Kenneth Allan Bloom

US Patent:

6364175, Apr 2, 2002

Filed:

May 21, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/860512

Inventors:

Kenneth S. Bloom - Jerry City OH

Assignee:

Owens-Illinois Closure Inc. - Toledo OH

International Classification:

B67D 540

US Classification:

2223831, 239333

Abstract:

This pump dispenser has a piston with a central inlet opening connected to a tubular piston stem. A one-piece plastic check valve insert comprises a rim secured to the piston around the inlet opening and a hub which selectively seals the opening. The rim and hub are resiliently connected by zig-zag spokes.

US Patent:

D470051, Feb 11, 2003

Filed:

Jan 3, 2002

Appl. No.:

29/153301

Inventors:

Kenneth S. Bloom - Bloomdale OH
Philip J Robinson - Sylvania OH

Assignee:

Owens-Illinois Closure Inc. - Toledo OH

International Classification:

0907

US Classification:

D 9435, D9443, D9453

US Patent:

6637626, Oct 28, 2003

Filed:

Sep 25, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/668480

Inventors:

Kenneth S. Bloom - Jerry City OH

Assignee:

Owens-Illinois Closure Inc. - Toledo OH

International Classification:

B67D 540

US Classification:

2223831, 222341

Abstract:

A container-mounted pump dispenser having a body with a vertical cylinder and piston is provided with a one-piece spring/gasket. The spring/gasket is a resilient bowl-shaped spring attached at its lower end about the piston stem and at its upper end comprises an annular gasket to be squeezed between the dispenser mounting cap and the container finish.

US Patent:

6758358, Jul 6, 2004

Filed:

Jan 28, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/058440

Inventors:

Kenneth S. Bloom - Bloomdale OH

Assignee:

Owens-Illinois Closure Inc. - Toledo OH

International Classification:

A61J 103

US Classification:

215206, 215224, 215321, 2221531

Abstract:

A child-resistant package includes a container having a body with an open end for dispensing product. A shoulder on the body is positioned adjacent to the open end and has an external surface. A circumferential groove is recessed radially inwardly from the shoulder surface at an end of the shoulder remote from the container end. A bead around the shoulder extends radially outwardly from the shoulder surface and is spaced from the groove and the container end, and at least one external axially extending channel is parallel to the axis of the shoulder surface and extends into the surface from the groove through the shoulder and the bead. A cup-shaped overcap has an open end, at least one internal lug adjacent to the open end for receipt in the groove on the container shoulder, and a radially inwardly extending bead around an inner periphery of the cap spaced from the open end for snap-fit over the radially outwardly extending bead on the container shoulder. Indicia on the overcap and the container body facilitate axial alignment of the lug with the channel for removal of the overcap from the container. Snap-fit of the beads on the overcap and the shoulder stabilize the overcap on the container and reduce the mechanical advantage that would otherwise be obtained by grasping and bending the overcap with respect to the container body.

US Patent:

6874647, Apr 5, 2005

Filed:

Aug 12, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/217691

Inventors:

Kenneth S. Bloom - Bloomdale OH, US
Stephen A. Eilertson - Perrysburg OH, US

Assignee:

Owens-Illinois Closure Inc. - Toledo OH

International Classification:

B65D045/34

US Classification:

215276, 215350

Abstract:

A plastic closure includes a plastic closure shell having a base wall with a central opening and a skirt with at least one internal thread or bead for securing the closure to a container finish. A plastic disk is retained within the shell parallel to but spaced from the base wall. The disk includes a plurality of axially extending spacer elements around the disk to engage the undersurface of the base wall and space the disk from the base wall of the shell, and angularly spaced fingers extending from the disk through the central opening of the base wall to retain the disk within the shell. A resilient liner is disposed on an underside of the disk for sealing engagement with the container finish.

US Patent:

D513181, Dec 27, 2005

Filed:

Mar 11, 2004

Appl. No.:

29/201323

Inventors:

Kenneth S. Bloom - Bloomdale OH, US
Wendell D. Willingham - Perrysburg OH, US

Assignee:

Owens Illinois Closure Inc. - Toledo OH

International Classification:

0907

US Classification:

D 9453, D9454

US Patent:

D516911, Mar 14, 2006

Filed:

Aug 11, 2005

Appl. No.:

29/236106

Inventors:

Kenneth S. Bloom - Bloomdale OH, US
Wendell D. Willingham - Perrysburg OH, US

Assignee:

Owens-Illinois Closure Inc. - Toledo OH

International Classification:

0907

US Classification:

D 9453

US Patent:

7147118, Dec 12, 2006

Filed:

Dec 20, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/017179

Inventors:

Kenneth S. Bloom - Bloomdale OH, US
Stephen A. Eilertson - Perrysburg OH, US

Assignee:

Owens-Illinois Closure Inc. - Perrysburg OH

International Classification:

B65D 45/34

US Classification:

215276, 215349

Abstract:

A plastic closure includes a plastic closure shell having a base wall with a central opening and a skirt with at least one internal thread or bead for securing the closure to a container finish. A plastic disk is retained within the shell parallel to but spaced from the base wall. The disk includes a plurality of axially extending spacer elements around the disk to engage the undersurface of the base wall and space the disk from the base wall of the shell, and angularly spaced fingers extending from the disk through the central opening of the base wall to retain the disk within the shell. A resilient liner is disposed on an underside of the disk for sealing engagement with the container finish.