Patents by Inventor Steve B. Ruble

Steve B. Ruble 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: 6824025
    Abstract: An adjustable dispensing nozzle for an aerosol container in which pivotally interconnected elbows have an extension tube extending from one elbow and a stem on the other elbow inserted into and pivotal in a socket on a valve actuating lever of a cap mounted on the container. The elbow has a diverter valve rotatably mounted in the cylindrical body for directing the contents of the container to an orifice to exit as a spray, or to a socket in which an extension tube can be inserted to deliver the contents to a selected target as a stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Ashland INC
    Inventors: Steve B. Ruble, Richard J. Baumgart, Zhiqiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20020053579
    Abstract: An adjustable dispensing nozzle for an aerosol container in which pivotally interconnected elbows have a positionable extension tube extending from one elbow and a stem on the other elbow inserted into and pivotal in a socket on a valve actuating lever of a cap mounted on the container. Means for dispensing a spray may be incorporated within the stem of the dispensing nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Richard J. Baumgart, Zhiqiang Zhang, Steve B. Ruble
  • Patent number: 6247593
    Abstract: The present invention is for a carton or box for holding containers such as oil bottles wherein the box is formed from a single sheet of precut corrugated material so that the upper edges have short tabs which cooperatively engage slots formed in the bottom of said boxes. The tabs are long enough to provide resistance to stacked boxes from sliding over one another but sized and shaped so as to not interfere with intentional stacking and moving of the boxes using manual labor or equipment. The tabs engage the slots in order to biase the boxes but not prevent all lateral movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Ashland Inc.
    Inventor: Steve B. Ruble
  • Patent number: D557140
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Ashland Licensing and Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: John Voight, Robert E. Dawson, Victor Ivenitsky, Brooke T. Baxter, Steve B. Ruble