Patents by Inventor Ronald Lee Mellor, Jr.

Ronald Lee Mellor, 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).

  • Publication number: 20180251279
    Abstract: A container carrier and manufacturing method for a container carrier are provided. The container carrier includes an integrally molded body with a plurality of annular structures connected by a bridges. The annular structures each include a side wall formed of side wall portions separated by side wall voids and a top surface. Flanges are positioned at the bottom of each side wall void to collectively engage the containers. The flanges are configured to project inwardly and orient upwardly at an angle so as to flex when accepting or releasing a container. The top surfaces of the annular structures include notched voids continuous with respective side wall voids such that the flanges positioned at the bottoms of the side wall voids are accommodated by the notched voids in the top surface of a second, same-shaped container carrier when stacked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Zakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180251261
    Abstract: A container carrier and manufacturing method therefore are provided. The container carrier may include a plurality of annular structures connected by bridges. The annular structures may include a side wall formed of side wall portions separated by side wall voids. Each side wall portion has an upper and a lower side wall segment joined at a ledge, with the upper side wall segment having a smaller diameter relative to the lower side wall segment of the side wall portion. Flanges are positioned at the bottom of each side wall void to collectively engage containers. The bottom portion of the lower side wall segment has an inner diameter that is larger than the outer diameter of the upper side wall and smaller than the outer diameter of the ledge such that the bottom of a first container carrier will rest upon the ledge of a second, same-shaped container carrier when stacked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Zakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170073108
    Abstract: A container system is provided comprising an upper container and a clip body configured to attach to the top of a lower container. The clip body includes outer securing structures comprised of tabs and ledges to releasably attach to the lip of a circular rim of the lower container. Wings are configured to flex under an influence of a digit of a user to bias the ledges away from the central region of the clip body, thereby releasing the lower container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Zakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, JR.
  • Patent number: 9517859
    Abstract: A stacking clip is provided for vertically attaching two beverage cans together. The stacking clip comprises tabs and ledges used to attach to the lip of a circular rim of a lower beverage can and clipping protrusions used to attach to an undercut region in a concavity of another upper beverage can. Wings are configured to flex inward under an influence of a digit of a user to bias the ledges outward away from the central region of the clip body, detaching the ledges from the rim of the attached beverage can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Oregon Precision Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Zakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150210428
    Abstract: A stacking clip is provided for vertically attaching two beverage cans together. The stacking clip comprises tabs and ledges used to attach to the lip of a circular rim of a lower beverage can and clipping protrusions used to attach to an undercut region in a concavity of another upper beverage can. Wings are configured to flex inward under an influence of a digit of a user to bias the ledges outward away from the central region of the clip body, detaching the ledges from the rim of the attached beverage can.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Zakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, JR.
  • Patent number: D700526
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Oregon Precision Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Zakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, Jr.
  • Patent number: D704571
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Oregon Precision Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Zakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, Jr.
  • Patent number: D704572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Oregon Precision Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Zakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, Jr.
  • Patent number: D705082
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Oregon Precision Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Zakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, Jr.
  • Patent number: D705666
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Oregon Precision Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Zakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, Jr.
  • Patent number: D722891
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Oregon Precision Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Zakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, Jr.
  • Patent number: D757548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Oregon Precision Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Zakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, Jr.
  • Patent number: D761666
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Oregon Precision Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Zakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, Jr.
  • Patent number: D786702
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Oregon Precision Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Zakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, Jr.
  • Patent number: D831502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Oregon Precision Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Zakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, Jr.
  • Patent number: D831503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Oregon Precision Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Zakary James Borg, Ronald Lee Mellor, Jr.