Patents by Inventor Steen Markfoged Petersen

Steen Markfoged Petersen 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: 6382462
    Abstract: A plastics pour spout fitment (3) has not only a pour spour (4) thereof welded to plastics-coated paperboard packaging material (2), but also has a plunger (14) welded to a disc (8) of the material (2), the disc (8) being defined by a ring of weakening (6) in the material. Following purely linearly axially inward displacement of the plunger (14) relative to the pour spout (4), preferably followed by rotation of the plunger (14) about the axis A of the fitment (3) relative to the spout (4), to detach the disc (8) from the remainder of the material (2), the plunger (14), and thus the disc (8), are removed from the pour spout (4) as a screw cap (12) is removed from the spout (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Elopak A.S.
    Inventors: Mogens Ostergaard-Nielsen, Nigel David Harrison, Steen Markfoged Petersen