Patents by Inventor Sterling Lane Steward

Sterling Lane Steward 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: 6364385
    Abstract: A pour and carry device for use in conjunction with relatively large consumer beverage containers. In one embodiment, the device is integral to the container, in another embodiment, the device is separate. One embodiment includes a finger tunnel. In one embodiment, the tonguelike member extends outwardly relative to the bottle neck and downwardly towards the bottle body so as to provide a crotch therebetween to accept the web portion intermediate a human's thumb and forefinger, to allow the human to grip, lift, and pour the bottle by placing the palm on the bottle below but proximate the neck, such that the web portion fits within the crotch, and the thumb and forefinger combine to at least partially surround the neck of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Sterling Lane Steward, Marshall J. Barrash, Lawrence B. Green, Christopher Clark Kjorlaug
  • Patent number: D452797
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Elisa Muldawer Palefsky, Eric Stuart Shackmaster, Sterling Lane Steward, Kimberly Ann Rich, Timothy Shane Kilpatrick, James Simeon Sheffield
  • Patent number: D739733
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventor: Sterling Lane Steward
  • Patent number: D748986
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Jae Ho Cha, Sterling Lane Steward, Kris Tomasson