Patents by Inventor Michael J. Lonsway

Michael J. Lonsway 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: 8333287
    Abstract: A longneck glass or metal bottle of one-piece integrally formed construction has a body with a closed base and a shoulder at an end of the body remote from the base, and a neck extending from the shoulder along an axis and terminating in a neck finish for attachment of a closure. The bottle neck includes at least one internal embossment for affecting flow of liquid from the body through the neck. In exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, the at least one internal embossment includes at least one internal annular rib or at least one internal rib coplanar with the neck axis or at least one internal spiral rib or at least one internal elliptical rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Lonsway, Bruce A. Becker, Vincent J. Bailey
  • Publication number: 20100264107
    Abstract: A longneck glass or metal bottle of one-piece integrally formed construction has a body with a closed base and a shoulder at an end of the body remote from the base, and a neck extending from the shoulder along an axis and terminating in a neck finish for attachment of a closure. The bottle neck includes at least one internal embossment for affecting flow of liquid from the body through the neck. In exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, the at least one internal embossment includes at least one internal annular rib or at least one internal rib coplanar with the neck axis or at least one internal spiral rib or at least one internal elliptical rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Michael J. Lonsway, Bruce A. Becker, Vincent J. Bailey
  • Patent number: 6471907
    Abstract: Shuttle blow molding apparatus having an extruder or a blow head for substantially continuously emitting a thermoplastic material in tubular or parison form at a moldable temperature downwardly along a vertical axis. A finite length of the thermoplastic material is grasped by a first mold set, which then moves downwardly with respect to the extruder or blow head to provide clearance for a second mold set to move to a position to grasp a second finite length of the emitted thermoplastic. The first mold set is then moved horizontally away to permit the emitted thermoplastic length therein to be blown into a hollow article, and thereafter removed from the first mold set that is permitted to return and engage an other finite length of the thermoplastic material. The second mold set follows the first mold set in a path of travel traced by the first mold set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Plastic Products Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Krall, Michael J. Lonsway
  • Patent number: D658999
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Lonsway, Bruce A. Becker, Vincent J. Bailey