Patents by Inventor Stephen J. Kocis
Stephen J. Kocis 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).
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Patent number: 10633145Abstract: A plastic container used for holding fluid material with an attachable handle is provided. The container includes a body, a plurality of walls, a spout, an attachable handle and a sliding structure. The spout is a hollow, cylindrical portion that extends from an opening in one of the walls. The cylindrical portion is configured to insert or remove the fluid material from the container. The attachable handle includes a rail structure that further includes a pair of non-parallel offset rails and a latch. The latch has a latching surface that is located at the ends of the offset rails farthest from each other. The slide structure includes a generally rectangular projection. The projection further includes a pair of non-parallel offset grooves and a latching surface. The latching surface is located where the grooves are farthest from each other. The offset grooves are adapted to mate with the offset rails and are fully engaged by the offset rails when the latch is engaged with the latching surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Silgan Plastics LLCInventors: Laura Flanagan-Kent, Stephen J. Kocis, David A. Hayward, Frederick P. Minkemeyer, Gary L. Mengeu, Edmund L. White
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Publication number: 20180305086Abstract: A plastic container used for holding fluid material with an attachable handle is provided. The container includes a body, a plurality of walls, a spout, an attachable handle and a sliding structure. The spout is a hollow, cylindrical portion that extends from an opening in one of the walls. The cylindrical portion is configured to insert or remove the fluid material from the container. The attachable handle includes a rail structure that further includes a pair of non-parallel offset rails and a latch. The latch has a latching surface that is located at the ends of the offset rails farthest from each other. The slide structure includes a generally rectangular projection. The projection further includes a pair of non-parallel offset grooves and a latching surface. The latching surface is located where the grooves are farthest from each other. The offset grooves are adapted to mate with the offset rails and are fully engaged by the offset rails when the latch is engaged with the latching surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Laura Flanagan-Kent, Stephen J. Kocis, David A. Hayward, Frederick P. Minkemeyer, Gary L. Mengeu, Edmund L. White
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Patent number: 10029823Abstract: A plastic container used for holding fluid material with an attachable handle is provided. The container includes a body, a plurality of walls, a spout, an attachable handle and a sliding structure. The spout is a hollow, cylindrical portion that extends from an opening in one of the walls. The cylindrical portion is configured to insert or remove the fluid material from the container. The attachable handle includes a rail structure that further includes a pair of non-parallel offset rails and a latch. The latch has a latching surface that is located at the ends of the offset rails farthest from each other. The slide structure includes a generally rectangular projection. The projection further includes a pair of non-parallel offset grooves and a latching surface. The latching surface is located where the grooves are farthest from each other. The offset grooves are adapted to mate with the offset rails and are fully engaged by the offset rails when the latch is engaged with the latching surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Silgan Plastics LLCInventors: Laura Flanagan-Kent, Stephen J. Kocis, David A. Hayward, Frederick P. Minkemeyer, Gary L. Mengeu, Edmund L. White
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Publication number: 20150284140Abstract: A plastic container used for holding fluid material with an attachable handle is provided. The container includes a body, a plurality of walls, a spout, an attachable handle and a sliding structure. The spout is a hollow, cylindrical portion that extends from an opening in one of the walls. The cylindrical portion is configured to insert or remove the fluid material from the container. The attachable handle includes a rail structure that further includes a pair of non-parallel offset rails and a latch. The latch has a latching surface that is located at the ends of the offset rails farthest from each other. The slide structure includes a generally rectangular projection. The projection further includes a pair of non-parallel offset grooves and a latching surface. The latching surface is located where the grooves are farthest from each other. The offset grooves are adapted to mate with the offset rails and are fully engaged by the offset rails when the latch is engaged with the latching surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Laura Flanagan-Kent, Stephen J. Kocis, David A. Hayward, Frederick P. Minkemeyer, Gary L. Mengeu, Edmund L. White
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Patent number: 9090380Abstract: A plastic container used for holding fluid material with an attachable handle is provided. The container includes a body, a plurality of walls, a spout, an attachable handle and a sliding structure. The spout is a hollow, cylindrical portion that extends from an opening in one of the walls. The cylindrical portion is configured to insert or remove the fluid material from the container. The attachable handle includes a rail structure that further includes a pair of non-parallel offset rails and a latch. The latch has a latching surface that is located at the ends of the offset rails farthest from each other. The slide structure includes a generally rectangular projection. The projection further includes a pair of non-parallel offset grooves and a latching surface. The latching surface is located where the grooves are farthest from each other. The offset grooves are adapted to mate with the offset rails and are fully engaged by the offset rails when the latch is engaged with the latching surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Silgan Plastics LLCInventors: Laura Flanagan-Kent, Stephen J. Kocis, David A. Hayward, Frederick P. Minkemeyer, Gary L. Mengeu, Edmund L. White
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Publication number: 20140166677Abstract: A plastic container used for holding fluid material with an attachable handle is provided. The container includes a body, a plurality of walls, a spout, an attachable handle and a sliding structure. The spout is a hollow, cylindrical portion that extends from an opening in one of the walls. The cylindrical portion is configured to insert or remove the fluid material from the container. The attachable handle includes a rail structure that further includes a pair of non-parallel offset rails and a latch. The latch has a latching surface that is located at the ends of the offset rails farthest from each other. The slide structure includes a generally rectangular projection. The projection further includes a pair of non-parallel offset grooves and a latching surface. The latching surface is located where the grooves are farthest from each other. The offset grooves are adapted to mate with the offset rails and are fully engaged by the offset rails when the latch is engaged with the latching surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventors: Laura Flanagan-Kent, Stephen J. Kocis, David A. Hayward, Frederick P. Minkemeyer, Gary L. Mengeu, Edmund L. White
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Patent number: 5597073Abstract: A tray which is formed from a piece of resilient material, has a matrix of cells for holding food products such as apples. The tray has a plurality of arched ribs formed on the piece of resilient material for reinforcing the tray, each rib joining a predetermined pair of adjacent cells and having a compound surface structure to provide enhanced strength of rigidity.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 1995Date of Patent: January 28, 1997Assignee: Dolco Packaging Corp.Inventor: Stephen J. Kocis
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Patent number: D489254Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2002Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Assignee: De Ster CorporationInventors: Stephen J. Kocis, Harold K. Sadler, Oyvind Forland
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Patent number: D617657Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2009Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: The Dial CorporationInventors: Gregory Schriner, Shirley Lin, Lesley S. Corker, Stephen J. Kocis, William J. Peek, James W. Haring
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Patent number: D353765Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1993Date of Patent: December 27, 1994Assignee: Dolco Packaging Corp.Inventors: Stephen J. Kocis, Mark A. Bergeron