Bonded To Box Rim Or Adjacent Flange Patents (Class 229/125.35)
  • Patent number: 11167900
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a packaging comprises a substrate comprising a first panel including a first end, a second end spaced a first distance from the first end, and opposing first and second perimeter side edges extending the first distance between the first end and the second end. The entire first panel is symmetric about a first longitudinal axis thereof extending between the first end and the second end and each of the first and second perimeter side edges is disposed at first and second widths, respectively, from the first longitudinal axis at a first portion of the first panel. The first portion is disposed at least one of at the second end and proximal the second end and the first portion has a longitudinal extent along the first longitudinal axis less than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Consolidated Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Scott Jones, Adam Mitchell Geerts, Craig Lowery Lombardi, Andrew Cunningham Charters
  • Patent number: 11072458
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a container (10) comprising a sealing surface (15), wherein the sealing surface (15) is provided with a pattern (30) of ridges (31, 32) and valleys (33), and wherein the sealing surface (15) has a) oleophobic and/or b) oleophilic properties: a) repelling fat such that any fat on the sealing surface (15) has a tendency not to stick to the pattern (30) on the sealing surface thus creating an essentially fat-free sealing surface orb) attracting fat such that any fat on the sealing surface (15) has a tendency to settle down in the valleys (33) of the pattern (30) on the sealing surface, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Stora Enso OYJ
    Inventors: Ville Ribu, Nina Miikki
  • Patent number: 9630762
    Abstract: A package includes a container and a closure for mating on the brim of the container. The closure is hermetically sealed to the container brim at a factory. The seal is broken the first time a consumer removes the closure from the container brim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey C Minnette
  • Publication number: 20140263597
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for manufacturing a package with a rigid or semi-rigid container and a polymeric or plastic header with a reclosure, such as a zipper. The rigid or semi-rigid container is typically provided in a stack of flat containers. The header is sealed, glued or otherwise secured to the containers. The container, typically inverted, is filled, and the bottom is formed by folding and sealing the bottom portion of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Clifton HOWELL, David WALLACE, Kenny MCCRACKEN, Kevin OWEN, Steven OLECHOWSKI, Rusty KOENIGKRAMER
  • Patent number: 8690046
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to rigid or semi-rigid cartons with zipper-type reclosable elements, particularly self-mating zippers. The cartons can be formed from blanks which have a self-mating zipper on the inside of the carton. Additionally, the zipper can be attached to a flexible film which is, in turn, attached to the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Plourde
  • Patent number: 8523049
    Abstract: A clamshell carton may be erected from a blank for holding a food product. The blank may include various fold lines and corner features such as gussets or glue tabs that facilitate formation of the blank into the clamshell carton that includes a tray and a lid. The tray may have a bottom panel for supporting a food product. The lid may include a window that allows inspection of the food product held in the carton. The carton may include flanges that project outwardly from the tray and lid. When the carton is closed the flanges may define overlapping pairs that may be sealed together to enclose and seal the food product within the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventor: Kelly R. Fitzwater
  • Patent number: 8281980
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cup package made of a fiber-based material, such as polymer-coated packaging board, comprising a cup (1) containing a packaged product (2) and a lid (6) closing the mouth of the cup. In accordance with the invention, the cup (1) has a collar (5) bent downwardly from the mouth of the cup and diverging from the cup skirt (3), and the lid (6) has a rim (8) oriented accordingly downwardly from the collar, the lid being fixed in position by heat-sealing between said collar and rim parts. For opening the package, the lid (6) can be equipped with a tear strip (11) surrounding its rim (8). In addition, the lid (6) may be nested with the cup (1), so that compression and friction between their opposite surfaces retain the lid in position in the reclosed package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Stora Enso Oyj
    Inventors: Jari Räsänen, Seppo Karine
  • Patent number: 8011568
    Abstract: A board tray, a method for manufacturing a board tray and a tray blank from which the board tray is manufactured, said board tray containing side walls and a bottom wall made of a board layer provided on at least one surface thereof with a plastic coating, wherein areas of reduced thickness are formed in the board layer whereby portions of the plastic layer which have been melted and are disposed adjacent to areas of reduced thickness are compressed into such areas forming double-folded linear plastic compressions which seal on themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Stora Enso Oyj
    Inventors: Paivi Maeaettae, Risto Vesanto, Panu Tanninen, Petri Laakso, Jari Hovikorpi
  • Patent number: 7891516
