Patents Assigned to Stull Technologies, Inc.
  • Patent number: 7594587
    Abstract: A container cover for use with a container having a neck with a rim. The cover includes a lid with a spout hole, a skirt extending downward from the circumference of the lid, a concentric plug seal extending downward from the lid inside the skirt, a spout hole door hingeably connected to the lid, and at least one non-flexing lock and one flexing lock, each having an inwardly projecting wedge, which lock the cover in place on the container by engaging the bead ring. The nonflexing lock wedge is preferably shaped as a truncated teardrop and positioned so as to facilitate removing the lid. When the cover is locked on the container, the plug seal provides a seal against the inside of the container neck. The spout door seals the spout hole when closed and prevents unlatching of the flex lock when open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert T. Auer
  • Patent number: 7594588
    Abstract: A container cover for use with a container having a neck with a rim. The cover includes a lid, a skirt extending downward from the circumference of the lid, a concentric plug seal extending downward from the lid inside the skirt, a hinged lock and at least one non-hinged lock, each lock having an inwardly projecting wedge, which lock the cover in place on the container by engaging the bead ring. The non-hinged lock preferably includes a slot through the skirt and the locking wedge, to provide flexion and facilitate removing the lid. When the cover is locked on the container, the plug seal provides a seal against the inside of the container neck. An optional spout hole and spout door can be provided, wherein the spout door seals the spout hole when closed and prevents unlatching of the hinged lock when open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert T. Auer
  • Patent number: 7299952
    Abstract: A container closure includes a base with a valve mount portion formed from a first thermoplastic material and a valve formed from a second thermoplastic material. The valve is bonded to the valve mount portion. A lid is hingeably attached to the base and includes a sealing rim extending from a surface of the lid and designed to engage the valve at the location where the valve seals to the valve mount portion. The engagement of the sealing rim with the valve forming a seal between the two components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jameson P. Stull, Robert T. Auer
  • Patent number: 7210593
    Abstract: A cap with a tamper-evident ring is designed to snap engage a container that is provided with an upper and lower bead. A ring of teeth provided along an inside skirt of the cap engage teeth located along an inside wall of the container. When the cap is snapped onto the container, both sets of teeth automatically engage and a plug seal provided on the cap engages the container upper bead. By turning the cap clockwise or counterclockwise, the side angles of the teeth force the cap to disengage upwards over the upper bead and unsnap from the container. When the closure is opened for the first time, the ring breaks away from the cap and slides down the container below the lower bead, which keeps the ring from coming off the container and provides evidence that the cap had been opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Stull, Robert Auer
  • Patent number: 7152763
    Abstract: A container closure includes an adapter formed from a first thermoplastic material and a valve formed from a second thermoplastic material. The adapter and valve are bonded together in a multi-material molding process to form an adapter and valve assembly. The adapter and valve assembly is directly fastened to a base to form the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jameson P. Stull, Robert T. Auer
  • Publication number: 20060070999
    Abstract: The present invention is a top for a dispensing container. The top includes a base, a nozzle portion extending from a first end of the base, and a tab integrally formed with the nozzle portion at a neck down portion. The nozzle portion has an outer wall defining an internal conduit for passage of a liquid, powder and/or gel. The tab includes a tip end sealing the internal conduit and at least one shock absorbing portion. When the tab is twisted, the tip end is removed from the nozzle portion at the neck down portion, thereby opening the internal conduit. The shock absorbing portion can include a slot, an area with reduced thickness, a flex area, or a combination thereof. The top can be included on a container for storing liquids, powders and/or gels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: Stull Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jameson Stull, Joseph Valley, Robert Auer
  • Patent number: 6675995
    Abstract: There is provided according to the present invention, a rotary valve cap and container comprising a cap portion having an inner sidewall with guide bosses disposed thereon and a sealing skirt disposed from the top of the cap concentric with the inner sidewall, and a container neck portion having an inner and an outer sidewall, wherein the outer sidewall has an undulating bead thereon, such that said guide bosses engage said undulating bead for raising and lowering said cap such that said sealing skirt is sealably engages said container neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Stull, Robert T. Auer
  • Publication number: 20030155322
    Abstract: A closure for a container for holding contents therein generally comprises a surface for gripping the closure in order to twist it in either direction to open it. The closure has downwardly projecting teeth on its underside; the container has upwardly projecting teeth, which mate with the downwardly projecting teeth of the closure. An outer ring on the closure circumscribes and holds in place the upper lip of the container in the closed position. Twisting of the closure in either direction causes the closure to be released from the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: Stull Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert T. Auer, Jameson Stull, Gene Stull
  • Patent number: D532295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jameson P. Stull
  • Patent number: D540677
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jameson P. Stull
  • Patent number: D551448
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jameson P. Stull
  • Patent number: D616745
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason W. Stull, Robert T. Auer
  • Patent number: D616746
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason W. Stull, Robert T. Auer
  • Patent number: D616747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason W. Stull, Robert T. Auer
  • Patent number: D617191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason W. Stull, Robert T. Auer