Article Housing Attached To Panel Patents (Class 206/461)
  • Patent number: 8763806
    Abstract: A container comprises a plastic blister or cover component with a first peripheral edge and a formed, first open-sided volume extending from the peripheral edge joined with a paperboard tray or tray component with a second peripheral edge, the paperboard tray or tray component having a plurality of panels forming a second open-sided volume. The container has means for joining the first peripheral edge of the plastic blister or cover component and the second peripheral edge of the paperboard tray or tray component so that the first and second volumes form a combined container volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Tegrant Alloyd Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Giaia Lee Ludwig
  • Patent number: 8763805
    Abstract: A device for containing and releasing a sample material having a first structural layer, a second structural layer, and a frangible layer containing a sample material attaching the first structural layer to the second structural layer. The sample material may be a fragrance. The device may further include a substrate such as a printed carrier sheet having a first panel and a second panel. The sampler may be placed on the second panel and the first panel is folded over the sampler to form the device. When the substrate is unfolded, the frangible layer separates for access to the sample material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: AKI, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven J. Greenland
  • Publication number: 20140166523
    Abstract: The present invention is a novel, theft-resistant, and senior-friendly packaging for consumer and retail products that is cheap and easy to manufacture. The packaging is designed to prevent individuals from gaining access to the enclosed product through tampering with the packaging while at the same time meeting or exceeding federal child-resistant and senior-friendly guidelines. The packaging incorporates plastic material and multiple cuts to be tear-resistant and to halt the propagation of a tear, if one should occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: KEY-PAK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Wade E. Williams-Hartman
  • Patent number: 8754385
    Abstract: A method and system for providing a sanitizing treatment for a product or object while inside a package. The system provides an atmosphere inside a contained environment that reduces, or eliminates, oxygen from the atmosphere, the contained environment containing at least one product or object packaged inside a package. At least one UV energy source transmits ultraviolet energy through the atmosphere inside the contained environment and toward the packaged product or object contained therein, the ultraviolet energy providing at least one of a sanitizing, disinfecting and sterilizing treatment to the packaged product or object by converting oxygen in an atmosphere between an inside surface of the package of the packaged product or object and the surface of the product or object to ozone in the atmosphere therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Inventor: Jose Gutman
  • Publication number: 20140151257
    Abstract: In a paper made bearing plate and packaging box thereof, the packaging box includes a box body and a paper made bearing plate provided in an accommodation space of the box body. The paper made bearing plate includes a cardboard and a standing pillar. The cardboard has a first surface and a second surface opposite thereto. The standing pillar is formed on the first surface. The periphery of the second surface is formed a folded edge on the cardboard. The electrical device can be accommodated in a containing space surrounded by the second surface and the folded edge. The paper made bearing plate stands on a plane by the support of the cardboard and the standing pillar, thereby positioning and fixing the electrical device on the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: GOLDEN ARROW PRINTING, CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Kuan KUO, Chun-Huang HUANG
  • Publication number: 20140124401
    Abstract: Theft-resistant product package includes a front shell having a security pattern of thickened plastic areas or of cut-resistant strands on a plastic substrate and a back cover secured to and disposed relative to the front shell. An alternative theft-resistant product package includes an enclosed packaging structure having front and back surfaces spaced apart by at least one side wall around the perimeter of the front and back surfaces, and a plurality of indentations disposed in the at least one side wall. A process for manufacturing theft-resistant product packaging includes the steps of forming a theft-resistant security pattern of thickened plastic areas on a plastic substrate, shaping the plastic substrate to form a cavity, and securing the plastic substrate to a back cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Brett P. Seber, James S. Gleason, Randolph J. Morton
  • Publication number: 20140091003
    Abstract: A package for enclosing a product includes front and back cards and a cut resistant band or cap anchored between the cards. The cut resistant band or cap prevents lifting the product away from the cards or sliding the product out of the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Ryan C. BRADFIELD, John L. HACK, Joel FORBES, Andrey KIRIEVSKIY
