Patents by Inventor Steve Piantoni

Steve Piantoni 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: 9038859
    Abstract: A container assembly for use with a dispenser with a feed tube, the assembly comprising a container; a cap fixed to an opening in the container; the cap having a passageway therethrough to allow, in use, the feed tube of a dispenser to pass through the cap and into the container; the cap including a movable element secured to the cap in a first position prior to first insertion of the feed tube by a deformable support element arranged to deform upon insertion of the feed tube into the cap to free the movable element to be supported, in use, in a second position, by the feed tube to preserve the passageway, the movable element being configured to move, upon removal of the feed tube from the container, to a third position at least partially within the passageway in which replacement of the feed tube through the cap is obstructed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.
    Inventors: Jacobus Simon Petrus Van Diepen, Steve Piantoni, Peter Rickett
  • Publication number: 20140008393
    Abstract: A container assembly for use with a dispenser with a feed tube, the assembly comprising a container; a cap fixed to an opening in the container; the cap having a passageway therethrough to allow, in use, the feed tube of a dispenser to pass through the cap and into the container; the cap including a movable element secured to the cap in a first position prior to first insertion of the feed tube by a deformable support element arranged to deform upon insertion of the feed tube into the cap to free the movable element to be supported, in use, in a second position, by the feed tube to preserve the passageway, the movable element being configured to move, upon removal of the feed tube from the container, to a third position at least partially within the passageway in which replacement of the feed tube through the cap is obstructed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser N.V.
    Inventors: Jacobus Simon Petrus VAN DIEPEN, Steve Piantoni, Peter Rickett
  • Patent number: D841350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: Luke Smith, Steve Piantoni
  • Patent number: D867776
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: Luke Smith, Steve Piantoni
  • Patent number: D881594
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventor: Steve Piantoni
  • Patent number: D897703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventors: Luke Smith, Steve Piantoni