Patents by Inventor STEVE LOFTUS

STEVE LOFTUS 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: 11485541
    Abstract: In the case of a pallet made of plastic for holding substantially cylindrical kegs with a pallet support surface for the keg holder, which comprises upwardly protruding supporting projections for supporting the kegs placed on the support surface, the supporting projections are configured and arranged on the support surface such that kegs with different keg diameter sizes can be supported by these supporting projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Schoeller Allibert GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Swartz, Steve Loftus
  • Patent number: 11155387
    Abstract: A container has an opening that can be closed by a lid and latching elements for releasably locking the lid. The latching elements are arranged in a region of overlap of the container wall and the lid side wall. The latching elements are separately inserted latching elements received in latching-element receptacles, and include latching hooks. The latching hooks can be brought into engagement with inversely corresponding latching-hook receptacles when the container opening is closed by the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SCHOELLER ALLIBERT GMBH
    Inventors: Andrew Cope, Steve Loftus, John Stringer
  • Publication number: 20200172289
    Abstract: In the case of a pallet made of plastic for holding substantially cylindrical kegs with a pallet support surface for the keg holder, which comprises upwardly protruding supporting projections for supporting the kegs placed on the support surface, the supporting projections are configured and arranged on the support surface such that kegs with different keg diameter sizes can be supported by these supporting projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Dennis Swartz, Steve Loftus
  • Publication number: 20200108982
    Abstract: A container has an opening that can be closed by a lid and latching elements for releasably locking the lid. The latching elements are arranged in a region of overlap of the container wall and the lid side wall. The latching elements are separately inserted latching elements received in latching-element receptacles, and include latching hooks. The latching hooks can be brought into engagement with inversely corresponding latching-hook receptacles when the container opening is closed by the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: ANDREW COPE, STEVE LOFTUS, JOHN STRINGER
  • Patent number: 10150587
    Abstract: A hinge assembly is disclosed between two walls sections of a container which are pivotable relative to one another, with a hinge pin provided at a first wall section and a hinge pin attachment provided at a second wall section, the hinge pin fitting positively in the hinge pin attachment and being rotationally and translationally movable in such a way as to allow a parallel shift of the rotational axis of the hinge pin. A pair of guide contours are provided on the wall sections, in contact with one another and formed separately from the hinge pin and hinge pin attachment to define a simultaneous rotational and translational movement of the hinge pin in the hinge pin attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: SCHOELLER ALLIBERT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Berling, Steve Loftus
  • Publication number: 20180029748
    Abstract: A hinge assembly is disclosed between two walls sections of a container which are pivotable relative to one another, with a hinge pin provided at a first wall section and a hinge pin attachment provided at a second wall section, the hinge pin fitting positively in the hinge pin attachment and being rotationally and translationally movable in such a way as to allow a parallel shift of the rotational axis of the hinge pin. A pair of guide contours are provided on the wall sections, in contact with one another and formed separately from the hinge pin and hinge pin attachment to define a simultaneous rotational and translational movement of the hinge pin in the hinge pin attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: MICHAEL BERLING, STEVE LOFTUS