Patents by Inventor Ross Bennett

Ross Bennett 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).

  • Air actuated flexible beverage container cover
    Patent number: 5540611
    Abstract: A hollow, flexible cover, molded in the shape of a full or partial sculpture, and designed to fit over the open end of a can, glass, cup, bottle, or carton type beverage container, and having an opening for a straw, to extend into the container to siphon liquid therefrom, such that the change in atmospheric pressure within the container, created by an intermittent siphoning of liquid, causes the cover to collapse and expand in a controlled manner and thereby exhibit animation or lifelike movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Inventors: Brian Lapoint, Ross Bennett