Patents by Inventor Thomas Dolan

Thomas Dolan 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: 5494200
    Abstract: A container for siftable products such as powders, solid particulates, spices, condiments and the like, comprises a bottle having a threaded neck, a screw cap for the bottle, and a sifter member disposed in the cap. The cap and sifter member are yieldably held together to constitute an assemblage which is applied to the bottle after the latter has been filled. The applying of the cap to the bottle forces the sifter to be transferred to and firmly secured on the bottle neck by cooperable configurations thereon, which provide a more aggressive grip or securement than the hold of the cap on the sifter. In consequence, whenever thereafter the cap is removed from the bottle, the sifter will remain operatively secured to the bottle to carry out its function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Brent River Packaging Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Sheffler, Thomas Dolan
  • Patent number: 5456463
    Abstract: A goalie hockey stick includes a blade and a shaft joined at a heel, the shaft including a widened shaft portion and a narrow handle portion. An ergonomic handgrip is formed between the widened shaft portion and the handle portion. The handle portion is offset from the widened shaft portion to enable the lower surface of the handle portion to be close to but spaced from the playing surface when the hockey stick is held in a horizontal position against the playing surface such that a puck is prevented from sliding thereunder, but the gloved fingers of the goalie can grip anywhere on the shaft or the handle. An endcap is formed at the end of the shaft to offset the weight of the blade and has a stop portion to maintain a predetermined distance between the lower surface of the handle portion and the playing surface when the hockey stick is held in a horizontal position against the playing surface. The hockey stick is graphically treated to conceal the visible position of the blade during play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Inventors: Michael J. Dolan, Thomas Dolan