Patents by Inventor Robert Jon Groll

Robert Jon Groll 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).

  • Container with pressure accommodation panel
    Patent number: 11312557
    Abstract: A container is provided with a body portion. The body portion includes a first vacuum panel, a second vacuum panel, a third vacuum panel, a first diagonal column between the first vacuum panel and the second vacuum panel, and a second diagonal column between the second vacuum panel and the third vacuum panel. The second vacuum panel and the third vacuum panel are oriented in opposite directions. In response to a change in an internal container pressure, the body portion flexes at the first vacuum panel such that a surface of the first vacuum panel increases in concavity in response to an increasing pressure change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Lohmeier, Toby Richard David Wingfield, Lori Evans Bartman, Robert Jon Groll
  • CONTAINER WITH PRESSURE ACCOMMODATION PANEL
    Publication number: 20190263577
    Abstract: A container is provided with a body portion. The body portion includes a first vacuum panel, a second vacuum panel, a third vacuum panel, a first diagonal column between the first vacuum panel and the second vacuum panel, and a second diagonal column between the second vacuum panel and the third vacuum panel. The second vacuum panel and the third vacuum panel are oriented in opposite directions. In response to a change in an internal container pressure, the body portion flexes at the first vacuum panel such that a surface of the first vacuum panel increases in concavity in response to an increasing pressure change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Andrew LOHMEIER, Toby Richard David WINGFIELD, Lori Evans BARTMAN, Robert Jon GROLL
  • Container with pressure accommodation panel
    Patent number: 10336524
    Abstract: A container is provided with a body portion. The body portion includes a first vacuum panel, a second vacuum panel, a third vacuum panel, a first diagonal column between the first vacuum panel and the second vacuum panel, and a second diagonal column between the second vacuum panel and the third vacuum panel. The second vacuum panel and the third vacuum panel are oriented in opposite directions. In response to a change in an internal container pressure, the body portion flexes at the first vacuum panel such that a surface of the first vacuum panel increases in concavity in response to an increasing pressure change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Andrew Lohmeier, Toby Richard David Wingfield, Lori Evans Bartman, Robert Jon Groll
  • CONTAINER WITH PRESSURE ACCOMMODATION PANEL
    Publication number: 20170225863
    Abstract: A container is provided with a body portion. The body portion includes a first vacuum panel, a second vacuum panel, a third vacuum panel, a first diagonal column between the first vacuum panel and the second vacuum panel, and a second diagonal column between the second vacuum panel and the third vacuum panel. The second vacuum panel and the third vacuum panel are oriented in opposite directions. In response to a change in an internal container pressure, the body portion flexes at the first vacuum panel such that a surface of the first vacuum panel increases in concavity in response to an increasing pressure change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Andrew LOHMEIER, Toby Richard David WINGFIELD, Lori Evans BARTMAN, Robert Jon GROLL
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D612734
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary Sarsfield-Thomas, William Eaton, Taek Kim, Stuart M. Leslie, Jason Billig, David Michael Ryan, Lori E. Bartman, Robert Jon Groll, Richard Allan Lovelace, Jr., James J. Miller
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D792777
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Joseph Huls, Michael Andrew Lohmeier, Toby Richard David Wingfield, Lori Evans Bartman, Robert Jon Groll, John Lester Ostby, Matthew Schmunk
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D835994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Joseph Huls, Michael Andrew Lohmeier, Toby Richard David Wingfield, Lori Evans Bartman, Robert Jon Groll, John Lester Ostby, Matthew Schmunk
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D877620
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Joseph Huls, Michael Andrew Lohmeier, Toby Richard David Wingfield, Lori Evans Bartman, Robert Jon Groll, John Lester Ostby, Matthew Schmunk
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D926041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Joseph Huls, Michael Andrew Lohmeier, Toby Richard David Wingfield, Lori Evans Bartman, Robert Jon Groll, John Lester Ostby, Matthew Schmunk
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D1106834
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Patricia Magdalena Alva Cruz, Lori Evans Bartman, Robert Jon Groll
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D1130132
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Patricia Magdalena Alva Cruz, Lori Evans Bartman, Robert Jon Groll