  • Patent number: 8672129
    Abstract: A card holder for holding a plurality of transaction cards, such as a gift cards, that minimizes display rack space occupied by the holder when it is on display for sale, but that expands to hold multiple gift cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Gift Card Impressions, LLC
    Inventors: Brett R. Glass, Nicole E. Glass
  • Patent number: 8646611
    Abstract: A blister package includes at least one blister tray having a plurality of open blister depressions each blister depression accommodating a consumable product. The blister sleeve includes a pair of spaced apart planar walls defining therebetween a pivot connection. The blister tray is received between the walls of the blister sleeve and pivotally coupled to the pivot location. The sleeves are pivotal from an enclosed position between the two planar walls to an open position outwardly of the planar walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventor: Nevenka Markovic
  • Patent number: 8646607
    Abstract: An electronic device accessories packaging system and methods of manufacturing, distributing and retailing the electronic device accessories packaging are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventor: Eddie Dana
  • Publication number: 20130341230
    Abstract: A product packaging container including a housing; a packaging tray; a cold seal adhesive configured to hold together the housing and the packaging tray; the packaging tray including a blister portion configured to secure a product by conforming to a surface area portion or a volume of the product; a flange portion that extends from the blister portion, out in a plane, the plane including a perimeter of the blister portion; the housing having an exterior surface having a width; wherein the flange portion of the packaging tray extends from the blister perimeter in one of a vertical or horizontal direction of the plane formed by the base of the blister perimeter; wherein the flange portion includes a top flange portion and a bottom flange portion; wherein the blister perimeter has a width that is substantially equivalent to the width of the exterior surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: EXCEL RETAIL SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Michael Brandel, Todd Michael Brandel
  • Publication number: 20130341231
    Abstract: A packaging is proposed, particularly a blister packaging, having at least one cavity for holding a liquid. The packaging comprises a capillary stop for the liquid which surrounds the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM MICROPARTS GMBH
    Inventors: Berthold Lange, Wolfgang Stoeters, Tanja Thiele, Markus Voigt
  • Publication number: 20130341232
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a cold cohesive packaging system using tear resistant tape includes a top sheet having an interior surface and at least one top cohesive region defined on the interior surface; a bottom sheet having a bottom interior surface and at least one bottom cohesive region defined on the bottom interior surface; at least one strip embedded in the top sheet or the bottom sheet, the at least one strip being resistant to tearing; and a cohesive, wherein the cohesive is applied in liquid form and adheres as a film to the at least one top cohesive region and the at least one bottom cohesive region, where the cohesive is capable of permanently bonding the top sheet to the bottom sheet when a pressure is applied, and wherein the cohesive comprises a latex-based cohesive with a viscosity of no more than 450 centipoise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventor: Shane Mikula
  • Patent number: 8567596
    Abstract: A kit holding a film sheet and a miniature squeegee may also include a bottle of an activation solution for an adhesive on the film sheet. The film sheet corresponds in size and shape to a display of an electronic device. Excess solution is removed from the display while evenly distributing the adhesive using wiping motions with the squeegee. In a dry adhesive application, a cover sheet over the adhesive is perforated so that one portion of the cover sheet may be removed for adhering one part of the film sheet to the display, and after securing the one part, the remainder of the cover sheet is removed to adhere the remainder of the film sheet to the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew C. Mason, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8534463
    Abstract: An electronic device packaging system that allows customer access, through a side accessible opening, to a connector of an enclosed electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device packaging system includes a front member and a back member that cooperate to form a device-accommodating compartment to enclose the electronic device. The device-accommodating compartment has at least one side configured with the side accessible opening through which the electronic connector is graspable by the customer through the accessible opening disposed on the side of the front member. The side placement of the “try it” feature allows full utilization of the front and back of the package for advertising graphics or information, or product display, thus resulting in a compact, efficient package, with advantages for both retailers and customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Inventor: Wiley Smith
