Thomas J Pierce

US Patent:

54621895, Oct 31, 1995

Filed:

Jan 7, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/178890

Inventors:

Thomas W. Pierce - Marietta GA

International Classification:

B65D 5118

US Classification:

220254

Abstract:

A container system includes, in its most preferred embodiment, a dispenser and a resealable, refillable container having a container body and a closure apparatus which includes a plug movably connected to a platform section which is connected to the container body through a rim section. The platform section defines a recess having a recess floor and a recess wall and an ovoid plug aperture located within the recess floor which is partially shielded by an aperture floor and selectively occupied by an ovoid bottom portion of the plug. The aperture floor defines an air hole and an upper surface which contacts a bottom surface of a wide end of the bottom portion of the plug, corresponding to the end which first departs away from the plug aperture.

US Patent:

52996042, Apr 5, 1994

Filed:

Jun 16, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/899491

Inventors:

Thomas W. Pierce - Marietta GA

International Classification:

B65B 104

US Classification:

141 18

Abstract:

A container system includes, in its most preferred embodiment, a dispenser and a resealable, refillable container having a container body and a closure apparatus which includes a plug movably connected to a platform section which is connected to the container body through a rim section. The platform section defines a recess having a recess floor and a recess wall and an ovoid plug aperture located within the recess floor which is partially shielded by an aperture floor and selectively occupied by an ovoid bottom portion of the plug. The aperture floor defines an air hole and an upper surface which contacts a bottom surface of a wide end of the bottom portion of the plug, corresponding to the end which first departs away from the plug aperture.

US Patent:

49897462, Feb 5, 1991

Filed:

Aug 24, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/398000

Inventors:

Thomas W. Pierce - Marietta GA

International Classification:

B65D 5118

US Classification:

220254

Abstract:

A resealable closure system for use on a container comprising an insert and a removable plug to seal an opening in the insert; the plug has a soft, hollow bottom that is shaped to fill the insert opening and which functions to provide one or more sealing opportunities; and, in the preferred embodiment, this plug is linked to the insert at one end by a pair of hinge arms which serve to guide the plug through a proscribed range of motion as it is inserted into or removed from the insert opening.