Patents by Inventor Michel Fougeres

Michel Fougeres 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: 5279440
    Abstract: Packaging comprising a rectangular parallelepipedal molded plastic inner can having a capacity of about one to five liters and having elongated stiffening grooves molded therein. The can has relatively large opposite side walls and relatively narrow opposite end walls and top and bottom walls and having a neck surrounding a discharge opening. The neck is disposed in an upper corner of the can on a length of wall of the can that is disposed at an acute angle to a vertical axis of the can. The opening has an axis disposed at an angle of about 15.degree. to 30.degree. to the vertical axis of the can. A stopper is provided for opening and closing the opening. The can has over most of its extent a thin wall that is about 3/10ths of a millimeter thick but has a thicker wall adjacent the neck. A cardboard outer envelope closely surrounds and contacts and supports the can. The envelope is of a single piece having fold lines that define rigid panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Novembal SA
    Inventors: Michel Fougeres, Philippe Partenay
  • Patent number: 4978025
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bag made of sheets of heat weldable plastics assembled by welding lines along their edges, and comprising a base also made of a sheet of heat weldable plastics allowing the bag to be placed in an upright position. The bag further comprises an armature extending substantially from its base to its opposite upper edge, which armature comprises a vertical rod of length approximately equal to the height of the bag and two crosspieces, an upper crosspiece along the upper edge of the bag, and a lower crosspiece along the base of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Alizol S.A.
    Inventor: Michel Fougeres