Patents by Inventor Gordon R. Gane

Gordon R. Gane 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).

  • Easy open end
    Patent number: 4128186
    Abstract: Improved sectionalized depressible opener tab for easy open containers wherein one of the sections can be relatively small as compared to the dimensions of the overall tab while being connected by an improved hinge arrangement to the remainder of the tab. This hinge arrangement permits either a simultaneous selective depression of multiple tab sections or depression of only one tab section to obtain initial separation of the tab from the container component with which the tab is associated and a controlled release of internal container pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1978
    Assignee: Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Gordon R. Gane
  • Easy open end
    Patent number: 4036159
    Abstract: This invention relates to an improved easy open ecological closure member for containers as well as processes and equipment for producing the same. The container closure member is provided with one or more readily depressible and hinged opening tabs or buttons, that do not readily separate from the closure member upon becoming depressed due to the novel structure and arrangement of the buttons, their base portions and their frangible tear line sections all of which contribute to a selective concentration of stresses in the frangible tear line sections during opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Assignee: Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon R. Gane, Lawrence C. Hoffmann, Jr.
  • Easy open end
    Patent number: 3967751
    Abstract: This invention relates to an improved easy open ecological closure member for containers as well as processes and equipment for producing the same. The container closure member is provided with one or more readily depressible and hinged opening tabs or buttons, that do not readily separate from the closure member upon becoming depressed due to the novel structure and arrangement of the buttons, their base portions and their frangible tear line sections all of which contribute to a selective concentration of stresses in the frangible tear line sections during opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1976
    Assignee: Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon R. Gane, Lawrence C. Hoffmann, Jr.
  • Easy open end method and apparatus
    Patent number: 3964414
    Abstract: This invention relates to an easy open ecological closure member as well as processes and equipment for producing the same. The closure member is provided with readily depressible and hinged opening tabs or buttons, that do not readily separate from the closure member upon becoming depressed due to the novel structure and arrangement of the buttons, their base portions and their frangible tear line sections, all of which contribute to a selective concentration of stresses in the frangible tear line sections during opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Assignee: Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Gordon R. Gane
  • End closure for a container
    Patent number: D248622
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1978
    Assignee: Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Gordon R. Gane
  • End closure for a container
    Patent number: D248623
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1978
    Assignee: Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Gordon R. Gane