Patents by Inventor Gary John Kieffer

Gary John Kieffer 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: 10329077
    Abstract: Presented is a closure assembly and a method for opening. The closure assembly includes a body, the body defining an opening and a body locking portion, and a lid, the lid moveably affixed to the body and comprising a lid locking portion, the lid locking portion configured to engage the body locking portion to releasably lock the lid in the closed position. The closure assembly also includes a hinge, the hinge being affixed to the lid and the body, the hinge configured to move the lid from a closed position occluding the opening of the body to an open position permitting passage through the opening, the hinge further configured to urge the lid into the open position, and at least one spring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Currier Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary John Kieffer, Steven Michael Faes
  • Publication number: 20180009580
    Abstract: Presented are a spout assembly, bottle and a method of forming. An exemplary spout assembly includes a tubular spout, the cylindrical spout having an endless wall defining a passage, the endless wall having a top open edge fluidly connecting the passage, a bottom open edge fluidly connecting the hollow passage, and at least three vertical ribs extending inwardly from the endless wall within the passage. The spout assembly further includes a tilted trough extending from the bottom open edge circumscribing the tubular spout, the trough having at least one opening located such that fluid flow is directed toward the at least one opening. The spout assembly still further includes a cylindrical side wall extending from the tilted trough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Gary John Kieffer, Steven Michael Faes, Sriraj Suryakant Patel, Timothy James Walawender, Richard Royal Briggs, Dustin Bradley Dreese, Stephan Robert Crawford, Lynn Francis Knopp, Todd Daniel Lindsay, Timothy James Clark, Michael Pratt
  • Patent number: 9650185
    Abstract: A tamper evident closure employs a frangible tamper evident finger for initially retaining a lid in a closed position relative to a closure body. In response to an initial opening of the lid, the finger is separated from the lid and retained in a volume at least partly defined by the closure body. As the finger is connected to the lid by a frangible bridge in a confirmation window, upon separation of the finger from the lid, the now open confirmation window provides immediate and ready indication that the lid has been opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Currier Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary John Kieffer, Joel Robin Sieber, Steven Michael Faes, Massimo A. Leone
  • Publication number: 20170096265
    Abstract: Presented is a closure assembly and a method for opening. The closure assembly includes a body, the body defining an opening and a body locking portion, and a lid, the lid moveably affixed to the body and comprising a lid locking portion, the lid locking portion configured to engage the body locking portion to releasably lock the lid in the closed position. The closure assembly also includes a hinge, the hinge being affixed to the lid and the body, the hinge configured to move the lid from a closed position occluding the opening of the body to an open position permitting passage through the opening, the hinge further configured to urge the lid into the open position, and at least one spring member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Gary John Kieffer, Steven Michael Faes
  • Publication number: 20150266632
    Abstract: A tamper evident closure employs a frangible tamper evident finger for initially retaining a lid in a closed position relative to a closure body. In response to an initial opening of the lid, the finger is separated from the lid and retained in a volume at least partly defined by the closure body. As the finger is connected to the lid by a frangible bridge in a confirmation window, upon separation of the finger from the lid, the now open confirmation window provides immediate and ready indication that the lid has been opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Gary John Kieffer, Joel Robin Sieber, Steven Michael Faes, Massimo A. Leone
  • Patent number: 9049936
    Abstract: A seating support includes a lumbar support portion having first and second lumbar supports. The lumbar support portion defines at least a portion of a channel extending between the first and second lumbar supports. The channel is sized to substantially preclude contact with an occupant of the seating support. Such a seating support also includes a coccyx support portion having first and second coccyx supports. The coccyx support portion is disposed substantially perpendicular to the lumbar support portion and is in communication therewith such that the channel extends from the lumbar support portion between the first and second coccyx supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Currier Plastics
    Inventors: Massimo Angelo Leone, Gary John Kieffer, Larry Jedik
  • Publication number: 20120181840
    Abstract: A seating support includes a lumbar support portion having first and second lumbar supports. The lumbar support portion defines at least a portion of a channel extending between the first and second lumbar supports. The channel is sized to substantially preclude contact with an occupant of the seating support. Such a seating support also includes a coccyx support portion having first and second coccyx supports. The coccyx support portion is disposed substantially perpendicular to the lumbar support portion and is in communication therewith such that the channel extends from the lumbar support portion between the first and second coccyx supports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Massimo Angelo Leone, Gary John Kieffer, Larry Jedik