Patents by Inventor Steven L. Sweeton

Steven L. Sweeton 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: 6409052
    Abstract: The dispensing system for a remote operation includes a trigger sprayer assembly removably mounted to a container of liquid to be sprayed, the assembly being mounted within a cutout section provided at the upper end of the container as part of a through opening forming the carrying handle of the container. The trigger sprayer assembly has a flexible delivery tube which may be coiled and stored within a hollow gripper handle provided on the trigger sprayer, and may extend outwardly from the gripper handle to function as a resilient element for mounting the trigger sprayer in place. A one-piece adaptor is non-removably connected to a distal end of the delivery tube and connects to the container by mounting directly to an external dip tube of the container or by mounting in a closure cap of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Calmar Inc.
    Inventors: Jacques J. Barriac, Joseph Krestine, Steven L. Sweeton
  • Publication number: 20020070245
    Abstract: The dispensing system for a remote operation includes a trigger sprayer assembly removably mounted to a container of liquid to be sprayed, the assembly being mounted within a cutout section provided at the upper end of the container as part of a through opening forming the carrying handle of the container. The trigger sprayer assembly has a flexible delivery tube which may be coiled and stored within a hollow gripper handle provided on the trigger sprayer, and may extend outwardly from the gripper handle to function as a resilient element for mounting the trigger sprayer in place. A one-piece adaptor is non-removably connected to a distal end of the delivery tube and connects to the container by mounting directly to an external dip tube of the container or by mounting in a closure cap of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Jacques J. Barriac, Joseph Krestine, Steven L. Sweeton
  • Publication number: 20020070246
    Abstract: The dispensing system for a remote operation includes a trigger sprayer assembly removably mounted to a container of liquid to be sprayed, the assembly being mounted within a cutout section provided at the upper end of the container as part of a through opening forming the carrying handle of the container. The trigger sprayer assembly has a flexible delivery tube which may be coiled and stored within a hollow gripper handle provided on the trigger sprayer, and may extend outwardly from the gripper handle to function as a resilient element for mounting the trigger sprayer in place. A one-piece adaptor is non-removably connected to a distal end of the delivery tube and connects to the container by mounting directly to an external dip tube of the container or by mounting in a closure cap of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Jacques J. Barriac, Joseph Krestine, Steven L. Sweeton
  • Patent number: 6402054
    Abstract: An airless squeeze bottle sprayer comprised of a tube retainer, an orifice cup and a closure. The tube retainer has a product outlet port, a post, and at least one tangential apertures through which fluid is expelled from within the container. The orifice cup has an annular mixing or turbulence chamber wherein the fluid from within the container is mixed up before being expelled out of the orifice cup through a discharge orifice. A dip tube depends from the tube retainer and defines a path for the fluid from the bottom of the container to the annular mixing chamber. When the container is squeezed, fluid is forced up through the dip tube into the mixing chamber and out of the container through the discharge orifice in the orifice cup. Any air that is introduced into the container and expelled out of the container is done so through the same path as the fluid, the sprayer lacks any distinct or separate air ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Calmar Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Prueter, Steven L. Sweeton
  • Patent number: 6367665
    Abstract: The dispensing system for a remote operation includes a trigger sprayer assembly removably mounted to a container of liquid to be sprayed, the assembly being mounted within a cutout section provided at the upper end of the container as part of a through opening forming the carrying handle of the container. The trigger sprayer assembly has a flexible delivery tube which may be coiled and stored within a hollow gripper handle provided on the trigger sprayer, and may extend outwardly from the gripper handle to function as a resilient element for mounting the trigger sprayer in place. A one-piece adaptor is non-removably connected to a distal end of the delivery tube and connects to the container by mounting directly to an external dip tube of the container or by mounting in a closure cap of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Calmar Inc.
    Inventors: Jacques J. Barriac, Joseph Krestine, Steven L. Sweeton
  • Patent number: D454306
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Calmar Inc.
    Inventors: Steven L. Sweeton, Joseph R. Krestine