Patents by Inventor Gregory Sprishen

Gregory Sprishen 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: 6854613
    Abstract: A combined container and child-resistant closure system includes a double-shell cap with a first skirt and a second skirt disposed within the first skirt. A pair of opposing protrusions extend from an interior surface of the first skirt. A pair of opposing finger pads are provided on an exterior surface of the first skirt. An interior surface of the second skirt is threaded. The container includes a threaded neck and a collar at the base of the neck. An outer edge of the collar forms an ellipse with major and minor axes. A pair of opposing notches are provided at apses of the major axis. When the cap is tightened onto the container, the protrusions mate with the notches to prevent removal of the cap unless the finger pads are compressed, deforming the first skirt such that the protrusions are released from the notches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Drug Plastics & Glass Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick N. Biesecker, Gregory Sprishen, Jason Robinson
  • Publication number: 20040222181
    Abstract: A combined container and child-resistant closure system includes a double-shell cap with a first skirt and a second skirt disposed within the first skirt. A pair of opposing protrusions extend from an interior surface of the first skirt. A pair of opposing finger pads are provided on an exterior surface of the first skirt. An interior surface of the second skirt is threaded. The container includes a threaded neck and a collar at the base of the neck. An outer edge of the collar forms an ellipse with major and minor axes. A pair of opposing notches are provided at apses of the major axis. When the cap is tightened onto the container, the protrusions mate with the notches to prevent removal of the cap unless the finger pads are compressed, deforming the first skirt such that the protrusions are released from the notches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: Drug Plastics & Glass Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick N. Biesecker, Gregory Sprishen, Jason Robinson
  • Publication number: 20030136753
    Abstract: A child resistant cap for a bottle includes a cover portion with a periphery having a wall with an internal surface surrounds the neck when the cap is positioned on the bottle. The bottle includes a neck, an opening and a rib with a gap. A finger and a locking lug extend from the internal surface. The finger has a length less than a length of the gap. The locking lug has a length greater than the length of the gap. The locking lug and the finger engage the rib and permit a rotation between a first position, where the finger and gap are aligned and a series of second positions, where the finger and gap are not aligned. A tab extends from the cover portion for applying a force to the cover when the cap is in the first position to remove the cap from the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Frederick N. Biesecker, Gregory Sprishen
  • Publication number: 20010048988
    Abstract: Bottles useful as pharmaceutical containers are provided are provided which include molding compositions having polyolefin of a density of at least about 0.89 g/cm3 which may be formed from a catalyst comprising a metallocene and which may have a 60° specular gloss of at least about 25. A method for forming a blow molded bottle and bottles formed from that method are also provided. The bottles are useful as pharmaceutical containers, and the method includes providing a molding composition having a polyolefin to a blow mold defining a blow molding chamber, wherein the polyolefin has a density of at least about 0.89 g/cm3; and blow molding the molding composition in the molding chamber while allowing air and gases to escape outwardly through the molding chamber to form a bottle, wherein the molding chamber has a metal having a plurality of pores and the air and gases escape outwardly from the molding chamber through the pores in the metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventors: GLENN J. FORTE, GREGORY SPRISHEN, LORNE D. PALANSKY
  • Patent number: D391485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Drug Plastics and Glass Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick N. Biesecker, II, Gregory Sprishen