Patents by Inventor Robert LaPointe

Robert LaPointe 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: 11473291
    Abstract: According to aspects of the present disclosure, an expandable field kitchen is disclosed. The expandable field kitchen includes an expandable intermodal container. The expandable intermodal container has a floor panel, a ceiling panel, a wall panel including an opening, an access door disposed on the wall panel, an appliance utility port disposed on an interior surface of the expandable intermodal container, and a service door having a low-profile door handle. The addition, the expandable intermodal container includes an expansion unit that deploys from the interior portion of the expandable intermodal container through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NEXGEN COMPOSITES LLC
    Inventors: Robin Banerjee, Michael S. Sheppard, Robert LaPoint
  • Publication number: 20210180314
    Abstract: According to aspects of the present disclosure, an expandable field kitchen is disclosed. The expandable field kitchen includes an expandable intermodal container. The expandable intermodal container has a floor panel, a ceiling panel, a wall panel including an opening, an access door disposed on the wall panel, an appliance utility port disposed on an interior surface of the expandable intermodal container, and a service door having a low-profile door handle. The addition, the expandable intermodal container includes an expansion unit that deploys from the interior portion of the expandable intermodal container through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Robin Banerjee, Michael S. Sheppard, Robert LaPoint
  • Patent number: 5000353
    Abstract: This container is a unique self-dosing and dispensing container. Through the use of a one-piece, self-aligning valve which moves from one position of closing a dispensing opening to a position of opening the dispensing opening and simultaneously closing the opening between the container and the chamber which contains the dispensing opening. The valve is operated by a change in pressure within the container. The change in pressure in the container is induced by flowing an excess of fluide from the container so as to cause a negative pressure. There are various techniques for creating a negative pressure in the container, including the use of a bellows built into the container and a squeezing of the sidewalls of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Andrew T. Kostanecki, Robert Brainard, Lester Miller, Robert LaPointe