Patents by Inventor Lorne Charles Gifford

Lorne Charles Gifford 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).

  • Opening mechanism
    Publication number: 20020069615
    Abstract: A single-handed opening mechanism for a container (1) holding a pourable substance comprising an elongate sealing element (2) which is moveable from a first closed position to a second open position. The elongate sealing element (2) is deformable and moves from the first closed position to the second deformed open position by the application of a squeezing force applied by the user's hand substantially along the length of the elongate sealing element (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Lorne Charles Gifford, Stuart Alistair Hogg