Patents by Inventor Shawn A. Roberts

Shawn A. Roberts 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: 12280937
    Abstract: A system for holding multiple beverage containers may include a cooler or carrier with toting handles, closing tabs, and base. The base may be formed from a molded plastic, rubber or synthetic rubber material. The base may also include feet that hold the base a sufficient height from the ground. The base may have a generally conic tapering drain floor that makes up its top surface. The tapering drain floor may make draining the carrier easier by directing water toward a drain hole located in the base. Extending up from the base may be a multi-layer soft-sided wall where different layers perform different desired functions. For example, an inside layer closest to the internal cavity may be a waterproof layer, a middle layer may be an insulating layer, and an external layer may be a decorative layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: 2SURV, INC.
    Inventors: Russell W. White, Shawn A. Roberts, Laura J. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20250051086
    Abstract: A nesting system for securing a container is disclosed. The container could be a soft-sided backpack style cooler. Such a system may include a cooler with a sidewall, a top, a base, a vertical axis extending from the base to the top, and an insulated interior region. The base may have a bottom plate portion with at least one protrusion extending down from bottom plate portion and one or more holes formed through protrusion orthogonal to the vertical axis. The protrusion could be a wall that extends downward from the bottom plate portion of the base around the entire perimeter of the base. In addition, the protrusion could have an irregular profile with feet that extends further down then the rest of the wall. The system may also include a nesting platform with a bottom tray and a vertical wall extending up from the bottom tray. The bottom tray and vertical wall may be sized to allow the base to fit within tray and vertical wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Russell W. White, Shawn A. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20240400290
    Abstract: A system for holding multiple beverage containers may include a cooler or carrier with toting handles, closing tabs, and base. The base may be formed from a molded plastic, rubber, nylon, or synthetic rubber material. The base may also include feet that hold the base a sufficient height from the ground. The base may have a drain hole located in the base. Extending up from the base may be a multi-layer soft-sided wall where different layers perform different desired functions. For example, an inside layer closest to the internal cavity may be a waterproof layer, a middle layer may be an insulating layer, and an external layer may be a decorative layer. Within the cooler or carrier may be one or more silos with a mating plug within the silo. The silo may be generally cylindrical in shape and configured to accept a beverage container in a manner that allow a beverage within the container to be accessed from outside the cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Russell W. White, Shawn A. Roberts, Laura J. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20240228150
    Abstract: A system for holding multiple beverage containers may include a cooler or carrier with toting handles, closing tabs, and base. The base may be formed from a molded plastic, rubber, nylon, or synthetic rubber material. The base may also include feet that hold the base a sufficient height from the ground. The base may have a drain hole located in the base. Extending up from the base may be a multi-layer soft-sided wall where different layers perform different desired functions. For example, an inside layer closest to the internal cavity may be a waterproof layer, a middle layer may be an insulating layer, and an external layer may be a decorative layer. Within the cooler or carrier may be one or more silos with a mating plug within the silo. The silo may be generally cylindrical in shape and configured to accept a beverage container in a manner that allow a beverage within the container to be accessed from outside the cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Russell W. White, Shawn A. Roberts, Laura J. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20230406603
    Abstract: A system for holding multiple beverage containers may include a cooler or carrier with toting handles, closing tabs, and base. The base may be formed from a molded plastic, rubber or synthetic rubber material. The base may also include feet that hold the base a sufficient height from the ground. The base may have a generally conic tapering drain floor that makes up its top surface. The tapering drain floor may make draining the carrier easier by directing water toward a drain hole located in the base. Extending up from the base may be a multi-layer soft-sided wall where different layers perform different desired functions. For example, an inside layer closest to the internal cavity may be a waterproof layer, a middle layer may be an insulating layer, and an external layer may be a decorative layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Russell W. White, Shawn A. Roberts, Laura J. Roberts
  • Patent number: 11772875
    Abstract: A system for holding multiple beverage containers may include a cooler or carrier with toting handles, closing tabs, and base. The base may be formed from a molded plastic, rubber or synthetic rubber material. The base may also include feet that hold the base a sufficient height from the ground. The base may have a generally conic tapering drain floor that makes up its top surface. The tapering drain floor may make draining the carrier easier by directing water toward a drain hole located in the base. Extending up from the base may be a multi-layer soft-sided wall where different layers perform different desired functions. For example, an inside layer closest to the internal cavity may be a waterproof layer, a middle layer may be an insulating layer, and an external layer may be a decorative layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Lightbulb Innovation, LLC
    Inventors: Russell W. White, Shawn A. Roberts, Laura J. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20220297921
    Abstract: A system for holding multiple beverage containers may include a cooler or carrier with toting handles, closing tabs, and base. The base may be formed from a molded plastic, rubber or synthetic rubber material. The base may also include feet that hold the base a sufficient height from the ground. The base may have a generally conic tapering drain floor that makes up its top surface. The tapering drain floor may make draining the carrier easier by directing water toward a drain hole located in the base. Extending up from the base may be a multi-layer soft-sided wall where different layers perform different desired functions. For example, an inside layer closest to the internal cavity may be a waterproof layer, a middle layer may be an insulating layer, and an external layer may be a decorative layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Russell W. White, Shawn A. Roberts, Laura J. Roberts
