Patents by Inventor Rodney Borger

Rodney Borger 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).

  • Beverage container sealing system
    Patent number: 10112750
    Abstract: A system for sealing a beverage container includes a crown defining a bottom surface. A liner that includes an oxygen scavenger is coupled to the crown such that a top surface of the liner contacts the bottom surface of the crown. The bottom surface of the liner supports printed indicia where the bottom surface of the liner and the printed indicia are exposed to a beverage contained in the beverage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Anheuser-Busch, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy T. Raw, Susan Jones, Matthew Vincent, Tim O'Leary, Donald Hutchinson, Zane Pinckney, Rodney Borger, Paul Cobet, Kendra Bowen, Thomas Tweedy, Chester J. Grohs, IV
  • BEVERAGE CONTAINER SEALING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160107811
    Abstract: A system for sealing a beverage container includes a crown defining a bottom surface. A liner that includes an oxygen scavenger is coupled to the crown such that a top surface of the liner contacts the bottom surface of the crown. The bottom surface of the liner supports printed indicia where the bottom surface of the liner and the printed indicia are exposed to a beverage contained in the beverage container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Timothy T. Raw, Susan Jones, Matthew Vincent, Tim O'Leary, Donald Hutchinson, Zane Pinckney, Rodney Borger, Paul Cobet, Kendra Bowen, Thomas Tweedy, Chester J. Grohs, IV
  • Container closure
    Patent number: 9248943
    Abstract: A crown system includes a crown having a top surface and a bottom surface and a liner having a top surface that contacts a bottom surface of the crown. The liner is configured to absorb oxygen in a headspace and includes at least about 2.2 micromoles of sodium sulfite per cubic millimeter in a volume of the liner to a depth of about 0.003 millimeter from a bottom surface of the liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Anheuser-Busch, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy T. Raw, Susan Jones, Matthew Vincent, Tim O'Leary, Donald Hutchinson, Zane Pinckney, Rodney Borger, Paul Cobet, Kendra Brown, Thomas Tweedy, Chester J Grohs, IV