Patents by Inventor Kathleen Kurek

Kathleen Kurek 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).

  • Publication number: 20050279761
    Abstract: A hermetically sealed container for liquid contents occluded by a pierceable top and a separate dispensing cap threaded over the container and including a spike that defines a through passageway which terminates in a dispensing nozzle at one end and a pointed piercing tip at the other end. The piercing tip defines a pair of spaced apertures for dispensing drops of uniform, repeatable, and controllable size through the dispensing nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Gerhard Weiler, Kathleen Kurek
  • Publication number: 20050045579
    Abstract: A child safety overcap is provided for a hermetically sealed container with a twist-off access closure having a unitary grip tab. The overcap has a top portion defining at least one slot adapted to engage the tab on the access closure when the overcap is pushed toward the container and a skirt portion that terminates in an expandable rim, e.g., provided with dentils adapted to flex away from the container when the overcap is pushed toward the container. Beads extending inwardly from a distal end of each of the dentils are adapted to snap into a circumferentially groove formed in a neck portion of the container for removably securing the overcap to the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Gerhard Weiler, Kathleen Kurek