Patents by Inventor Darin Pugne
Darin Pugne 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).
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Patent number: 10441101Abstract: Container having a container body comprising a bottom, a rim and a lid securing portion located adjacent the rim. A lid includes a lid base sized and configured to secure the lid to the lid securing portion of the container body and a lid door assembly movably mounted to the lid base. The lid door assembly includes a main door that can assume at least a closed position with respect to the lid base and an open position with respect to the lid base, a first side door that can assume at least a closed position with respect to the main door and an open position with respect to the main door, and a second side door that can assume at least a closed position with respect to the main door and an open position with respect to the main door.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATEDInventors: Tracie L. C. Wilson, Thomas Koll Porter Gieske, Darin Pugne, Adam Beaty, Don Ankney, Ron Myers, Charles A. Webster, Stephen B. Getsy, Dewey Carlile
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Publication number: 20180092478Abstract: Container having a container body comprising a bottom, a rim and a lid securing portion located adjacent the rim. A lid includes a lid base sized and configured to secure the lid to the lid securing portion of the container body and a lid door assembly movably mounted to the lid base. The lid door assembly includes a main door that can assume at least a closed position with respect to the lid base and an open position with respect to the lid base, a first side door that can assume at least a closed position with respect to the main door and an open position with respect to the main door, and a second side door that can assume at least a closed position with respect to the main door and an open position with respect to the main door.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATEDInventors: Tracie L.C. WILSON, Thomas Koll Porter GIESKE, Darin PUGNE, Adam BEATY, Don ANKNEY, Ron MYERS, Charles A. WEBSTER, Stephen B. GETSY, Dewey CARLISLE
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Patent number: 9731875Abstract: An injection closure system includes a bottle containing a product to be distributed and a closure attached to the bottle and including nozzles. Each of the nozzles includes two holes through which the product is distributed from the bottle. The bottle includes a plurality of teeth extending around an outer surface of the bottle and the closure includes a plurality of teeth extending around an inner surface of the closure. When the closure is in a fully attached position on the bottle, the teeth of the bottle contact the teeth of the closure to prevent the closure from being removed from the bottle.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATEDInventors: Tracie L. C. Wilson, James A. Whisenhunt, Darin Pugne
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Publication number: 20140263473Abstract: An injection closure system includes a bottle containing a product to be distributed and a closure attached to the bottle and including nozzles. Each of the nozzles includes two holes through which the product is distributed from the bottle. The bottle includes a plurality of teeth extending around an outer surface of the bottle and the closure includes a plurality of teeth extending around an inner surface of the closure. When the closure is in a fully attached position on the bottle, the teeth of the bottle contact the teeth of the closure to prevent the closure from being removed from the bottle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATEDInventors: Tracie L.C. Wilson, James A. Whisenhunt, Darin Pugne
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Publication number: 20070251079Abstract: A dispensing closure includes a base having a lid integrally connected to the base by a hinge. The base has a deck with a central portion, a dispensing opening in the in the central portion, and a peripheral portion surrounding the central portion. The peripheral portion includes a raised wall partially surrounding the central portion, and having a greatest height adjacent to the hinge and decreasing in height around the central portion. The wall has an inner surface that blends with the central portion of the deck to form a concave channel surrounding the central portion of the deck. The channel surface has a base that is angled with respect to the peripheral portion down and away from the raised wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2007Publication date: November 1, 2007Inventor: Darin Pugne
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Publication number: 20070023462Abstract: A dispensing closure includes a closure shell of one-piece integrally molded plastic construction having a base for securement to a container neck finish and a lid coupled by a hinge to the base. The base has a deck, a recess extending across the deck from a point adjacent to the hinge, and a dispensing opening in the recess. The lid has a base portion for receipt in the recess in the closed position of the lid and a tongue at an end of the lid remote from the hinge. A latch on the base in the recess engages the tongue on the lid releasably to hold the lid in the closed position. The latch preferably comprises a snap latch that includes an internal bead on the tongue and an external latch element in the recess over which the internal bead is received in the closed position of the lid. The base preferably includes a ledge in the recess against which the tongue abuts, and a pair of ribs for frictionally holding the tongue against the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2005Publication date: February 1, 2007Inventor: Darin Pugne
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Publication number: 20060278642Abstract: A plastic closure assembly for receipt on a container includes a plastic fitment having a skirt adapted to be received by snap fit over an external bead on the container neck finish, a plurality of angularly spaced internal lugs on the skirt for receipt in recesses on the finish bead to prevent rotation of the fitment on the finish, and at least one external thread segment. A plastic closure has a skirt with at least one internal thread segment for engagement with the at least one external thread segment on the fitment. In exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, the external thread segment may be disposed on an outer surface of the fitment skirt or on the external surface of a tubular spout on the fitment. The fitment skirt preferably has an internal retention element received by snap fit over the external bead on the container finish.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2005Publication date: December 14, 2006Inventors: Darin Pugne, Edward Grant
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Publication number: 20060219652Abstract: A plastic closure for receipt on a container includes a plastic ring having an internal recess adapted to be received by snap fit over an external crown or bead on the container finish such that the ring lies at or below the end of the finish and is retained against axial movement on the container finish. A plastic lid is coupled by a hinge to the ring, with the ring, the lid and the hinge being of one-piece integrally molded plastic construction. The lid has a skirt that is adapted releasably to be snapped to the ring in a closed position of the lid over the ring. The lid skirt preferably has an external bead that is adapted to be received by snap-fit within an internal channel on the ring in the closed position of the lid over the ring, and a conical internal surface on the ring preferably is provided to guide the bead on the lid into the channel on the ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2005Publication date: October 5, 2006Inventors: Edward Grant, Darin Pugne
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Publication number: 20060201976Abstract: A dispensing valve includes an annular ring of relatively rigid molded plastic construction and a flexible resilient valve element integrally molded with the ring. The ring and the valve element have at least one mechanical interlock to secure the valve element to the ring as the valve element is molded onto the ring. In some embodiments of the disclosure, the mechanical interlock includes openings in an inner periphery of the ring and pegs on the outer periphery of the valve element that are molded into the openings as the valve element is molded onto the ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2005Publication date: September 14, 2006Inventors: Kenneth Bloom, Brian Brozell, Darin Pugne
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Publication number: 20050279781Abstract: A dispensing closure includes a base having a lid integrally connected to the base by a hinge. The base has a deck with a central portion, a dispensing opening in the in the central portion, and a peripheral portion surrounding the central portion. The peripheral portion includes a raised wall partially surrounding the central portion, and having a greatest height adjacent to the hinge and decreasing in height around the central portion. The wall has an inner surface that blends with the central portion of the deck to form a concave channel surrounding the central portion of the deck. The channel surface has a base that is angled with respect to the peripheral portion down and away from the raised wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2004Publication date: December 22, 2005Inventor: Darin Pugne
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Patent number: D846398Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATEDInventors: Tracie L. C. Wilson, Darin Pugne, Adam Beaty, Don Ankney, Ron Myers, Thomas Koll Porter Gieske
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Patent number: D850912Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATEDInventors: Tracie L. C. Wilson, Darin Pugne, Adam Beaty
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Patent number: D906806Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignees: The Coca-Cola Company, Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Rohit Joshi, Matthew Cooper, Susan Propp, Ellen Gutierrez, Michael Pickholtz, Christopher Lee Beatty, Brian Scott Loo, Darin Pugne, Carl Smith