Patents by Inventor Jamie M. Woods

Jamie M. Woods 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).

  • Profile and adjacent rib-type closure element for reclosable thermoplastic bags
    Patent number: 5192135
    Abstract: A closure member for a reclosable plastic bag, including a longitudinally-extending profile interlockable with an opposing longitudinally-extending profile of a second closure member, and a pair of longitudinally-extending ribs located adjacent and generally parallel to the profile on either side of the profile, with the ribs each being characterized in cross-section by a lower generallly triangularly-shaped portion and by an upper bulbous portion defined generally at an apex of the lower generally triangularly shaped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignee: Dowbrands L.P.
    Inventors: Jamie M. Woods, Jose Porchia, Brian C. Dais
  • Reclosable plastic bags having improved lip sidewelds and method of making same
    Patent number: 5167454
    Abstract: A reclosable plastic bag including grip strips of a plurality of spaced apart ridges extending generally parallel to one another over the width of the bag on opposed lips of the bag, wherein the ridges are characterized in cross-section by a lower generally triangularly-shaped portion and by an upper bulbous portion defined generally at an apex of the lower generally triangularly-shaped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignee: Dowbrands L.P.
    Inventors: Jamie M. Woods, Jose Porchia, Brian C. Dais