Kimberly Ellen Sullivan

US Patent:

55029817, Apr 2, 1996

Filed:

Mar 17, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/406365

Inventors:

Kimberly M. Sullivan - San Diego CA

International Classification:

F25D 308

US Classification:

62372

Abstract:

An insert assembly for use in changing the temperature of a quantity of liquid contained in a bottle includes an end cap securable to the bottle, an elongated hollow insert member connected to the end cap and filled with a material provided at a temperature different from the quantity of liquid and adapted to extend downward from the end cap and into the quantity of liquid when the end cap is secured on the bottle, and a removable protective cover which encloses at least the insert member when the end cap is removed from the bottle to protect it from contamination. In one embodiment, the protective cover is an elongated protective sleeve removably fittable over the insert member and onto the end cap when the end cap is removed from the bottle so as to enclosed the insert member. In another embodiment, the protective cover includes a carton having a body open at one end and a lid for opening and closing the open end of the carton body. The protective cover also includes a pair of web members spaced from one another and attached to and extending between a pair of opposite sides of the carton and having apertures defined therein for receiving the insert member and thereby supporting the insert member within the carton.

US Patent:

55231306, Jun 4, 1996

Filed:

Dec 22, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/361293

Inventors:

Kimberly M. Sullivan - La Jolla CA

Assignee:

Halo Products Inc. - San Diego CA

International Classification:

A47G 3306

US Classification:

428 19

Abstract:

A tree decorating system has a hanger device for a plurality of hanger elements which may be used for attachment to a plurality of elongated decorations. The hanger device has a plurality of hook elements spaced circumferentially from one another about an exterior side of a rigid annular body of the hanger device. Gripping elements with radial slots for tree branches extend inward from an interior side of the rigid annular body and form a central opening through which the top portion of a main stem of the tree stem may pass. The hanger elements have living hinges enabling formation of a respective pair of flaps thereon to move between open and closed positions relative to one another. The pairs of flaps have sets of complementary ribs thereon enabling the fastening of the flaps at the closed position and clamping of an end portion of an elongated decoration therebetween. The flaps of each hanger element have apertures formed therethrough which are aligned with one another in the closed position providing means for hanging the hanger element attached to an elongated decoration over one of the hook elements of the hanger device.