Patents by Inventor Kelly Elizabeth Arnold

Kelly Elizabeth Arnold 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).

  • Shrouded flexible packages
    Patent number: 7306370
    Abstract: A shrouded flexible package is provided with an improved continuous laser score line. The score line has end portions adjacent the side seals of the package, which are located above fastener tracks which are enclosed by a shroud portion of the package. The score line contains downwardly and inwardly converging segments joined to a medial score line segment extending along side and generally below the fastener tracks. The score line is preferably formed with a laser energy source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Hal Marvin Howell, Kelly Elizabeth Arnold, Amy L. Gosselin, Panagiotis Kinigakis, Kenneth Charles Pokusa, Kenneth V. Radakovits, Jim Kyung Sung, Trisha Ann Wood
  • Fastener closure arrangement for flexible packages
    Patent number: 6974256
    Abstract: A flexible package is provided with a shrouded slide fastener closure. The shroud includes an opening for the slide, extending to a line of weakness joining the shroud to the remainder of the flexible package. The opening includes an acute angle portion communicating with the line of weakness to facilitate tearing of the shroud from the flexible package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Panagiotis Kinigakis, Kenneth Pokusa, Orestes Rivero, Joseph R. Brooks, Kelly Elizabeth Arnold
  • Fastener closure arrangement for flexible packages
    Publication number: 20020154836
    Abstract: A flexible package is provided with a shrouded slide fastener closure. The shroud includes an opening for the slide, extending to a line of weakness joining the shroud to the remainder of the flexible package. The opening includes an acute angle portion communicating with the line of weakness to facilitate tearing of the shroud from the flexible package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Panagiotis Kinigakis, Kenneth Pokusa, Orestes Rivero, Joseph R. Brooks, Kelly Elizabeth Arnold
  • Flexible package with shrouded slide fastener closure
    Patent number: D468629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Kraft Food Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Panagiotis Kinigakis, Kenneth Pokusa, Orestes Rivero, Joseph R. Brooks, Kelly Elizabeth Arnold
  • Flexible package with shrouded slide fastener closure having circular opening
    Patent number: D471088
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Panagiotis Kinigakis, Kenneth Pokusa, Orestes Rivero, Kelly Elizabeth Arnold, Joseph R. Brooks