Patents by Inventor Michael I. CUSTER

Michael I. CUSTER 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).

  • Beverage ingredient pod
    Patent number: 11235920
    Abstract: A beverage ingredient pod for releasing beverage ingredients into a bottle to create a mixed beverage includes a liquid-ingredient chamber, a solid-ingredient chamber, a frangible membrane between and separating the liquid-ingredient chamber and the solid-ingredient chamber, and a rigid piercer that extends to a point toward the frangible membrane. Upon a force applied to the beverage ingredient pod, a portion of the pod collapses and drives the rigid piercer through the frangible membrane. This mixes contents of the liquid-ingredient chamber with contents of the solid-ingredient chamber and releases the mixed contents from the beverage ingredient pod into a bottle below that is filled with a liquid, creating a mixed beverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Keyonna Anderson, Girish Nilkanth Deshpande, Bruno Telesca, Michael I. Custer, Thierry Jean Robert Fabozzi, Jae Young Jeon, Brent Lindberg, Jenna Walsh
  • BEVERAGE INGREDIENT POD
    Publication number: 20190375574
    Abstract: A beverage ingredient pod for releasing beverage ingredients into a bottle to create a mixed beverage includes a liquid-ingredient chamber, a solid-ingredient chamber, a frangible membrane between and separating the liquid-ingredient chamber and the solid-ingredient chamber, and a rigid piercer that extends to a point toward the frangible membrane. Upon a force applied to the beverage ingredient pod, a portion of the pod collapses and drives the rigid piercer through the frangible membrane. This mixes contents of the liquid-ingredient chamber with contents of the solid-ingredient chamber and releases the mixed contents from the beverage ingredient pod into a bottle below that is filled with a liquid, creating a mixed beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Keyonna ANDERSON, Girish Nilkanth DESHPANDE, Bruno TELESCA, Michael I. CUSTER, Thierry Jean Robert FABOZZI, Jae Young JEON, Brent LINDBERG, Jenna WALSH