Patents Assigned to Midwest Can Company
  • Patent number: 6871680
    Abstract: A spill-proof pour spout for transferring fluid from a container to a vessel comprising a base having an inner sleeve extending outwardly therefrom, a conduit member located in the inner sleeve, and an outer sleeve slidingly engaging the inner sleeve. The conduit member has a fluid tube, and air tube and an end cap. The outer sleeve is in a first closed position wherein the outer sleeve contacts the end cap preventing fluid flow from the pour spout. The pour spout can only be opened by rotating the outer sleeve to a first or second indexing position. By rotating the outer sleeve either clockwise or counterclockwise relative to the inner sleeve, the outer sleeve is adapted to be slid to a first open position permitting fluid to flow at a first flow rate through the fluid tube and out of the pour spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Midwest Can Company
    Inventor: John Trippi, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6598630
    Abstract: A spill-proof pour spout for transferring fluid from a container to a vessel comprising a base having an inner sleeve extending outwardly therefrom, a conduit member located in the inner sleeve, and an outer sleeve slidingly engaging the inner sleeve. The conduit member has a fluid tube, and air tube and an end cap. The outer sleeve is in a first closed position wherein the outer sleeve contacts the end cap preventing fluid flow from the pour spout. The pour spout can only be opened by rotating the outer sleeve to a first or second indexing position. By rotating the outer sleeve either clockwise or counterclockwise relative to the inner sleeve, the outer sleeve is adapted to be slid to a first open position permitting fluid to flow at a first flow rate through the fluid tube and out of the pour spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Midwest Can Company
    Inventor: John Trippi, Jr.
  • Patent number: D920789
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Midwest Can Company, LLC
    Inventor: John C. Evans
  • Can
    Patent number: D981251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Midwest Can Company, LLC
    Inventor: John C. Evans
  • Can
    Patent number: D997742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Midwest Can Company, LLC
    Inventor: John C. Evans