Patents by Inventor Ronald K. Kirk, Jr.

Ronald K. Kirk, Jr. 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: 4505390
    Abstract: A cup is disclosed which is nestable on the end of a hiker's plastic bottle. The cup has a handle which is movable between a stored position in which it nests around the outside of the cup body and a use position in which the handle extends out radially from the cup sidewall. The handle has a third position, reversed from the second, in which the handle loops up over the mouth of the cup from one side on the cup lip to a diametrically opposite site to provide a bail for suspended support of the cup, e.g. for hanging the cup over a fire. A pouch may be provided for permitting the user to wear the compact stowed-handle/bottle-nested cup unit. The cup handle includes a doubled wire member with tangs that removably mount in a bracket provided on the cup sidewall. A slider is provided on the handle, this slider being movable between a position where the handle is relatively fixed to the cup and a position where the handle can be shifted or changed from one to another of its three positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1985
    Inventor: Ronald K. Kirk, Jr.