Patents by Inventor Fabien Flamand

Fabien Flamand 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: 10363693
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a manufacturing method for a plug for a container neck. In one implementation, a skirt of the plug is molded and provided with an attachment device adapted to removably attach to the container neck and with a permanent retention strip around the container neck. The retention strip is adapted to pass, by folding, from a molding configuration to an operating configuration. A peripheral break line is then cut out in the skirt, adapted so as to be broken during the first opening of the plug. In some implementations, the retention strip may be prefolded and thereby pass from a molding configuration to an intermediate prefolded configuration. The retention strip is then folded until it passes into an operating configuration. In some implementations, the folding of the retention strip may pass the retention strip from an intermediate prefolded configuration to an operating configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Novembal USA Inc.
    Inventors: Michel Luzzato, Anthony Gaillard, Fabien Flamand, Ronald Kirk Dodd
  • Publication number: 20170066164
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a manufacturing method for a plug for a container neck. In one implementation, a skirt of the plug is molded and provided with an attachment device adapted to removably attach to the container neck and with a permanent retention strip around the container neck. The retention strip is adapted to pass, by folding, from a molding configuration to an operating configuration. A peripheral break line is then cut out in the skirt, adapted so as to be broken during the first opening of the plug. In some implementations, the retention strip may be prefolded and thereby pass from a molding configuration to an intermediate prefolded configuration. The retention strip is then folded until it passes into an operating configuration. In some implementations, the folding of the retention strip may pass the retention strip from an intermediate prefolded configuration to an operating configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: NOVEMBAL USA INC.
    Inventors: Michel LUZZATO, Anthony GAILLARD, Fabien FLAMAND, Ronald Kirk DODD
  • Patent number: 8490805
    Abstract: This method makes it possible to fabricate a stopper (1) starting from a tubular skirt (12) suitable for surrounding a container neck, and provided both with retainer means for retaining it permanently around the neck, and also with fastener means for fastening it removably to the neck. In this method, the skirt and a blade (110) are moved in rotation relative to each other about the axis (X-X) of the skirt so that the blade cuts a peripheral line of weakness in the skirt, which line of weakness is made up firstly of through notches and secondly, between said notches around the periphery of the skirt, of breakable bridges that interconnect, in the same direction as the axis, a non-removable portion of the skirt, which portion is provided with the retainer means, and a removable portion of the skirt, which portion is provided with the fastener means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Giraud, Michel Luzzato, Jerome Mezerette, Fabien Flamand
  • Publication number: 20130001185
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lid comprising a tubular skirt including a non-removable portion permanently retained about a container neck and a removable portion attached removably to the neck, said non-removable and removable skirt portions being connected by a break line suitable for breaking the first time the lid is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Grégory Antier, Fabien Flamand
  • Publication number: 20100258520
    Abstract: This method makes it possible to fabricate a stopper (1) starting from a tubular skirt (12) suitable for surrounding a container neck, and provided both with retainer means for retaining it permanently around the neck, and also with fastener means for fastening it removably to the neck. In this method, the skirt and a blade (110) are moved in rotation relative to each other about the axis (X-X) of the skirt so that the blade cuts a peripheral line of weakness in the skirt, which line of weakness is made up firstly of through notches and secondly, between said notches around the periphery of the skirt, of breakable bridges that interconnect, in the same direction as the axis, a non-removable portion of the skirt, which portion is provided with the retainer means, and a removable portion of the skirt, which portion is provided with the fastener means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Giraud, Michel Luzzato, Jerome Mezerette, Fabien Flamand