Patents by Inventor François LETERC

François LETERC 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: 10556375
    Abstract: Mold base including a base wall and a peripheral side wall which is connected to the base wall by a fillet, this mould base ending with a peripheral upper edge and including ribs forming cavities for grooves for strengthening the base of a container to be formed and which each straddle the fillet, this mould base also including decompression vents hollowed out of the moulding face and which include, for each rib, at least one pair of shallow side channels which extend on either side of the rib and open, at an upper end, on to the peripheral upper edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: François Leterc, Laurent Penet
  • Publication number: 20190210266
    Abstract: Mold base including a base wall and a peripheral side wall which is connected to the base wall by a fillet, this mould base ending with a peripheral upper edge and including ribs forming cavities for grooves for strengthening the base of a container to be formed and which each straddle the fillet, this mould base also including decompression vents hollowed out of the moulding face and which include, for each rib, at least one pair of shallow side channels which extend on either side of the rib and open, at an upper end, on to the peripheral upper edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: François LETERC, Laurent PENET
  • Patent number: 9725201
    Abstract: Container (1), obtained by blow molding or stretch blow molding of a blank made of plastic material, which comprises a body (2), a shoulder (3) in the extension of the body (2) at an upper end thereof, and a neck (4) in the extension of the shoulder (3), the shoulder (3) being articulated between two stable positions, namely a deployed position in which the shoulder (3) projects from the body (2), and a retracted position in which the shoulder (3) is at least partially retracted into the body (2), the shoulder (3) being articulated in order to be able to adopt, in addition to the deployed position and the retracted position, a third stable position, intermediate between the deployed position and the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Mikael Derrien, Francois Leterc, Laurent Penet, Pierrick Protais
  • Publication number: 20150298847
    Abstract: Container (1), obtained by blow molding or stretch blow molding of a blank made of plastic material, which comprises a body (2), a shoulder (3) in the extension of the body (2) at an upper end thereof, and a neck (4) in the extension of the shoulder (3), the shoulder (3) being articulated between two stable positions, namely a deployed position in which the shoulder (3) projects from the body (2), and a retracted position in which the shoulder (3) is at least partially retracted into the body (2), the shoulder (3) being articulated in order to be able to adopt, in addition to the deployed position and the retracted position, a third stable position, intermediate between the deployed position and the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Mikael Derrien, Francois Leterc, Laurent Penet, Pierrick Protais
  • Publication number: 20040195141
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container such as a bottle, flask, tank or similar for housing a product to be protected from light, said container being made from a thermoplastic material and produced by blowing or by draw-blowing of a preform, characterised in that said container has a layer of thermoplastic material loaded in a homogeneous manner with mica flakes at a level of 2 to 4% by weight with the addition of titanium oxide powder at a level of 2 to 4% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Eric Adriansens, Alain Vasseneix, Francois Leterc, Sophie Daulmerie