Patents by Inventor Ed Cigallio

Ed Cigallio has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tamper-indicating shapes for flexible recloseable packages
    Patent number: 9650180
    Abstract: A recloseable package is provided having a tamper-indicating element. The tamper-indicating element include one or more self-terminating shapes that form one or more chads after opening the recloseable package. Advantageously, the self-terminating shapes provide a simple, visual cue of graphical alignment in the seal to show the customer whether or not a package has been opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Printpack Illinois, Inc.
    Inventors: Ed Cigallio, Don Mallik, Robert Cagle, Brent Holloway, Ronald W. Komro, Joseph O'Connell, Michael Payne, Melinda Stamm, William R. Pierce
  • TAMPER-INDICATING SHAPES FOR FLEXIBLE RECLOSEABLE PACKAGES
    Publication number: 20150117797
    Abstract: A recloseable package is provided having a tamper-indicating element. The tamper-indicating element include one or more self-terminating shapes that form one or more chads after opening the recloseable package. Advantageously, the self-terminating shapes provide a simple, visual cue of graphical alignment in the seal to show the customer whether or not a package has been opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Ed Cigallio, Don Mallik, Robert Cagle, Brent Holloway, Ronald W. Komro, Joseph O'Connell, Michael Payne, Melinda Stamm, William R. Pierce
  • Packaging article and method with particular tearing slit arrangement
    Patent number: 7789291
    Abstract: A packaging article including a flap for opening and reclosing the packaging article. The packaging article comprises a flexible packaging material and a label. The flexible packaging material includes the flap and a plurality of slits defining at least a portion of a boundary of the flap. The plurality of slits are substantially parallel to and spaced from one another and have a length dimension. When applying to the flap a tearing force directed substantially perpendicularly to the length dimensions of the plurality of slits, the flap can be opened by the tearing force tearing the flexible packaging material between the plurality of slits. A first portion of the label is affixed to a portion of the flap. A second portion of the label is adapted to be repeatedly removably adhered to a portion of the flexible packaging material adjacent the flap such that the flap can be opened and reclosed. The packaging article may be a ream wrapper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Printpack Illinois, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Andersson, Tony Alvarez, Ed Cigallio, Nathan Franklin
  • Packaging Article, A Wrapped Ream of Paper, and Methods
    Publication number: 20090301903
    Abstract: A packaging article including a flap for opening and reclosing the packaging article. The packaging article comprises a flexible packaging material and a label. The flexible packaging material includes the flap and a plurality of slits defining at least a portion of a boundary of the flap. The plurality of slits are substantially parallel to and spaced from one another and have a length dimension. When applying to the flap a tearing force directed substantially perpendicularly to the length dimensions of the plurality of slits, the flap can be opened by the tearing force tearing the flexible packaging material between the plurality of slits. A first portion of the label is affixed to a portion of the flap. A second portion of the label is adapted to be repeatedly removably adhered to a portion of the flexible packaging material adjacent the flap such that the flap can be opened and reclosed. The packaging article may be a ream wrapper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: PRINTPACK ILLINOIS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Andersson, Tony Alvarez, Ed Cigallio, Nathan Franklin