Patents by Inventor William Douglas Sprick

William Douglas Sprick 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: 7828166
    Abstract: A dispenser closure is provided having an upper wall portion with at least one opening therein and having a thread depending from an inner annular surface thereof. A lower wall portion of the closure has at least two lugs depending from a lower inner annular surface thereof having a configuration and size to cooperate with at least one stop lock depending from a container neck and at least one of the cooperating closure lugs does not cooperate with the cooperating stop lock when the lower wall portion is deformed by a squeezing force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Rexam Closures and Containers Inc.
    Inventor: William Douglas Sprick
  • Patent number: 6854614
    Abstract: A closure for use on a container having an externally threaded neck is disclosed wherein an inner surface of a downwardly depending skirt portion of the closure cap includes a helical thread having a flat upper surface with a lower thread profile having a first depth greater than an upper thread profile of a second depth. The helical thread of the closure tapers into the sidewalk of the closure skirt. The closure is provided with a seal integral with the inner surface of the skirt, spaced from a top wall of the closure, and retained at a lowermost point along the downwardly depending skirt by a bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Rexam Medical Packaging, Inc.
    Inventor: William Douglas Sprick
  • Patent number: 6698605
    Abstract: A bottle having a modified neck and intended for use with a child-resistant closure which allows the user to open the bottle without removing the closure completely from the bottle is described. The neck includes at least one locking lug and at least one anti-removal ring. The anti-removal ring is positioned between the lug and the open end of the neck. The neck may further include at least one deformation recess, with the deformation recess being adjacent to and radially offset from the locking lug. The ring and recess are intended to deter the user from bypassing the child-resistant safety features of the bottle and removing the closure completely from the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Rexam Medical Packaging Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher B. Clodfelter, Todd E. Mathes, William Douglas Sprick
  • Publication number: 20020170873
    Abstract: A bottle having a modified neck and intended for use with a child-resistant closure which allows the user to open the bottle without removing the closure completely from the bottle is described. The neck includes at least one locking lug and at least one anti-removal ring. The anti-removal ring is positioned between the lug and the open end of the neck. The neck may further include at least one deformation recess, with the deformation recess being adjacent to and radially offset from the locking lug. The ring and recess are intended to deter the user from bypassing the child-resistant safety features of the bottle and removing the closure completely from the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Christopher B. Clodfelter, Todd E. Mathes, William Douglas Sprick
  • Publication number: 20020011458
    Abstract: A closure for use on a container having an externally threaded neck is disclosed wherein an inner surface of a downwardly depending skirt portion of the closure cap includes a helical thread having a flat upper surface with a lower thread profile having a first depth greater than an upper thread profile of a second depth. The helical thread of the closure tapers into the sidewall of the closure skirt. The closure is provided with a seal integral with the inner surface of the skirt, spaced from a top wall of the closure, and retained at a lowermost point along the downwardly depending skirt by a bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventor: William Douglas Sprick
  • Patent number: 5794803
    Abstract: A child-resistant closure and dispensing container package in which the measuring cup has a second, exterior annular wall forming threads engageable with threads on the neck of a container and child-resistant lock means at a lower portion of the wall engageable with complementary lock means on the container in a locked position to prevent unthreading of the closure from the container until the annular wall is deflected to move the complementary lock means out of engagement with each other to permit rotation of the closure in an unthreading direction. Also a seal is provided to prevent leakage during unthreading movement of the closure between fully closed and a locked position of the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Rexam Closures, Inc.
    Inventor: William Douglas Sprick