    Abstract: A container is thermoformed from a multilayer sheet, which includes a container body and a flange extending outward from a circumference of an opening of the container body. An end of the first layer extends over an edge of a peeled surface toward a bottom side on an outer end surface of the flange. When a lid is heat-sealed to the flange of the container, even if a seal resin is melted and flowed toward the end surface of the flange, since the edge of the peeled surface is covered with the end of the first layer, the seal resin will not adhere to the edge of the peeled surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Idemitsu Unitech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7597238
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a carton for a diagonally cut sandwich or like foodstuff formed from a blank of card and having triangular end walls connected by rectangular side walls to form a triangular prism-shaped container. One side wall of the container is hinged to another wall of the container to provide an opening for insertion/removal of foodstuff and to form a lid for closing the opening. The edges of the opening have out-turned flanges and the periphery of the lid overlies the out-turned flanges encircling the opening when the lid is in the closed position whereby the lid can be bonded to the flanges to seal the contents of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Rapid Action Packaging Limited
    Inventors: Julian David Kyrle Money, Savvakis Savva
  • Patent number: 7481315
    Abstract: A photosensitive printing plate supplying apparatus for supplying a photosensitive printing plate to an automatic plate making machine for a photosensitive printing plate includes a printing plate packaging device which accommodates a bundle of photosensitive printing plates; a printing plate accommodating portion to which the printing plate packaging device is removably attached and which can completely shield light from the exterior; and a taking-out/conveying device which takes out the photosensitive printing plates from an interior of the printing plate packaging device in the light-shielded accommodation portion and conveys the photosensitive printing plates to a predetermined position. When the printing plate packaging means has an opening/closing lid, the photosensitive printing plate supplying apparatus may further include a lid opening/closing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Usui, Toshizi Sone
  • Patent number: 7331481
    Abstract: A package, comprising an outer package formed from relatively rigid material and an inner package formed from at least two layers of film material, the two layers of film material being gas-tightly connected to each other near their circumference by means of an inherently closed sealing edge, which is formed against a wall part of the outer package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Kappa “GSF” B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Paul van Eijndhoven, Richard Vos
  • Patent number: 7156252
    Abstract: A closure system for a container comprises a magnetically permeable element such as a metal ring adapted to be affixed on a container adjacent an opening thereof, and a closure such as a membrane lid having a surface formed by a heat seal material, the closure being heat-sealed to a surface of the magnetically permeable element via the heat seal material. The closure further incorporates a magnetized material structured and arranged to attract the magnetically permeable element so as to affix the closure to the magnetically permeable element following removal of the closure therefrom, whereby the closure system is re-closable by magnetic attraction between the closure and magnetically permeable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeremy E. Morin
  • Patent number: 6959832
    Abstract: A lid member for a food container having a layered structure in which a surface sheet is laid on a composite sheet, said surface sheet including an easily-peelable area that is easily separated from the composite sheet, formed by applying a lubricant between the surface sheet and the composite sheet, said surface sheet including a non-peelable area adjacent to said easily-peelable area; a first slit cut vertical-sectionally through the composite sheet, said first slit defining one or more apertures in said lid to form an opening area in said composite sheet; a second slit in said surface sheet defining a boundary between the easily-peelable area and said non-peelable area of said surface sheet; and said surface sheet being adhered to said composite sheet at said composite sheet opening area over an area that is smaller than said composite sheet opening area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Nissin Shokuhin Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sawada, Mitsuo Yoshimura, Hirofumi Kawai, Takashi Takagi, Yuko Zenpuku
  • Patent number: 6866189
    Abstract: A container is provided with a removable lid which allows for corner reinforcement structures to remain attached to the container after lid removal. According to one embodiment, the lid is removable via a combination of tear-away strips and reverse cuts. The container is preferably manufactured using a unitary blank and designed for easy construction and filling, convenient storage and display, and simple conversion into cooking and serving conformations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Caraustar Custom Packaging
    Inventor: Daniel J. Nelson
  • Patent number: 6790508
    Abstract: A sheet composed of multiple films for providing peel-off lids for containers comprising a first film set of films, with a film layer of aluminum, an external polythene film and an internal orientated plastic film; a second film set heat-sealed to the edge of a container to be closed, with a pre-perforated polyester film coupled, by an adhesive, to a non-perforated polythene film heat-sealed to the edge of the container; and a hot-extruded polythene layer interposed between the two film sets to couple the last polyester film of the first film set and the first polyester film of the second film set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: BP Europack S.p.A.
