Patents Assigned to Westvaco Corporation
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Publication number: 20100326999Abstract: A container includes a base portion (31), a lid portion (32), and a hinge portion (33). The hinge portion connects the base portion to the lid portion. The lid portion and/or base portion are movable about the hinge portion between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A literature receiving area (46) is provided therein which extends across the hinge portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2008Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: MEAD WESTVACO CORPORATIONInventors: Peter A. Farrar, Anthony H. Fraser
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Publication number: 20100193397Abstract: A container with child-resistant fastening means, the container comprising base (31), a lid (32), and a hinge (33) connecting the base (31) to the lid (32) and about which the lid (32) is movable between an open position and a closed position, the fastening means comprising first interlocking means (31A, 32A) for resisting opening movement of the lid (31) in a first direction (D) relative to the base portion (31) and which is releasable upon relative movement between the lid (32) and base (31) in a second direction (B), and second interlocking means (31B) which resist relative movement of the lid (32) and base (31) in the second direction (B) and which is releasable upon pressure (C) being applied to release means (42A, 42B) in two spaced apart locations.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2008Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: MEAD WESTVACO CORPORATIONInventors: Peter A. Farrar, Anthony H. Fraser
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Publication number: 20100181335Abstract: A dispenser for housing at least one blister pack (comprising a generally planar face on one side thereof and one or more blisters on the opposite side thereof), the dispenser comprising a base portion, a lid portion, and a hinge portion connecting the base portion to the lid portion and about which the lid portion and/or base portion are movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration, e.g. in the form of an openable clamshell. The base portion and/or the lid portion has locating means for locating a blister pack within the dispenser and the locating means are adapted to enable sliding of the blister pack relative thereto in a direction substantially parallel to said planar face thereof between a storage position and at least one dispensing position. Preferred embodiments of the dispenser have ‘senior-friendly’ features and child resistant features.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2008Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: MEAD WESTVACO CORPORATIONInventors: Peter A. Farrar, Anthony H. Fraser
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Publication number: 20100163561Abstract: A dispensing container (300) includes a cavity (110) for storing products (310), an inner wall (122), and an outer wall (200). Each of the inner wall (122) and the outer wall (200) include an opening (130, 220). The inner wall (122) and the outer wall (200) can be positioned relative to one another such that the openings (130, 220) align or misalign. The dispensing container (300) is thereby placed in an open condition or a closed condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2008Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: MEAD WESTVACO CORPORATIONInventors: Jeremy D. Mowery, John A. Gelardi
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Publication number: 20100112300Abstract: A photocurable material having a microfluidic endoskeleton constructed in a flexible polymeric slab is disclosed. The flexible polymeric slab comprises a first flexible polymeric sheet with microchannel network embedded thereon and a second flexible polymeric sheet sealed to the first flexible polymeric sheet. The microchannel network is filled with a photocurable fluid that may be solidified upon exposure to an activated light to create a rigid endoskeleton within the slab. The flexible polymeric sheet may be polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The process allows preserving a user-defined shape by illumination of the material. The disclosed photocured shaped PDMS slab with microfluidic skeleton has enhanced tensile stress-strain properties, elastomeric modulus and bending modulus compared to the PDMS slab without the photocured microfluidic skeleton.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: MEAD WESTVACO CORPORATIONInventors: Orlin D. Velev, Frederick J. Renk, Suk Tai Chang, Garrett Swindlehurst, Robert Odell Bradley, IV
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Publication number: 20090218362Abstract: A package comprising an outer sleeve with an inner void having a push-release locking mechanism positioned therein, and a tray for receiving articles that is pivotally connected to the outer sleeve, in which the push-release locking mechanism includes a means for locking and a means for spring loading, each located between the tray and the outer sleeve; and a method for releasing the tray from the outer sleeve, are described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2006Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: Mead Westvaco CorporationInventor: John A. Gelardi
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Publication number: 20090064213Abstract: A container to hold optical disk media is described, incorporating disc locking arms to loosely retain discs when the container is open, and securely retain discs when the container is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2006Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: Mead Westvaco CorporationInventor: John A. Gelardi
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Publication number: 20090061395Abstract: A drawing sheet assembly including a drawing sheet and a plurality of dots printed on the sheet. The dots have a differing optical property relative to each other. The drawing sheet assembly further includes a sequence guide configured guide a user to connect the dots in a particular sequence such that when a user connects the plurality of dots in accordance with the sequence guide a drawing or part of a drawing is created.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: MEAD WESTVACO CORPORATIONInventor: Toni M. Schulken
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Publication number: 20080283599Abstract: Methods, storage media, and systems for assigning priority to reader antennae are disclosed. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, reader antennae identify the location of an object by detecting a tag or other identifier associated with each object. Sensors can be provided to provide additional information regarding the environment of the objects or their surroundings. A priority order is assigned to the reader antennae based on the location and other characteristics of the objects and/or their environment. A polling sequence for reading the reader antennae is determined according to the priority order.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2005Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: MEAD WESTVACO CORPORATIONInventors: Paul B. Rasband, Donald G. Bauer, Richard J. Campero
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Publication number: 20080236389Abstract: The present invention relates to adsorbent honeycomb monoliths and other porous monoliths impregnated with alkaline and/or caustic salts of alkaline metal or alkaline earth metal. The impregnated monoliths have high adsorption capacity and low flow resistance, yet with minimized flammability, suitable for use in removal of acidic, malodorous and/or harmful gases.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: Mead Westvaco CorporationInventors: William B. Leedy, Jack F. Eichelsbacher, Thomas H. Shelton
