Patents by Inventor Charles W. Boxall

Charles W. Boxall 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: 4905861
    Abstract: A lidded container made of plastics material comprises a body (10) with a top rim (11) and a lid (12) with a flange (18) for sealing engagement inside the rim (11). The lid (12) has a web (17) part carrying said flange (18), which depends therefrom, and also carrying a depending skirt (16) for surrounding the outside of the rim (11), said skirt (16) having a plurality of inwardly-directed projections (21) each engageable in latching relationship in a recess (31) on the outside of the rim (11), and said web part (17) having apertures (24) corresponding to said projections (21), whereby a tool can be inserted through each aperture (24) to disengage the corresponding projection (21) from said recess (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1990
    Assignee: Reed Packaging Limited
    Inventors: Charles W. Boxall, John R. Calvert, Brian Edwards, Martyn O. Rowlands, Christopher H. Sworn
  • Patent number: 4039099
    Abstract: A deformable metal rivet is permanently attached to a sheet metal wall by deforming a tubular extension on the free end of the rivet shank around an inwardly directed rim surrounding an opening in the sheet metal wall. The resultant article includes a rivet that has an extension turned around the inwardly directed rim surrounding a hole which receives the rivet to clinch the rivet on the sheet metal wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1977
    Assignee: National Can Corporation
    Inventor: Charles W. Boxall