Patents by Inventor Donald J. Nole

Donald J. Nole 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: 7011227
    Abstract: A removable and reusable cap for a container is provided. The cap has a platform portion and peripherally associated upstanding and downwardly extending portions, and a depression is defined across the platform portion. In the depression, a dispensing aperture and preferably a vent are defined which are opened and closed by a closure plate that is received within the depression and that has a proximal end which is pivotably associated with the depression. The distal end of the closure plate is pivotally associated with a pull ring that is biased into association with the closure plate and that is nestably received in the closure plate, but that has a finger associatable apex region. When the pull ring is pivoted upwardly, the closure plate is pivoted and the dispensing aperture and vent are opened, preferably the vent before the dispensing aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Ignite Design, LLC
    Inventors: Evan T. Ward, Donald J. Nole
  • Patent number: D500428
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Ignite Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan T. Ward, Donald J. Nole
  • Patent number: D509408
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Ignite Design LLC
    Inventors: Evan T. Ward, Donald J. Nole
  • Patent number: D515357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Ignite Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan T. Ward, Donald J. Nole
  • Patent number: D500231
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Ignite Design, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan T. Ward, Donald J. Nole