Patents Assigned to The SunBlush Technologies Corporation
  • Method and package for the preservation of whole fruits and fresh-cut salads and flowers
    Patent number: 6451363
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel method for the storage and transport of fresh fruit, vegetables and cut flowers. More particularly, this invention pertains to a novel method to prolong the postharvest life of such horticultural produce that is packaged in a modified atmosphere by the inclusion of a small amount of nitric oxide gas into the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: The SunBlush Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Perry Lidster, Ron Wills, Miriam O'Donovan
  • Method and apparatus for packaging and shipping horticultural products including cut flowers
    Patent number: 6050412
    Abstract: This invention relates to a novel method and apparatus for packaging and shipping horticultural products including cut flowers. More particularly, this invention pertains to a novel method of and packaging for packaging cut flowers in a modified atmosphere package to prolong shelf life, shipping the packaged flowers to the destination, and then at the destination, opening the package and rehydrating the cut flowers in the package by saturating the stems of the flowers with water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: The SunBlush Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Graham Swallow Clough, Richard Mark Roger Ingleton, John Vanderstoep