Patents by Inventor Eric Thomas Henderson
Eric Thomas Henderson 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).
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Patent number: 11649087Abstract: Disclosed are rigid multi-compartment recloseable packages. A package may comprise a rigid tray comprising a product surface to hold food products. The tray may comprise a raised lip along a perimeter of the product surface to laterally secure the food products thereon. The tray may have a tray skirt horizontally extending outward from a top edge of the lip, and dividing features upwardly extending from the product surface to form distinct compartments on the product surface for receiving the food products therein. Furthermore, such an exemplary package also comprises a recloseable rigid lid having an upper surface substantially coextensive with the product surface, and at least one sidewall downwardly extending from the upper surface. The lid may also comprise a lid skirt horizontally extending outward from a bottom edge of the at least one sidewall, where the lid skirt is coextensive and complimentary in shape with the tray skirt.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: The Quaker Oats CompanyInventors: Paola Appendini, David Block, Paulette Bluhm-Sauriol, Ryan Boudreaux, Peter Brian Clarke, Rebecca Eley, Geoffrey Gibbins, Eric Thomas Henderson, James J. Maki, Jorge W. Maldonado, Donald E. McCumber, Megan Sklanka, James Troy Starkey
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Publication number: 20190322435Abstract: The disclosed principles provide for a new and unique reusable rigid package configured to provide a container for holding, for example, food products, as well as to provide a playable structure for consumers, such as children, to play with during or after consumption of the food product. In addition, multiple playable packages as disclosed herein may be collected and combined together, for example, end-to-end, into a larger toy such as train of cars, busses, railway cars or any other vehicle shape. Disposable or reusable covers, either rigid or soft, may also be provided with each such disclosed rigid package. Furthermore, each disclosed package is configured to be stacked, one at least partially received within the other, for efficient stacked storage of multiple packages.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2018Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Eric Thomas HENDERSON, Antonio PUGLIESE, Gianmauro VELLA, ZhenXian ZHAO
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Publication number: 20190135478Abstract: Disclosed are rigid multi-compartment recloseable packages. A package may comprise a rigid tray comprising a product surface to hold food products. The tray may comprise a raised lip along a perimeter of the product surface to laterally secure the food products thereon. The tray may have a tray skirt horizontally extending outward from a top edge of the lip, and dividing features upwardly extending from the product surface to form distinct compartments on the product surface for receiving the food products therein. Furthermore, such an exemplary package also comprises a recloseable rigid lid having an upper surface substantially coextensive with the product surface, and at least one sidewall downwardly extending from the upper surface. The lid may also comprise a lid skirt horizontally extending outward from a bottom edge of the at least one sidewall, where the lid skirt is coextensive and complimentary in shape with the tray skirt.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Paola Appendini, David Block, Paulette Bluhm-Sauriol, Ryan Boudreaux, Peter Brian Clarke, Rebecca Eley, Geoffrey Gibbins, Eric Thomas Henderson, James J. Maki, Jorge W. Maldonado, Donald E. McCumber, Megan Sklanka, James Troy Starkey
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Publication number: 20190135520Abstract: The disclosed principles provide for a welding technique welding the flanges of a rigid lid sealed onto a rigid tray, such that the two may be easily separated but still repeatedly reclosable such that the rigid package may be reused. For this unique and advantageous ultrasonic welding technique, the disclosed principles provide for the inclusion of a unique delamination layer between the similar rigid materials used for forming the flanges of both the lid and the tray. The disclosed principles provide for the delamination layer to be provide on one or both of the two rigid materials, but behind the seal interphase area so that the hermitic seal may still be created. This delamination layer operates such that it peels apart (i.e., delaminates) as the ultrasonically sealed rigid material of the lid flange and rigid material of the tray flange are pulled apart while opening the package initially.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Paola Appendini, Eric Thomas Henderson, James J. Maki, Jorge W. Maldonado
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Publication number: 20150225119Abstract: A nestable food package, is provided. The food package has a base and a lid with a concave portion configured to receive the base of another food package.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2014Publication date: August 13, 2015Applicant: THE QUAKER OATS COMPANYInventors: Debra BRADY, Eric Thomas HENDERSON, James J. MAKI
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Publication number: 20150096978Abstract: An expandable food package with a removable lid, is provided. The food package has a bottom, an inner sidewall and an outer sidewall. The inner sidewall and outer sidewall are connected by a series of living hinges that allow the package to be converted between an expanded configuration and collapsed configuration. A lid may be sealed to one or both of an inner rim and an outer rim when the package is in collapsed configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2013Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: The Quaker Oats CompanyInventors: Eric Thomas HENDERSON, James J. MAKI
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Patent number: 8167160Abstract: A method is provided of forming a multi-pack container assembly having at least two containers joined together by a channel. The method includes the steps of providing sheet having a barrier layer thermoforming the sheet into a multi-pack container assembly having a plurality of containers wherein each container comprises a flange and the flanges of adjacent containers are connected by an engineered area of weakness or channel. Resultant containers can be used for low-moisture, shelf-stable, ready-to-eat food products.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Eric Thomas Henderson, John Joseph Michels
