Stephen C Scott

US Patent:

48421510, Jun 27, 1989

Filed:

Jul 25, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/223940

Inventors:

Stephen T. Scott - Spring Valley CA

International Classification:

B65D 5124

US Classification:

215228

Abstract:

The pressurizing closure apparatus for a carbonated beverage bottle has a closure plug assembly, a female quick disconnect coupling, and an air pumping unit. The closure plug assembly has a pressure seal plug whose diameter can be increased to seal the neck of a bottle by actuating a cam lever that is pivotally mounted on the top of the closure plug assembly. The one-way valve unit is mounted in the top cap portion of the closure plug assembly and its bottom end is in communication with an air passage tube whose bottom end has an outlet port in the interior of the bottle. The female quick disconnect coupling has its one end connected to the one-way valve unit and it other end connected to the air pumping unit. Actuation of the air pumping unit will introduce air into the sealed bottle to repressurize its interior.

US Patent:

58680128, Feb 9, 1999

Filed:

Oct 27, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/958617

Inventors:

Yu Chun-Te - Taichung, TW
Stephen M. Scott - Mill Valley CA

International Classification:

E05B 3714

US Classification:

70 30

Abstract:

A chain lock for locking the wheel of a motorcycle or bicycle and a series of travelling certificates is provided. The chain lock includes a locking body having a combination locking device and a novel locking mechanism disposed therein, a chain or a flexible wire having at a first end an obturator embedded into the locking body and controlling the activity of the locking mechanism in cooperation with the combination locking device and a plug at a second end of the chain which is lockable by a latch and ejectable from the locking body by an ejector when the plug is unlockable. The obturator is operated as a hiding key for enhancing the anti-burglar effect of the chain lock.