Patents by Inventor Kenneth Matthew Schneider

Kenneth Matthew Schneider 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: 6578223
    Abstract: A tool for opening and re-sealing containers is provided. The tool includes a body having a first end and a second end. The tool also includes a hook at the first end to engage holes in tabs of a first container to release a lid of the container. The tool further includes a splayed member at the second end having a gap to engage and re-seal the lid onto the container, a cut block to provide a fulcrum on which to leverage the body, and a leverage block to provide a fulcrum on which to leverage the body. The tool also includes a blade coupled to the body to operate in concert with the cut block to cut a lid of a second container to create tabs on the lid and a pry member mounted on the body configured to operate in concert with the leverage block to pry the tabs of the second container lids to release the lid of the second container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Vestil Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventors: Robert Andrew Link, Deryl Thomas Webster, Kenneth Matthew Schneider