Patents by Inventor Vincent Ferry

Vincent Ferry 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).

  • Patent number: 10407210
    Abstract: The FFS plastic container for a dairy product or similar food composition is provided with a body having a side wall extending along a longitudinal axis from a bottom to a top that defines a wide upper opening. The container, which is provided with a generally planar annular flange integral with the body and extending around the upper opening, has a decorative layer around the side wall. The upper portion of the side wall tapers toward the opening. Either a peripheral bulge is formed in the side wall at a junction between the upper portion and a lower portion, or the lower portion has a generally cylindrical shape. The decorative layer is defined by a plastic sleeve that includes a shrink film annularly secured to the upper portion, the sleeve extending adjacent or over the junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GERVAIS DANONE
    Inventor: Vincent Ferry
  • Patent number: 10322839
    Abstract: The flanged container for a dairy product or similar food composition is provided with a hollow body and a generally planar annular flange connected to the top of the body, the flange having outer straight side edges and an inner edge defining a circular upper opening of the container. The body has a planar bottom and a lower portion tapering from a generally cylindrical upper portion toward the bottom in a curved manner. The lower portion has a height h1 in some embodiments not less than 14 mm and the ratio h1/H is less than 2:5 where H is the height of the container. The side wall of the body has a thickness profile such that the average thickness of the lower portion is more than the average thickness of the upper portion. Several identical containers can be grouped in a pack with breakable junctions at the outer straight side edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Compagnie Gervais Danone
    Inventor: Vincent Ferry
  • Publication number: 20180016061
    Abstract: The FFS plastic container for a dairy product or similar food composition is provided with a body having a side wall extending along a longitudinal axis from a bottom to a top that defines a wide upper opening. The container, which is provided with a generally planar annular flange integral with the body and extending around the upper opening, has a decorative layer around the side wall. The upper portion of the side wall tapers toward the opening. Either a peripheral bulge is formed in the side wall at a junction between the upper portion and a lower portion, or the lower portion has a generally cylindrical shape. The decorative layer is defined by a plastic sleeve that includes a shrink film annularly secured to the upper portion, the sleeve extending adjacent or over the junction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventor: Vincent FERRY
  • Publication number: 20170190459
    Abstract: The flanged container for a dairy product or similar food composition is provided with a hollow body and a generally planar annular flange connected to the top of the body, the flange having outer straight side edges and an inner edge defining a circular upper opening of the container. The body has a planar bottom and a lower portion tapering from a generally cylindrical upper portion toward the bottom in a curved manner. The lower portion has a height h1 in some embodiments not less than 14 mm and the ratio h1/H is less than 2:5 where H is the height of the container. The side wall of the body has a thickness profile such that the average thickness of the lower portion is more than the average thickness of the upper portion. Several identical containers can be grouped in a pack with breakable junctions at the outer straight side edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventor: Vincent Ferry
  • Patent number: 9604749
    Abstract: The flanged container for a dairy product or similar food composition is provided with a hollow body and a generally planar annular flange connected to the top of the body, the flange having outer straight side edges and an inner edge defining a circular upper opening of the container. The body has a planar bottom and a lower portion tapering from a generally cylindrical upper portion toward the bottom in a curved manner. The lower portion has a height h1 in some embodiments not less than 14 mm and the ratio h1/H is less than 2:5 where H is the height of the container. The side wall of the body has a thickness profile such that the average thickness of the lower portion is more than the average thickness of the upper portion. Several identical containers can be grouped in a pack with breakable junctions at the outer straight side edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Compagnie Gervais Danone
    Inventor: Vincent Ferry
  • Publication number: 20160251133
    Abstract: The items (2) having a round base are grouped together on a tray (4) to form a presentation assembly (1) that allows the items to be kept in a specific orientation in rows (R1, R2, R3, R4), even in the absence of locking projections or shapes in the cavities defined by recesses (3) in the tray. Each of the items (2) has, at the upper end of the recipient (5), a flange (5c) that supports a closing element (12). The flange has at least two blocking edges (14, 15, 16, 17) cut in a non-circular shape, and the distribution of the cavities allows two blocking edges (16?, 17) of two adjacent items to bear against each other, directly or indirectly, preventing items (2) from rotating individually relative to the tray (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventor: Vincent Ferry