  • Patent number: 11401102
    Abstract: A system for holding multiple beverage containers may include a cooler or carrier with toting handles, closing tabs, and base. The base may be formed from a molded plastic, rubber or synthetic rubber material. The base may also include feet that hold the base a sufficient height from the ground. The base may have a generally conic tapering drain floor that makes up its top surface. The tapering drain floor may make draining the carrier easier by directing water toward a drain hole located in the base. Extending up from the base may be a multi-layer soft-sided wall where different layers perform different desired functions. For example, an inside layer closest to the internal cavity may be a waterproof layer, a middle layer may be an insulating layer, and an external layer may be a decorative layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Lightbulb Innovation, LLC
    Inventors: Russell W. White, Shawn A. Roberts, Laura J. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20200354136
    Abstract: A system for holding multiple beverage containers may include a cooler or carrier with toting handles, closing tabs, and base. The base may be formed from a molded plastic, rubber or synthetic rubber material. The base may also include feet that hold the base a sufficient height from the ground. The base may have a generally conic tapering drain floor that makes up its top surface. The tapering drain floor may make draining the carrier easier by directing water toward a drain hole located in the base. Extending up from the base may be a multi-layer soft-sided wall where different layers perform different desired functions. For example, an inside layer closest to the internal cavity may be a waterproof layer, a middle layer may be an insulating layer, and an external layer may be a decorative layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Russell W. White, Shawn A. Roberts, Laura J. Roberts
  • Patent number: 10730685
    Abstract: A system for holding multiple beverage containers may include a cooler or carrier with toting handles, closing tabs, and base. The base may be formed from a molded plastic, rubber or synthetic rubber material. The base may also include feet that hold the base a sufficient height from the ground. The base may have a generally conic tapering drain floor that makes up its top surface. The tapering drain floor may make draining the carrier easier by directing water toward a drain hole located in the base. Extending up from the base may be a multi-layer soft-sided wall where different layers perform different desired functions. For example, an inside layer closest to the internal cavity may be a waterproof layer, a middle layer may be an insulating layer, and an external layer may be a decorative layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Lightbulb Innovation, LLC
    Inventors: Russell W. White, Shawn A. Roberts, Laura J. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20200172321
    Abstract: A lining system for a cooler may include a waterproof container portion that defines an opening that has a generally cuboid shape and a volume of greater than 20 quarts. The bottom surface of the container portion as well as the walls of the container portion may be formed from a biodegradable polyester material. In addition, a drain tube may extend at least five inches from a wall of the container portion to allow a liquid collecting within the opening to drain from the waterproof container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Russell W. White, Shawn A. Roberts, Laura J. Roberts, Brandon Courtney
  • Publication number: 20190084752
    Abstract: A system for holding multiple beverage containers may include a cooler or carrier with toting handles, closing tabs, and base. The base may be formed from a molded plastic, rubber or synthetic rubber material. The base may also include feet that hold the base a sufficient height from the ground. The base may have a generally conic tapering drain floor that makes up its top surface. The tapering drain floor may make draining the carrier easier by directing water toward a drain hole located in the base. Extending up from the base may be a multi-layer soft-sided wall where different layers perform different desired functions. For example, an inside layer closest to the internal cavity may be a waterproof layer, a middle layer may be an insulating layer, and an external layer may be a decorative layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Russell W. White, Shawn A. Roberts, Laura J. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20190077290
    Abstract: A system to hold a beverage container is disclosed. Such a system may include, for example, a platform having a top surface and a bottom surface. The platform may have a hole formed there through. As such, the platform may also define a vertical cross section through the diameter of the hole, and the cross section may have at least one chamfered corner. The hole may have a diameter between 2½ inches and 5½ inches. The system may also include a stretch fabric extending from the edge of the hole and beyond the bottom surface of the platform to form a generally cylindrical sleeve. The generally cylindrical sleeve may have an unstretched internal diameter that is less than the internal diameter of the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Russell W. White, Mordy D. Duke, Shawn A. Roberts
  • Patent number: 7095519
    Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method to upload and recover print jobs over a network. A client sends to a server a request for a specific document to be uploaded for transfer across a network. The sever creates an object to identify and process the request. The server sends a response to the client indicating that the request has been received and an associated object has been created. The server stores packets of the data document as they are uploaded and transmitted. Once the complete document has been uploaded and transferred to the server, it is stored in a network accessible data store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Mimeo.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Stewart, Jennifer R. Pinco, David Uyttendaele, Craig Jacobs, Doug Finke, Shawn A. Roberts
  • Patent number: D914488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: LIGHTBULB INNOVATION, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn A. Roberts, Laura J. Roberts
  • Patent number: D914489
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: LIGHTBULB INNOVATION, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn A. Roberts, Laura J. Roberts