Patents by Inventor Jack V. Croyle

Jack V. Croyle 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: 4207997
    Abstract: A handle member and a complementary handle member are transversly affixed to respective free ends of a pair of opposed straps extending from an endless member which can embrace a container. The handle member includes an edge and a lip which are detachably engageable with a lip and an edge, respectively, carried by the complementary handle member to form a handle structure. The handle member and the complementary handle member are retained in engagement in response to resilient deformation of the straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1980
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Jack V. Croyle
  • Patent number: 4179040
    Abstract: A container having a slidable article-removing internal insert which consists of a tray and a projecting handle that is so constructed to be guided for unobstructable movement within the container receptacle. Moreover, the means for such guided movement is incorporated into the handle arrangement of the insert in a fashion that positively restrains the insert for virtually the whole extent of its travel in the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1979
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Robert F. Bateman, Jack V. Croyle
  • Patent number: 4047648
    Abstract: A container for dispensing pourable materials, ideally liquids, having a cup-shaped lower portion with a bottom wall and a continuous upstanding peripheral wall terminating at an upper edge, a seal engaging the upper edge in a liquid type manner, a pouring spout extending upwardly from the seal, an upstanding wall integral with the seal and surrounding the pouring spout, a small opening in the bottom of the wall which permits any liquid collected within the area inside the wall to drain through the hole and into the cup-shaped portion, and a pivotally mounted cap movable from an open position (to permit liquid to be dispensed from the pouring spout) to a position over the pouring spout to seal the pouring spout and the wall opening from the atmosphere. The cap is maintained in the open position by a portion of the pivoting mechanism engaging the top of the seal in a cam-like action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1977
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Jack V. Croyle
  • Patent number: D247848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1978
    Assignee: Dart Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Jack V. Croyle
  • Patent number: D254170
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1980
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Jack V. Croyle, Robert F. Bateman
  • Patent number: D256078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1980
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Jack V. Croyle, Robert F. Bateman
  • Patent number: D257201
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1980
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Jack V. Croyle, Robert F. Bateman
  • Patent number: D263059
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1982
    Assignee: Dart Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Jack V. Croyle, Rino Conti