Patents by Inventor Tim Deardorff

Tim Deardorff 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: 4844295
    Abstract: A tablet dispenser is set forth comprising a cap to "snap on" an associated tablet container wherein said cap includes a spring-biased plunger positioned normally in a retracted position communicating with a conduit aligned with the plunger wherein an opening directed orthogonally to said conduit permits passage of tablets upon inverting an associated tablet container and subsequent displacement of said tablet through said conduit by manual manipulation of said plunger. A modification provides a two-part cap wherein an upper part is rotatable relative to a lower part wherein said lower part is engageable with an associated tablet dispenser preventing undesirable withdrawal of tablets from said dispenser until alignment of the upper part of the cap with the lower part to align a two-part opening with an associated conduit wherein a spring-biased connection between the upper and lower parts of the cap maintain the two parts of the cap in a predetermined orientation relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Inventor: Tim Deardorff