Patents by Inventor William Travis Lintner

William Travis Lintner 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).

  • Container for smokeless tobacco products and related packaged product assembly and method
    Patent number: 8910781
    Abstract: A container configured to hold one or more units of a product is provided. The container may comprise a lid and a base. The lid may comprise a top wall and one or more lid sidewalls extending to a lower lip. A sealing member may be provided at the top wall in a channel defined therein. The base may comprise a bottom wall and one or more base sidewalls extending to an upper lip. Protrusions may extend from the base sidewalls. The lid may be moveable with respect to the base between a decoupled configuration and a coupled configuration. In the coupled configuration, the upper lip of the base may contact the sealing member of the lid to seal shut a storage compartment defined in the base. Further, the lower lip may engage the protrusions to retain the lid in the coupled configuration. A related method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Pankaj Patel, Melissa Ann Clark, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, William Travis Lintner
  • CONTAINER FOR SMOKELESS TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND RELATED PACKAGED PRODUCT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140197054
    Abstract: A container configured to hold one or more units of a product is provided. The container may comprise a lid and a base. The lid may comprise a top wall and one or more lid sidewalls extending to a lower lip. A sealing member may be provided at the top wall in a channel defined therein. The base may comprise a bottom wall and one or more base sidewalls extending to an upper lip. Protrusions may extend from the base sidewalls. The lid may be moveable with respect to the base between a decoupled configuration and a coupled configuration. In the coupled configuration, the upper lip of the base may contact the sealing member of the lid to seal shut a storage compartment defined in the base. Further, the lower lip may engage the protrusions to retain the lid in the coupled configuration. A related method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Pankaj Patel, Melissa Ann Clark, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, William Travis Lintner
  • Container
    Patent number: D690588
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Pankaj Patel, Melissa Ann Clark, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, William Travis Lintner
  • Container
    Patent number: D692298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Pankaj Patel, Melissa Ann Clark, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, William Travis Lintner
  • Container
    Patent number: D704050
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Pankaj Patel, Melissa Ann Clark, Laya Katina Horton, William Travis Lintner
  • Container
    Patent number: D727723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Pankaj Patel, Melissa Ann Clark, Laya Katina Horton, William Travis Lintner
  • Container
    Patent number: D727724
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Pankaj Patel, Melissa Ann Clark, Laya Katina Horton, William Travis Lintner
  • Hot beverage maker
    Patent number: D755001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Sunbeam Products, Inc.
    Inventor: William Travis Lintner
  • Hot beverage maker
    Patent number: D769663
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Sunbeam Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Palermo, William Travis Lintner