  • Publication number: 20130220863
    Abstract: An a card holder for holding a transaction card, such as a gift card, upon a card holding panel that pivots or flips to reveal the gift card in response to operation of a pull element. The holder may include multiple pages in addition to the card holding panel. The pull element is linked to a cover panel that, when opened, also causes the card holding panel to open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Gift Card Impressions, LLC
    Inventors: Brett R. Glass, Nicole E. Glass
  • Publication number: 20130213845
    Abstract: A safe packaging container includes a flat body, a membrane, an engagement protrusion and an engagement slot. A plurality of carrier units are provided on the flat body to carry items, such as cookies, candies, snacks, batteries, pills, etc. A folding line is provided on the flat body to allow the flat body to be folded. The membrane is attached to the surface of the flat body to seal the items carried in the carrier units. The engagement protrusion is provided on one end of the flat body. Another folding line is provided between the engagement protrusion and the flat body. When the flat body is folded along the folding line, the engagement protrusion may engage with the engagement slot. Prints, such as directions for product or safety, etc., may be provided on the surface of the membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: John TSAO, Steven TSAO
  • Patent number: 8505727
    Abstract: A blister package (12) of transparent plastics material having an actuation portion (18), an electrical device such as a flashlight (14) with a slider switch (32) disposed at least partially within the package, the device including a battery power source (22) and an activatable component such as a LED or light; and a package switch (46) with actuation element (66) having an activation condition and a deactivation condition and being changeable from its deactivation condition to its activation condition. The package and device combination being configured for the power source to form part of a closed electrical circuit with, and to activate, the activatable component when the package switch is in its activation condition, and for the circuit to be open once the package switch has changed to its deactivation condition. The consumer can test the operation of the packaged flashlight by operating the switch (46) to illuminate either the LED (24) or the fluorescent tube (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Dalton, Kin Sang Chung, Michael Squires
  • Publication number: 20130199957
    Abstract: Packaging components could comprise a ply material having a front surface, a back surface, and an aperture through at least a portion of the ply material. A film material could be provided over a selected one of the front surface and the back surface of the ply material, covering the aperture. At least one substantially transparent portion and at least one substantially translucent portion could be provided with the film material covering the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Joseph D. Franko, SR., Joseph D. Franko, JR., Robert H. Westmeyer
  • Patent number: 8496111
    Abstract: A clamshell package for supporting an article is provided including a covered manufacturing hinge adapted to divide the clamshell into first and second parts adapted to form a cavity. The first and second parts partially overlap to form a flange adjacent the manufacturing hinge. The second part includes an uncovered operating hinge, about which the second part is adapted to pivot away from the first part to an open position. The clamshell package includes a panel adapted to engage the manufacturing hinge and flange to retain the manufacturing hinge in a folded position, with the panel being spaced from the operating hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Display Pack, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor D. Hansen, George E. Raimer, Kristie L. Vos, Brian J. Pankratz, Michael J. Cramblet, Elliott R. Eckert
  • Patent number: 8465336
    Abstract: A packaging assembly for a reconfigurable toy includes a base component and a side component movably connected to the base component. The toy includes a main body and an extendable member movably connected to the main body. The toy is reconfigurable between a first configuration in which the extendable member is retracted relative to the main body and a second configuration in which the extendable member is extended relative to the main body. The main body of the toy is coupled to the base component and the extendable member of the toy is coupled to the side component, so that the toy is reconfigurable between its first configuration and its second configuration while remaining coupled to the packaging assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian C. Byrd
  • Publication number: 20130143930
