Patents by Inventor Reiner Pils

Reiner Pils 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).

  • Publication number: 20220395432
    Abstract: An apparatus may include an insert configured to be positioned between a nipple and an opening of a bottle when the nipple is mounted to the bottle. The insert is configured to facilitate airflow out of the bottle and through an interface between the nipple and the bottle when the nipple is dispensing fluid from within the bottle. A system may include a nipple, the insert, and a bottle with an opening. A method may include providing the insert, and positioning the insert between a nipple and an opening of a bottle when the nipple is mounted to the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: MAPA GmbH
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas BAYONNET, Reiner PILS, Uwe WAGENKNECHT, Torsten HASTEDT
  • Patent number: 9102447
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a push-pull closure for a drink container including a mouthpiece holder. The container includes a pin, which projects into the through-opening of the mouthpiece holder; several bars, parallel to the pin and arranged around the pin, which are connected to the mouthpiece holder and to the pin; a mouthpiece that is axially displaceable and sealing with respect to the mouthpiece on the outer circumference and accommodating the pin in the further through-opening; at least one circumferential seal element, which blocks and unblocks the passage of liquid through the further through-opening in an closing/opening position of the mouthpiece in the mouthpiece holder; and several ribs of a soft elastic material, axially extending on the circumference of the mouthpiece at the bottom, wherein the mouthpiece may be inserted into the mouthpiece holder, and the bars can engage free spaces and the ribs engage recesses between the bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: MAPA GMBH
    Inventors: Reiner Pils, Uwe Wagenknecht, Thorsten Hastedt
  • Publication number: 20110198309
    Abstract: Closure system for a children's drinking bottle or a children's drinking cup comprising a sealing ring which has on an external periphery a fastening means for sealingly and releasably connecting to a container edge of a container of the children's drinking bottle or the children's drinking cup, an aperture for receiving a mouthpiece and/or a blind lid and an internal thread, which borders the aperture and is arranged at a distance from the aperture and the fastening means and a fixing insert with a through aperture and an external thread which may be screwed into the internal thread of the sealing ring in order to clamp sealingly a fastening attachment of the mouthpiece and/or the blind lid between the fixing insert and the sealing ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: MAPA GMBH GUMMI- UND PLASTIKWERKE
    Inventors: Eckhard Itzek, Bjoern Frederik Seidler, Reiner Pils, Celine Mialet, Bertrand Coutellier
  • Patent number: D520640
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Pils, Stephane Pottier
  • Patent number: D541422
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Pils, Stephane Pottier
  • Patent number: RE43730
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: MAPA GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Pils, Stephane Pottier