Patents by Inventor Alexander Stifter

Alexander Stifter 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).

  • Patent number: 9764879
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispensing closure including a base and a cover attached to the base by a hinge and movable between an opened and a closed position. The cover includes an outer side-wall with a push-button region. The push-button region has, in a first position, a flat or convex outer surface and is adapted such that it can be pushed by a user at least partly in an inward direction from the first position into a second position. The push-button region has, in the second position, at least partly a concave outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Koenigseder, Andreas Rueckert, Alexander Stifter
  • Publication number: 20160130047
    Abstract: The present invention related to a dispensing closure comprising a base and a cover, being attached to said base by a hinge and being movable between an opened and a closed position, said cover comprising an outer side-wall, wherein said outer side-wall of said cover comprises a push-button region, wherein said push-button region has, in a first position, a flat or convex outer surface and is adapted such that it can be pushed by a user at least partly in an inward direction from said first position into a second position, wherein said push-button region has, in said second position, at least partly a concave outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Koenigseder, Andreas Rueckert, Alexander Stifter
  • Publication number: 20140034663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure for a container that has an interior where a product may be stored and that has an opening to the container interior, said closure comprising a base, that base comprising a skirt for extending from said container at said opening, a base deck, and a spout projection upwardly from said base deck to define a discharge aperture, characterised in that said base deck has an at least partly curved outer or upper plane, said outer or upper plane and/or an edge between skirt and base deck having, at its periphery, at least two elevation regions and at least two depression regions extending between said at least two elevation regions. The invention further refers to a container with such a closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Königseder, Franz Lenz, Alexander Stifter
  • Patent number: 8408432
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispensing closure for a container, said dispensing closure comprising: a base (200) and mounting means (200) on said base for mounting said base to a container at an opening of the container, said base also constituting an outer side-wall (240) of said closure; a dispensing element (100) having a dispensing channel (160) and a discharge opening (164) said dispensing element being movable between a closed position and an open position; said dispensing element comprising at least one operational control element (142), at least partially extending into at least one opening (242) in said outer side wall of said base to be accessible by a user in order to move said dispensing element between said closed and said open position; said dispensing closure being arranged such that said discharge opening is closed by said outer sidewall of said base, when said dispensing element is in its closed position, and/or such that said dispensing channel is closed by a shut-off element (260) of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Aptar Freyung GmbH
    Inventors: Sarah Delamare, Daniel Gotsmich, Alexander Stifter, Franz Lenz
  • Publication number: 20120111902
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispensing closure for a container, said dispensing closure comprising: a base (200) and mounting means (200) on said base for mounting said base to a container at an opening of the container, said base also constituting an outer side-wall (240) of said closure; a dispensing element (100) having a dispensing channel (160) and a discharge opening (164) said dispensing element being movable between a closed position and an open position; said dispensing element comprising at least one operational control element (142), at least partially extending into at least one opening (242) in said outer side wall of said base to be accessible by a user in order to move said dispensing element between said closed and said open position; said dispensing closure being arranged such that said discharge opening is closed by said outer sidewall of said base, when said dispensing element is in its closed position, and/or such that said dispensing channel is closed by a shut-off element (260) of
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Seaquist Closures Loffler GmbH
    Inventors: Sarah Delamare, Daniel Gotsmich, Alexander Stifter, Franz Lenz