Patents by Inventor Daniel M. Main

Daniel M. Main 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).

  • Sanitary cover for pop-top beverage container
    Patent number: 4895270
    Abstract: A sanitary cover for a pop-top beverage container and the like comprises an elastic membrane formed to extend over the top and axially along a portion of the sidewall of the container. The membrane has a line of weakness and a pull tab attached thereto so as to enable the membrane to be ruptured along the line of weakness. Upon being ruptured, the membrane recedes from the top and gathers about the sidewall a predetermined distance from the top at which the membrane is attached to the sidewall to expose a clean mouth area for drainking at the top and sidewall of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Inventors: Daniel M. Main, James S. Ficklin