Patents by Inventor Don B. Peters

Don B. Peters 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: 4503989
    Abstract: An end structure for an easy opening container includes a rivet formed in a pour panel defined by a non-continuous scoreline. Upon rupture of the scoreline by a tab, which is affixed to the panel by the rivet, both the tab and pour panel are retained on the end wall. The scoreline may include a region of minimal residual in the region which is initially popped and regions of increased residual along the length of the scoreline in the direction of the fracture. The scoreline forward and adjacent to the rivet is of a configuration which includes changes of direction rather than being a smooth continuous curve and cooperates with the stepped scoreline to reduce blow-off. Also provided is a coined region radially outward of the rivet and the panel radius to create slack such that when the container is pressurized, the lifting end of the tab is forced downwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1985
    Assignee: Ermal C. Fraze
    Inventors: Omar L. Brown, Don B. Peters, James R. Schubert
  • Patent number: D278980
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1985
    Assignee: Ermal C. Fraze
    Inventors: Omar L. Brown, Don B. Peters, Jack L. Kalter