Patents by Inventor Jeff Shoemaker

Jeff Shoemaker 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).

  • Bag with elastic strip and method of making the same
    Patent number: 7077796
    Abstract: Provided is a plastic bag including a live elastic strip that, in the elastic strip's normal condition, contracts thereby constricting an opening of the bag to assist in retaining the bag to an object. The elastic strip includes a first region that is continuously attached to a sidewall of the bag between a first side edge and a second side edge of the bag and a second region that remains unattached to the sidewall. The attached region does not contract but instead forces the portion of the sidewall to which it is attached to pucker into a serpentine path. The unattached region does contract causing the portion of the sidewall to which it is adjacent to bunch together. Also provided is a method for manufacturing a plastic bag that involves stretching a live elastic tape and continuously attaching a region of the stretched tape to a web of plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: The Glad Products Company
    Inventors: John Rusnak, Jeff Shoemaker, Amit Shah, Scott O'Hara
  • Bag with elastic strip and method of making the same
    Patent number: 6939042
    Abstract: Provided is a plastic bag including a live elastic strip that, in the elastic strip's normal condition, contracts thereby constricting an opening of the bag to assist in retaining the bag to an object. The elastic strip includes a first region that is continuously attached to a sidewall of the bag between a first side edge and a second side edge of the bag and a second region that remains unattached to the sidewall. The attached region does not contract but instead forces the portion of the sidewall to which it is attached to pucker into a serpentine path. The unattached region does contract causing the portion of the sidewall to which it is adjacent to bunch together. Also provided is a method for manufacturing a plastic bag that involves stretching a live elastic tape and continuously attaching a region of the stretched tape to a web of plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: The Glad Products Company
    Inventors: John Rusnak, Jeff Shoemaker, Amit Shah, Scott O'Hara
  • Bag with elastic strip and method of making the same
    Publication number: 20040202388
    Abstract: Provided is a plastic bag including a live elastic strip that, in the elastic strip's normal condition, contracts thereby constricting an opening of the bag to assist in retaining the bag to an object. The elastic strip includes a first region that is continuously attached to a sidewall of the bag between a first side edge and a second side edge of the bag and a second region that remains unattached to the sidewall. The attached region does not contract but instead forces the portion of the sidewall to which it is attached to pucker into a serpentine path. The unattached region does contract causing the portion of the sidewall to which it is adjacent to bunch together. Also provided is a method for manufacturing a plastic bag that involves stretching a live elastic tape and continuously attaching a region of the stretched tape to a web of plastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: THE GLAD PRODUCTS COMPANY
    Inventors: John Rusnak, Jeff Shoemaker, Amit Shah, Scott O'Hara
  • Bag with elastic strip and method of making the same
    Publication number: 20040192529
    Abstract: Provided is a plastic bag including a live elastic strip that, in the elastic strip's normal condition, contracts thereby constricting an opening of the bag to assist in retaining the bag to an object. The elastic strip includes a first region that is continuously attached to a sidewall of the bag between a first side edge and a second side edge of the bag and a second region that remains unattached to the sidewall. The attached region does not contract but instead forces the portion of the sidewall to which it is attached to pucker into a serpentine path. The unattached region does contract causing the portion of the sidewall to which it is adjacent to bunch together. Also provided is a method for manufacturing a plastic bag that involves stretching a live elastic tape and continuously attaching a region of the stretched tape to a web of plastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: THE GLAD PRODUCTS COMPANY
    Inventors: John Rusnak, Jeff Shoemaker, Amit Shah, Scott O'Hara