Patents by Inventor Alberto Gandolla

Alberto Gandolla has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240351738
    Abstract: A child-proof container including a storage for housing a product and a closure system that defines a closure condition and an open condition of the container. The container has a first coupling portion carried by the closure system and a second coupling portion carried by the storage which cooperates with the first coupling portion to define a locking condition where the first and second coupling portions prevent the closure system from switching from the closure condition to the open condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Alessio BRESSAN, Michel BRESSAN, Alberto GANDOLLA
  • Publication number: 20240327063
    Abstract: A child-resistant container including a storage lockable by a closure system. The container includes a first coupling portion carried by the closure system and a second coupling portion carried by the storage and configured to cooperate with the first coupling portion for locking the container in a closure condition. The container also includes a support panel carried by the storage which is configured, in the locking condition of the container, to contact at least one side wall of the storage directly carrying the second coupling portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Alessio BRESSAN, Michel BRESSAN, Alberto GANDOLLA
  • Patent number: 11945629
    Abstract: A child-proof container including a storage having a lateral wall, a closure system of the storage, a first coupling portion carried by the closure system, a second coupling portion carried by the storage and configured for cooperating with said first coupling portion for locking the container in a closed condition. The second coupling portion includes a tab from the lateral wall of the storage. The container includes a spacer interposed between the tab of the second coupling portion and the lateral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: I.G.B. S.R.L.
    Inventors: Michel Bressan, Alberto Gandolla, Alessio Bressan
  • Patent number: 11897673
    Abstract: A package (100) including a container (1) and a case (102) configured for receiving the container; the case is movable between a closed condition and an open condition in which respectively it prevents and allows the access to the container. The package also comprises a safety device (11) having: a first coupling portion (12) internally carried by the case, a second coupling portion (13) externally carried by the container. At least one between the first and second coupling portion (12, 13) is movable with respect to the other between a first operative position in which they can be engaged with each other and a second operative position in which cannot be engaged with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: I.G.B. S.R.L.
    Inventors: Alessio Bressan, Michel Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Publication number: 20240025607
    Abstract: A child-proof container including storage to be closed by a closure system. The container includes a first coupling portion carried by the closure system and a second coupling portion carried by the storage and configured to cooperate with said first coupling portion for locking the container in a closed condition. At least one of the sheet materials of the storage and the closure system includes a bonded and/or adhesively bonded overlap zone at which a plurality of notches are defined to define breaking portions of the overlap zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Alessio BRESSAN, Michel BRESSAN, Alberto GANDOLLA
  • Publication number: 20230303289
    Abstract: A child-proof container including a storage, for housing a product, and a closure system configured for defining a closed condition and an open condition of the container. The container includes a first coupling portion carried by the closure system and a second coupling portion carried by the storage and configured for cooperating with the first coupling portion to define a locking condition in which said first and second coupling portions prevent the closure system from passing from the closed condition to the open condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Michel BRESSAN, Alessio BRESSAN, Alberto GANDOLLA
  • Patent number: 11767144
    Abstract: The present invention regards a container comprising a support having a base, a lateral wall and an abutment flap emerging from the lateral wall. The container comprises a closure system movable between a closed condition and open condition, a first coupling portion carried by the closure system and a second coupling portion defined on the abutment flap. The first coupling portion is movable between a first operating position in which it is disengaged from the second coupling portion and a second operating position in which it is engaged with said second coupling portion. The first coupling portion comprises a central body from which a tab emerges that is engageable with the second coupling portion; the first coupling portion defines a removable portion configured for being separated from the closure system following a first opening of the container following an engagement between said first and second coupling portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: I.G.B. S.r.l.
