abstract: A container for ripening of fruit during storage and shipment has a first portion defining vertically oriented first side surfaces and a second portion defining vertically oriented second side surfaces, the planes of the first side surfaces being offset from planes of the second side surfaces. The container is adapted to be stacked in a pallet load with other of the containers, with adjacent first side surfaces of adjacent containers in engagement for stable stacking of the containers, and adjacent second side surfaces of adjacent containers spaced apart in a manner to define a channel between the adjacent containers for circulation of ventilating air or gas to fruit contained within the containers and for removal of heat generated by respiration of the fruit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: Chiquita Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Bodary, Stephen E. Moorman
  • Patent number: 4575000
    Abstract: A wrapper for a food product such as a hamburger which is defined by an outer layer of paperboard and an inner layer of glassine type of paper. The outer and inner layers are of generally rectangular form, the glassine type of paper extending beyond the side edges of the paperboard and having top and bottom edges, a major portion of each edge having radiused cutouts. The paperboard and glassine type of paper are joined by a narrow adhesive strip running lengthwise and centrally of them. The ends of the paperboard have hinged and relatively narrow locking panels. In use, a food product such as a hamburger is placed on top of the glassine type of paper at its midlength. The wrapper is folded around the hamburger to form a tube, the wrapper ends being secured together by twisting the locking panels, with the glassine type of paper extending from both ends of the tube being bunched together and tucked in beneath the hamburger, between it and the paperboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Assignee: International Paper Company
    Inventors: Robert L. Gordon, Michael G. Bodary