Patents by Inventor Joseph P. Lastik

Joseph P. Lastik 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).

  • Easy opening closure member assembly for a beverage container
    Patent number: 6244455
    Abstract: An easy-opening closure member for a beverage or other container having a selectively openable tab defined in an end wall of the container with a predetermined separation or space formed therebetween. A hinge connects the end wall and the tab. A tape seals the undersurface of the end wall of the beverage container to the tab before opening. After opening the container by slight finger pressure, the tape adheres to the tab and separates from the end wall. A fingernail slot or other opening may be located on the tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Inventor: Joseph P. Lastik
  • Securing pads for sheet shipping containers
    Patent number: 4225043
    Abstract: Automotive lites, e.g., windshields are secured in a shipping container by positioning a foamed polyethylene pad on edge portion of a windshield and urging the pad and windshield edge portion into corresponding slot of spaced logs mounted on the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1980
    Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph P. Lastik