Patents Assigned to Stull Technologies
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Patent number: 7594587Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 3, 2006Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Robert T. Auer
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Patent number: 7594588Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 17, 2007Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Robert T. Auer
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Patent number: 7299952Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 6, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jameson P. Stull, Robert T. Auer
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Patent number: 7210593Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 25, 2003Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gene Stull, Robert Auer
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Patent number: 7152763Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 8, 2004Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jameson P. Stull, Robert T. Auer
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Patent number: 7028858Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 4, 2002Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Stull Technologies,Inventors: Robert T. Auer, Jameson P. Stull, Gene Stull
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Publication number: 20060070999Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2005Publication date: April 6, 2006Applicant: Stull Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jameson Stull, Joseph Valley, Robert Auer
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Patent number: 6880729Abstract: A secure lock for container packaging with a flexible retaining lip of various formations for sealing against material product flow distributions with the secure seal preventing tampering of, for example, a flexible walled container of material such as a medication, food stuff or art material. A resistant secure lock is provided which in one embodiment meets Federal Child Safety Standards providing a seal of flexible locking and unlocking which is resistant to a child's tampering. In one embodiment, a tamper resistant seal is formed for a squeezable container cap with a flexible hinging structure connecting a cap to a cap receptor base structure of a container to prevent a material product such as medicine from dispensing without disengaging the seal selectively to allow access to an aperture, yet with a directed flexion of a lip or head, the seal simply unsnaps from a tamper resistant state to release the flow of product through an aperture from a container.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2002Date of Patent: April 19, 2005Assignee: Stull TechnologiesInventors: Gene Stull, Robert T. Auer, Jameson P. Stull
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Patent number: 6749089Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure for a container which provides for, among other things, an internal drainage system. Preferably, the closure is molded as a single integral unit that includes a base, cap and hinge arrangement joining the base and the cap and further includes a tamper-evident structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2000Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: Stull TechnologiesInventors: Gene Stull, Robert T. Auer
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Patent number: 6726063Abstract: A shape memory retaining valve for use with a flexible walled container and for dispensing product through the valve to form creative shapes and dispersions. In one embodiment, the valve is provided with an air passage such that when the container is capped, inward airflow continues allowing the container walls to recover their initial shape and reverse any container deformation occurring through product dispensing. When closed onto the container, a cap restricts the valve from opening out but does not restrict the valve from opening inwardly to let in air.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2002Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Stull TechnologiesInventors: Gene Stull, Robert T Auer
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Patent number: 6675995Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 5, 2001Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gene Stull, Robert T. Auer
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Publication number: 20030155322Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2002Publication date: August 21, 2003Applicant: Stull Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Robert T. Auer, Jameson Stull, Gene Stull
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Patent number: D527633Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Stull TechnologiesInventors: Jameson P. Stull, Robert T. Auer
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Patent number: D532295Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2005Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Jameson P. Stull
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Patent number: D540677Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2005Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Jameson P. Stull
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Patent number: D551448Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2006Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Jameson P. Stull
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Patent number: D616745Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2009Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jason W. Stull, Robert T. Auer
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Patent number: D616746Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2009Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jason W. Stull, Robert T. Auer
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Patent number: D616747Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2009Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jason W. Stull, Robert T. Auer
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Patent number: D617191Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2009Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jason W. Stull, Robert T. Auer