Patents by Inventor Steven Craig Vandeberg

Steven Craig Vandeberg 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).

  • Energy absorbing container
    Patent number: 9169042
    Abstract: An embodiment of an energy absorbing container may include a shell formed of a plastic material, one or more energy absorbing components for absorbing energy resulting from impact loads, and an opening mechanism for opening the container and allowing the placement or removal of a bottle therefrom. The energy absorbing components securing a bottle stored within the container to may inhibit or prevent movement of the bottle within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: MERIAL, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Richard Guelkner, Robert Brett Holben, Robert Burton Brownell, Jr., Russell Joseph Kroll, Suzuko Hisata, Steven Craig Vandeberg, Kirk William Charles, Angus Donald Ross McLeod
  • ENERGY ABSORBING CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20110174659
    Abstract: An embodiment of an energy absorbing container may include a shell formed of a plastic material, one or more energy absorbing components for absorbing energy resulting from impact loads, and an opening mechanism for opening the container and allowing the placement or removal of a bottle therefrom. The energy absorbing components securing a bottle stored within the container to may inhibit or prevent movement of the bottle within the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Benjamin Richard Guelkner, Robert Brett Holben, Robert Burton Brownell, JR., Russell Joseph Kroll, Suzuko Hisata, Steven Craig Vandeberg, Kirk William Charles, Angus Donald Ross McLead