Patents by Inventor Phillip R. Short

Phillip R. Short 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).

  • Publication number: 20100326998
    Abstract: A container and lid assembly includes a container and a lid. The container has bottom and a container sidewall extending generally upwardly from the bottom about a perimeter thereof. The container sidewall has an upper edge structure defining an inwardly inclined, inwardly facing lid engagement surface. The lid has a top and a lid sidewall depending from the top about a perimeter thereof. The lid sidewall has an upturned lower edge structure defining an outwardly extending lid shoulder and an inwardly inclined, outwardly facing container engagement surface. The lower edge structure of the lid sidewall corresponds in size and shape to the upper edge structure of the container sidewall, and the lid is securable to the container by an interference fit with the lid engagement surface engaging the container engagement surface about the respective perimeters of the container and the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Phillip R. Short, Xie F. Song
  • Patent number: D619889
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Vortex Packaging Niagara, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip R. Short, Xie F. Song