Patents by Inventor Chad Lagace

Chad Lagace 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: 20200377287
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing various predetermined volumes of a flowable product such as a granular or powdered product over a desired area by moving a handle-activated slider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Chad LAGACE
  • Patent number: 10793341
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing various predetermined volumes of a flowable product such as a granular or powdered product over a desired area by moving a handle-activated slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Chad Lagace
  • Publication number: 20200165059
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing various predetermined volumes of a flowable product such as a granular or powdered product over a desired area by moving a handle-activated slider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Chad Lagace
  • Patent number: 9120602
    Abstract: The present application relates to a caulk dispenser. The dispenser includes a tube member having an internal chamber for holding caulk, where the chamber defines a volume. The tube member further comprises a first end with an outlet port and a second closed end. The dispenser further includes a cap member with a first end and a second end, where the cap member first end forms a substantially flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Sonoco Development Incorporation
    Inventor: Chad Lagace
  • Publication number: 20140103067
    Abstract: The present application relates to a caulk dispenser. The dispenser includes a tube member having an internal chamber for holding caulk, where the chamber defines a volume. The tube member further comprises a first end with an outlet port and a second closed end. The dispenser further includes a cap member with a first end and a second end, where the cap member first end forms a substantially flat surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventor: Chad Lagace
  • Patent number: 8387822
    Abstract: A lid is provided for engagement with a projecting rim of an opening on a container. The lid includes a covering panel for closing the container opening and a skirt formed on a periphery of the cover and depending therefrom. The skirt overlaps with the container rim when the cover is positioned over the opening. The skirt includes a defined gap therein that is positioned between adjacent gap edges. A clasp is provided on the periphery of the cover adjacent the defined gap. The clasp pivots between an open position and an engaged position. In the engaged position, the clasp engages the gap edges and draws the edges toward one another. The drawing of the gap edges moves the skirt inwardly towards the container rim. The lid may further include a flexing portion defining a connection between the cover panel and the skirt. The engagement of the clasp on the skirt causes compliance of the flexing portion and a corresponding axial movement of the skirt relative to the cover panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith E. Antal, Sr., Chad Lagace, Michael Tucker, Thomas Rigney, Fedor Baranov, Thomas Hocker
  • Publication number: 20120006824
    Abstract: A lid is provided for engagement with a projecting rim of an opening on a container. The lid includes a covering panel for closing the container opening and a skirt formed on a periphery of the cover and depending therefrom. The skirt overlaps with the container rim when the cover is positioned over the opening. The skirt includes a defined gap therein that is positioned between adjacent gap edges. A clasp is provided on the periphery of the cover adjacent the defined gap. The clasp pivots between an open position and an engaged position. In the engaged position, the clasp engages the gap edges and draws the edges toward one another. The drawing of the gap edges moves the skirt inwardly towards the container rim. The lid may further include a flexing portion defining a connection between the cover panel and the skirt. The engagement of the clasp on the skirt causes compliance of the flexing portion and a corresponding axial movement of the skirt relative to the cover panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith E. Antal, SR., Chad Lagace, Michael Tucker, Thomas Rigney, Fedor Baranov, Thomas Hocker
  • Publication number: 20120000929
    Abstract: Packaging for a powdered beverage includes a container of powdered beverage, and a dispenser secured to the container. The dispenser includes an outer dispensing member having an exit opening, and an inner dispensing member in opposed relationship with the outer dispensing member and in part defining an interior space of the container. The inner dispensing member has at least one dispensing opening. At least one of the outer dispensing member and the inner dispensing member is moveable relative to the other one of the outer dispensing member and the inner dispensing member between a blocked position and a dispensing position of the dispenser in which the at least one opening of the inner dispensing member is at least in part aligned with the exit opening of the outer member to permit powdered beverage to be dispensed from the packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: David Carl Ulstad, Wilson George Zeitler, Dean Maune, Tobe Cohen, Ilan E. Moyer, Andrew Boyce, Philip Charles Walker, Allan Lee Cameron, Elizabeth M. Kneen, Gaurav Rohatgi, Jeffrey Kalman, Bill Rabbitt, Marc Vitantonio, Craig Saunders, Keith E. Antal, Chad Lagace
  • Publication number: 20070278257
    Abstract: A spout for containers of pourable materials is provided having side panels that are flexibly secured to a central panel and positioned on a cap surface, adjacent a pour opening. The side panels are structured to extend outwardly from the central panel when the spout is in its closed position and to lie substantially parallel to the end cap. The side walls are flexibly secured to the central portion of the spout to permit the spout to move inwardly along the pour opening to define a projecting spout extending from the end cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Keith Antal, Chad Lagace, Lawrence Renck, James Johanson
  • Publication number: 20070029350
    Abstract: A dispenser for granular material includes a measuring chamber disposed below a storage chamber. Granular material may be selectively permitted or resisted from entering the measuring chamber from the storage chamber. Once the measuring chamber has been filled, the material within the measuring chamber may be dispensed through an opening defined within the side of the dispenser by tilting the dispenser into a substantially horizontal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventor: Chad Lagace
  • Publication number: 20070007310
    Abstract: A dispenser top for loose materials has a flap attached to the dispenser top by a hinge along one edge of the flap. The hinged flap in a closed position overlies the dispenser top and closes one or more openings in the dispenser top and in an open position projects outward from the dispenser top. The one or more openings closed by the flap may be confined to a part of the top asymmetrically positioned on the dispenser top with a center of the part between the hinge and a center of the dispenser top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Keith Antal, Chad Lagace, James Johanson, Brian Couchey
  • Publication number: 20060175333
    Abstract: An embodiment of a plug for insertion into an opening of a container has a handle attached to a wall of the plug and at least one line of weakness in the wall. When a force is exerted on the handle to remove the plug from the opening, the wall tends to fail along said at least one line of weakness, thus showing tamper evidence and releasing the plug for removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: James Johanson, Chad Lagace, Keith Antal