Patents by Inventor Annabel Hoekstra

Annabel Hoekstra 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).

  • Valve carrier ring for self-closing dispensing valve
    Patent number: 11827426
    Abstract: A valve carrier ring for carrying a self-closing dispensing valve is adapted to be assembled with a closure body of a container. The valve carrier ring includes an annular seat portion including a support surface for supporting a retaining portion of the valve and a circumferential wall located radially outwards of the support surface and extending coaxially with the support surface. The circumferential wall has a preformed radial protrusion adapted to extend over the retaining portion of the valve for providing a preliminary retention of the retaining portion in the seat portion. A snap bead is formed at a radial outer side of the valve carrier ring adapted to cooperate with a means of the closure body to provide a snap connection between the valve carrier ring and the closure body. The radial protrusion is constituted by a flexible inwardly inclined extremity of the circumferential wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Weener Plastics Group B.V.
    Inventors: Jacobus Jan Morren, Annabel Hoekstra, Sebastiaan Wilhelmus Josephus Den Boer
  • VALVE CARRIER RING FOR SELF-CLOSING DISPENSING VALVE
    Publication number: 20220089335
    Abstract: A valve carrier ring for carrying a self-closing dispensing valve is adapted to be assembled with a closure body of a container. The valve carrier ring includes an annular seat portion including a support surface for supporting a retaining portion of the valve and a circumferential wall located radially outwards of the support surface and extending coaxially with the support surface. The circumferential wall has a preformed radial protrusion adapted to extend over the retaining portion of the valve for providing a preliminary retention of the retaining portion in the seat portion. A snap bead is formed at a radial outer side of the valve carrier ring adapted to cooperate with a means of the closure body to provide a snap connection between the valve carrier ring and the closure body. The radial protrusion is constituted by a flexible inwardly inclined extremity of the circumferential wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jacobus Jan Morren, Annabel Hoekstra, Sebastiaan Wilhelmus Josephus Den Boer