Patents by Inventor Jack D. Hultman

Jack D. Hultman 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).

  • High gloss disposable pressware
    Patent number: 6893693
    Abstract: A high gloss, disposable pressed paperboard food container includes a glossy bilayer finish. The container is formed in a heated die set from a paperboard substrate provided with a first finish coating layer consisting essentially of a styrene-butadiene resin composition and a second, top coating finish layer consisting essentially of an acrylic resin composition applied to the first finish coating layer. The products of the invention typically exhibit a 60° gloss of greater than about 40 gloss units, as well as reduced moisture pickup and enhanced rigidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Corporation
    Inventors: Dean P. Swoboda, Jack D. Hultman, Darrell F. Krause
  • High gloss disposable pressware
    Publication number: 20020119265
    Abstract: A high gloss, disposable pressed paperboard food container includes a glossy bilayer finish. The container is formed in a heated die set from a paperboard substrate provided with a first finish coating layer consisting essentially of a styrene-butadiene resin composition and a second, top coating finish layer consisting essentially of an acrylic resin composition applied to the first finish coating layer. The products of the invention typically exhibit a 60° gloss of greater than about 40 gloss units, as well as reduced moisture pickup and enhanced rigidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Dean P. Swoboda, Jack D. Hultman, Darrell F. Krause
  • Opaque thermal transfer paper for receiving heated ink from a thermal transfer printer ribbon
    Patent number: 5677043
    Abstract: An opaque thermal transfer paper for receiving heated ink from a thermal transfer printer ribbon including a paper sheet substrate, a low density basecoat on an outer surface of the paper sheet, and a topcoat on the low density basecoat. The low density basecoat attenuates heat flux from the topcoat when the topcoat receives heated ink from a thermal transfer printer ribbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Crown Paper Co.
    Inventors: Jack D. Hultman, Susan M. Schuh