William Painter

1892

Crown

Bottle Tops.

Earl Tupper

1946

Tupperware

Storage tubs.

Robert Vergobbi

1946

Ziploc

plastic bags.

Four Strong IP

2022

Closure Lock

container closures.

60+ container

closure designs

20 PATENTED CLOSURE LOCKS

that will change packaging forever.

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SEE THE INNOVATIONS IN THIS PATENT PORTFOLIO

DAVID ABELS TELLS THE STORY

Serial entrepreneur David Abels tells the story of how he and the Four Strong IP team of designers developed the innovative closures and closure locking mechanisms in The Container Closures Patents.

DESIGN HUNDREDS OF CLOSURES

Imagine the hundreds of closures your team can design with these 20 patented container closing mechanisms.

FOR CONSUMER GOODS PRODUCTS

Lock in new customers and be the leader in the DIY and home products market with easy-to-open, accessible, and environmentally friendly container tops.

IN COSMETICS & PERSONAL CARE

Open up to new trends and strut your stuff as a conscious beauty company with these newly designed and modern lids for aerosols, creams, liquids, gels, and powders.

FOR THE FOOD & BEVERAGE INDUSTRY

Put the lid on freshness by meeting changing consumer demands with new packaging that makes your products friendly to the world, to the disabled, and to seniors.

FOR PHARMA & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS

Outlive the competition and win new customers with innovative, safe, and accessible tops for prescription bottles, medical specimens, and laboratory supplies.

PACKAGING & STORAGE INNOVATIONS

Be the innovator and respond to customer demands with smart, eco-friendly, and accessible covers, caps, and lids. Don’t waste time. Box in your competitors.

INDUSTRIAL & WASTE PRODUCTS

Unlock repeat sales! Keep your customers safe with these reusable and re-lockable lids that are safe on the shelf, at home, and on the job. Be the leader.

SOME OF THE 60+ CLOSURE DESIGNS

Watch the animations of just a handful of these 60+ designs and see for yourself how CLOSURE LOCK TECHNOLOGY will change the packaging world.

THE POWER IS IN THE LOCKS

Find out why the power of The Containers Closures Patent Series is in its patented closure locking mechanisms we call Closure Lock Technology™.

How About This Cosmetics Jar Cap?

Easy to use, simple, elegant. There is nothing like this on the market.

The Perfect Aerosol Can Top

Have you ever tried to get the top off a spray paint can? This closure makes it easy for a wide range of containers beyond aerosol cans.

Our Reusable Food Container Closure

You don’t need to be a pro football player to open our food container top. And you can reuse it over and over without a sweat.

Prescription Pill Bottle That’s Perfect For Seniors

When your hands don’t work like they used to and you’re probably taking a more prescriptions thanyou used to, you want an easy to open prescription pill bottle.

Hardware Packaging – Any Packaging

From computer cases to a box of nails at the hardware store, our easy-to-open and easy-to-close top is an easy choice for your products.

THE CONTAINER CLOSURES PATENT SERIES.
THE FUTURE IS HERE.

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A series of patents and patents pending that includes 60+ container closure designs and more than 20 closure locking mechanisms, The Container Closures Patent series was developed by a team of designers at Four Strong IP LLC.

There have been few similar patents issued for container closures and for closure locking mechanisms as diverse and innovative as The Container Closures Patent series, and most of these patents are held by companies in the packaging, consumer goods, medical, and cosmetics and personal care industries.

Four Strong IP is in the process of selling or licensing the patents and related pending trademarks to companies in the packaging business as well as to companies who manufacture packaging for their own products. To discuss buying or licensing The Container Closures Patent series, use the contact information below.

Take this opportunity to set up a quick call with David Abels, President of Four Strong IP. Just click on a time that works best for you.

THE UNIQUE & COMPREHENSIVE VALUE OF THESE PATENTS

The Container Closures Patent Series offers significant value to any purchaser or licensee of this intellectual property.Here are some of the key design, marketability, and manufacturing features and benefits that this basket of IP provides:

The Container Closures Patent Series comes as a virtual new business unit to your company. Click here to download our Key Design, Manufacturing, and Marketability Features and Benefits Review.

THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH US

Four Strong IP is open to work in partnership with companies who are interested in buying or licensing parts or the entirety of these patents, as well as any other associated intellectual property, including trademark properties.

The sale or license of these patents may be split up according to your needs. For instance, the intellectual property could be divided by region, e.g., the United States and the European Union, or by market, e.g., use with foods and beverages but not other consumer goods, or use only with pharmaceutical products.

Four Strong IP has applied the following trademarks for this closure design line. The trademarks include Inclusive™, Closure Lock™, Lockable™, Store Safe™, Save and Store™, and Specialty™, each or all of which could be included in a sale or license.

Various business models can flow to a purchaser or licensee of the IP in The Container Closures Patent Series. Click here to download our Value Proposition Review.

ABOUT DAVID ABELS & FOUR STRONG IP

David Abels is a serial entrepreneur and inventor who lives in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill (The Triangle) region of North Carolina, who holds a B.A. in accounting and an M.A. in journalism and is the majority member and the president of Four Strong IP. The company designs, develops, sells, and licenses intellectual property under the slogan, “Where innovation comes to life.™”

While working for a B2B advertising and public relations agency in 2006, David began the business born from his passion for inventing with The Mommy Hook stroller hanger, which became one of most popular stroller accessories with international distribution.

The Mommy Hook was licensed and sold to former business partners for an undisclosed amount in a purchase agreement that included more than 20 patents and trademarks. The product continues to sell hundreds of thousands of units a year 15 years after its initial release.

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