Patents by Inventor Nitin GULATI

Nitin GULATI 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).

  • Footed container base
    Patent number: 10189597
    Abstract: A one-piece plastic container including a base portion. A gate area is at an axial center of the base portion. A plurality of feet are radially spaced apart about the axial center. Each strap of a plurality of straps is arranged between neighboring feet. Each one of a plurality of fillet areas is arranged between one of the plurality of feet and straps on opposite sides thereof. A cumulative strap surface area is defined by a total surface area of the plurality of straps, the gate area, and half a total surface area of the plurality of fillet areas. A cumulative foot surface area defined by a total surface area of the plurality of feet and half the total surface area of the plurality of fillet areas. The base portion has a ratio of cumulative foot surface area to cumulative strap surface area in the range of 2.4-2.8:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Amcor Rigid Plastics USA, LLC
    Inventors: Walter J. Strasser, Mark Woloszyk, Guizhang Zheng, Theodore F. Eberle, Pankaj Kumar, Nitin Gulati
  • FOOTED CONTAINER BASE
    Publication number: 20160297558
    Abstract: A one-piece plastic container including a base portion. A gate area is at an axial center of the base portion. A plurality of feet are radially spaced apart about the axial center. Each strap of a plurality of straps is arranged between neighboring feet. Each one of a plurality of fillet areas is arranged between one of the plurality of feet and straps on opposite sides thereof. A cumulative strap surface area is defined by a total surface area of the plurality of straps, the gate area, and half a total surface area of the plurality of fillet areas. A cumulative foot surface area defined by a total surface area of the plurality of feet and half the total surface area of the plurality of fillet areas. The base portion has a ratio of cumulative foot surface area to cumulative strap surface area in the range of 2.4-2.8:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Walter J. STRASSER, Mark WOLOSZYK, Guizhang ZHENG, Theodore F. EBERLE, Pankaj KUMAR, Nitin GULATI