  • Publication number: 20150079239
    Abstract: The flanged container for a dairy product or similar food composition is provided with a hollow body and a generally planar annular flange connected to the top of the body, the flange having outer straight side edges and an inner edge defining a circular upper opening of the container. The body has a planar bottom and a lower portion tapering from a generally cylindrical upper portion toward the bottom in a curved manner. The lower portion has a height h1 in some embodiments not less than 14 mm and the ratio h1/H is less than 2:5 where H is the height of the container. The side wall of the body has a thickness profile such that the average thickness of the lower portion is more than the average thickness of the upper portion. Several identical containers can be grouped in a pack with breakable junctions at the outer straight side edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Vincent Ferry
  • Patent number: 8919600
    Abstract: The flanged container for a dairy product or similar food composition is provided with a hollow body and a generally planar annular flange connected to the top of the body, the flange having outer straight side edges and an inner edge defining a circular upper opening of the container. The body has a planar bottom and a lower portion tapering from a generally cylindrical upper portion toward the bottom in a curved manner. The lower portion has a height h1 in some embodiments not less than 14 mm and the ratio h1/H is less than 2:5 where H is the height of the container. The side wall of the body has a thickness profile such that the average thickness of the lower portion is more than the average thickness of the upper portion. Several identical containers can be grouped in a pack with breakable junctions at the outer straight side edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Compagnie Gervais Danone
    Inventor: Vincent Ferry
  • Publication number: 20140004233
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flanged container for a food, in particular a dairy product composition. The container is provided with a hollow body and an annular flange that comprises an inner edge defining a circular upper opening of the container and outer straight side edges. The flange has at least two first flange portions, each defining one of said side edges, two of the side edges having a length I shorter than half of an inner diameter Dint of the opening. Two of the first flange portions are adjacent. At least two second flange portions are provided to each define a corner of the flange, the second flange portions each comprising an outer convex edge extending between two adjacent of said outer straight side edges. A pack comprising the containers is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE GERVAIS DANONE
    Inventor: Vincent Ferry
  • Patent number: 8579124
    Abstract: A device for presenting products presenting at least two pots united by a connection region situated in their upper portions. The device includes a tray having a bottom and at least one separator wall against which the bottom face of at least one connection region comes to bear, the two above-mentioned pots being situated on either side of the separator wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Compagnie Gervais Danone
    Inventor: Vincent Ferry
  • Publication number: 20120251679
    Abstract: The flanged container for a dairy product or similar food composition is provided with a hollow body and a generally planar annular flange connected to the top of the body, the flange having outer straight side edges and an inner edge defining a circular upper opening of the container. The body has a planar bottom and a lower portion tapering from a generally cylindrical upper portion toward the bottom in a curved manner. The lower portion has a height h1 in some embodiments not less than 14 mm and the ratio h1/H is less than 2:5 where H is the height of the container. The side wall of the body has a thickness profile such that the average thickness of the lower portion is more than the average thickness of the upper portion. Several identical containers can be grouped in a pack with breakable junctions at the outer straight side edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Compagnie Gervais Danone
    Inventor: Vincent Ferry
  • Publication number: 20100072148
    Abstract: A device for presenting products presenting at least two pots united by a connection region situated in their upper portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: COMPAGNIE GERVAIS DANONE
    Inventor: Vincent FERRY
  • Patent number: 6427420
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a pack, particularly intended for undergoing preservation treatment, from at least one film (10) comprising two plastic layers, an upper (11) and a lower (12), which form the outer and inner faces of said pack, and a light-metal central layer (13) sandwiched between said upper and lower layers. According to the invention, prior to the operations to make said pack, a laser beam is applied solely to the lower layer of said film, said lower layer forming the inner face of said pack, in order to produce, virtually in the entire thickness of said lower layer, at least one perforation (14) forming at least one precut line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Unisabi
    Inventors: Alain Olivieri, Vincent Ferry, Daniel Blanchard, Jean-François Lefebvre