    Abstract: The present invention relates to oxaloacetate compounds that activate AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), including the preparation of the compounds, compositions containing the compounds, preserving said compounds and the use of the compounds in the prevention or treatment of disorders such as diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventor: Alan B. Cash
  • Publication number: 20130140210
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a low-dosed dosage form for hormone replacement therapy (HRT). More particularly, the present invention concerns a solid oral dosage form comprising about 0.5 mg estradiol and about 0.5 mg drospirenone, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. Despite the low E2 and DRSP doses it has surprisingly been found that a very high proportion of the women suffering from moderate to severe hot flushes actually respond to this treatment. Accordingly, the dosage form of the invention may be used as maintenance HRT or may be used already when HRT is initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Mletzko, Rolf Schürmann, Kerstin Gude
  • Publication number: 20130134066
    Abstract: A laminate structure for containing a consumer product comprising: a cellulose based substrate comprising: a bamboo derived pulp; a sugar cane derived pulp; and a bulrush derived pulp; a polymeric laminate layer at least partially coating said cellulosic base substrate, said laminate structure forming a tub having a base and a perimeter wall defining a cavity for receiving a consumer product, said cavity being in communication with an opening that extends through the perimeter wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: THE GILLETTE COMPANY
    Inventor: The Gillette Company
  • Publication number: 20130092586
    Abstract: An account application product includes a package, an account identifier and a terms sheet. The package includes a first panel extending from a free edge to a first fold line, a second panel extending away from the first fold line to a second fold line, and a third panel extending away from the second fold line. The first panel is folded back along the first fold line toward a first surface of the second panel to define a storage area between the first panel and the second panel. The third panel is folded forward along the second fold line toward a second surface of the second panel. The account identifier indicates an account associated with the account application product and is configured to be machine readable. The terms sheet is selectively stored in the storage area and includes printed terms for the account. Associated packages and method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventor: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
  • Patent number: 8414994
    Abstract: A note-carried liquid pack for application on an article by machine includes a base note layer with printed indicia on a top note face. The note-carried liquid pack also includes first and second fluid-impermeable, substantially transparent laminate layers overlying the base note layer. A first adhesive secures the first laminate layer to the base note layer, and a second adhesive secures the second laminate layer to the first laminate layer along an endless adhesive boundary. The endless adhesive boundary surrounds a central portion devoid of adhesive, in which the laminate layers define a liquid-holding pocket therebetween. A substantially transparent liquid is disposed within the pocket to be sealed therein so long as at least portions of the laminate layers adjacent the pocket remain secured to one another. The printed indicia is viewable through the laminate layers and through the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Express Card and Label Co., Inc.
    Inventor: John W. George
  • Publication number: 20130081968
    Abstract: The invention relates to a film container of a blister that cannot be extruded, comprising a base film and a cover film for implementing a receiving chamber (4) for a filling material, in particular an active pharmaceutical ingredient formulation, wherein the receiving chamber (4) is connected to an opening area (6) for removing the filling material. The opening area (6) of the receiving chamber (4) is protected by means of at least one film section (7, 8) that can be separated at least in sections from the film container (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Kurtze, Stefan Lustenberger
  • Publication number: 20130008825
    Abstract: A blister package is defined for retaining product. The package is formed from a receptacle substrate having a planer sealing flange and at least one receptacle hollow for retaining product therein. A top layer is provided, covering the receptacle hollow with a portion overlapping and sealed to the sealing flange. A score pattern is formed in the top layer for promoting propagation of a tear upon forcing product from receptacle hollow against the top layer. The score pattern is defined by a plurality of rows of parallel straight lines aligned with the receptacle hollow. In addition, a plurality of spaced curved or bowed score lines are provided. The curved or bowed score lines transversely intersect the rows of straight lines above the receptacle hollow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald McArthur, Benjamin Davis
  • Patent number: 8348059
