Patents by Inventor Brett Niggel

Brett Niggel 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: 20140190983
    Abstract: A towelette dispenser is provided with a lid. The lid has a central aperture for allowing access to a roll of towelettes maintained within a tub receiving the lid therein. The lid includes an inwardly tapered annular surface extending towards the tub. A gap segment is configured in the annular surface to define an entrance. The gap segment travels through the surface structure to a capturing element configured to exert a force on a towelette to permit separation of one towelette from supply of interconnected towelettes. The gap segment is further configured to travel upwardly along the surface structure in a direction away from the entrance towards the capturing element, such that the capturing element is offset and upwardly positioned along the surface structure from the entrance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: BERLIN PACKAGING, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Sanguinet, Brett Niggel, Scott Jost
  • Patent number: 8746476
    Abstract: A seal covering a discharge port of a container is opened without leaving superfluous elements on the container by a container closure unit which has seal-piercing knife-like elements mounted on a flexible dome-shaped base which is located to place the knife-like elements adjacent to the seal. The dome-shaped base is flexed to move the knife-like elements through the seal and then to move them outwardly toward the periphery of the seal to cut slits in the seal. The slits act as fluid passages to permit decanting of the fluid from the container. Once the seal has been opened, the dome-shaped base is removed using a pull ring and discarded. The container closure unit has a cap which is used to close the container discharge port between uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Berlin Packaging, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Clause, Brett Niggel
  • Patent number: 8708149
    Abstract: There is shown in three embodiments a pill blister pack container for holding a pill blister pack. The container having a first portion highedly attached to a second portion. The first portion being sized to fit within the second portion when the container is closed. Both the first and second portions have defined side walls and a front wall. In addition, the first portion includes flanges in the side walls that engage apertures in the second portion to lock the two portions. Furthermore, a least one support post extends between the two portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Berlin Packaging, LLC
    Inventors: Liam Hawry, Brett Niggel, Scott Jost
  • Patent number: 8689978
    Abstract: There is shown in three embodiments a pill blister pack container for holding a pill blister pack. The container having a first portion highedly attached to a second portion. The first portion being sized to fit within the second portion when the container is closed. Both the first and second portions have defined side walls and a front wall. In addition, the first portion includes flanges in the side walls that engage apertures in the second portion to lock the two portions. Furthermore, at least one support post extends between the two portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Berlin Packaging, LLC
    Inventors: Nora Flood, Liam Hawry, Brett Niggel, Scott Jost
  • Patent number: 8678189
    Abstract: There is shown in a pill blister pack container for holding a pill blister pack. The container having a central structure with a hollowed interior configured to hold the blister pack. A top is secured to the central structure by a hinge member and has a closure structure secured configured to maintain the top in a closed portioned. The closure structure includes corresponding first locking members formed on forward facing surfaces to cooperate in maintaining the cap in the closed position along with corresponding second locking members formed on side facing surfaces and formed on the top to further maintain the cap in the closed positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Berlin Packaging, LLC
    Inventors: Brett Niggel, Liam Hawry, Scott Jost
  • Publication number: 20140069939
    Abstract: In one embodiment there is provided a mounting bracket for use with a container. The container has a wall extending from a bottom to an upper edge and has a mounting flange extending outwardly from a portion of the wall. The mounting flange includes an outer surface with a terminal edge leading to upper and lower edges and a pair of distal sides. The mounting bracket has a support side positionable towards the wall of the container. The support side includes a notched section with a base extending outwardly from the support side and a pair of lateral faces extending outwardly and away from edges of the base. Each lateral face includes a member positioned along a portion thereof and which extends towards the other member in a tapering edge such that the sides of the mounting flange are captured between the support side and the extending members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: BERLIN PACKAGING, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Sanguinet, Brett Niggel, Steven Kroplewski, Scott Jost
  • Publication number: 20140051178
    Abstract: A self-contained specimen testing unit consisting of a swab-tip with attached, hollow swab-stick, an outer, elongated, removable tube housing cover that surrounds and protects the swab-tip and swab-stick, a dropper removably secured to the end of the tube cover, a dropper cap, a piercing closure member, a rotatable base closure member coupled to the piercing closure element, a membrane member mounted in the base closure member, and reagent-solution storage container screwed onto the end of the rotatable base closure member and sealed by the membrane member thereof. A method of using the unit is also disclosed whereby the piercing unit pierces the membrane when reagent solution is to be delivered to the swab-tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: BERLIN PACKAGING, LLC
    Inventors: Brett Niggel, Scott Jost
  • Patent number: 8579164
    Abstract: In one embodiment there is provided a bowl attachment for use in connection with a bottle having a threaded opening and configured to contain a fluid. The bowl attachment includes a main bowl portion and a cover portion. The main bowl portion has a thread connection to secure to the bottle neck. A wall extends from the connection section and is shaped as a bowl. An interior spout is connected to the thread connection section and permits fluid from the bottle to squeeze into the main bowl portion. A cover portion is secured to the main bowl portion and includes an aperture with a flip top lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Berlin Packaging, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Sanguinet, Brett Niggel, Scott Jost
  • Publication number: 20070199913
    Abstract: A container closure having a closed position and an open position and including a molded portion, such as a threaded flat cap, having a molded three dimensional image, in particular a lithophane image, on at least one surface thereof, wherein the image is configured to be viewed with the container in the open position and the image is configured to be un-viewable with the container in the closed position. The flat cap may include a sealing member such as a clear liner engaging a support shoulder surrounding the image. The flat cap may further include tamper evident features for the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: ERIE COUNTY PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Kelley, Joseph Mendillo, Patrick Pigott, Martin Binder, Brett Niggel, Paul Roche, Robert Smith
  • Publication number: 20060006077
    Abstract: A single use unit dosage dispensing closure includes a shell attached to a container with an integral piecing member, an axial movable cap attached to the shell and a sealing member coupled to the cap. The shell has an inner guide in communication with the container and the cap is moveable along the guide. The cap has a chamber adapted to dispense material into the container. The chamber is sealed with the sealing member extending across a lower open end thereof, wherein axial movement of the cap along the inner guide member will cause the sealing member to be pieced by the piercing member to open the chamber and dispense the contents of the chamber into the container. The axial movable cap is formed from a material with a higher oxygen and moisture barrier property than the material forming the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2004
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: Erie County Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Mosher, Brian Masterson, Brett Niggel, Ronald Walters, Robert Smith, Jeffrey Peters, Martin Binder
  • Patent number: D573880
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: All-Pak, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Clause, Brett Niggel