Patents by Inventor Cyril Hadyn Saunders

Cyril Hadyn Saunders 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).

  • Composite closure, method for assembling it and method for closing a container with it
    Patent number: 6220466
    Abstract: A composite closure for a container has a moulded plastics band (24) closed at one end by a plastics sure disc (72) which is held captive within a recess formed around the band interior. Also on the band interior is a screw thread (44) by which the closure may attached to a container neck (12). The disc is cut from flat plastics sheet and is initially plane. However, when the closure is fitted to the container a marginal edge region 78 surrounding the container neck is deformed downwardly to generally frustoconical form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: CarnaudMetalbox (Holdings) USA Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas H Hayes, Cyril Hadyn Saunders