Patents Assigned to Mastodon, Inc.
  • Patent number: 4852776
    Abstract: A spout for attachment to a can having a raised peripheral rim at the top, and a push-in tab in its top which is pushed in by a lift tab, leaving an off-center opening in the can top. The spout has a tubular plastic body of oblong cross-section with a bottom opening at its inner end and an outwardly-facing groove extending around this opening to receive the edge of the can top part-way around the push-in tab opening in it. A flexible and resilient lip extends down and in from the bottom side of the spout body to engage beneath the top peripheral rim of the can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Assignee: Mastodon, Inc.
    Inventor: Marilyn Patton