Patents by Inventor Brian Michael Gatton

Brian Michael Gatton 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).

  • Patent number: 7461755
    Abstract: A moisture-tight safety closure and a container wherein a depending, circumferentially extending sealing lip on the closure engages a flexible wall portion on the neck of the container. A plurality of circumferentially extending lugs on the closure cooperate with a plurality of circumferentially spaced hooks on the container neck for releasably securing the closure to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Comar
    Inventors: David Alan Manera, John David Buehler, Brian Michael Gatton, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20040040985
    Abstract: A container-closure assembly comprising a container having a body portion and a neck finish having external threads, a cap of cup-like form having a top and a skirt with internal threads to mate with the container threads for application and removal of the cap from the container, an elongated tubular dispensing member having a discharge opening at one end and mounting a bulbous member at the other end to draw liquid products in the container into the dispensing member, the body portion of the container having a downwardly dished bottom defining the lowest point at about the center of the bottom and means defining a series of circumferentially spaced protrusions projecting downwardly from the bottom wall defining support pads for supporting the container on a flat surface, the lowest point of the pads disposed in a common plane transverse to the longitudinal axis of the container and wherein the peak or apex of the slanted bottom wall is disposed above said common plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Brian Michael Gatton, John D. Buehler