Patents Assigned to Gage Industries, Inc.
  • Lid with orientation device
    Patent number: 4705172
    Abstract: An improved stackable lid design for placement onto a container by automated processing machinery is disclosed. The design includes an alignment notch extending into a rim portion of the lid. The notch serves to keep individual lids in a stack of such lids in proper rotational alignment. The notch also enables a user to properly orient a stack of such lids within the processing machinery. The notch can be sized to receive an end user's finger for effecting removal of the lid from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1987
    Assignee: Gage Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey C. Gage