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).

  • Reusable can carrier with can enlocking means on opposite surfaces
    Patent number: 4120396
    Abstract: A can carrier which is reusable and is injection molded of plastics material, the can carrier being in the form of a sheet having projecting from opposite surfaces thereof circumferentially spaced arcuate flange segments, each flange segment defining a socket receiving the double seam or chime of a can and interlocking the same with the can carrier. The flange arrangement on opposite sides of the sheet being in alignment with the flange segments on each side of the sheet being aligned with the spaces between flange segments on the opposite sides of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1978
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Carmen T. Mascia, Gary K. Hasegawa
  • Reusable can carrier strip
    Patent number: 4111298
    Abstract: This relates to a reusable can carrier in the form of a molded plastics material strip having formed on the underside thereof a plurality of pairs of concentrically arranged arcuate flanges, each pair of flanges defining a socket receiving a cylindrical end portion of a can and interlocking beneath the customary seam securing the end unit to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Carmen T. Mascia, Gary K. Hasegawa
  • Pull tab for nested tab safety closure
    Patent number: 3958718
    Abstract: An improved pull tab for a child-resistant self-opening end closure of the type wherein the tab is nested between end panel protrusions which shield and obstruct access to the tab ring and prevent grasping and lifting of the tab and opening of the closure. The tab is formed with a short nose portion with a piercing member, and a bulged fulcrum which provide adequate clearance between the tab and the end panel to permit depressing the nose portion of the tab causing the ring portion to tilt upwardly to clear the shield and permit the ring to be grasped and pulled to open the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1976
    Assignee: Continental Can Company, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Kowalik, Gary K. Hasegawa
  • End panel for nested tab safety closure
    Patent number: 3957172
    Abstract: An improved child-resistant self-opening end closure of the type wherein the tab is nested between end panel protrusions which obstruct access to the tab ring and prevent grasping and lifting of the tab to open the container. The end panel is formed with a recess beneath the nose portion of the tab which provides maximum clearance between the tab and the end panel, whereby depressing the nose portion of the tab causes the ring portion to tilt upwardly sufficiently to permit it to be grasped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1976
    Assignee: Continental Can Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary K. Hasegawa