Patents by Inventor Robert T. Mitten
Robert T. Mitten 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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Publication number: 20230009504Abstract: A pack for consumer goods includes an outer packaging container and an inner packaging container. The outer packaging container includes a lower box portion with an upper lid portion hingedly connected thereto. The inner packaging container includes a dispensing opening with a resealable closure, a front panel, a back panel, a top panel, a bottom panel, and opposing side panels; each side panel having an inner panel and an outer panel, the inner panel having a first width defining a width of the inner packaging container, and the outer panel including at least a portion having a second width defining flanges having a width greater than the first width. The inner packaging container is insertable within the outer packaging container such that the flanges extending from the back panel of the inner packaging container exert a biasing force on the hinged lid of the outer packaging container to assure lid closure is maintained.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Robert T. MITTEN, Christopher J. HESSION
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Publication number: 20220355987Abstract: Articles of manufacture, products, and packaging methods are provided that include a label with a tear strip. A labeled container includes a base, a lid, and a label sealing the base to the lid. The base includes a bottom wall and a base side wall. The lid includes a top wall and a lid skirt. The lid mates with the base to define an interior space. The label has a front face and a rear face. The label includes an outer web including polymer film, paper, or a combination thereof and an inner web of polymer. A tear strip is defined in the inner web by one or more weakened portion, score lines, or cuts in the inner web. The rear face of the label is adhesively bonded to the base side wall and to the lid skirt to form a seal between the base and the lid. The tear strip is positioned between a portion of the label adhesive bonded to the base side wall and a portion of the label adhesively bonded to the lid skirt. The tear strip can be used to open the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Robert T. MITTEN, Christopher J. HESSION, Christopher L. SIMPSON
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Patent number: 11434043Abstract: A pack for consumer goods includes an outer packaging container and an inner packaging container. The outer packaging container includes a lower box portion with an upper lid portion hingedly connected thereto. The inner packaging container includes a dispensing opening with a resealable closure, a front panel, a back panel, a top panel, a bottom panel, and opposing side panels; each side panel having an inner panel and an outer panel, the inner panel having a first width defining a width of the inner packaging container, and the outer panel including at least a portion having a second width defining flanges having a width greater than the first width. The inner packaging container is insertable within the outer packaging container such that the flanges extending from the back panel of the inner packaging container exert a biasing force on the hinged lid of the outer packaging container to assure lid closure is maintained.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Robert T. Mitten, Christopher J. Hession
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Patent number: 11414249Abstract: Articles of manufacture, products, and packaging methods are provided that include a label with a tear strip. A labeled container includes a base, a lid, and a label sealing the base to the lid. The base includes a bottom wall and a base side wall. The lid includes a top wall and a lid skirt. The lid mates with the base to define an interior space. The label has a front face and a rear face. The label includes an outer web including polymer film, paper, or a combination thereof and an inner web of polymer. A tear strip is defined in the inner web by one or more weakened portion, score lines, or cuts in the inner web. The rear face of the label is adhesively bonded to the base side wall and to the lid skirt to form a seal between the base and the lid. The tear strip is positioned between a portion of the label adhesive bonded to the base side wall and a portion of the label adhesively bonded to the lid skirt. The tear strip can be used to open the container.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Robert T. Mitten, Christopher J. Hession, Christopher L. Simpson
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Publication number: 20210284422Abstract: The method includes infusing oxygen scavenging elements within at least a portion of an interior surface layer of at least one first polymer layer of a pouch material, the pouch material including a gas impermeable layer connected to the at least one first polymer layer, enclosing a consumable item within the pouch material, and joining ends of the pouch material to form a sealed inner cavity, the sealed inner cavity containing the consumable item.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Scott A. FATH, Robert T. MITTEN, Jason A. MACKO
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Patent number: 11021312Abstract: The pouch includes a pouch material defining an inner cavity, the pouch material includes a first polymer layer and a gas impermeable layer, the first polymer layer forms an inner surface of the inner cavity, a consumable item in the inner cavity, and an oxygen scavenger, the oxygen scavenger includes at least one active element dispersed within a matrix material, the oxygen scavenger is at least partially connected to the first polymer layer within the inner cavity, and the first polymer layer and the matrix material both include a first polymer material.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Scott A. Fath, Robert T. Mitten, Jason A. Macko
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Patent number: 10959461Abstract: Display packages include a packaging including a cavity for holding an item, and a trap seal card including a first opening. The trap seal card retains the packaging such that the item held within the cavity is visible to a consumer through the first opening, and a portion of the packaging protrudes through the first opening. The trap seal card includes a front panel integral with a back panel. The packaging is between the front panel and the back panel. Blanks for the trap seal card include the back panel or the front panel having a first length and a second length less than the first length. The first and second lengths extend in a perpendicular direction to a first fold line. Blanks for the display box include a tab detachable from a remaining portion of the back panel when the back panel is separated along a ninth fold line.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Scott A. Fath, William J. Bogdziewicz, III, Robert T. Mitten, Ryan A. Bailey
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Publication number: 20200198870Abstract: An example embodiment includes a pouch. The pouch includes pouch material that defines an inner cavity. The pouch further includes a consumable item in the inner cavity. The pouch further includes an oxygen scavenger, at least one first portion of the oxygen scavenger being in the inner cavity. These and other pouch embodiments are disclosed, as well as methods of forming pouches.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Scott A. FATH, Robert T. MITTEN, Jason A MACKO
