Patents by Inventor William B. Pendergrass

William B. Pendergrass 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: 7195130
    Abstract: Drinking cup lids are especially adapted and configured to afford some measure of protection to the game piece from beverage seepage through a straw opening. Preferably, the cup lid is configured so that a game piece is spaced above the straw opening co-located within a recessed well of the lid thereby allowing beverage seepage to remain physically separated from the game piece. Access to the beverage within the cup is facilitated by providing a cross-cut straw aperture in the game piece which is in substantial alignment to the straw opening formed in the lid. A beveled segment of a raised plateau on which the game piece is affixed allows a tab associated with the game piece to be more easily grasped and removed by a customer to reveal the printed text/indicia of the game piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Solo Cup Operating Corporation
    Inventors: William B. Pendergrass, Robert J. Schaefer, Joseph M. Neukam, Peter K. Boller
  • Patent number: 5799814
    Abstract: A container lid includes a flap region that is selectively displaceable between a static raised position and a static depressed position. A flap is cut out of the flap region and is substantially integral with the flap region when the flap region is in the static raised position. When the flap region is displaced to the static depressed position, the flap separates from the flap region enabling liquid to flow therethrough. When the flap region is returned to the static raised position, the flap is again substantially integral with the flap region to thereby close the lid and prevent liquid from escaping. A knob is provided preferably integral with the flap region to facilitate displacement of the flap region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Sweetheart Cup Company Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Schaefer, William B. Pendergrass
  • Patent number: 5285892
    Abstract: Can carriers are provided with upwardly protruding can-receiving members having oppositely paired can-receiving recesses and can-stacking platforms. The can-receiving recesses each are defined by an annular locking ring is joined to a protective inverted cup-shaped cover wall sized and configured to closely correspond to the top bead of a conventional can. The locking ring thus seats below the top bead of the can thereby removably locking the can to the can carrier. A camming surface downwardly and radially outwardly extends from the locking ring and assists during the forcible insertion of a can into the can-receiving recess by urging the locking ring to bend and/or flex radially outwardly a sufficient amount to allow for the diametrically larger top bead to pass thereby. Once the top bead is seated in the can-receiving recess, the locking ring will again resiliently return to its normal state. Paired finger openings are preferably provided in association with a raised pad region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignee: Sweetheart Cup Company Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur E. Adami, Christopher P. Amberg, William B. Pendergrass
  • Patent number: D602352
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Associated Packaging Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: William B. Pendergrass, Russell L. Baur
  • Patent number: D618998
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Associated Packaging Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: William B. Pendergrass, Russell L. Bauer
  • Patent number: D354227
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Sweetheart Cup Company Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur E. Adami, Christopher P. Amberg, William B. Pendergrass