Patents by Inventor Timothy Hope

Timothy Hope 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).

  • Tea brewing apparatus
    Patent number: 6250208
    Abstract: A machine for brewing tea, particularly in a shoc situation. The machine has a housing and at least one brewing assembly. The brewing assembly is formed to hold a brewing cup that has a filter that defines and separates a first cavity within the brewing cup for containing tea leaves and a second cavity from which tea leaves are excluded. The housing has a water supply that supplies a predetermined volume of water at a temperature that is suitable for infusing tea leaves. It also has a water supply channel for delivering the water into the first cavity of the brewing cup, and a siphon tube that has a siphoning end that extends orthogonally upward into the second cavity of the brewing cup and a downward projecting dispensing end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: David Helps, Timothy Hope Jebb, Charanjit Singh Nandra, Benjamin Phalan Oates, Miles Pennington
  • Bottle and closure, primarily for detergent or personal care compositions
    Patent number: D450593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Unilever Home and Personal Care, USA division of Conop o, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Hope Jebb, Neil Hirst, Philip Alan Marlow