Patents by Inventor John M. Lown

John M. Lown 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: 7080754
    Abstract: A large mouth, integrally molded, one-piece container has a generally rectangular bottom wall and front and side walls extending upwardly and outwardly from the bottom to a rim with front and back sections joined to flat side handle sections. The upper central portions of the side walls deviate inwardly from the lower portions to form an undercut region under the handle sections to accommodate a user's fingers. A lid with a downwardly extending skirt overlying the container skirt in the closed position is hinged to the container back wall adjacent the rim. A latching tongue is integrally molded with the front skirt wall and includes a central section spaced outwardly from the skirt with a cooperating hook member formed on the lower end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Snapware Corporation
    Inventor: John M. Lown
  • Patent number: 6981607
    Abstract: A container cap assembly comprises a one-piece integrally molded annular cap body hinged to a one-piece integrally molded lid. The cap body has a lower section with internal female threads for cooperation with matching male threads on a container and an annular upwardly extending flange. The lid has a downwardly extending flange. The flanges have interlocking sealing surfaces which extend outwardly at an acute angle to the vertical so that the lid flange will snap over the cap body flange in the closing mode and retain the lid in a closed and sealed position relative to the cap body until the lid is forced upwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Snapware Corporation
    Inventors: John M. Lown, Todd S. Ray
  • Publication number: 20040099669
    Abstract: A container and sealable cover in which the container has a bottom wall and an upstanding peripheral wall terminating in an upper edge surrounding an open mouth. The peripheral wall is inclined outwardly at a slight angle to the vertical or alternatively vertically disposed. A replaceable cover is provided with a central top planar wall and an inverted U-shaped periphery terminating in an outer rim skirt. A contiguous downwardly extending sealing fin is disposed inwardly of the skirt for forming an interference fit with the inside surface of the upper portion of the container peripheral wall when the cover is installed over the container mouth. The fin may be substantially vertically disposed or canted outwardly at a small angle to the vertical depending upon the inclination of the peripheral wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: John M. Lown, David A. Melvin
  • Publication number: 20030015534
    Abstract: A container (10) and scalable cover (32) in which the container (10) has a bottom wall (12) and an upstanding peripheral wall (16, 18) terminating in an upper edge (22) surrounding an open mouth. The peripheral wall (16, 18) is inclined outwardly at a slight angle to the vertical or alternatively vertically disposed. A replaceable cover (32) is provided with a central top planar wall (34) and an inverted U-shaped periphery terminating in an outer rim skirt (38). A contiguous downwardly extending scaling fin (44) is disposed inwardly of the skirt for forming an interference fit with the inside surface of the upper portion of the container peripheral wall when the cover (32) is installed over the container mouth. The fin (44) may be substantially vertically disposed or canted outwardly at a small angle to the vertical depending upon the inclination of the peripheral wall (16, 18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: John M. Lown, David A. Melvin
  • Patent number: 5775483
    Abstract: This invention relates generally a cover member in combination with an open mouth container formed with a plurality of integral keeper channels and a cover member that includes a plurality of keeper members adapted to lockingly engage the keeper channels that are integrally formed in the collar of the container, whereby the configuration of the cover member and the matching configuration of the associated container are always secured in fixed alignment with each other when the cover is secured over the mouth of the container, whereby the container is readily adapted to be received and stacked in the receptacle of the preceding covered container in a stable vertical formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: FloTool Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: John M. Lown, Thomas J. Marcello
  • Patent number: 5419467
    Abstract: A two part spout assembly, where both tubular body and spout member are hollow and cylindrical. The inner tubular body is extended to a stopper dome-shaped nozzle with a large semi-elliptic opening. The spout member has a stopper coupling sleeve conforming to the stopper dome-shaped nozzle, with the semi-elliptic opening of the same size, protruding inwardly and formed integrally with the spout member wall. By rotatably sliding the spout member until it reaches the "off" mark the nozzle is placed to a position to complement the spout member to seal the container against the outflow of its contents through the spout. When rotated by 180 degrees, the two domes and openings are fully aligned and the spout is fully opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: FloTool International, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul R. Maguire, John M. Lown
  • Patent number: 5320232
    Abstract: An improved bottle cap device formed so as to have a positive sealing arrangement for use with bottles that store gaseous fluid such as soda water and like beverages, wherein the bottle cap device includes a threaded cap body and a hinged cover or lid that is formed having a sealing semi-spherical structure defined by a depending convex wall that engages a gasket mounted within the cap body when the cover is locked in a close sealed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Inventors: Paul R. Maguire, John M. Lown
  • Patent number: 5305900
    Abstract: An improved bottle cap device formed so as to have a positive sealing arrangement for use with bottles that store gaseous fluid such as soda water and like beverages, wherein the bottle cap device includes a threaded cap body and a hinged cover or lid that is formed having a sealing annular structure which compresses an annular gasket against the mouth of the bottle by a depending convex wall that engages a gasket mounted when the cover is locked in a close sealed position and a pressure release latch for limiting the movement of the hinged cover after it is unlocked from the cap body to relieve pressure within the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Inventors: Paul R. Maguire, John M. Lown
  • Patent number: 5135140
    Abstract: A sealable and dispensing pouring spout is disclosed. A collar member is mounted on a tubular body member, these two parts defining a cam follower surface therebetween. The tubular body member has a stopper attached at an open end thereof. A spout shaped member is rotatably mounted on the tubular body member and has a cam follower which engages the cam follower surface. The spout shaped member can be rotated on the tubular body member into engagement with the stopper member to close the pouring spout or to other positions to open the pouring spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Inventors: Paul R. Maguire, John M. Lown
  • Patent number: 5111977
    Abstract: A sealable and dispensing pouring spout is disclosed. A collar member is mounted on a tubular body member, these two parts defining a cam follower surface therebetween. The tubular body member has a stopper attached at an open end thereof. A spout shaped member is rotably mounted on the tubular body member and has a cam follower which engages the cam follower surface. The spout shaped member can be rotated on the tubular body member into engagement with the stopper member to close the pouring spout or to other positions to open the pouring spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Inventors: Paul R. Maguire, John M. Lown
  • Patent number: D511632
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Snapware Corporation
    Inventor: John M. Lown
  • Patent number: D512606
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Snapware Corporation
    Inventor: John M. Lown
  • Patent number: D490708
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Snapware Corporation
    Inventor: John M. Lown
  • Patent number: D326818
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Inventors: Paul R. Maquire, John M. Lown
  • Patent number: D336430
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Inventors: Paul R. Maguire, John M. Lown
  • Patent number: D342455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1993
    Inventors: John M. Lown, Paul R. Maguire
  • Patent number: D366418
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Assignee: FloTool International, Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Lown, Gregory F. Quinn, Robert P. Mayercheck
  • Patent number: D383949
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: FloTool International, Inc.
    Inventor: John M. Lown
  • Patent number: D389067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: FloTool Plastics Corporation
    Inventor: John M. Lown
  • Patent number: D392845
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: FloTool Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: John M. Lown, Thomas J. Marcello