Patents by Inventor William George Dando

William George Dando 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).

  • Publication number: 20150272197
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a container for dispensing a flowable substance, more particularly a container for dispensing multiple doses of a flowable substance. Typically, the flowable substance may comprise a liquid concentrate, e.g. a liquid beverage concentrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: ROBINSONS SOFT DRINKS LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Anthony SWAIN, William George DANDO, Peter Antony FARRAR
  • Patent number: 8875920
    Abstract: A beverage container (1) comprises a container body (3) including an opening, a cap (5) to close the opening, and a collar (7), mountable on the container body (3). The cap (5) and the collar (7) include cooperating securement means (19, 21) by which the cap (5) may be secured to the collar (7), thereby securing the cap (5) to the container body (3) when the collar (7) is mounted on the container body (3). The cap (5), the collar (7) and the container body (3) are configured such that removal of the cap (5) from the container body (3) causes removal of the collar (7) from the container body (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Threadless Closures Limited
    Inventors: Peter Antony Farrar, John Hein, Anthony Henry Joseph Fraser, William George Dando
  • Patent number: 8245860
    Abstract: A beverage container (1) comprises a container body (3) including an opening and a cap (5) to close the opening, the cap (5) or the container body (3) including one or more bayonet threads (57), and the container body (3) or the cap (5) respectively including one or more protrusions (19) arranged to engage with a respective bayonet thread (57) to secure the cap (5) to the container body (3). At least one of the bayonet threads (57) includes one or more stop members arranged to retain the, or each, protrusion (19) substantially fully engaged with the bayonet thread (57) such that the opening is substantially fully closed by the cap (5), until a releasing torque sufficient to overcome the retention is applied to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Threadless Closures Limited
    Inventors: Peter Antony Farrar, John Hein, Anthony Henry Joseph Fraser, William George Dando
  • Publication number: 20090139955
    Abstract: A container comprising a container body (1) with an opening (3) defining an axis (A) passing therethrough and a cap (2) having an upper portion (6) and a skirt portion (7) for closing the opening, the container body (1) having an outwardly projecting lip (4) around the opening (3), the cap having spaced apart inwardly projecting members (8) round an inner circumference of the skirt portion (7) and the lip (4) having recesses (5) in a lower part thereof for receiving the members (8) when the cap (2) is press fitted to the container (1), the cap (2) being arranged so that its circumference is distorted into a substantially polygonal shape as portions of the cap carrying the members (8) are flexed outwards when the cap (2) is pressed over the lip (4) until the members (8) snap fit into respective recesses (5) in the lip (4), the members (8) and recesses (5) being shaped such that subsequent rotation of the cap (2) relative to the container body (1) tightens the cap (2) against the lip (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Anthony Henry Joseph Fraser, Peter Antony Farrar, William George Dando, John Hein
  • Publication number: 20080302752
    Abstract: A beverage container for the storage of a carbonated drink comprising a container body (10) including an opening (11) and removable closure means (12) for closing the opening (11), the closure means comprising a foil (20) which provides a gas tight seal for the opening (11). The arrangement may be such that a tendency of forces acting on the foil (20) due to pressure within the container to separate the foil (20) from the container body (10) by peeling away therefrom is reduced e.g. by the provision of a collar (12A) to limit deflection of the foil (20) adjacent the bond therebetween and/or by the shape of the rim (15) of the container body (10), so the closure is capable of withstanding higher internal pressures than would otherwise be the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: DUBOIS LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Antony Farrar, John Hein, Anthony Henry Joseph Fraser, Mark Rupert John Marriott, William George Dando
  • Publication number: 20080257848
    Abstract: A beverage container (1) comprises a container body (3) including an opening, a cap (5) to close the opening, and a collar (7), mountable on the container body (3). The cap (5) and the collar (7) include cooperating securement means (19, 21) by which the cap (5) may be secured to the collar (7), thereby securing the cap (5) to the container body (3) when the collar (7) is mounted on the container body (3). The cap (5), the collar (7) and the container body (3) are configured such that removal of the cap (5) from the container body (3) causes removal of the collar (7) from the container body (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: DUBOIS LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Antony Farrar, John Hein, Anthony Henry Joseph Fraser, William George Dando
  • Publication number: 20080197102
    Abstract: A beverage container comprising a container body (3) including an opening and a plurality of recesses (80) in an exterior surface thereof, a cap (5) for closing the opening, and a collar (73) having a plurality of flaps (13) engagement with the recesses (80) to mount the collar (73) on the container body (3), the cap (5) and the collar (73) being connected to each other by a screw thread such that when secured together the collar (73) and hence the cap (5) is secured to the container body (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: DUBOIS LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Antony Farrar, John Hein, Anthony Henry Joseph Fraser, William George Dando
  • Patent number: 5901847
    Abstract: A multi-pack comprising a plurality of containers, each having a respective label attached thereto, and packaging for holding said plurality of containers together, wherein the packaging is formed from a strip of sheet material which also constitutes at least part of said labels, and the packaging includes a plurality of connecting portions each of which extends from one to the other of a respective contiguous pair of the containers to join those containers together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: H. J. Heinz Company Limited
    Inventors: William Neil Colby, Stephen Scott, Julian Harry James Stocker, Michael John Claydon, Margaret Burke, Christopher John Andrew Barnardo, Gregory Berman, William George Dando, David John Livesley, William Frank Tyldesley, Michelle Claire Watson