Patents by Inventor Hubert Thier

Hubert Thier 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: 5114243
    Abstract: A package having an openable end, and a closure structure for closing the openable end. The closure structure comprises at least one aperture-set which includes a respective aperture in each of at least two sheet segments of the package. Each aperture has a tab which presents a free end depending within its respective aperture from a flex line. The flex line partially bounds the respective aperture, and respective apertures in each aperture-set are generally adjacently registrable in a covered position. The at least two sheet segments are held in the covered position by displacing the distal end of the tab associated with each respective aperture of an aperture-set through at least the next adjacent respective aperture of the aperture-set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: Sengewald/USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Hubert Thier