    Inventor: Marco Razeti
  • Publication number: 20040094611
    Abstract: A package, comprising an outer package formed from relatively rigid material and an inner package formed from at least two layers of film material, the two layers of film material being gas-tightly connected to each other near their circumference by means of an inherently closed sealing edge, which is formed against a wall part of the outer package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Peter Paul van Eijndhoven, Richard Vos
  • Patent number: 6669046
    Abstract: A lid member for a food container comprising an easily-peelable area of the layered structure having a lubricant between the base layer and the surface sheet, a non-peelable opening area of the layered structure disposed within the easily-peelable area; a non-peelable area of the layered structure disposed adjacent to easily-peelable area, said lid member further comprising a first tab to peel off the lid member from the container body, a second tab formed on the easily-peelable area along the boundary line between the non-peelable area and the easily-peelable area to open the apertures of the opening area, a first slit, cut from the base layer to the adhesive layer forming apertures in the opening area, a second slit, cut from the surface sheet to the adhesive layer, along the boundary line between the easily-peelable area and non-peelable area, and a third slit, cut from the base layer to the adhesive layer and disposed where the second tab is mounted, from a foot-end of the second tab, spaced from the seco
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Nissin Shokuhin Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sawada, Mitsuo Yoshimura, Kyutaro Ikeda, Hirofumi Kawai
  • Publication number: 20030226881
    Abstract: A paper container has a bottom, at least two pairs of side walls, at least two pairs of side margins and at least one pair of strengtheners. The bottom has at least two pairs of edges, and the side walls are integrally formed with the edges of the bottom. Each side wall has a top edge, and the,side margins are integrally formed with the top edge of the side wall. The strengthener has a shape almost the same with the side margin and pasted under the side margin. The paper container has a structure sufficient to provide secure, water-proof, low-polluting transportation for food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventor: Wen-Chen Liou
  • Patent number: 6651874
    Abstract: There is described a packing tray (2) mainly of cardboard, paper, or a laminate, e.g. extruded, primarily containing these materials and in particular intended as sales packing for foodstuffs, e.g. meat, sliced meat or vegetables, poultry, fish, fruit, vegetables, salads, pasta, dishes for dinner, bakery and dairy products, which tray preferably has a rectangular shape with rounded corner parts (8), a mainly plane bottom (14) and sloping side walls (16) which at the top continue in an annular edge (12) approximately extending in parallel with the bottom (14), which tray (2) consists of one moulded item, the upper side of which consists of a gas- and/or diffusion-proof coating having such barrier abilities that a covering film or a dome-shaped, e.g. transparent, lid (18) may be connected gas-proof or diffusion-proof to the said annular edge by welding. There is also described a method for making and using, respectively, the packing tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Inventor: Steen Pedersen
  • Patent number: 6643995
    Abstract: A box body (11) having a bottom face portion (12), side face portions (13, 14) and corner sealing portions (15) is formed of a packaging material of a soft sheet, and flange portions (16, 17) and flange jointing portions (18) are formed by folding the upper portions of the side face portions (13, 14). After this box body (11) is charged with a content, a cover member (30) is jointed to the flange portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Koyama, Takeshi Bando, Yukiko Iida, Ikuya Saitou
  • Publication number: 20030197053
    Abstract: A container blank is formed with a plurality of side panels secured to a bottom panel. Adjacent side panels are further secured to each other by gusset panels. The gusset panels include a first region and second region formed along a substantially central fold line. The first region has an exposed area when folded over the second region. The gusset panels extend substantially along the length of the side panels. A polymeric material is secured to one-side of the blank. The gusset panels are dimension so that when the container blank is folded at least some portion of polymeric material on the first region and second region of the gusset panels are secured to each other. Then opposing gusset panels are folded so that at least some exposed area of two opposing gusset panels are in contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventor: Rune Karl Haraldsson
  • Patent number: 6505769
    Abstract: A tray composed of a unitary, continuous blank has an inner surface and an outer surface. The tray comprises a bottom wall, a plurality of sidewalls extending upwardly from the bottom wall and a plurality of minor flaps. Each of the plurality of minor flaps is connected to one of the sidewalls via a fold line and has a respective outer edge. At least one of the minor flaps is connected to a sidewall via a first cut score. The first cut score extends upwardly from the bottom wall without extending to an outer edge of the minor flap. The at least one minor flap is separated from the sidewall via a knife cut. The knife cut extends from near the outer edge of the minor flap downward toward and near the first cut score. The at least one minor flap has a second cut score formed therein. The second cut score extends from near the separation means. The first and second cut scores are formed from opposing surfaces of the blank so as to form a partial web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Caraustar Custom Packaging
    Inventor: James L. Stone
  • Patent number: 6471062
    Abstract: A packaging box is formed by a bottom surface member disposed at the side of a bottom surface of goods to be packaged, and a top surface member disposed at the side of a top surface of the goods to be packaged. The bottom surface member includes a base panel, side panels formed extending integrally from the base panel and further shaped to correspond to side surfaces of the goods to be packaged. An attachment panel extends integrally from the end of each side panel. The top surface member and base panel typically include corrugations. The corrugations in each item are preferably oriented generally transverse to one another, thereby increasing the strength of the structure without requiring additional material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Usui, Takehiro Sone
