Patents by Inventor Jeffrey S. Lugar

Jeffrey S. Lugar 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).

  • Method of making a flexible tube
    Patent number: 5800770
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus wherein a container is formed, decorated by rotating the container and then the base of the contianer is cut off for a plastic tube, a container is formed with a diametral lug on the base to facilitate rotating the container during decorating. In another form, opposed diametral surfaces are provided on the lower end of the container adjacent the base. In another form, the diametral surfaces are arcuate. In another form, the lower end of the container includes a frustoconical surface. In another form, circumferentially spaced axial grooves are provided in the frustoconical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Plastic Products Inc.
    Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Thomas J. Krall, Jeffrey S. Lugar, Michael D. Norton