Patents by Inventor Gunter Horntrich

Gunter Horntrich 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: 7938281
    Abstract: A leakproof bottle for feeding a child includes a first external thread around a bottle opening, and a lower closure ring having a first internal thread, which is screwed onto the first external thread and has at least one first throughflow hole. An upper closure ring has a second external thread on which the lower closure ring sits in a sealing manner and which has at least one second throughflow hole which, by rotation of the upper closure ring relative to the lower closure ring, can be brought into coinciding and non-coinciding positions relative to the first throughflow hole. Locking elements can rotate the lower closure ring and upper closure ring relative to each other and releasable lock them, with a drinking teat and a screw ring having a second internal thread, which is screwed onto the second external thread of the upper closure ring, releasably securing a lower edge region of the drinking teat to upper closure ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH Gummi- und Plastikwerke
    Inventors: Günter Horntrich, Eckhard Itzek
  • Publication number: 20090039049
    Abstract: A leakproof bottle for feeding a child includes a first external thread around a bottle opening, and a lower closure ring having a first internal thread, which is screwed onto the first external thread and has at least one first throughflow hole. An upper closure ring has a second external thread on which the lower closure ring sits in a sealing manner and which has at least one second throughflow hole which, by rotation of the upper closure ring relative to the lower closure ring, can be brought into coinciding and non-coinciding positions relative to the first throughflow hole. Locking elements can rotate the lower closure ring and upper closure ring relative to each other and releasable lock them, with a drinking teat and a screw ring having a second internal thread, which is screwed onto the second external thread of the upper closure ring, releasably securing a lower edge region of the drinking teat to upper closure ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Gunter Horntrich, Eckhard Itzek
  • Patent number: 5709305
    Abstract: A new dispenser for solid pharmaceutical preparations consists of a flat container with a removal well 3 which can be closed or opened by the flipping round of a closure member 5 with a convexity 6 engaging in the removal well 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Essig, Heribert Hausler, Hans-Dieter Ruthemann, Klaus-Dieter Eckert, Frank Landwehr, Thomas Zimmer, Dieter Berndt, Thomas Reiner, Gunter Horntrich, Reiner Reeg
  • Patent number: 4972587
    Abstract: A device for the portioning of sausagelike food products, characterized by a substantially axially symmetric caplike body made of a material having flexural elasticity, and comprising a section which is formed by an approximately L-shaped slot extending from an edge of the body in the direction of its bottom and then substantially parallel to the edge and the bottom of the body, and which when not loaded extends tangentially to the body and is provided with a cutting nose directed toward the interior of the body and lying approximately in the plane of the edge of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1990
    Assignee: EFFEM GmbH
    Inventor: Gunter Horntrich
  • Patent number: 4768671
    Abstract: A stationary hinged covering device for a removably arranged container of an oral rinsing device comprises an upright support with a horizontally disposed stationary carrier secured to the support. A container cover has a front portion and a slightly heavier rear portion with a hinge pivotally connecting the container cover to the stationary carrier at a point between the front and rear portions of the cover. The cover has a rearwardly and downwardly extending flap at the rear portion thereof arranged to engage the rim of a container when positioned under the cover. When the container is removed the front portion of the cover swings in an upward direction about the hinge while the rear portion swings in a downward direction. When the container is positioned directly under the cover the cover is horizontally disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Assignee: Blendax-Werke, R. Schneider GmbH & Company
    Inventor: Gunter Horntrich
  • Patent number: D439182
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Soehnle AG
    Inventors: Thomas Gerlach, Günter Horntrich
  • Patent number: D448486
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH
    Inventor: Günter Horntrich
  • Patent number: D452373
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH Gummi-und Plastikwerke
    Inventor: Günter Horntrich
  • Patent number: D260272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1981
    Assignee: Messrs. Kreuzer-Werk GmbH
    Inventor: Gunter Horntrich
  • Patent number: D268935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1983
    Assignee: Messrs. Kreuzer-Werk GmbH
    Inventor: Gunter Horntrich
  • Patent number: D283901
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1986
    Assignee: Kreuzer Produktion and Vertrieb GmbH
    Inventor: Gunter Horntrich
  • Patent number: D303549
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1989
    Assignee: Kreuzer Produktion+Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gunter Horntrich
  • Patent number: D426479
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Soehnle AG
    Inventors: Thomas Gerlach, Gunter Horntrich