Patents by Inventor William T. Bryan

William T. Bryan 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: 5067613
    Abstract: A gable top carton of conventional external configuration having an openable and reclosable tamper indicating, damage resistant and non-interfering with stacking pouring spout is provided comprising a spout flap defined by lines of weakening in a rectangular roof panel and associated seal panel and a spout web member having a central panel attached to the inward face of the flap, outer glue panels attached to the rectangular roof panel adjacent but spaced from the spout flap and accordian pleat panels articulated to respective sides of the central panel and respective outer glue panels. The carton may have an inner seal panel having its peripheral edge sealed to the inward face of the carton blank to provide therewith a minor chamber containing the accordian pleat panels and adjacent central portion of the web member. Coupons or other things for consumers can be enclosed in the minor chamber out of contact with product in the major chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1991
    Inventor: William T. Bryan
  • Patent number: 5014888
    Abstract: A pour spout assembly for a container having major and minor chambers, a tongue formed from the wall of the minor chamber and hinged to the wall, the tongue being defined by a transverse and downwardly extending upright slittable lines of weakening in said wall at opposite ends of the transverse slittable line of weakening, the tongue being hinged to the wall at lower ends of the upright slittable lines of weakening, a web member having a central portion attached to an inner face of the tongue and having at least one portion thereof projecting across a slittable line of weakening and engageable with an inward facing face of the wall, outer glue panels attached to an inner face of the container adjacent the tongue and accordian pleat panels connecting the central portion and the outer glue panels, free edges of the central panel of the web being hinged to the accordian pleat panels, outer edges of the accordian pleat panels being hinged to the glue panels, the tongue swinging between a closed position in which
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1991
    Inventor: William T. Bryan
  • Patent number: 4953781
    Abstract: A pour spout assembly for a container. A first tongue and a second tongue are formed in a wall of the container. The first tongue is defined by a transverse slit in the wall and downwardly extending slits in the wall at opposite ends of the transverse slit. The second tongue is defined by the transverse slit and by upwardly extending slits at opposite ends of the transverse slit. A central portion of a web member is attached to an inner face of the first tongue. The web member includes outer glue panels attached to the container wall and connected to the central portion by accordian pleat panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Inventor: William T. Bryan
  • Patent number: D331535
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Inventor: William T. Bryan
  • Patent number: D331536
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Inventor: William T. Bryan
  • Patent number: D334537
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Inventor: William T. Bryan