Patents by Inventor Steve Charles

Steve Charles 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).

  • Spigot and Spigot Guard for an Insulating Container
    Publication number: 20180037394
    Abstract: An insulating container having a base and a lid is provided. The lid may be rotatable about a hinge from a closed configuration to an open configuration and may be secured, via one or more latching devices, in either the closed configuration or the open configuration. In some examples, the rotatable lid may be non-destructively removable from the base. Some example arrangements include a removable lid that, when removed, may be secured to the base via an additional portion of the latching device. Additional features of the insulating container include handles that are integrally formed with the base, a recess formed in the base and housing a spigot, and/or a spigot guard, and/or an insulating container mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, James William Sonntag, Christopher M. Keller, Steve Charles Nichols, David J. Bell
  • Contact lens mounting speculum for vitreoretinal surgery
    Patent number: 9877648
    Abstract: A contact lens is placed on a patient's eye during ophthalmic surgery, such as vitreoretinal surgery. The contact lens rests on a cornea of an eye of a patient during the surgery and is supported by a contact lens mounting speculum having multiple degrees of freedom to accommodate small movements of the eye while enabling alignment to an optical axis of the surgical microscope. The contact lens mounting speculum may be used with different patients, speculum blades, contact lenses (direct and indirect), and lens mounting positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Mark Farley, Steve Charles
  • Mechanical support of an indirect contact lens by a surgical microscope during vitreoretinal surgery
    Patent number: 9854969
    Abstract: An indirect contact lens is mechanically coupled to a surgical microscope during ophthalmic surgery, such as vitreoretinal surgery. The indirect contact lens rests on a cornea of an eye of a patient during the surgery but is supported by a surgical microscope attachment having multiple degrees of freedom to accommodate small movements of the eye while remaining aligned to an optical axis of the surgical microscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Ron Smith, Tammo Heeren, Steve Charles
  • Insulating Container
    Publication number: 20170305638
    Abstract: An insulating container having a base and a lid is provided. The lid may be rotatable about a hinge from a closed configuration to an open configuration and may be secured, via one or more latching devices, in either the closed configuration or the open configuration. In some examples, the rotatable lid may be non-destructively removable from the base. Some example arrangements include a removable lid that, when removed, may be secured to the base via an additional portion of the latching device. Additional features of the insulating container include handles that are integrally formed with the base, a recess formed in the base and housing a spigot, and/or a spigot guard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: James William Sonntag, Christopher M. Keller, Steve Charles Nichols, Roy Joseph Seiders, David J. Bell
  • Spigot and Spigot Guard for an Insulating Container
    Publication number: 20170305605
    Abstract: An insulating container having a base and a lid is provided. The lid may be rotatable about a hinge from a closed configuration to an open configuration and may be secured, via one or more latching devices, in either the closed configuration or the open configuration. In some examples, the rotatable lid may be non-destructively removable from the base. Some example arrangements include a removable lid that, when removed, may be secured to the base via an additional portion of the latching device. Additional features of the insulating container include handles that are integrally formed with the base, a recess formed in the base and housing a spigot, and/or a spigot guard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: James William Sonntag, Christopher M. Keller, Steve Charles Nichols, Roy Joseph Seiders, David J. Bell
  • Ice pack
    Patent number: D797165
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, John Alan Tolman, Kyle Thomas Miller, Steve Charles Nichols
  • Ice pack
    Patent number: D797166
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, John Alan Tolman, Kyle Thomas Miller, Steve Charles Nichols
  • Ice pack
    Patent number: D797821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, John Alan Tolman, Kyle Thomas Miller, Steve Charles Nichols
  • Bottle opener
    Patent number: D805866
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Steve Charles Nichols, Kyle Thomas Miller
  • Bottle opener
    Patent number: D805867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Steve Charles Nichols, Kyle Thomas Miller
  • Bottle opener
    Patent number: D805868
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Steve Charles Nichols, Kyle Thomas Miller
  • Handle
    Patent number: D806167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Steve Charles Nichols, Kyle Thomas Miller
  • Container
    Patent number: D812432
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Steve Charles Nichols, Chris Nickolas Kaschner
  • Container
    Patent number: D812979
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Steve Charles Nichols, Chris Nickolas Kaschner
  • Handle
    Patent number: D812984
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Steve Charles Nichols, Chris Nickolas Kaschner
  • Handle
    Patent number: D812985
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Steve Charles Nichols, Chris Nickolas Kaschner
  • Handle
    Patent number: D812986
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Steve Charles Nichols, Chris Nickolas Kaschner
  • Handle
    Patent number: D812987
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Steve Charles Nichols, Chris Nickolas Kaschner
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    Patent number: D812988
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Steve Charles Nichols, Chris Nickolas Kaschner
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    Patent number: D812989
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Steve Charles Nichols, Chris Nickolas Kaschner