Patents by Inventor Mark Clause

Mark Clause 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: 8746476
    Abstract: A seal covering a discharge port of a container is opened without leaving superfluous elements on the container by a container closure unit which has seal-piercing knife-like elements mounted on a flexible dome-shaped base which is located to place the knife-like elements adjacent to the seal. The dome-shaped base is flexed to move the knife-like elements through the seal and then to move them outwardly toward the periphery of the seal to cut slits in the seal. The slits act as fluid passages to permit decanting of the fluid from the container. Once the seal has been opened, the dome-shaped base is removed using a pull ring and discarded. The container closure unit has a cap which is used to close the container discharge port between uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Berlin Packaging, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Clause, Brett Niggel
  • Patent number: 6540114
    Abstract: A dual tamper evident container closure for a dispensing container, the cap portion being of a type intended to be held permanently captive on the container having a nozzle dispensing opening, multiple sealing flanges and dual locking engagement beads to retain the cap portion on the container. The closure portion is registerable over the dispensing opening and retained to the cap portion by a flexible web. Both the cap portion and the closure portion have depending interconnected frangible bands that engage and are retained on the respective container and nozzle to indicate prior opening or tampering with the container closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: West Penn Plastic, Inc.
    Inventors: John Popovich, Mark Clause, Michael Marino
  • Patent number: D573880
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: All-Pak, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Clause, Brett Niggel