Patents by Inventor Michael Deekes

Michael Deekes 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: 5730352
    Abstract: The container includes a sheet rolled or folded into a tube of a required cross-section and a bottom cap and top cap for the tube ends, each end cap defining an endless groove corresponding to the tube cross-section. At least one wall defining the groove of at least one of the end caps has projections at spaced locations, each shaped to provide a lead-in face and a rear retaining face. The sheet is provided with appropriately shaped apertures at spaced locations corresponding to the projections adjacent one end edge thereof, the arrangement being such that, in fitting the end cap to its adjacent tube end, the apertures of the tube end are guided by the lead-in and opposed faces of the end cap, to locate over and be positively retained by the retaining faces of their corresponding projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Associated Marketing Direction
    Inventor: Michael Deekes