    Abstract: The present invention is directed generally to container for reconfigurable products and, in particular, to a display package operable to display a product in multiple configurations. The display package may include product housing portions adapted to slide from a first, adjacent position, where one product portion is positioned adjacent to another product portion, to a second, separated position, where one product portion is spaced from the other product portion. The display package may include a plurality of product housings adapted to rotate with respect to each other along a common axis such that product portions within the product housings may be selectively aligned to form desired configurations of a completed, displayed product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian M. Rice
  • Publication number: 20120325715
    Abstract: A blister pack comprising a blister layer having a plurality of blisters formed therein, the blisters also having a plurality of recesses at a periphery thereof, the blister and recesses being partially defined by a blister lower wall, a blister upper wall and a blister connecting wall extending between the upper the upper wall and the lower wall whereby pressure exerted in the area of the blister upper wall and blister connecting wall will cause the blister to crumple to provide easier access to contents of the blister.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventor: Thomas D. Intini
  • Publication number: 20120318695
    Abstract: Theft-resistant product packaging includes a front shell having a matrix of cut-resistant strands disposed within or adjacent to a plastic substrate, and a back cover secured to and disposed relative to the front shell so as to form a cavity configured to contain a product therebetween. The cut-resistant strands may be formed of metal, fiber or fabric forming a matrix of cut-resistant strands which are overlayed, weaved or twisted with respect to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: SEBERCOR LLC
    Inventors: Brett P. Seber, James S. Gleason, Randolph J. Morton
  • Patent number: 8329212
    Abstract: The potential for substance abuse involving residual amounts of abusable substances remaining in used skin-worn patches is reduced by the provision of a system and method for combining the abusable substance with a separate anti-abuse substance agent as part of a removal or disposal procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Teikoku Pharma USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Carter R. Anderson, Russell L. Morris
  • Publication number: 20120298545
    Abstract: A blister packaging (3) for sanitary insert parts or accessory parts (4, 5, 6). The sanitary insert or accessory parts (4, 5, 6) can be interchanged with each other or combined with each other. Each of the sanitary insert parts or accessory parts (4, 5, 6) is arranged in a mold cavity (8) of a molded plastic-film part (7) made from transparent plastic. Because the insert parts or accessory parts (4, 5, 6) that can be interchanged with each other or combined with each other are accommodated in a single blister packaging (3), the correct association of these parts (4, 5, 6) is ensured and the handling of these parts (4, 5, 6) is made easier even for the uninformed user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventor: Oliver Denzler
  • Publication number: 20120292206
    Abstract: Retail packaging for a transaction card includes a carrier for retaining the transaction card, a transparent encasement enclosing the carrier, literature containing information associated with the transaction card placed within the encasement, and means for hanging the packaging within a retail environment. The encasement may take on a variety of forms, including having a curved outer surface forming a cavity within the encasement. The carrier may also take on a variety of forms, including forms having a main surface and a device for elevating the transaction card off the main surface to create a visual effect that the transaction card is floating within the encasement. The packaging may further include a panel that at least partially obscures the transaction card from view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Michael L. Casella, Eduardo A. Becerril, R. Matthew Kohler, Steven W. Streit, Mark Timothy Troughton
  • Publication number: 20120261296
    Abstract: A kit and method is disclosed to facilitate the transferring of a prosthetic appliance to the skin of a wearer. The kit includes first and second transfer portions, which may be provided in combined form. The first transfer portion includes a prosthetic appliance and a release film. The second transfer portion includes a transfer substrate, an adhesive layer and a release coat therebetween. The second transfer portion may include a seal layer disposed between the adhesive layer and the release coat. The kit may include a package portion which may non-adhesively restrain the other components so as to protect and display the prosthetic while enabling the package portion to be opened without causing damage to the remainder of the kit. A method for producing the kit is disclosed and involves the use of a cavity mold and respective retainer plate to produce the requisite transfer portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Tinsley Transfers, Inc.
