Patents by Inventor Robert S. Hayberg

Robert S. Hayberg 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: 4351630
    Abstract: A device for exercising a living hinge of an article and/or closing a lid of a cap while the article or cap is in a mold for forming the article or cap. The device includes a finger which slides between the mold sections, and, in the process, engages a portion of the article or the lid, rotates the portion or lid about the hinge, and in the case of the cap, snaps the lid shut. In an alternate preferred embodiment, when the finger reaches predetermined point it pivots toward the female mold section to snap the lid tightly shut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1982
    Assignee: Global Precision Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Hayberg, Eugene L. Foltuz
  • Patent number: 4340352
    Abstract: A device for exercising a living hinge of an article and/or closing a lid of a cap while the article or cap is in a mold for forming the article or cap. The device includes a finger which slides between the mold sections, and, in the process, engages a portion of the article or the lid, rotates the portion or lid about the hinge, and in the case of the cap, snaps the lid shut. In an alternate preferred embodiment, when the finger reaches a predetermined point it pivots toward the female mold section to snap the lid tightly shut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1982
    Assignee: Global Precision Inc.
    Inventor: Robert S. Hayberg