Patents by Inventor Edward W. Owens

Edward W. Owens 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: 4433800
    Abstract: A pouring fitment and closure assembly comprising a central tubular body having at its interior most extremity an enlarged circular disk-like plate with a sharpened edge, the central tubular portion then opening up into a rib-formed plurality of ports to an interior plenum terminated at the outside end by an annular inwarldy protruding sharpened projection interior to the plenum forming a first sharp dripless and sealing edge. The central tubular body flairs outward in a skirt to join a flat annular radial sealing ring at its top which in turn terminates in a larger circular edge to form an acute angle, the second dripless edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1984
    Assignee: Top-Seal Corporation
    Inventor: Edward W. Owens
  • Patent number: 3941268
    Abstract: A child-resistant liquid seal closure and container combination featuring one or more camming projections on the container neck and one or more locking lugs on the interior surface of the closure which engage the camming projections to prevent rotational removal of the closure from the container. The closure may be removed from the container only by squeezing the closure on opposite sides to force the locking lugs radially outwardly beyond the camming projections to permit rotation of the closure relative to the container. The camming projections on the container neck are of sufficient axial height to prevent rotation of the closure relative to the container both when the closure is fully tightened onto the container and when the closure has been rotated 180.degree. relative to the container, thereby necessitating two separate squeezing actions to remove the closure from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1976
    Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward W. Owens, Ned J. Smalley