Patents by Inventor Lawrence R. Kitterman

Lawrence R. Kitterman 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: 5065911
    Abstract: A closure is provided for use on a container. The closure includes a body for being mounted to the container over the container opening and defines a dispensing orifice. A separate lid is mounted on the body for pivoting between a closed position and an open position. A resiliently deformable biasing member extends from the lid and has a distal end for engaging the body. Restraining walls are provided on the body for restraining the distal end of the biasing member whereby the biasing member is most stressed when the lid is at an over center position between the open and closed positions to thereby bias the lid toward one of the open and closed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1991
    Assignee: Seaquist Closures
    Inventors: Robert D. Rohr, Lawrence R. Kitterman
  • Patent number: 4941592
    Abstract: A plastic molded tamper-evident dispensing closure with a tamper-evident seal. The seal is integrally molded with the closure lid and projects downwardly from a peripheral edge of the lid into interlocking engagement with the body. A seal segment is disposed in a peripheral notch in the lid to evidence access to the contents of an associated container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: Seaquist Closures
    Inventor: Lawrence R. Kitterman
  • Patent number: 4881668
    Abstract: A closure is provided for use on a container that has an opening communicating with the container interior. The closure includes a body for being mounted to the container over the container opening and for defining at least a first aperture communicating through the container opening with the container interior. The body includes a peripheral side wall outwardly of the first aperture. The closure includes a cover on the body for defining at least a first lid to cover the first aperture. The closure includes a first hinge for accommodating pivoting of the first lid between a closed position occluding first aperture and an open position spaced away from the first aperture and for connecting the first lid directly to another part of the cover or the body. The first lid includes a first engaging arm for engaging the body side wall when the first lid is in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1989
    Assignee: Seaquist Closures, A division of Pittway Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence R. Kitterman, Robert D. Rohr