Patents by Inventor L. Berge
L. Berge 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).
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Publication number: 20210130052Abstract: A 2-piece closure includes a cap having a first skirt perpendicular to, and extending downwardly from, a first circular top wall. The first skirt includes a groove and a first anti-rotation formation. A tamper band attaches to the first skirt by frangible members. A cap cover includes a second skirt extending downwardly from a second circular top wall. The second circular top wall and the second skirt define an interior having a groove engagement formation and a second anti-rotation formation. The cap cover encloses a portion of the cap, with the groove engagement formation and the groove engaged. The first and second anti-rotation formations interact to restrict rotation of the cap cover relative to the cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2019Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventor: Gary L. Berge
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Publication number: 20210078773Abstract: A closure includes a flip-top structure and a tamper-evident band. The flip-top structure is restricted from being opened because it interfaces against an underlying protrusion, such as a thread of a container's neck. To open the flip-top structure the closure is rotated with respect to the container neck. When the closure is rotated with respect to the container neck, the closure is configured such that the tamper-evident band breaks before the flip-top structure is permitted to rotate to an open position. Thus, the closure prevents accessing the container's contents until after the tamper-evident band is broken even with the addition of a flip-top structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2019Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Gary L. Berge, Thomas P. Hennessy
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Publication number: 20210024260Abstract: A closure includes a hinged sealing element including a top wall and a first skirt. The first skirt has a sealing formation allowing engagement of a mating sealing formation of a bottle. A second skirt has an attachment formation engageable with a mating attachment formation of the bottle. A plurality of frangible members is attached to each of the skirts. A pair of hinge members is attached between the first and second skirts. A biasing member is attached to the first skirt between the hinge members and extending downwardly from the first skirt to interact with a neck portion of the bottle such that the sealing formation of the first skirt and the mating sealing formation of the bottle are biased toward each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Gary L. Berge, Thomas P. Hennessy
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Patent number: 10843849Abstract: A includes a body and a top structure coupled to the body. The body includes a top panel and two annular walls extending in a same direction from a surface of the top panel. One or more ribs extend from the top panel between the inner annular wall and the outer annular wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Silgan White Cap LLCInventor: Gary L. Berge
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Publication number: 20200255195Abstract: A closure including a base, a cutter and a cap is described which is configured to be attached to a container. Upon initial removal of the cap from the base, the cutter is configured to move downwards relative to the base so as to create an opening through the container. The portion of the container through which the cutter creates an opening may be formed of a film that is configured to be easily pierceable by the cutter. Methods of molding the closure components may include co-molding the cutter and base an in integral unit so as to facilitate and expedite assembly of the base, cutter and cap components to form the closure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventor: Gary L. Berge
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Patent number: 10392161Abstract: A container assembly including a pouch, spout and closure is provided. When the pouch and spout are attached, one or more cavities are formed between the inner surfaces of the sidewall of the pouch and the external surface of a mounting portion of the spout. One or both of the spout and pouch include a vent which provides for fluid communication between the cavity and the ambient environment on the outside of the pouch. The vents are configured to allow for pressure equalization of the cavity relative to the outside of the pouch during sterilization of the container assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Silgan White Cap LLCInventor: Gary L. Berge
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Publication number: 20180265259Abstract: A container assembly including a pouch, spout and closure is provided. When the pouch and spout are attached, one or more cavities are formed between the inner surfaces of the sidewall of the pouch and the external surface of a mounting portion of the spout. One or both of the spout and pouch include a vent which provides for fluid communication between the cavity and the ambient environment on the outside of the pouch. The vents are configured to allow for pressure equalization of the cavity relative to the outside of the pouch during sterilization of the container assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventor: Gary L. Berge
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Patent number: 9938050Abstract: A container assembly including a pouch, spout and closure is provided. The closure includes a tamper-evident band having two or more wall sections. Adjacent wall sections of the tamper band may be connected to one another with frangible connectors configured to break upon twist-off of the closure from the spout. The closure also includes one or more support walls supported between an outer wall and central wall of the closure. The closure further includes one or more hinges attaching the ends of the wall sections of the tamper band to the lower ends of the support walls. The hinges are configured to increase the resistance required to break or otherwise distort the frangible connections of the tamper-evident band, so as to prevent or lower the risk of accidental or inadvertent breakage of the tamper-evident band prior to twist-off of the closure from the spout.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Silgan White Cap LLCInventor: Gary L. Berge
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Publication number: 20170327278Abstract: A container assembly including a pouch, spout and closure is provided. The closure includes a tamper-evident band comprising two or more wall sections. Adjacent wall sections of the tamper band may be connected to one another with frangible connectors configured to break upon twist-off of the closure from the spout. The closure also includes one or more support walls supported between an outer wall and central wall of the closure. The closure further includes one or more hinges attaching the ends of the wall sections of the tamper band to the lower ends of the support walls. The hinges are configured to increase the resistance required to break or otherwise distort the frangible connections of the tamper-evident band, so as to prevent or lower the risk of accidental or inadvertent breakage of the tamper-evident band prior to twist-off of the closure from the spout.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventor: Gary L. Berge