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Patent number: 10595560Abstract: A slide push pack for smoking articles and a method of packaging smoking articles are disclosed. The slide push pack includes an outer shell and an inner shell. The outer shell has a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, the back panel having a pair of guide rails and an inner channel, the front panel having a front finger window. The inner shell is configured to receive a pack of smoking articles. The inner shell includes an inner back panel, an outer back panel, a front panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, and a hinged-lid. The hinged-lid has a hinged-lid back panel configured to attach the hinged-lid to the back panel of the inner shell, and wherein the inner back panel includes an upper tab, and the outer back panel includes a mid-tab and a lower retention tab.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: James Lindsay Clark, Robert T. Mitten
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Patent number: 10435221Abstract: A display package according to example embodiments includes an outer structure defining a back panel, side panels, a top panel and a bottom panel of the display package, an inner structure defining a front panel of the display package, the inner structure being interlocked with the outer structure, and a tray between the interlocked inner and outer structures. The tray is configured to hold at least one item. The inner structure is inwardly bent against the tray. A top panel flap of the inner structure is between the top panel of the display package and the tray.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Ryan Bailey, Scott A. Fath, Robert T. Mitten, William J. Bogdziewicz, III
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Patent number: 10435231Abstract: The package includes a front panel and a back panel, a first side formed by an intermediate panel connected to the front panel and the back panel, and a second side sealed by an adhesive, where the adhesive connects a rear surface of a side panel to a front surface of a side glue panel. An upper end of the package is formed by a front upper panel connected to an upper portion of the front panel, where the upper end is sealed by a front upper tuck panel being tucked into the outer package so that a front surface of the front upper tuck panel contacts an upper portion of the back panel. The upper end is sealed by a front upper tuck panel and a back tuck panel, the back tuck panel being retained in a front upper slit defined by the front upper panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLCInventors: Robert T. Mitten, Scott A. Fath, William J. Bogdziewicz, III, Ryan Alan Bailey
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Patent number: 10407208Abstract: The pack includes a box structure defining an inner cavity. A side of the box structure is sealed by a first adhesive. A lower end of the pack is sealed by a second adhesive connecting a rear surface of a lower panel of a front panel to a front surface of a lower glue panel of a back panel. The upper portion of the pack is circumscribed by perforated lines that cause the upper portion to remain connected to the tuck panel if the upper end of the pack is opened. The blank for forming the pack includes an upper portion of a back panel that is circumscribed by perforated lines. The method of making the pack includes applying an adhesive to the upper portion of the back panel and connecting a rear surface of a tuck panel to the upper portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLCInventors: Robert T. Mitten, Scott A. Fath, William J. Bogdziewicz, Benjamin Ivry, Aaron Ovadia, Gavriel Zeitlin
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Publication number: 20190133197Abstract: Display packages include a packaging including a cavity for holding an item, and a trap seal card including a first opening. The trap seal card retains the packaging such that the item held within the cavity is visible to a consumer through the first opening, and a portion of the packaging protrudes through the first opening. The trap seal card includes a front panel integral with a back panel. The packaging is between the front panel and the back panel. Blanks for the trap seal card include the back panel or the front panel having a first length and a second length less than the first length. The first and second lengths extend in a perpendicular direction to a first fold line. Blanks for the display box include a tab detachable from a remaining portion of the back panel when the back panel is separated along a ninth fold line.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2019Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Scott A. FATH, William J. BOGDZIEWICZ, III, Robert T. MITTEN, Ryan A. BAILEY
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Publication number: 20190112124Abstract: A pack for consumer goods includes an outer packaging container and an inner packaging container. The outer packaging container includes a lower box portion with an upper lid portion hingedly connected thereto. The inner packaging container includes a dispensing opening with a resealable closure, a front panel, a back panel, a top panel, a bottom panel, and opposing side panels; each side panel having an inner panel and an outer panel, the inner panel having a first width defining a width of the inner packaging container, and the outer panel including at least a portion having a second width defining flanges having a width greater than the first width. The inner packaging container is insertable within the outer packaging container such that the flanges extending from the back panel of the inner packaging container exert a biasing force on the hinged lid of the outer packaging container to assure lid closure is maintained.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Robert T. Mitten, Christopher J. Hession
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Patent number: D846380Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignees: CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC., ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Jean-Pierre Giraud, Herve Pichot, Franklin Lee Lucas, Jr., Joseph W. Rogers, Robert T. Mitten, Christopher L. Simpson
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Patent number: D850905Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLCInventors: Robert T. Mitten, Scott A. Fath, William J. Bogdziewicz, Benjamin Ivry, Aaron Ovadia, Gavriel Zeitlin
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Patent number: D853023Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLCInventors: Ryan Bailey, Robert T. Mitten
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Patent number: D856822Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Scott A. Fath, William J. Bogdziewicz, III, Robert T. Mitten, Ryan Bailey
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Patent number: D860811Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLCInventors: Robert T. Mitten, Scott A. Fath, William J. Bogdziewicz, III, Ryan Alan Bailey
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Patent number: D863948Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Scott A. Fath, William J. Bogdziewicz, III, Robert T. Mitten, Ryan Bailey