Patents by Inventor Steve W. Hoag

Steve W. Hoag 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: 4426004
    Abstract: A tamper proof container and method of enclosing a medicine bottle or the like. The container comprises top and bottom portions or enclosures, each having an end wall and a side wall permanently joined to and surrounding the end wall, and spaced frangible intermediate portions interconnecting the side walls, preventing opening of the container without breaking the frangible portions. The preferred embodiment may be integrally formed of heat fusible plastic, wherein the end walls comprise similarly configured coplanar portions and the side walls provide a hinge for joining the end wall portions. The medicine bottle or the like is received through the side wall and the side walls and end wall portions are then permanently fused, forming a tamper proof container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1984
    Inventor: Steve W. Hoag