  • Patent number: 6471083
    Abstract: A closure for sealing an opening of a tubular container is disclosed, the closure having a paperboard central panel with a plurality of secondary panels extending angularly therefrom forming a surface around the perimeter of the central panel. A plastic skirt is adhered around the perimeter of the central panel and to one side of the secondary panels opposite the surface to reinforce it. A metal foil layer is adhered to the surface, the foil having a side facing the sidewall of the container with a heat-activated adhesive layer thereon. The closure is positioned on the container with the central panel in registration with the opening and the heat-activated adhesive layer engaging the sidewall of the container. The seal between the closure and the container is effected by subjecting the container to an electromagnetic induction field, whereby eddy currents induced in the metal foil by the field cause the heat-activated adhesive to form a bond between the container sidewall and the secondary panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Double “H” Plastics, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles R. Helms
  • Patent number: 6436499
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a cold seal package that includes constructions wherein two substrates, or two portions of one substrate, are sealingly engaged to one another using a substantially natural latex rubber-free contact adhesive. The two substrates can be easily peeled apart without substantial damage to the substrates. Furthermore, the substrates cannot typically be resealed, or refastened, once peeled apart. That is, the cold seal formed by the adhesive between the substrates is substantially non-refastenable. Advantageously, a cold seal package of the present invention is particularly well suited for aseptic delivery of packaged goods, such as bandages, dressings, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Stephen E. Krampe, Michael D. Delmore
  • Patent number: 6332537
    Abstract: A packaging box is formed by a bottom surface member disposed at the side of a bottom surface of goods to be packaged, and a top surface member disposed at the side of a top surface of the goods to be packaged. The bottom surface member includes a base panel, side panels formed extending integrally from the base panel and further shaped to correspond to side surfaces of the goods to be packaged. An attachment panel extends integrally from the end of each side panel. The top surface member and base panel typically include corrugations. The corrugations in each item are preferably oriented generally transverse to one another, thereby increasing the strength of the structure without requiring additional material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Usui, Takehiro Sone
  • Patent number: 6302324
    Abstract: A system for packaging of perishable food products involves initially packaging the food product in a receptacle containing an inert gas atmosphere and sealing a film to the receptacle. The inert gas atmosphere prevents deterioration of the food product subsequent to shipment from a central processing facility. The receptacle includes a sealing flange and a tab portion extending from the sealing flange, to which the film is sealed. To prepare the food product for display at a retail establishment, the tab and the film sealed thereto are removed from the package, to form an opening between the film and the receptacle. An atmosphere exchange operation is carried out through the opening, by inserting a nozzle through the opening and introducing an oxygen-containing gas into the receptacle cavity through the opening. The inert gas atmosphere initially contained within the receptacle is exhausted through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Freshpak Development LLC
    Inventor: Raymond G. Buchko
  • Patent number: 6273610
    Abstract: There is disclosed a package including a box body having an opening and a cover member for closing the opening of the box body. The box body is formed of a packaging material of a soft sheet having a monolayer of a resin film or a multi-layer structure having a resin film. The box body includes: a rectangular bottom face portion; four side face portions folded from the four sides of the bottom face portion; corner sealing portions formed by jointing the inner faces of the side face portions at corner portions between the adjoining side face portions; flange portions folded outward of the box body from the upper ends of the side face portions substantially at a right angle thereto and with a predetermined width size; and flange jointing portions jointing the flange portions folded from the side face portions without any clearance between each other at the upper ends of the corner portions between the adjoining side face portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Koyama, Takeshi Bando, Yukiko Iida, Ikuya Saitou
  • Publication number: 20010011677
    Abstract: A coupon bearing lid component for a container is prepared from a sheet of paperboard, said paperboard having an outer surface with a finished coating for printing graphics and an inner surface on which coupon indicia is printed, the improvement wherein the inner surface of the lid has bonded thereto a polymeric film to cover the printed coupon indicia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Inventors: Ladislav Falat, Christopher J. Parks
  • Patent number: 6264099
    Abstract: A packaging carton is made by folding a quadrilateral sheet S1 in a polyhedron having specified length, width and height with a flat flange F1 provided around its periphery so that a sealing cover can be bonded on the flange. The quadrilateral sheet comprises four inward folding lines V1 to V4 each being formed to pass two of four corner points C1 to C4 of a bottom plane B1 of the polyhedron having the specified length and width, and four outward folding lines M1 to M4 each being formed to be in parallel with each of the four inward folding lines with a distance therefrom equal to the specified height, and to have a length equal to a distance between the two of the four corner points L1 or L2 on the inward folding line in parallel therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Suzuki Manufacturing, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Sakuma, Akira Moriya
  • Patent number: 6237843
    Abstract: A coupon bearing lid component for a container is prepared from a sheet of paperboard, said paperboard having an outer surface with a finished coating for printing graphics and an inner surface on which coupon indicia is printed, the improvement wherein the inner surface of the lid has bonded thereto a polymeric film to cover the printed coupon indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Westvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Ladislav Falat, Christopher J. Parks