Patents Assigned to Tucker Housewares, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5445397
    Abstract: A stackable refuse container system includes multiple stackable containers, each of which may be designated for holding a particular recyclable material. The containers are vertically stacked and a cart can be provided for transporting the stacked assembly to and from a curb. Each container may include a removable lid, a front portion of the lid being hingably attached to provide access to the container and a second portion formed to engage and support a bottom of a complementary container. Each container also has sockets for receiving the feet of another container when a lid is not used. Thus, containers can be stacked one upon another, with the lids on or off, and mounted on the cart if one is used. The containers an be provided, for separating recyclable from non-recyclable materials at the point of origin without taking up substantial space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: David Evans
  • Patent number: 5152416
    Abstract: A plastic container and lid both of resilient material with the container having spaced thread segments below its upper edge and the lid having a central section from which extends an outer sealing section with a curved upwardly sloping inner wall and thread segments on the inside of a skirt wall extending downwardly from the sealing section. Threading of the lid onto the container in a downward direction brings the inner periphery of the container upper edge into an increased contact with the lid sealing section curved upwardly sloping inner wall and the latter also exerts an outward radial force on the container wall to enhance the sealing action and which also tightens the engagement between the lid skirt and container wall in the areas of their mating threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Cassel
  • Patent number: 5147044
    Abstract: A stackable container has an open top and a substantially open front defined by a flange, with a transparent cover securable over the front opening to allow viewing of the contents of the container. The container has a removable lid with formed structures for stacking additional containers thereon, with the cover hinged from the lid. The container also has strengthening ribs which are incorporated in the sides and back of the container, with the ribs providing complementary recesses for nesting the containers when empty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank J. DiSesa, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5038937
    Abstract: A stackable container has an open top and a substantially open front defined by a flange, with a transparent cover securable over the front opening to allow viewing of the contents of the container. The container has a removable lid with formed structures for stacking additional containers thereon, with the cover hinged from the lid. The container also has strengthening ribs which are incorporated in the sides and back of the container, with the ribs providing complementary recesses for nesting the containers when empty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank J. DiSesa, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4976370
    Abstract: A container and complementary sealing lid both of which are of plastic, in which the container has a sealing bond on its wall around its upper peripheral edge of two different radii, the larger one on the outside, and the lid has a U-shaped peripheral sealing channel with inner and outer side walls and an upper wall joining the side walls. The inner surface of the upper wall is formed with areas of two different radii with the larger on the inner surface of the channel outer side wall and the container sealing bead and lid sealing channel being sized so that sealing engagement occurs between the bead and channel smaller radii areas and there is a clearance between the other parts of the bead and channel to aid in fastening and removing the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy S. Cassel
  • Patent number: 4561135
    Abstract: A baby bath of one-piece molded plastic for temporary use in a single or double basin sink, or on a flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1985
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: David Adriaansen
  • Patent number: D273523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank DiSesa
  • Patent number: D273524
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank DiSesa
  • Patent number: D273525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank DiSesa
  • Patent number: D273526
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank DiSesa
  • Patent number: D277798
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1985
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank DiSesa
  • Patent number: D277800
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1985
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank DiSesa
  • Patent number: D293533
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc
    Inventor: Frank J. DiSesa
  • Patent number: D322698
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy S. Cassel
  • Patent number: D323259
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: David Evans
  • Patent number: D329764
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: David Evans
  • Patent number: D330328
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank J. DiSesa, Jr.
  • Patent number: D335562
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: David Evans
  • Patent number: D336243
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: David Evans
  • Patent number: D352810
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignee: Tucker Housewares, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Cassel