Patents by Inventor Richard J. Funk

Richard J. Funk 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: 4511107
    Abstract: A one-piece clamp includes a unitary body having a bottom panel, end panels and top panels movably connected to the end panels and to each other. A pair of top cross-panels are end mounted on the top panels and are brought into co-planar, end-to-end orientation when the top panels are moved into end contact with the bottom panel. The body can be extrusion molded and cut to any desired length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Inventor: Richard J. Funk
  • Patent number: 4032050
    Abstract: A measuring and dispensing closure for dispensing a measured amount of material from a container. The closure has a wedge rotatably secured between a pair of discs one of which is attached to the container and each having defined therein a dispensing slot which is offset from the other dispensing slot. The wedge has a metering chamber which is alignable with the dispensing slots in the discs for dispensing a metered amount of material from the container, and a sealing surface alignable with the dispensing slot in the disc attached to the container for effecting an essentially air-tight seal of the container. The metering chamber is divided so that less than a full charge of material can be dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1977
    Inventor: Richard J. Funk