With Attached Nonintegral Spring-type Clamping Fastener Engaging Exterior Receptacle Surface Patents (Class 215/293)
  • Patent number: 11109665
    Abstract: A structure which is designed such that its shape provides a surface where force may be applied to as little as a single point or surface of contact to establish control of the Point Of Applied Force Lift Structure (POAFLS) movement. This force combined with the gravity on and/or the inertia of the POAFLS provide comfortable control in 3 dimensions. The POAFLS primary use is achieved through its attachment to a secondary object. Through this, force applied to the POAFLS is translated through the POAFLS to the object to which the POAFLS is attached. Both the POAFLS and the secondary object have their movements controlled when the POAFLS is lifted, moved, or carried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventor: Sean Edward Rutherford
  • Patent number: 10800580
    Abstract: A plastic bottle cap includes a plastic cap body. The bottom side of the cap body is an opening, and the inner wall of the cap body near the bottom side opening of the cap body is annularly provided with a groove. The sealing ring is installed in the groove, and one side of the sealing ring extends to the outside of the groove. The annular groove is opened around the inner ring of the bottle cap body. Two semi-circular rings are movably mounted in the annular groove, one end of the two semi-circular rings is rotatably connected by the first hinge, one end of the two semi-circular rings which far away from the first hinge is fixed with the first fixing block and the second fixing blocks respectively, and the first fixing block and the second fixing block correspond to the setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventor: Wen-Ling Cao
  • Patent number: 8789541
    Abstract: An anti-leak system for preventing nail polish from leaking from a nail polish bottle featuring a collar that wraps around the shoulder area, the thread area and the cap of the nail polish bottle. Foam lines the inner surface of the collar. The foam fills any gaps that may occur between the thread area and the cap, for example if the cap is not completely closed. The collar can be compressed around the nail polish bottle and secured vie a locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Inventor: Lillie Ann Evans
  • Patent number: 8727151
    Abstract: An assembly of a container and a closure, the assembly having an overpressure relief system, wherein the system has a fixation between the closure and a container, the fixation providing two positions in between which the closure is movable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Anheuser-Busch Inbev S.A.
    Inventors: Vanessa Valles, Daniƫl Peirsman, Sarah Vanhove
  • Patent number: 8608001
    Abstract: A two shot dispensing closure wherein the spout and base component of the closure is molded in a first molding step and a repositionable cap is molded over at least the spout of the closure in a second molding step. The cap may be molded in the closed position over the spout to provide a fluidic seal between the cap and spout. The cap is repositionable between a closed position closing off an aperture of the spout and an open position thereby opening the aperture of the spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas C. Stoneberg, William C. Schmeisser
  • Patent number: 7762419
    Abstract: A cap has a pair of L-shaped, flexible engaging arms that extend, from the end of a cap body opposite to the direction of fitting, in the direction of fitting with a distance away from the cap body. The distal ends of the engaging arms are connected by a pair of flexible connecting bridges to surround the outer periphery of the cap body with a distance away therefrom. The cap body is fitted into a cylindrical part of a cylinder head cover and engaging projections of the pair of engaging arms are engaged with an engaging recess in the outer periphery of the cylindrical part. The engaging arms are flexed to get away from the outer periphery of the cylindrical part by pushing circumferentially middle parts of the connecting bridges to come close to each other, so that the engaging projections are disengaged from the engaging recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Daikyonishikawa Corporation
    Inventor: Takeharu Suga
  • Patent number: 7607548
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closure cap, especially for closing a screw neck of an oil filter connection in motor vehicles. An elastically expandable nut element (5,20) is arranged in the closure cap. Said nut element is such that it can be placed on screw necks (3) of various diameters, engaging with the outer thread of the screw neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Inventor: Josef Dagn
  • Patent number: 7350655
    Abstract: A bottle security device includes an inner member, an intermediate member and an outer member that cooperate to lock the device on a bottle neck. The inner member includes a plurality of fingers adapted to fit under the bead on a bottle neck. The intermediate member slides over the inner member and forces the fingers against the bottle. The intermediate member includes a plurality of upwardly extending arms with inwardly projecting teeth that engage outwardly extending teeth on the inner member to lock the inner and intermediate members together. A key unlocks and rotates a rotatable member to separate the intermediate and inner members to unlock the device. Upon rotation of the cover cap, camming surfaces on the rotatable member engage the upwardly extending arms to move them radially outward to disengage them from the inner member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis D. Belden, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7350652