    Inventor: Christien Tinsley
  • Patent number: 8277910
    Abstract: A fluid container for packing a product includes a check valve for each container member. A bonding structure of check-valves to a fluid container and a production apparatus of fluid container are disclosed in detail where the check valve is capable of reliably keeping the expansion of the fluid container without any fluid leakage after inflating the fluid container. As the check-valve is bonded to only one of thermoplastic container films, both films of the check-valve are fixed to one of the container films at a plurality of seal portions, thereby preventing the reverse flow by tightly closing the check valve. The plurality of seal portions in a flow pass of the fluid disrupt the fluid flow so as to add resistance to the fluid flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: AIR-PAQ, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Koyanagi, Katsutoshi Yoshifusa, Kenneth Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8276751
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for displaying a padlock. In one embodiment of the present invention, the system includes a padlock, a card and a back plate, wherein the card includes a front side, a back side and an aperture sized to receive at least a body of the padlock, and the back plate is configured to be attached to the back side of the card (e.g., via coupling portions). The card further includes a plurality of retaining tabs that extend from a face of the card and are used to retain the padlock by restricting movement of the padlock in a direction orthogonal and/or parallel to the face of the card. Each retaining tab is configured to retain the padlock by providing at least one retaining surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Hampton Products International Corporation
    Inventor: Phil Zorc
  • Publication number: 20120241346
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging which performs a passive flight motion, in particular a gliding and/or autorotation motion, during free fall. The invention is characterized in that the packaging has at least one wing (2), in particular at least one gliding wing and/or one rotor blade (2), and at least one accommodating space (1) for an object (3) to be packaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventor: Florian Wiest
  • Publication number: 20120241347
    Abstract: A flexible package (10) is provided for a consumable product. The flexible package includes a pair of flexible packaging films (12, 14) for enclosing the product therebetween. The films are bonded together to define a perimeter seal for surrounding the product. One of the films may be rupturable so as to allow dispensing of the product through the film under manual pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC
    Inventors: Paul K. Bowers, James Glydon
  • Publication number: 20120234854
    Abstract: Disclosed is a packaging system (10) for containing and dispensing loose filled product units. An inverted tray (20) is sealed to a backer board (40) with a guide insert disposed there between defining an interior chamber that is also filled with product units. The guide insert may include a base flange (38), a pair of side flanges for funneling product units into the truncated area that defines a next dispensing position. A flexible bridge (34) includes at least one high point and a fence portion that can descend into the base flange upon application of sufficient pressure to the at least one high point. This allows a product unit to advance to a dispensing position such that product units can be dispensed one at a time through user manipulation of the flexible bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryan A. Bailey
  • Patent number: 8251249
    Abstract: A clam-shell container system can include first and second container pieces that are hingedly connected. The first container piece can include a perimeter and a hangable tab, the hangable tab having an opening configured to receive a rod. The hinge connection can be perforated, such that it breaks upon actuation of the hangable tab to open the container system. The second container piece can include a cutout in proximity to the hinge connection and the hangable tab. Accordingly, the cutout can provide clearance for the rotation of the hangable tab beyond the hinge connection. Further, the second container piece can have a perimeter having a shape substantially similar to the perimeter of the first container piece. The perimeters can form a substantial seal in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: PWP Industries
    Inventor: Terry Vovan
  • Patent number: 8251214
    Abstract: A blister card includes graphics printed on a substrate surface, which is then cut to produce an opening through which a blister may be received. The cut-out portion of the substrate is transferred in proper register to a position behind the blister so as to provide a continuous graphic image on the package. A method is also described for providing background graphics on a blister card in the region behind the blister.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventor: Michael P Wade
  • Publication number: 20120199511
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging, comprising a hollow body (5) extending along a longitudinal axis (A) and a blister carrier (6) slidably arranged therein for accommodating a blister (20). The blister carrier (6) is designed in such a way and blisters are or can be fastened to the blister carrier (6) in such a way that the blister carrier (6) can accommodate at least two different blisters (20), which differ in regard to the quantity and/or arrangement of the pockets. The blister carrier (6) has a carrier section (14) that is frame-shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: RONDO AG
    Inventors: Adrian Looser, Martin Krause
  • Patent number: 8235213