    Inventors: Alessio Bressan, Michel Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Publication number: 20230113321
    Abstract: A child-proof container including a storage having a lateral wall, a closure system of the storage, a first coupling portion carried by the closure system, a second coupling portion carried by the storage and configured for cooperating with said first coupling portion for locking the container in a closed condition. The second coupling portion includes a tab from the lateral wall of the storage. The container includes a spacer interposed between the tab of the second coupling portion and the lateral wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Michel BRESSAN, Alberto GANDOLLA, Alessio BRESSAN
  • Patent number: 11548679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a childproof container (1) comprising a store (2) and a closure system (7) and defining a compartment (8). The container comprises a safety device (11) with a first coupling portion (12) and a second coupling portion (13) configured to engage each other stably in an internal volume of the container (1) in a closing condition of the closure system (7) to define a locking condition wherein they prevent the closure system (7) from switching from the closing to the opening condition. The closure system (7) comprises an unlocking portion (18) configured to define a through access (19) that allows, in the locking condition of the safety device (11), the insertion of an opening device (20) into the internal volume of the container (1) that allows the disengagement between the first and second coupling portions (12, 13). The container comprises a guide body (24) carried by at least one between the second coupling portion (13) and the closure system (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: I.G.B. S.R.L.
    Inventors: Michel Bressan, Alessio Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Publication number: 20220332460
    Abstract: A child proof package including a container and a case configured for receiving the container; case and container are movable between a closed condition and an open condition. The package includes a safety device having: a first coupling portion carried by the case, a second coupling portion carried by the container; the first and the second coupling portion, in the closed condition of the case, are configured for engaging with each other to define a locking condition of the safety device in which the first and second coupling portion prevent case and container from passing from the closed condition to the open condition. The safety device includes a release portion configured for allowing the disengagement of the first and second coupling portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Alessio BRESSAN, Michel BRESSAN, Alberto GANDOLLA
  • Publication number: 20220332480
    Abstract: A coupling system (1) including a first (93) and a second (94) wall, relatively movable with respect to each other between a close condition and a distanced condition. The coupling system also includes a first coupling portion (12) carried by the first wall, a second coupling portion (13) carried by the second wall, and a selector (90) movable between a first and a second operative position in which, in the close and distanced conditions. The selector allows and prevents the engagement between the first and second coupling portions. The coupling system may be employed in a container, or a package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Alessio BRESSAN, Michel BRESSAN, Alberto GANDOLLA
  • Publication number: 20220324610
    Abstract: A wall (60) made of sheet material including an outer panel (61) having a through opening (61a), an inner panel (62) engaged with the outer panel (61) and a through opening (62a). The wall includes a selector (90) engaged in interposition between the outer panel and the inner panel. The selector includes a through opening (91) and is moveable relative to the outer and inner panels between: a first operative position wherein the through opening of the selector faces the through openings of the outer and inner panels to define, essentially with the latter through openings, a single passage passing through the wall; a second operative position wherein the through opening of the selector is offset with respect to the through openings of the outer and inner panels to prevent the communication between the through openings of the outer and inner panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Alessio BRESSAN, Michel BRESSAN, Alberto GANDOLLA
  • Publication number: 20220306336
    Abstract: A package (100) including a container (1) and a case (102) configured for receiving the container; the case is movable between a closed condition and an open condition in which respectively it prevents and allows the access to the container. The package also comprises a safety device (11) having: a first coupling portion (12) internally carried by the case, a second coupling portion (13) externally carried by the container. At least one between the first and second coupling portion (12, 13) is movable with respect to the other between a first operative position in which they can be engaged with each other and a second operative position in which cannot be engaged with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Alessio BRESSAN, Michel BRESSAN, Alberto GANDOLLA
  • Publication number: 20220250788
    Abstract: A package (100) including a container (1) and a case (102) configured for receiving the container; the case is movable between a closed condition and an open condition wherein it respectively prevents and allows the access to the container. The package includes a safety device (11) having: a first coupling portion (12) internally carried by the case, a second coupling portion (13) externally carried by the container, and a selector (90) carried by at least one of the container and the case. The selector is movable between a first and a second operative position wherein, in the closed condition, it-the selector respectively allows and prevents the engagement between the first and the second coupling portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Alessio BRESSAN, Michel BRESSAN, Alberto GANDOLLA
  • Patent number: 11390425
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tamper-evident envelope element (1) of sheet material comprising: a rear wall (2), a first and a second front flap engaged with the rear wall (2) opposite to each other. The first and second front flaps (3, 4) are configured for defining a closed condition in which they partially overlap each other, and an open condition in which they are distanced from each other. The envelope 1 comprises a safety device (12) having a first coupling portion (13) borne by the first front flap (3), a second coupling portion (14) borne by the second front flap (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: I.G.B. S.R.L.
