Patents by Inventor Lawrence T. DeParales

Lawrence T. DeParales 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: 4738373
    Abstract: A cover for a disposable drinking cup is provided. The cover has a hinged tab defined by score lines which is re-closable. A pair of spaced apart arcuate ribs is provided on the cover which forms an arcuate recess. The recess is designed to releasably engage the tab and retain it in an open position. A sump can also be included on the cover, which serves as a collection reservoir for any spilled liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1988
    Inventor: Lawrence T. DeParales
  • Patent number: 4202459
    Abstract: A disposable cup cover fabricated from a die, wherein a die ordinarily used for the fabrication of disposable cup covers, includes an additional configuration which causes the cup cover to have a separatable pie shaped mouth piece which a user can bend out of the way in order to drink from the cup and with an edge which will mate with a slot in the body of the cover which will receive it and hold it rigidly until it is desired to close the cover again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1980
    Inventors: Lawrence T. DeParales, Edward P. Billitzer
  • Patent number: 4183443
    Abstract: A reusable cup cover having two separable parts for washing and mating in such a way that a segmented portion is slidably arranged to seal the top of the cup cover by means of a users thumb operation to enable the user to drink from the covered cup and reseal between drinks with a lockable tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1980
    Inventors: Lawrence T. DeParales, Edward P. Billitzer