    Abstract: A package for a dispensing device, comprising a protection pouch arranged to enclose the dispensing device. The protection pouch comprises a base section that is arranged to support the dispensing device in the general vertical direction, and the package comprises a support member arranged to essentially elevate the base section of the pouch from a support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Astrazeneca AB
    Inventors: Simon Berry, Eric Connolly, Dave Salmon
  • Publication number: 20120160862
    Abstract: The present invention provides a blister package including a blister tray having a plurality of upwardly opening blister depressions. A plurality of consumable products are provided where each blister depression supports one of the plurality of consumable products. A blister cover overlies and encloses the blister depression. The cover is sealed to the tray at a depression boundary about each depression. Each blister depression includes a tapered wall for urging the consumable product out from the blister depression at a location at the blister boundary upon manual exerted on the depression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLC
    Inventor: Hector Hugo Jimenez Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 8205746
    Abstract: A display pack for a consumer product is made of two sheets of corrugated cardboard and a clear plastic container with a flat insertion portion sandwiched between the cardboard sheets. The two cardboard sheets are adhered together in a peripheral area of the package by a heat-sensitive adhesive, and the corrugations of the cardboard sheets are crushed and flattened in the peripheral area. To seal the package, the peripheral area of the two cardboard sheets is subject to sufficient pressure to crush the corrugations inside the cardboard sheets and flatten them in that area. Heat is applied to the outer side of the cardboard sheets in the peripheral area and conducted to the adhesive material between the two sheets to activate the adhesive material. A sealer machine with a heated sealing press or parallel sets of heated rollers may be used to carry out the sealing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Inventor: Joseph Nazari
  • Patent number: 8205747
    Abstract: A display pack for a consumer product is made of two sheets of corrugated cardboard and a clear plastic container with a flat insertion portion sandwiched between the cardboard sheets. The two cardboard sheets are adhered together in a peripheral area of the package by a heat-sensitive adhesive, and the corrugations of the cardboard sheets are crushed and flattened in the peripheral area. To seal the package, the peripheral area of the two cardboard sheets is subject to sufficient pressure to crush the corrugations inside the cardboard sheets and flatten them in that area. Heat is applied to the outer side of the cardboard sheets in the peripheral area and conducted to the adhesive material between the two sheets to activate the adhesive material. A sealer machine with a heated sealing press or parallel sets of heated rollers may be used to carry out the sealing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Inventor: Joseph Nazari
  • Publication number: 20120152795
    Abstract: A daily blister card housing a unit dose includes a back side and a front side opposite the back side. The front side includes a manufacturer indicator visible on the front side. A face has an outer periphery and a total planar area bounded by the outer periphery. One or more blisters extend outwardly at the face that contain at least three unit doses that are visible from outside the one or more blisters. Each of the one or more blisters includes a shoulder contacting a cavity backing surface and a projected cavity area bounded by the shoulder that is projected onto the cavity backing surface. A total projected cavity area of the one or more blisters is no more than about 45 percent of the total planar area bounded by the outer periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Rosa Manuela Leon Alonso, Kelly Lee Schmeichel, Isabelle LaFosse-Marin, Angela Jane Deutsch, Thomas Alfred Inglin, Kurt Franklin Trombley, Diane Danheiser Powers, Eduardo de Abreu Mangione, Craig Andrew Hawkins
  • Patent number: 8186512
    Abstract: Low waste packaging for use with a consumer product includes a planar tag element of a generally rectangular configuration having front and back planar surfaces upon which advertising indicia may be printed and a cut-out into which a portion of the consumer product is received. The packaging includes first and second semi-annular ring portions that may be assembled around the consumer product when received within the cut-out and affixed to each other through the planar tag element. The method for packaging a consumer product includes receiving the consumer product within a cutout formed in a lower portion of a planar tag element; and assembling two halves of a retaining member about an upper shank of the consumer product so that annular portions of the retaining members contact the consumer product and laterally extensive tags of the retaining members sandwich the tag therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Life+Gear, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis Bertken
  • Publication number: 20120118782
    Abstract: A stiff planar sheet-form member is formed with cuts extending through its thickness and framing portions that, when removed, form an array of windows, whereby the panel that remains after removing the portions may be placed against lands on one face of a blister sheet with the windows receiving respective blisters of the blister sheet for stiffening the blister sheet. The cuts extending through the thickness of the sheet-form member also form openings that communicate at opposite respective ends with respective windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: MANREX PTY. LTD.
    Inventor: Gerard STEVENS