Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Beggins

Thomas M. Beggins 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).

  • Insulating holder with elastomer foam material
    Patent number: 9022252
    Abstract: An insulating holder for holding a beverage in a bottle or a can having a lower cylindrical enclosure which receives an upper cylindrical enclosure having a dome-shaped upper end. The upper cylindrical enclosure is adapted to cover the top portion of a bottle inserted into the lower cylindrical enclosure and to snuggly receive a can when inverted and inserted into the lower cylindrical enclosure. At least a portion of the lower cylindrical enclosure or upper cylindrical enclosure is made of a polyolefin elastomer foam. The insulating holder may be structured to retain various sizes of wine bottles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas M. Beggins, Jeffrey J. Beggins
  • INSULATING HOLDER WITH ELASTOMER FOAM MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20130240549
    Abstract: An insulating holder for holding a beverage in a bottle or a can having a lower cylindrical enclosure which receives an upper cylindrical enclosure having a dome-shaped upper end. The upper cylindrical enclosure is adapted to cover the top portion of a bottle inserted into the lower cylindrical enclosure and to snuggly receive a can when inverted and inserted into the lower cylindrical enclosure. At least a portion of the lower cylindrical enclosure or upper cylindrical enclosure is made of a polyolefin elastomer foam. The insulating holder may be structured to retain various sizes of wine bottles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas M. Beggins, Jeffrey J. Beggins
  • Combination bottle and can cooler
    Patent number: 7614516
    Abstract: An insulating holder for holding a beverage in a bottle or a can having a lower cylindrical enclosure which receives an upper cylindrical enclosure. The lower cylindrical enclosure has vertical ribs to frictionally grip the upper cylindrical enclosure. The upper cylindrical enclosure is adapted to cover the top portion of a bottle inserted into the lower cylindrical enclosure and to snuggly receive a can when inverted and inserted into the lower cylindrical enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Wallis H. Wallis Trust of 2004
    Inventor: Thomas M. Beggins
  • Bottle cooler apparatus with quick plunge insertion feature
    Patent number: 6554155
    Abstract: An insulating device for bottles having a lower cylindrical enclosure which telescopically receives an upper enclosure having a dome-shaped upper end, the upper and lower enclosures being provided with mating threads adapted to achieve a quick plunge insertion and sealing feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventor: Thomas M. Beggins
  • Bullet-nosed longneck bottle cooler apparatus
    Patent number: 5390804
    Abstract: An insulating device for longneck bottles having a lower cylindrical enclosure which telescopically receives an upper enclosure having a dome-shaped upper end and an opening therein of a diameter selected to determine the extent to which the upper enclosure slides down the bottle neck and hence the extent to which the upper enclosure extends into the lower enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: Wallis H. Wallis
    Inventor: Thomas M. Beggins
  • Beverage cooler
    Patent number: D663169
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas M. Beggins, Jeffrey J. Beggins