Patents by Inventor Stewart H. Birrell

Stewart H. Birrell 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: 4319690
    Abstract: A safety closure and container assembly including a container and a closure comprising outer and inner caps which may be attached to the container by conventional capping machines. In first, second, third and fourth embodiments of the invention, the inner cap is formed with a circular dome-shaped top panel with a skirt portion projecting axially therefrom. The projecting skirt portion is threaded on its interior surface for engagement with a conventionally threaded container finish. A plurality of upwardly extending and spaced apart drive members are integrally molded with the periphery of the top panel. A plurality of ramped ratchet lugs also extend upwardly from the upper surface of the top panel. The outer cap has a circular end wall with an axially projecting second skirt portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1982
    Assignee: International Tools (1973) Limited
    Inventors: Stewart H. Birrell, Peter Hedgewick
  • Patent number: 3933119
    Abstract: A foldable triangular traffic signalling device including a collapsible body having first, second and third leg members connected together for movement between an erect triangle forming position in which each leg member constitutes one leg of a triangle and a folded position. One of the leg members has a pair of spaced sidewall members, and the other leg members each have an inner end received in the space between the sidewall members and pivotally connected to the sidewall member such that the other leg members can be folded and stored within the space between the sidewall members when the device is not in use. Light reflective means is provided on the outer surface of the leg members to define a triangular warning device when the leg members are in their erect position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1976
    Assignee: Reflex Corporation of Canada Limited
    Inventors: Peter Hedgewick, Stewart H. Birrell