Patents by Inventor Horst W. Ackermann

Horst W. Ackermann 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).

  • Container especially for foods
    Patent number: 4750614
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a plastic container with a bottom portion, having a base, a lower stand-on-edge and an upper rim, and with a cover portion having a peripheral vertical wall which engages the upper rim of the base. Parts designed to engage lockingly with one another are present on the portions in the form of projections and in the form of indentations at regular intervals about the circumference of the portions. Guide surfaces are positioned about one of the portions and extend towards the locking elements of the other portion for guiding the locking elements of the portions to converge for engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Richard Fischer, Horst W. Ackermann
  • Resealable pack
    Patent number: 4679701
    Abstract: The invention relates to a resealable pack consisting of an outer, relatively rigid envelope and a flexible, gusseted inner bag attached to the envelope, in which the outer envelope comprises at least one flap which, when turned down to seal the pack, folds and squeezes the two faces of the open end of the bag. The two lateral walls of the outer envelope have no moveable parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1987
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Horst W. Ackermann, Petr Masek, Jean Servaux
  • Container
    Patent number: 4482047
    Abstract: A container comprising an outer container and an inner container suspended therein by flexible suspension means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1984
    Assignee: Societe d'Assistance Technique pour Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Horst W. Ackermann, Jean-Pierre Guays