Patents by Inventor Michael Butkus

Michael Butkus 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: 9933096
    Abstract: A locking-ring closure for fastening lids on containers has: at least one screw lock and further has an open locking ring (1) having a U- or V-shaped cross section, bearing blocks (3) and (4) arranged at the ends of the locking ring, one of which bearing blocks has a through-passage hole and the other an internal thread, a screw (2) which extends through the through-passage hole in the one bearing block (3) and engages by way of its thread in the internal thread of the other bearing block (4), wherein the screw extends beyond the width of this bearing block and, on the portion that emerges from the bearing block, carries a fixed threaded ring (5) enclosing said portion. The screw (2) has, at its end opposite the screw head (6), a portion (8) adjacent to the threaded ring and arranged on that side of the threaded ring (5) that faces the screw head, which portion (8) has no thread engaging in the internal thread of the bearing block (4) and extends at least over the width of the bearing block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Butkus, Daniel Kruse, Ralf Berg
  • Publication number: 20150152988
    Abstract: Described is a locking-ring closure for fastening lids on containers, having at least one screw lock and comprising an open locking ring (1) having a U- or V-shaped cross section, bearing blocks (3) and (4) arranged at the ends of the locking ring, one of which bearing blocks has a through-passage hole and the other an internal thread, a screw (2) which extends through the through-passage hole in the one bearing block (3) and engages by way of its thread in the internal thread of the other bearing block (4), wherein the screw extends beyond the width of this bearing block and, on the portion that emerges from the bearing block, carries a fixed threaded ring (5) enclosing said portion. The screw (2) has, at its end opposite the screw head (6), a portion (8) adjacent to the threaded ring and arranged on that side of the threaded ring (5) that faces the screw head, which portion (8) has no thread engaging in the internal thread of the bearing block (4) and extends at least over the width of the bearing block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Butkus, Daniel Kruse, Ralf Berg
  • Patent number: D754534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: CLEAR LAM PACKAGING, INC.
    Inventors: James J. Sanfilippo, Eric Feld, Michael Butkus, Michael Alianello
  • Patent number: D772069
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: CLEAR LAM PACKAGING, INC.
    Inventors: James J. Sanfilippo, Eric Feld, Michael Butkus, Michael Alianello