    Abstract: A bottle security device includes an inner member, an intermediate member and an outer member that cooperate to lock the device on a bottle neck. The inner member includes a plurality of fingers adapted to fit under the bead on a bottle neck. The intermediate member slides over the inner member and forces the fingers against the bottle. The intermediate member includes a plurality of upwardly extending arms with inwardly projecting teeth that engage outwardly extending teeth on the inner member to lock the inner and intermediate members together. A key unlocks and rotates a rotatable member to separate the intermediate and inner members to unlock the device. Upon rotation of the cover cap, camming surfaces on the rotatable member engage the upwardly extending arms to move them radially outward to disengage them from the inner member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis D. Belden, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7350653
    Abstract: A bottle security device includes an inner member, an intermediate member and an outer member that cooperate to lock the device on a bottle neck. The inner member includes a plurality of fingers adapted to fit under the bead on a bottle neck. The intermediate member slides over the inner member and forces the fingers against the bottle. The intermediate member includes a plurality of upwardly extending arms with inwardly projecting teeth that engage outwardly extending teeth on the inner member to lock the inner and intermediate members together. A key unlocks and rotates a rotatable member to separate the intermediate and inner members to unlock the device. Upon rotation of the cover cap, camming surfaces on the rotatable member engage the upwardly extending arms to move them radially outward to disengage them from the inner member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis D. Belden, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7350654
    Abstract: A bottle security device includes an inner member, an intermediate member and an outer member that cooperate to lock the device on a bottle neck. The inner member includes a plurality of fingers adapted to fit under the bead on a bottle neck. The intermediate member slides over the inner member and forces the fingers against the bottle. The intermediate member includes a plurality of upwardly extending arms with inwardly projecting teeth that engage outwardly extending teeth on the inner member to lock the inner and intermediate members together. A key unlocks and rotates a rotatable member to separate the intermediate and inner members to unlock the device. Upon rotation of the cover cap, camming surfaces on the rotatable member engage the upwardly extending arms to move them radially outward to disengage them from the inner member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis D. Belden, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7100784
    Abstract: A bottle security device includes an inner member, an intermediate member and an outer member that cooperate to lock the device on a bottle neck. The inner member includes a plurality of fingers adapted to fit under the bead on a bottle neck. The intermediate member slides over the inner member and forces the fingers against the bottle. The intermediate member includes a plurality of upwardly extending arms with inwardly projecting teeth that engage outwardly extending teeth on the inner member to lock the inner and intermediate members together. A key unlocks and rotates a rotatable member to separate the intermediate and inner members to unlock the device. Upon rotation of the cover cap, camming surfaces on the rotatable member engage the upwardly extending arms to move them radially outward to disengage them from the inner member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Alpha Security Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis D. Belden, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7100783
    Abstract: A bottle security device includes an inner member, an intermediate member and an outer member that cooperate to lock the device on a bottle neck. The inner member includes a plurality of fingers adapted to fit under the bead on a bottle neck. The intermediate member slides over the inner member and forces the fingers against the bottle. The intermediate member includes a plurality of upwardly extending arms with inwardly projecting teeth that engage outwardly extending teeth on the inner member to lock the inner and intermediate members together. A key unlocks and rotates a rotatable member to separate the intermediate and inner members to unlock the device. Upon rotation of the cover cap, camming surfaces on the rotatable member engage the upwardly extending arms to move them radially outward to disengage them from the inner member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Alpha Security Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis D. Belden, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7004340
    Abstract: A bottle security device includes an inner member, an intermediate member and an outer member that cooperate to lock the device on a bottle neck. The inner member includes a plurality of fingers adapted to fit under the bead on a bottle neck. The intermediate member slides over the inner member and forces the fingers against the bottle. The intermediate member includes a plurality of upwardly extending arms with inwardly projecting teeth that engage outwardly extending teeth on the inner member to lock the inner and intermediate members together. A key unlocks and rotates a rotatable member to separate the intermediate and inner members to unlock the device. Upon rotation of the cover cap, camming surfaces on the rotatable member engage the upwardly extending arms to move them radially outward to disengage them from the inner member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Alpha Security Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis D. Belden, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20040011758
