Patents by Inventor Michael L. Chapin

Michael L. Chapin 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: 8453881
    Abstract: A mounting system for securing inverted bottles to a refrigerated dispensing apparatus housing, which system includes a valve body with external locking splines and grooves to secure a bottle to which it is threadedly connected to a socket in the housing having mating splines and grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Tap Machine Inc.
    Inventor: Michael L. Chapin
  • Patent number: 7841113
    Abstract: A bar-top refrigerated liquid dispenser in which one or more housing walls include integrated back-lighted billboard display panels having side edges with embedded light emitting diodes and other edges with associated reflectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Tap Machine Inc.
    Inventor: Michael L. Chapin
  • Publication number: 20100212351
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing cooler for beverages in the form of an insulated ice chest having an insulated base, insulated side walls, insulated end walls and an insulated cover; a spigot mounted in one of the chest walls above the base and having a controllable dispensing valve adjacent an exterior surface of the chest wall; at least one inverted bottle having a valve body mounted thereon, said valve body having locking grooves and splines formed thereon on upper portions and having an air venting means integrally formed by crenellations on lowermost portions thereon; a reservoir with a reservoir top wall having a circular opening with locking grooves and splines formed thereon adapted to engage and to support an inverted bottle through said grooves and splines on the valve body; and a delivery tube communicating between the reservoir and the spigot to permit gravity flow of liquid from the reservoir to the spigot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Michael L. Chapin, William Henderson, James Chu
  • Publication number: 20090313868
    Abstract: A bar-top refrigerated liquid dispenser in which one or more housing walls include integrated back-lighted billboard display panels having side edges with embedded light emitting diodes and other edges with associated reflectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventor: Michael L. Chapin
  • Publication number: 20090230147
    Abstract: A mounting system for securing inverted bottles to a refrigerated dispensing apparatus housing, which system includes a valve body with external locking splines and grooves to secure a bottle to which it is threadedly connected to a socket in the housing having mating splines and grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventor: Michael L. Chapin