Patents by Inventor Thomas Branton WATSON

Thomas Branton WATSON 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: 10081485
    Abstract: A product packaging is disclosed, including a rear panel, a front panel coupled to the rear panel, and an intermediate panel between the front panel and the rear panel. The intermediate panel may include a spacing segment that spaces a lip portion of the front panel away from the rear panel, and the intermediate panel may define a product-receiving recess of the packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Evan Cernokus, Lorraine Y. Tang, Francesca Amor Delle Cese, Mark T. Uyeda, Thomas Branton Watson
  • Patent number: 9585503
    Abstract: A dry product dosage dispenser has a container with a cavity between top and bottom ends, a cap on the top end, and an internal partition extending between the top and bottom ends of the body, forming two sub-cavities within the body. The internal partition forms a diverging funnel-like structure giving each sub-cavity a wide upper opening on one end and a narrow lower opening on the opposite end to help product freely flow from one end to the other. Product passes from one sub-cavity to the other through an opening in the internal partition. The dispenser is flipped from its upright position to dispense the product passed through the opening. An adjustable volume compartment can be used at the second end of the container to enlarge the volume of the dispenser and provide variable dosages. The internal partition may be removable or separate for use as an insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: The Quaker Oats Company
    Inventor: Thomas Branton Watson
  • Patent number: 9494456
    Abstract: A container with an internal partition within its cavity has multiple compartments for dispensing multiple dry products. The partition comprises a first elongated portion, which forms a product-dispensing chute in the cavity, and an inclined portion slanting away from the chute. The inclined portion has a surrounding perimeter edge that meets with adjacent inner walls of the container except at a bottom perimeter edge, along which dry products pass from the top of the inclined portion. A second elongated portion extends from the top of the inclined portion and across its bottom perimeter edge, dividing the remaining cavity into first and second product storage areas. Additional elongated portions may form additional product storage areas. Flipping of the dispenser from its upright position dispenses products below the inclined portion through the chute. An adjustable bottom can be used to vary doses of the products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Quaker Oats Company
    Inventor: Thomas Branton Watson
  • Publication number: 20160264297
    Abstract: A product packaging is disclosed, including a rear panel, a front panel coupled to the rear panel, and an intermediate panel between the front panel and the rear panel. The intermediate panel may include a spacing segment that spaces a lip portion of the front panel away from the rear panel, and the intermediate panel may define a product-receiving recess of the packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Evan CERNOKUS, Lorraine Y. TANG, Francesca Amor DELLE CESE, Mark T. UYEDA, Thomas Branton Watson
  • Publication number: 20150330822
    Abstract: An internal capsule for receipt of dry product is suspended within a canister with a dispensing cap on its top end. The capsule is secured inside the canister so as to maintain an open space within the canister, which forms a chamber for the dispensing of the dry product. The dry product passes through an outlet at the bottom end of the capsule and, when the canister is flipped, through the open space within the canister and out the opening in the dispensing cap. The canister may comprise an adjustable volume compartment on its bottom end for dispensing variable amounts of dry product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: The Quaker Oats Company
    Inventor: Thomas Branton WATSON
  • Publication number: 20150330824
    Abstract: A container with an internal partition within its cavity has multiple compartments for dispensing multiple dry products. The partition comprises a first elongated portion, which forms a product-dispensing chute in the cavity, and an inclined portion slanting away from the chute. The inclined portion has a surrounding perimeter edge that meets with adjacent inner walls of the container except at a bottom perimeter edge, along which dry products pass from the top of the inclined portion. A second elongated portion extends from the top of the inclined portion and across its bottom perimeter edge, dividing the remaining cavity into first and second product storage areas. Additional elongated portions may form additional product storage areas. Flipping of the dispenser from its upright position dispenses products below the inclined portion through the chute. An adjustable bottom can be used to vary doses of the products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventor: Thomas Branton WATSON
  • Publication number: 20150330823
    Abstract: A dry product dosage dispenser has a container with a cavity between top and bottom ends, a cap on the top end, and an internal partition extending between the top and bottom ends of the body, forming two sub-cavities within the body. The internal partition forms a diverging funnel-like structure giving each sub-cavity a wide upper opening on one end and a narrow lower opening on the opposite end to help product freely flow from one end to the other. Product passes from one sub-cavity to the other through an opening in the internal partition. The dispenser is flipped from its upright position to dispense the product passed through the opening. An adjustable volume compartment can be used at the second end of the container to enlarge the volume of the dispenser and provide variable dosages. The internal partition may be removable or separate for use as an insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: The Quaker Oats Company
    Inventor: Thomas Branton WATSON