Matthew C Russell

US Patent:

20130140263, Jun 6, 2013

Filed:

Jan 25, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/750733

Inventors:

Bryan J. Lembke - Crystal Lake IL, US
Matthew A. Russell - Red Lion PA, US

International Classification:

B65D 23/00

US Classification:

215370

Abstract:

A bottle includes a neck portion having an opening configured to permit filling and emptying of the bottle, a shoulder portion connected to a lower end of the neck portion, a sidewall connected to a lower end of the shoulder portion and extending vertically downward from the shoulder portion, and a base connected to a lower end of the sidewall and forming a bottom surface of the bottle. The sidewall has a plurality of annular ribs extending around a periphery of the sidewall. Each of the annular ribs includes a plurality of sequential enlarged portions interconnected by bridges, with each of the enlarged portions having a vertical width that is greater than a vertical width of each of the bridges.

US Patent:

20170294712, Oct 12, 2017

Filed:

Jun 23, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/632021

Inventors:

MATTHEW RUSSELL RUSSELL - Crystal Lake IL, US
KEITH RONALD MANSSEN - Crystal Lake IL, US
GREGORY MENDOLIA - Nashua NH, US

International Classification:

H01Q 5/50
H04B 1/18
H04B 1/48
H04B 1/04

Abstract:

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a tuning system for a communication device having an antenna, where the tuning system includes at least one first tunable element connected with at least one radiating element of the antenna for tuning the antenna where the adjusting of the at least one first tunable element is based on at least one of a use case associated with the communication device and location information associated with the communication device, and a matching network having at least one second tunable element coupled at a feed point of the antenna, wherein the matching network receives control signals for adjusting the at least one second tunable element to tune the matching network. Additional embodiments are disclosed.