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Patent number: 9072371Abstract: An oral care system and method for applying a fluid to an oral surface, including a method of manufacturing the same. In one embodiment, the invention can be an oral care system comprising: a toothbrush; and a dispenser detachably coupled to the toothbrush, the dispenser comprising: an internal reservoir containing a fluid; and a conduit in fluid communication with the reservoir and terminating in an orifice for dispensing the fluid; and a plug having a proximal plug portion disposed within the conduit and a distal plug portion disposed within a socket of the toothbrush.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANYInventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Sharon Kennedy, Robert Moskovich, John Gatzemeyer, Gary L. Berge, Suman Kumar Chopra
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Patent number: 8851779Abstract: A portable oral care system comprising a toothbrush having a detachable handle portion forming a dispenser containing an oral care product. The dispenser is configured as a dispensing pen having a dispensing orifice or applicator at one end. The dispenser includes a ratchet-type fluid dispensing system for delivering the oral care product. The dispenser includes a self-biasing push button actuator formed of a deformable elastomeric material with an elastic memory. A user may detach the dispenser from the toothbrush, apply the product to an oral surface by depressing the actuator, and re-mount the dispenser in the toothbrush for storage.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Sharon Kennedy, John Gatzemeyer, Gary L. Berge
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Publication number: 20140263149Abstract: A container is provided. The container includes a neck. The neck includes coupling features. A first closure is configured to be coupled to the container by a first coupling feature. A second closure is configured to be coupled to the container by a second coupling feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Portola Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Gary L. Berge, Mike Xiaoli Ma
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Publication number: 20120114410Abstract: A portable oral care system comprising a toothbrush having a detachable handle portion forming a dispenser containing an oral care product. The dispenser is configured as a dispensing pen having a dispensing orifice or applicator at one end. The dispenser includes a ratchet-type fluid dispensing system for delivering the oral care product. The dispenser includes a self-biasing push button actuator formed of a deformable elastomeric material with an elastic memory. A user may detach the dispenser from the toothbrush, apply the product to an oral surface by depressing the actuator, and re-mount the dispenser in the toothbrush for storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANYInventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Sharon Kennedy, John Gatzemeyer, Gary L. Berge
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Patent number: 8141793Abstract: The present invention is a gel air freshener article of manufacture comprising a gel air freshener composition and a container that provides a method for unsealing and opening without undue exertion by the consumer. The article of manufacture according to the present invention includes the gel air freshener composition and a container comprising a base portion and axially displaceable cover in telescopic registry, wherein the cover is axially displaced away from the base portion by rotation. The unsealing of the container is achieved through the coordination of camming locks, which comprise an upper ramped surface, with spike-shaped locking wedges that comprise a beveled toe portion, elongated shaft portion and camming head portion. Rotation of the cover in a first direction relative to the base portion locks the toe end and shaft portions of the spike-shaped locking wedges beneath the camming locks.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2009Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: The Dial CorporationInventors: Judith A. Wallis, Elizabeth Polaski, Steven Carter, Deborah J. Cowan, Gary L. Berge, Ronald Hedman
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Publication number: 20110314623Abstract: An oral care system and method for applying a fluid to an oral surface, including a method of manufacturing the same. In one embodiment, the invention can be an oral care system comprising: a toothbrush; and a dispenser detachably coupled to the toothbrush, the dispenser comprising: an internal reservoir containing a fluid; and a conduit in fluid communication with the reservoir and terminating in an orifice for dispensing the fluid; and a plug having a proximal plug portion disposed within the conduit and a distal plug portion disposed within a socket of the toothbrush.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: December 29, 2011Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Sharon Kennedy, Robert Moskovich, John Gatzemeyer, Gary L. Berge, Suman Kumar Chopra
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Publication number: 20110011947Abstract: The present invention is a gel air freshener article of manufacture comprising a gel air freshener composition and a container that provides a method for unsealing and opening without undue exertion by the consumer. The article of manufacture according to the present invention includes the gel air freshener composition and a container comprising a base portion and axially displaceable cover in telescopic registry, wherein the cover is axially displaced away from the base portion by rotation. The unsealing of the container is achieved through the coordination of camming locks, which comprise an upper ramped surface, with spike-shaped locking wedges that comprise a beveled toe portion, elongated shaft portion and camming head portion. Rotation of the cover in a first direction relative to the base portion locks the toe end and shaft portions of the spike-shaped locking wedges beneath the camming locks.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2009Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: The Dial CorporationInventors: Judith A. Wallis, Elizabeth Polaski, Steven Carter, Deborah J. Cowan, Gary L. Berge, Ronald Hedman
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Patent number: 7806286Abstract: A closure device and methods for manufacturing closure a device having a lid that is capable of alternating convex-to-concave movement and concave-to-convex movement. The lid may be mounted to a closure body, which may, for example, contain substances for attracting and exterminating pests, such as ants, other insects, snakes, and rodents. In other embodiments, the closure body may contain other substances, for example, a vaporizable air freshener. Certain embodiments may include a stake for affixing the closure body to the ground.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2008Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Rexam Consumer Plastics, Inc.Inventor: Gary L. Berge
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Patent number: D847633Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Silgan White Cap LLCInventors: Gary L. Berge, Thomas Patrick Hennessy
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Patent number: D871904Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Silgan White Cap LLCInventors: Gary L. Berge, Thomas Patrick Hennessy
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Patent number: D915199Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Silgan White Cap LLCInventors: Gary L. Berge, Thomas P. Hennessy