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Publication number: 20110036834Abstract: A method is provided of forming a multi-pack container assembly having at least two containers joined together by a channel. The method includes the steps of providing sheet having a barrier layer thermoforming the sheet into a multi-pack container assembly having a plurality of containers wherein each container comprises a flange and the flanges of adjacent containers are connected by an engineered area of weakness or channel. Resultant containers can be used for low-moisture, shelf-stable, ready-to-eat food products.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Eric Thomas Henderson, John Joseph Michels
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Patent number: 7845147Abstract: A method is provided of forming a multi-pack container assembly having at least two containers joined together by a channel. The method includes the steps of providing sheet having a barrier layer thermoforming the sheet into a multi-pack container assembly having a plurality of containers wherein each container comprises a flange and the flanges of adjacent containers are connected by an engineered area of weakness or channel. Resultant containers can be used for low-moisture, shelf-stable, ready-to-eat food products.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2006Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Eric Thomas Henderson, John Joseph Michels
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Publication number: 20090162496Abstract: A product and method for producing a string of individual sealed, filled packages separated by perforations. A string of separate packages optionally may be enclosed in a cardboard or other container designed to sit in a pantry or other location for dispensing of individual units. Perforations in the packaging film between separate packages provide a tear point to aid in separating one package from the next. There are several advantages to this format including easy placement of the string of packages into a carton for shipping or dispensing, and the ability to hang a string of packages in locations without the need to attach the packages to a backing strip. The perforations between packages facilitate the packaging and transportation of the entire string or bandolier, and facilitate the removal and use of a separate package.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2009Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Eric Thomas Henderson, Garrett William Kohl, Steven Kenneth Tucker
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Patent number: 7516596Abstract: A product and method for producing a string of individual sealed, filled packages separated by perforations. A string of separate packages optionally may be enclosed in a cardboard or other container designed to sit in a pantry or other location for dispensing of individual units. Perforations in the packaging film between separate packages provide a tear point to aid in separating one package from the next. There are several advantages to this format including easy placement of the string of packages into a carton for shipping or dispensing, and the ability to hang a string of packages in locations without the need to attach the packages to a backing strip. The perforations between packages facilitate the packaging and transportation of the entire string or bandolier, and facilitate the removal and use of a separate package.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2005Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Eric Thomas Henderson, Garrett William Kohl, Steven Kenneth Tucker
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Patent number: D733553Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: The Quaker Oats CompanyInventors: Eric Thomas Henderson, James J. Maki
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Patent number: D733555Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2014Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: The Quaker Oats CompanyInventors: Debra Brady, Eric Thomas Henderson, James J. Maki
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Patent number: D735574Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2014Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: The Quaker Oats CompanyInventors: Debra Brady, Eric Thomas Henderson, James J. Maki
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Patent number: D801183Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: The Quaker Oats CompanyInventors: Adam Bergeson, Sean Evelich, Eric Thomas Henderson, Terry Lemon, James J. Maki, James Troy Starkey
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Patent number: D803693Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: The Quaker Oats CompanyInventors: Adam Bergeson, Eric Thomas Henderson, Terry Lemon, James J. Maki, Ricardo Perez, James Troy Starkey
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Patent number: D840840Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: The Quaker Oats CompanyInventors: Paola Appendini, David Block, Paulette Bluhm-Sauriol, Ryan Boudreaux, Peter Brian Clarke, Rebecca Eley, Geoffrey Gibbins, Eric Thomas Henderson, James J. Maki, Jorge W. Maldonado, Donald E. McCumber, Megan Sklanka, James Troy Starkey
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Patent number: D840841Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: The Quaker Oats CompanyInventors: Paola Appendini, David Block, Paulette Bluhm-Sauriol, Ryan Boudreaux, Peter Brian Clarke, Rebecca Eley, Geoffrey Gibbins, Eric Thomas Henderson, James J. Maki, Jorge W. Maldonado, Donald E. McCumber, Megan Sklanka, James Troy Starkey
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Patent number: D840842Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: The Quaker Oats CompanyInventors: Paola Appendini, David Block, Paulette Bluhm-Sauriol, Ryan Boudreaux, Peter Brian Clarke, Rebecca Eley, Geoffrey Gibbins, Eric Thomas Henderson, James J. Maki, Jorge W. Maldonado, Donald E. McCumber, Megan Sklanka, James Troy Starkey
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Patent number: D858305Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: The Quaker Oats CompanyInventors: Eric Thomas Henderson, Antonio Pugliese, Gianmauro Vella, ZhenXian Zhao