Patents by Inventor Gary K. Hasegawa

Gary K. Hasegawa 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: 5181875
    Abstract: A bubble-making device in the shape of a sword having a blade with holes therein, the sword being made of flexible plastic, and the holes having a toothed periphery, the blade being bendable to an extent to cause the bubble-forming solution to peel off the blade as the blade is caused to vibrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Inventor: Gary K. Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 5156564
    Abstract: A bubble blower device which comprises a cyclindrical tube with a pleated periphery providing longitudinal grooves with sharp apical edges, the tube being fitted into a skirt of a cap which forms with the tube a reservoir for the bubble forming liquid which is aspirated with the tube when motivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Inventor: Gary K. Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 4840341
    Abstract: A clip assembly having a pair of cooperative pivotally interconnected clip members with integral spring means biasing the clip members to article-grasping position and a releaseable latch on one member operative to engage a catch on the other member for holding the members in open position to facilitate entry of articles between the article-grasping jaws of the clip members, the clip assembly being slidably mounted on a support for movement to laterally adjusted positions. The spring means is also operative to deflect one of the clip members to hold it tightly in interlocking engagement with the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Inventor: Gary K. Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 4341330
    Abstract: An aerosol container in the form of a conventional type of aerosol can wherein the lower part of the body is provided with external threads with which internal threads of a cup-shaped pump member are engaged so as to define, in conjunction with the lower closure unit, a pump chamber. Suitable inlet check valves are carried by the lower closure unit and a bottom wall of the pump chamber so that air under pressure may be forced into the can internally to pressurize the can. A dispening valve unit is also provided which includes a shutoff valve for preventing dispensing of the product when the pressure within the can goes below a predetermined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1982
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Carmen T. Mascia, Gary K. Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 4318474
    Abstract: A multi-pack can carrying carton in which the side and top walls are perforated to provide removable panels which upon removal leave portions of the carton as a handle for the carton to carry returnable empty cans and to provide access openings into the carton, the access openings being shaped and strategetically located to improve visibility and accessibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1982
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary K. Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 4276993
    Abstract: An easy opening container having an end panel with push-in section and a non-detachable tab secured to the end panel and formed with a uniquely shaped lift end portion having an aperture therein sufficient to admit the nodes of the user's grasping fingers but of a size less than would permit inserting a finger therethrough and the novel construction of the tab and presenting a finger placement limiting edge which is adapted to position the fingers of the user such as to prevent the user's fingernail from being broken in attempting to open said container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1981
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary K. Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 4244488
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an easy opening container which includes a pull tab or strip which is formed of a plastics material having a memory and wherein the pull tab is so constructed that after it has been utilized to remove a panel portion, the memory automatically moves the tab and the removed panel portion to an out-of-the-way position and holds the same in such a position, thereby not in any way interfering with the dispensing operation and while at the same time remaining attached to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1981
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventors: James J. Fridl, Gary K. Hasegawa, Donald R. Richardson
  • Patent number: 4231487
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a pull tab for removing a removable panel portion of an easy opening container and thereafter effecting the folding up of the removed removable panel portion in an out-of-the-way position with respect to a resultant dispensing opening and with the removable panel portion being encased within the folded up tab. The tab is formed of plastics material which is so molded, preferably by an injection molding process, so as to have a memory in the form of a plurality of transversely extending memory fold lines. The memory fold lines are operable progressively to fold or roll up the tab in pup tent style to assume a triangular cross section. The removable panel portion is provided with transverse fold lines in alignment with the memory fold lines so as to be folded up together with and within the tab. The tab is permanently secured to the container panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1980
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary K. Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 4205760
    Abstract: An easy opening container wherein the opening panel is pushed into the interior of the container and wherein, in addition to the opening panel, the single line of weakness also defines a vent panel. The container is provided with an opening tab having a nose divided into first and second nose portions with the first nose portion being operable upon tilting of the opening tab to push in the vent panel to form a vent opening followed by the sequential operation of the second nose portion to push in the opening panel. The second nose portion is interlocked with the container in its fully opened position so that when the opening tab is returned to its initial position only the relatively small and short first nose portion projects into the dispensing opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1980
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary K. Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 4203528
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a pull strip which is molded of plastics material to have hinge sections with a memory so that a strap portion thereof will automatically fold upon itself in such a manner that the removable panel portion attached thereto and removed therewith will be automatically swung to a position radially beyond the end unit and then down alongside the container in a stored, out-of-the-way position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1980
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary K. Hasegawa
  • Patent number: D255988
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1980
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Carmen T. Mascia, Gary K. Hasegawa
  • Patent number: D260487
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan A. Grubman, Gary K. Hasegawa
  • Patent number: D261867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1981
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary K. Hasegawa
  • Patent number: D261868
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1981
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventors: James J. Fridl, Gary K. Hasegawa
  • Patent number: D263567
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1982
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary K. Hasegawa
  • Patent number: D264439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1982
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary K. Hasegawa
  • Patent number: D265463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1982
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary K. Hasegawa
  • Patent number: D266991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary K. Hasegawa, Donald R. Richardson
  • Patent number: D267629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1983
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary K. Hasegawa, Donald R. Richardson
  • Patent number: D272607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1984
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary K. Hasegawa, Donald R. Richardson