    Abstract: A cap for sealing the top opening of a fluid-carrying vessel, the vessel having an upstanding narrow neck with a central opening leading into the vessel, the neck of the type wherein it is surrounded by a short, thickened border of circular periphery about the opening, the cap including a substantially non-flexible top cap portion for positioning transversely atop the neck of the vessel to cover the central opening therein, the top cap portion defined by an outer perimeter, extending beyond the periphery of the border, and spaced-apart top and bottom surfaces, a circular, flexible bottom cap portion, adapted to extend about the outside of the neck of the vessel, a flexible center band joining the top cap portion and the bottom cap portion, extending about the neck of the vessel below the border thereof and having an outer perimeter substantially less than the respective perimeters of the top cap portion and the bottom cap portion and to form a groove therebetween, a planar, stretchable cinch ring surrounding
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventor: James Wallace
  • Patent number: 6276545
    Abstract: A stopper for opened bottles having an external body (1) provided with an upper opening (4) designed to allow rotation of a lever (8) having an eccentricity (9). Operation of the lever allows, through an intervening arrangement of a cylindrical helical spring (22), lowering of an internal body (16) against a toroidal spring (15) causing radial deformation of the toroidal spring to allow gripping of the neck of the bottle underneath a shoulder on the bottle neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Marisa Marchignoli
    Inventor: Ruggero Ferrari
  • Patent number: 5037087
    Abstract: A wrist exerciser comprises first and second neck engaging members which each carry a neck receiving recess for engagement around the neck of a bottle. The bottle is at least partly filled with water and acts as a weight. One end of a rope is connected to an upper end of the first and second members while the opposite end of the rope is connected near the middle of a bar. Opposite ends of the bar carry handles which can be held by a user who rotates the bar to roll the rope on the bar and thereby lift and lower the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Inventor: Peter Roth
  • Patent number: 4949858
    Abstract: A sample collection container for use in receiving samples for analysis and testing of fluids from a sample valve forming part of a chemical process line. The container includes a closure element which selectively engages the sample valve during collection and provides means for protecting the user handling the sample container after disengagement from the sample valve from spillage. The container closure is selectively engageable by a cap element when disengaged from the sample valve, the cap element having an orificed end wall which may be selectively closed or provided with means supporting a penetrable membrane for hypodermic extraction of fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: Ethylene Corp.
    Inventor: Michael Sheridan
  • Patent number: 4746027
    Abstract: A reusable sealing cap for bottles of the type having a flat radially extending circular flange on the neck of the bottle spaced below the top edge of the mouth of the bottle. The reusable cap is removeably received on the open mouth of the bottle and partially surrounds the upper neck portion of the bottle. The cap member carries a resilient seal which fits over the open mouth of the bottle to sealably enclose the open mouth of the bottle. A movable spring wire lever member is pivotally mounted on the cap and bent in a configuration to form a flange engaging portion to be slidably received and biased beneath the circular flange in the sealing position and a pair of laterally opposed arcuate portions which create spring tension to create a compressive force between the cap and the circular flange sufficient to compress the resilient seal and effect a liquid tight seal on the open mouth of the bottle when the flange engaging portion is biased beneath the circular flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1988
    Inventor: Chester C. Coker
  • Patent number: 4629084
    Abstract: A closure for a canning glass container with a glass cover and a rubber ring therebetween has an upper rim which is formed in the container and provided with a sealing lip with a wedge having a tip with a radius of curvature between 1 mm and 3 mm, a supporting rim formed in the glass cover and having a circular depression located opposite to the wedge and having a radius of curvature exceeding the radius of curvature of the wedge with the wedge and the circular depression extending over an angle of approximately 110.degree.-70.degree., and a projection formed in the glass cover at its side facing toward the canning glass container and provided with a circular outer edge arranged so that it laterally limits the supporting rim of the canning glass container, centers and holds the rubber ring and centers the glass cover in an inner edge of the canning glass container so that relative displacement of the glass cover and the canning glass container which can hinder closing of the latter, is excluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Inventor: Franzjosef Hackelsberger