Patents by Inventor Dietmar Salm

Dietmar Salm 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: 5769259
    Abstract: An end panel for a full-open end closure for a container comprising a rim portion, a removable central panel portion connected to the rim portion for detachment by an opening implement, an array of closely spaced push-in closure members dimensioned and spaced to receive the prongs of a standard domestic fork as the opening implement. The closure members are in a generally linear array adjacent the rim portion and the fork engages the openings defining the closure members and is levered against the rim to remove the central panel portion from the rim. Alternatively, the closure members are in a radial linear array extending towards the center of the central panel portion with the outermost closure member adjacent the rim portion so that the central panel portion can be conveniently levered from the rim portion without the need for a special opening implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: The Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd
    Inventors: Peter Lewis Revill, Alan George Dalli, Dietmar Salm, James Douglas Peck