Patents by Inventor Francis Lovell

Francis Lovell 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).

  • Publication number: 20110006066
    Abstract: Package including a receptacle (2) extending along a central axis (Z) up to a top face (23) having an opening (24), a closure system (3) including a cover (31) mounted so as to be articulated thereat between an open position and a closed position, and a locking device (4) including a locking lug (41) that is elastically deformable towards the central axis (Z) fastened to the cover (31) and furnished with a snout (43), and a gripping edge (42) secured to the receptacle (2) with which the snout (43) engages in the closed position. The cover (31) has a recess (47) in which the locking lug (41) is arranged. The locking lug has an actuation zone (41c) that can be accessed via the mouth (47a) of the recess, and a tamper-proof cap (51) is immobilized relative to the cover (31) by at least one breakable connection (52) and is arranged facing the actuation zone (41c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE GERVAIS DANONE
    Inventors: Patrick Vandamme, Frederic Bourdin, Francis Lovell
  • Publication number: 20100326877
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pouch for containing a product. The pouch comprises a first wall and a second wall which are sealed together in sealed regions. The sealed regions substantially surround a compartment portion within which a product can be located. The pouch includes a tear initiating weakness located away from an edge of the pouch, the tear initiating weakness comprising an elongate weakness which extends along a first axis such that a user can fold the pouch across the tear initiating weakness and initiate a tear from the folded edge substantially along the first axis, the pouch further comprises at least one tear guiding weakness, said tear guiding weakness extending along a second axis transverse to the first axis such that a tear extending substantially along the first axis will meet the at least one tear guiding weakness and be guided along the second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: David Hemmerlin, Francis Lovell, Isabelle Suire
  • Publication number: 20100308065
    Abstract: A package for a food product sampled using a metering device, including a receptacle (2) having a wide top opening (24) and defined by a rim (25), a closure system (3) including a cover (31) that can be moved between an open position and a closed position, and a first levelling element (41) having a top face (41b) and a free edge (41a) situated in the space of the opening. The package also includes a second levelling element (42) spaced apart from the first and also having a top face (42b) and a free edge (42a), wherein the top faces (41b, 42b) of the first and second levelling elements (41, 42) each have a configuration and are mutually arranged in order to form two spaced-apart bearing zones substantially parallel to the plane of the opening for supporting the metering device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE GERVAIS DANONE
    Inventors: Patrick Vandamme, Frederic Bourdin, Francis Lovell
  • Publication number: 20100264156
    Abstract: Packaging (1) for a food product, comprising a container (2) with an opening delimited by a surround (32) and a closure system (3) comprising a lid (31) mounted articulated relative to the container (2) and able to close off the opening. The lid is locked in the closed position by a locking plate (41) connected to the lid and an engagement rim secured to the surround. The plate pivots about an axis between a locking position with its catching portion engaged with the rim and an unlocked position. The plate pivots into the unlocked position under manual actuation, away from the catching portion, of an actuating portion towards a central axis (Z). The top face of the lid has a depression (47) opening laterally and the actuating portion of the plate is advantageously situated level with the mouth of the depression so that it can pivot thereinto and adopt the unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Compagnie Gervais Danone
    Inventors: Patrick VanDamme, Frederic Bourdin, Francis Lovell
  • Cap
    Patent number: D566549
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Rachel Russell, Odile Beranger, Aurèle Hurtis, Francis Lovell, Sandra Michaud
  • Patent number: D613028
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Christoph Hartmann, Francis Lovell
  • Patent number: D615727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Chrystel Loret, Francis Lovell