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Patent number: 7157620Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the transformation and regeneration of transformed embryogenic tissue of coniferous plants. In particular, the invention relates to improved methods for transforming embryogenic tissue of coniferous plants and for regenerating transformed embryogenic tissue of coniferous plants. The invention is well suited to the transformation and regeneration of transformed embryogenic tissue of plants of the subgenus Pinus of pines and hybrids thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2001Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Mead Westvaco CorporationInventors: Marie B. Connett-Porceddu, Heather J. Gladfelter, Jon E. Gulledge, Ryan R. McCormack
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Publication number: 20040121173Abstract: This invention relates to polymer blend compositions and the process for preparing the same. In particular, the invention relates to novel blends of cationic polymers and anionic polymers which exhibit properties that make them useful as coatings for various substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: June 24, 2004Applicant: Westvaco Corporation, a corporation of the State of DelawareInventor: Jean Caprice St. Arnauld
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Patent number: 6752272Abstract: A two-piece package for housing and dispensing a unit dose product. The product to be dispensed is contained on an internal slide card that is removably and lockably engaged within an outer sleeve. The package sleeve includes an exterior panel having an inner pocket for accommodating an insert. This package may include additional features that provide a child resistant and user-friendly dosing means that can be opened and closed numerous times while in use, then disposed of when the all the unit doses are exhausted.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2001Date of Patent: June 22, 2004Assignee: Mead Westvaco CorporationInventors: Brad A. Jones, Meredith M. Karow, Mohan Sasthav
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Patent number: 6749551Abstract: A container body with a container opening and a flap partially secured to the container body and completely covering the container opening is disclosed. The flap is secured to the container by a hinge or fold line and formed from the same substrate as the container body. The container body contains a first magnetic region adjacent to and surrounding the perimeter of the container opening. The flap contains a second magnetic region aligned with and opposite the container body's first magnetic region. The first and second magnetic regions are magnetically attracted to each other. The flap is held in a closed position by magnetic attraction between the flap's magnetic region and the container body's magnetic region.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2002Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: Mead Westvaco CorporationInventors: Steven Paul Metzler, Mark Anthony Stanton
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Publication number: 20040044124Abstract: This invention relates to novel rosin-fatty acid vinylic polymer compositions and the process for preparing them. In particular, the invention relates to novel rosin-fatty acid vinylic polymer compositions that exhibit properties which make them useful as components of paper sizes, as components of coatings, and as support resins for producing polymer latices that can be employed in formulating water-based coatings and inks. More particularly, these rosin-fatty acid vinylic polymer compositions are mixtures that are produced by the addition polymerization reaction of vinylic monomers in the presence of saturated fatty acids, hydrogenated dimer acids, hydrogenated rosins, or mixtures thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2002Publication date: March 4, 2004Applicant: Westvaco CorporationInventors: G. Frederick Hutter, Marc S. Moisa
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Publication number: 20040010080Abstract: This invention relates to novel carboxylic acid-modified vinylic polymeric compositions and the process for preparing them. In particular, the invention relates to novel carboxylic acid-modified vinylic polymeric compositions which exhibit properties that make them useful as support resins for producing polymer latices which can be employed in the formulation of various water-based coatings and inks, particularly flexographic inks. More particularly, these carboxylic acid-modified vinylic polymeric compositions are produced by the addition polymerization reaction of vinylic monomers in the presence of dimer acids, trimer acids, dimerized rosins, or mixtures thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2002Publication date: January 15, 2004Applicant: Westvaco CorporationInventors: G. Frederick Hutter, Alexander John Conte
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Publication number: 20030230382Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in the art of making high pressure laminated materials utilizing kraft paper. More particularly, the invention relates to an improved method of releasing from one another in a press pack a plurality of heat and pressure consolidated resin impregnated laminates, which method comprises utilizing, as a release sheet, a cellulosic-based paper substrate to which an aqueous solution of water-soluble multivalent salt (or salts) is applied during formation of the substrate, and wherein the substrate is subsequently coated after formation on at least one side salt-treated side with a film of a salt of alginic acid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2001Publication date: December 18, 2003Applicants: Westvaco Corporation, a corporation of the state of DelawareInventors: Paul John Zuraw, Kerry Elizabeth Robinson, Robert Charles Streisel, Ronald Duane Allen, Francis Peter Lowry
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Publication number: 20030215604Abstract: This invention concerns cationic core-shell particles having a polymeric core component and a polymeric shell component disposed generally about said core, wherein said shell contains a stabilizer that is covalently bonded to the polymeric shell component. More particularly, the invention concerns the use of these core-shell particles in formulating ink jet receptive coatings.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2002Publication date: November 20, 2003Applicant: Westvaco CorporationInventor: Gamini S. Samaranayake
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Publication number: 20030209498Abstract: This application discloses a method for enhanced removal of chloramines from a fluid media by contacting said media with a catalytic activated carbon. The catalytic activated carbons used in the present invention may be prepared from carbon materials that have been contacted or otherwise exposed to nitrogen-containing compounds at temperatures above 700° C., and preferably are in the form of a solid carbon block.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2002Publication date: November 13, 2003Applicant: Westvaco CorporationInventors: Frederick Stanley Baker, Jane Fiona Byrne
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Patent number: D493104Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2002Date of Patent: July 20, 2004Assignee: Mead Westvaco CorporationInventor: Jason A. Block