Patents by Inventor Andre Marie Gustav Jacobs

Andre Marie Gustav Jacobs has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Package with a lighweighted closure system
    Patent number: 5865331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dosing cap (20) which is a measuring cup adapted to serve as a liquid tight closure. Said dosing cap is lightweighted by providing a wall with two different thicknesses. The thinner walled part (26) is inserted into the neck of the container to achieve the necessary closure. The thicker walled rest of said dosing cap (28) remains outside and serves as a gripping means to open the corresponding container (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Andre Marie Gustav Jacobs
  • Lightweight, composite container
    Patent number: 5711061
    Abstract: A composite package comprising an inner plastic container (10) and an outer sleeve (20), wherein the outer sleeve has an aperture (21) cut into it in the region of one of its edges. The inner plastic container has an integral plastic handle (11) formed along part of one of its edges. When the package is assembled, the aperture in the outer sleeve corresponds with the plastic handle of the inner container, thereby allowing the composite package to be picked up and handled by means of the plastic handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan David Blake, Andre Marie Gustav Jacobs, Annick Antoine Sonia Van Put