    Inventors: Michel Bressan, Alessio Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Patent number: 11365034
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a childproof container comprising a store, for housing a product, and a closure system configured to define a closing condition and an opening condition of the container. The container comprises a safety device having a first coupling portion carried by the closure system and a second coupling portion engaged to the store and configured to cooperate with the first coupling portion to define a locking condition in which the first and second coupling portions prevent the closure system from switching from the closing to the opening condition. The store comprises an unlocking portion located on a side wall of the store and defining a through access configured to allow, in the locking condition, the insertion in the store of an opening device to allow the disengagement between the first and second coupling portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: I.G.B. S.R.L
    Inventors: Michel Bressan, Alessio Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Publication number: 20220153510
    Abstract: The present invention regards a container comprising a support having a base, a lateral wall and an abutment flap emerging from the lateral wall. The container comprises a closure system movable between a closed condition and open condition, a first coupling portion carried by the closure system and a second coupling portion defined on the abutment flap. The first coupling portion is movable between a first operating position in which it is disengaged from the second coupling portion and a second operating position in which it is engaged with said second coupling portion. The first coupling portion comprises a central body from which a tab emerges that is engageable with the second coupling portion; the first coupling portion defines a removable portion configured for being separated from the closure system following a first opening of the container following an engagement between said first and second coupling portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Alessio BRESSAN, Michel BRESSAN, Alberto GANDOLLA
  • Patent number: 11220382
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tamper-evident and child-proof coupling system. The coupling system includes a first base portion, a second base portion, a slit, and a closing septum. The first base portion includes a first coupling portion. The second base portion includes a second coupling portion. The first and second coupling portions are configured to define a priming configuration of the coupling system when the first and second coupling portion are engaged to each other. The slit is defined on the first base portion or the second base portion and is configured to receive an opening device. The opening device is configured to disengage the first and second coupling portions. The closing septum is adjustable to a first or second configuration. In the first configuration, the closing septum occludes the slit. In the second configuration, the closing septum is configured to expose the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: I.G.B. S.r.l
    Inventors: Dino Bressan, Michel Bressan, Alessio Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Patent number: 11180278
    Abstract: A tamper-evident coupling system includes a first base portion, a second base portion, a first coupling portion supported by and extending from the first base portion, and a second coupling portion supported by the second base portion and configured for cooperating with the first coupling portion. The first and the second coupling portions are configured for defining an arming condition in which the first and second coupling portions are stably engaged with each other. At least one of the first and the second coupling portions includes a removable portion that is separable from the tamper-evident coupling system upon a first disengagement of the first and second coupling portions following the arming condition to prevent a subsequent coupling between the first and second coupling portions and to show a tampering with the tamper-evident coupling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: I.G.B. S.r.l.
    Inventors: Michel Bressan, Alessio Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Publication number: 20200331652
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a childproof container (1) comprising a store (2) and a closure system (7) and defining a compartment (8). The container comprises a safety device (11) with a first coupling portion (12) and a second coupling portion (13) configured to engage each other stably in an internal volume of the container (1) in a closing condition of the closure system (7) to define a locking condition wherein they prevent the closure system (7) from switching from the closing to the opening condition. The closure system (7) comprises an unlocking portion (18) configured to define a through access (19) that allows, in the locking condition of the safety device (11), the insertion of an opening device (20) into the internal volume of the container (1) that allows the disengagement between the first and second coupling portions (12, 13). The container comprises a guide body (24) carried by at least one between the second coupling portion (13) and the closure system (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: I.G.B. S.R.L.
    Inventors: Michel BRESSAN, Alessio BRESSAN, Alberto GANDOLLA