Patents by Inventor Graeme HOOD

Graeme HOOD 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: 11685575
    Abstract: A tamper-evident closure comprising a cap and a retaining ring, the retaining ring is connected to the sidewall by a plurality of bridges, at least one of the bridges is frangible and at least one of the bridges is non-frangible whereby to form a link between the ring and the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Lino Dreyer, Graeme Hood, Claude Benoit-Gonin, Jean-Yves Rognard, Axel Rognard
  • Publication number: 20220267052
    Abstract: A closure for a container is provided. The closure comprises a cap and a retaining ring arranged under the cap for retaining the closure on the container in use. The cap and ring are joined by a pair of connecting arms. A first arm is non-frangibly connected to the cap at a cap tether end and circumferentially anticlockwise therefrom is non-frangibly connected to the ring at a ring root end. A second arm is non-frangibly connected to the cap at a cap tether end and circumferentially clockwise therefrom is non-frangibly connected to the ring at a ring root end. The cap can be tilted away from the ring with the arms providing a hinge-like function, and each of the arms twists between its cap tether end and its ring root end, whereby tension is generated in the arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Lino DREYER, Graeme HOOD, Alexandre ROUQUETTE, Sebastien WIDMER
  • Publication number: 20210188488
    Abstract: A tamper-evident closure comprising a cap and a retaining ring, the retaining ring is connected to the sidewall by a plurality of bridges, at least one of the bridges is frangible and at least one of the bridges is non-frangible whereby to form a link between the ring and the sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Lino Dreyer, Graeme HOOD, Claude BENOIT-GONIN, Jean-Yves ROGNARD, Axel ROGNARD
  • Publication number: 20210122532
    Abstract: A tamper-evident closure (10) for a container mouth, comprising a cap and a retaining ring arranged under the cap for retaining the closure on the container, the cap is separable from the ring, the cap and ring are joined by a pair of arms (37, 39), the arms are non-frangibly connected to a common root (40) at one end, the other end (36) one of the arms is non-frangibly connected at a circumferentially clockwise location from the root and the other end (38) of the other arm is non-frangibly connected to a circumferentially anticlockwise location from the root, whereby the arms permit axial separation of the cap from the ring and assume a generally V-form configuration when doing so and whereby the cap remains tethered to the ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Lino DREYER, Graeme HOOD, Claude BENOIT-GONIN
  • Publication number: 20210039840
    Abstract: A closure (10) for a container mouth, comprising a cap (15) and a retaining ring (20) for retaining the closure on a container mouth, a tether (45) is provided between the cap side wall and the retaining ring along the circumference of the cap, one end of the tether is fixedly connected to the side wall and the other end is fixedly connected to the retaining ring, in which the tether is connected to the cap by a root (30) and extends from the root in a clockwise direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Claude BENOIT-GONIN, Sebastien WIDMER, Axel ROGNARD, Lino DREYER, Graeme HOOD