Patents by Inventor Richard Wearmouth

Richard Wearmouth 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).

  • Drinking vessel
    Patent number: 7204380
    Abstract: An infant cup includes a cup body 12, a cover 16, a flexible mouthpiece 24 and a valve element 26. The valve element 26 includes a sealing face 70 which closes an orifice 44 in the mouthpiece in a relaxed position. The valve element includes an angled face cooperating with an internal angled face of the mouthpiece such that when pressure is applied the valve element moves downwardly, opening the mouthpiece orifice 44. The valve element is resiliently biased upwards such that when relaxed it springs back to close the mouthpiece orifice 44 once again, and is biased upwards in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Jackel International Limited
    Inventors: Ian Alexander Webb, Richard Wearmouth, Richard Hudson
  • Drinking vessel
    Publication number: 20040035815
    Abstract: An infant cup includes a cup body 12, a cover 16, a flexible mouthpiece 24 and a valve element 26. The valve element 26 includes a sealing face 70 which closes an orifice 44 in the mouthpiece in a relaxed position. The valve element includes an angled face cooperating with an internal angled face of the mouthpiece such that when pressure is applied the valve element moves downwardly, opening the mouthpiece orifice 44. The valve element is resiliently biased upwards such that when relaxed it springs back to close the mouthpiece orifice 44 once again, and is biased upwards in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Ian Alexander Webb, Richard Wearmouth, Richard Hudson