Patents by Inventor Mike Bridge

Mike Bridge 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: 6360909
    Abstract: A closure for sealing a product container. The closure includes a body, a frangible seal and a lid. The body includes a flange which projects downward from the seal and a skirt which projects upward from the seal. The flange is engagable with the interior surface of the container and the skirt retains a reclosable lid in its closed position. The frangible seal covers an opening in the body and has a tear strip which is defined by a pair of spaced-apart grooves. An integral finger grip is located at one end of the tear strip. The finger grip has a pair of upwardly-angled gripping tabs which are attached to the tear strip by a spacer. The lid is tethered to the skirt and includes a lifting tab. The tether and the lifting tab are located in respective notches in the upper edge of the skirt when the lid is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Mike Bridge