Patents by Inventor Scott J. Felder

Scott J. Felder 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).

  • Apparatus for manufacturing lockable thermoplastic containers
    Patent number: 6027327
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming thermoplastic containers having a male locking member. The apparatus includes a cavity defining a shape of the container, a stripper movable in a longitudinal direction relative to said cavity, and a retractable lock adjacent to an edge of the cavity. The retractable lock is movable in a transverse direction relative to the cavity between a retracted position and an unretracted position and movable in a longitudinal direction between a first position and a second position. The containers are formed through a process in which the apparatus is sequentially placed in a ready mode, lift mode, disengage mode, and back to the ready mode. In the ready mode, the retractable lock is placed in the unretracted position and first position in order to receive a sheet of plastic material and form a locking member thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Tenneco Packaging Inc.
    Inventor: Scott J. Felder
  • Method for manufacturing lockable thermoplastic containers
    Patent number: 5766536
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming thermoplastic containers having a male locking member. The apparatus includes a cavity defining a shape of the container, a stripper movable in a longitudinal direction relative to said cavity, and a retractable lock adjacent to an edge of the cavity. The retractable lock is movable in a transverse direction relative to the cavity between a retracted position and an unretracted position and movable in a longitudinal direction between a first position and a second position. The containers are formed through a process in which the apparatus is sequentially placed in a ready mode, lift mode, disengage mode, and back to the ready mode. In the ready mode, the retractable lock is placed in the unretracted position and first position in order to receive a sheet of plastic material and form a locking member thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Tenneco Packaging
    Inventor: Scott J. Felder
  • Food container with hinged lid
    Patent number: D394985
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Inventors: Daniel S. Curtis, Timothy S. Goins, Scott J. Felder, Thomas J. Hayes, Stephen A. Smith
  • Insert for a food container
    Patent number: D411709
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Tenneco Packaging
    Inventors: Daniel S. Curtis, Timothy S. Goins, Scott J. Felder, Thomas J. Hayes, Stephen A. Smith