Patents by Inventor Larry C. Sledge

Larry C. Sledge 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: 5275291
    Abstract: A child-resistant, elderly friendly dispensing container comprises a housing having an opening in its top wall and a drawer which slideably fits in the housing. The drawer has a front cavity section and a rear latch section. The latch section includes a horizontally disposed resilient panel formed with an upward button which, when the drawer is closed, extends up through the opening in the top wall of the housing and forms an automatic latch, holding the drawer closed. In order to open the drawer, the button must be depressed and, at the same time, the drawer must be pulled out from the housing. The top of the housing is formed, adjacent the opening for the button, with a relief zone into which the button moves when the drawer is in dispensing position and blocks further opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Tredegar Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Larry C. Sledge
  • Patent number: 4984714
    Abstract: In this assembly the spout attachment has at the top of its vertical wall a flat annular wiper flange having an upstanding sealing bead. The flange is clamped between the top of the mouth of the bottle and the undersurface of the closure so that the bead seals against the closure and no liner is necessary in the closure. To keep the attachment from uncontrolled rotation as the closure is screwed on and off, the vertical wall of the attachment is provided with a pair of horizontally aligned closely spaced lugs which straddle an inward protrusion in the mouth of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1991
    Assignee: Specialty Packaging Licensing Company
    Inventor: Larry C. Sledge
  • Patent number: 4892208
    Abstract: Closure assembly includes a lid carrier or base having a hinged lid. The top wall of the lid carrier has a sealing means surrounded by a downward alignment sleeve. The assembly is especially useful with high-speed automatic container-capping machinery, because the sleeve cooperates with the cylindrical upright neck or spout on a container to see that the closure assembly is not cocked prior to sealing and that the top of the spout makes square contact with the sealing means to assure a good seal. The sleeve is interrupted on the opposite side of the carrier from the hinge so that it does not interfere with action of a latch depending from the lid. The spout itself forms a stop for the latch so that it will not be overextended and break when it is pressed in unlatching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1990
    Assignee: Specialty Packaging Licensing Company
    Inventor: Larry C. Sledge
  • Patent number: 4852770
    Abstract: This invention relates to a child-resistant dispensing closure for fitment to a container. The closure has a base portion and a cap portion hingedly connected thereto. This child-resistant features includes an elongated, flexible, resilient post which extends upwardly from the base and which has an enlarged upper end. When the cap is brought to the closed position, the elongated upper end passes through an aperture in the cap top wall and assumes a position which interferes with the opening of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Assignee: Specialty Packaging Licensing Co.
    Inventors: Larry C. Sledge, Gordon J. Filipczak
  • Patent number: D259816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1981
    Assignee: Clairol Incorporated
    Inventor: Larry C. Sledge
  • Patent number: D268896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1983
    Assignee: Ethyl Development Corporation
    Inventor: Larry C. Sledge
  • Patent number: D268906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1983
    Assignee: Ethyl Development Corporation
    Inventor: Larry C. Sledge
  • Patent number: D268907
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1983
    Assignee: Ethyl Development Corporation
    Inventor: Larry C. Sledge
  • Patent number: D319981
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignee: Specialty Packaging Licensing Company
    Inventor: Larry C. Sledge