Overlapping Extensions Of Opposed Walls Patents (Class 383/125)
  • Publication number: 20150003758
    Abstract: A pouch product assembled from a sheet that is folded to close a first end of the pouch product and opposed first and second sheet panels of the sheet bond at first marginal portions to aligned marginal portions of gusset panels to define legs and bond together at second marginal portions to define a body with a cavity for holding fluid, and a second end closes by bonding opposing second end marginal portions. A tear-open fold line and slit provide an opening for dispensing fluidal contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Mark Warrington, Cynthia Castellani, Robert Croft, Martin Short
  • Patent number: 8851752
    Abstract: A bag, consisting of a single-layer or multi-layer bag wall, which is bonded to form a tube (1) and, at least at one end, has a bottom (4) which is suitable for filling with charge through a filler of a bag-filling machine, is folded and bonded and is realized with a valve opening (13), and said bag wall being designed to dissolve in a moist environment thereby releasing the charge, makes complete dissolving of the bag wall (2) possible even in the region of the bottom (4) which is provided with the valve opening (13), characterized in that the bonding of the bottom (4) is effected using a dextrin adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Mondi AG
    Inventor: Hans-Joachim Wichmann
  • Patent number: 8695824
    Abstract: A flexible container assembly and methods for making and using such an assembly are disclosed herein. The assembly is configured to hold an amount of material, such as heavy and/or bulky material (e.g., industrial, job or work site waste material). In some embodiments, the assembly includes a support structure and a flexible container structure configured to interface with, so as to be supported at least in part by, the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Edward John Cavenagh, Karen Lee MacDonald, Alden Dale Friesen, Selamawit Tedesse Desta
  • Patent number: 8646974
    Abstract: An as-manufactured multi-wall sack that comprises an inner pouch 5 and an outer bag 7 is disclosed. The sack has a top end that (a) is open in the as-manufactured form of the sack so that the sack can be filled with product via the open end and (b) is formed so that it can be closed to form a top block end. The as-manufactured form of the sack comprises pressure adhesive that connects together the inner pouch and the outer bag at the open top end of the sack. The as-manufactured form of the sack also comprises heat-activated adhesive on sections of the outer bag that adhere to other sections of the outer bag as part of the sequence of steps to close the outer bag. An apparatus and a method for closing the as-manufactured sack are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Amcor Limited
    Inventors: Adrian Dalgleish, Larry Thomas Challis
  • Patent number: 8616768
    Abstract: A pleated stand-up packaging pouch has a rib in a pinch form which is formed by adhering inner faces of end edges of the packaging material and at least one pleat which is formed by folding the pleated stand-up packaging material in a three-ply strip form in the orthogonal direction to its longitudinal direction and adhering inner faces of the folded portions, and is characterized in that the pleat formed on an edge between a folded bottom face portion and a peripheral portion extends from the peripheral portion in the same plane as the peripheral portion, and the bottom face portion and an upper end of an underside face of the pleat form a substantially right angle, and the pleat has a cut-off portion at the portion where the pleat and the rib cross.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Chokoku Plast Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromichi Inagaki, Sakaru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8591110
    Abstract: A bag can be formed of a material having a layer that is substantially water-impervious. A portion of the material can be folded to form a base of the bag. Water-based adhesives can be used with the folded portions to form the base, and openings can be provided in the layer of the material to permit the adhesives to dry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Exopack, LLC
    Inventors: Allyson Smith, Jonathan W. Thompson, Jim Monier
  • Patent number: 8267248
    Abstract: A method for making a shrink pack (1) is disclosed wherein pre-cut films (10, 11) of a shrinkable film (3) are cut off diagonally to a longitudinal direction (30) of the film (3). The pre-cut films (10, 11) are wrapped in each case about at least two articles (2). The pre-cut films (10, 11) are shrinked onto the wrapped articles (2) to form a shrink pack (1) in each case. The film (3) is cut before the shrink-on process and before the cutting off into pre-cut films (10, 11) respectively into at least two film webs (4, 5, 6, 7) along the longitudinal direction (30). Then, at least two adjacent film webs (4, 5, 6, 7) are brought together at their adjacent sides (14, 15, 16, 17) in longitudinal direction (30) such that they form an overlap (9) with a width (31) at the adjacent sides (14, 15, 16, 17). A shrink pack (1) is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventor: Manuel Kollmuss
  • Publication number: 20120106877
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laminated sheet of flexible packaging material, which includes a first layer formed out of unconnected sheets having substantially abutting adjacent edges, a second layer laminated to the first layer and formed out of a continuously intact sheet where overlapping the adjacent substantially abutting edges of the sheets of the first layer, wherein the adjacent substantially abutting edges of the sheets of the first layer define a line of weakness of the laminated sheet to encourage folding of the laminated sheet along the line of weakness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventor: Luen-Sing TANG
  • Patent number: 8152375
    Abstract: To empty a bag which has at least one cross bottom (4) which is covered with a bottom cover sheet (18) and which has an essentially rectangular shape and is glued together out of corner tucks (11) angled from narrow sidewalls via folding lines and out of bottom flaps (12) angled from wide sidewalls via folding lines (13, 14), there is provision, according to the invention, whereby the bottom cover sheet (18) is drawn off, starting from a narrow sidewall, from the respective corner tuck (11) and from part of the adjoining bottom flaps (12), whereby the bottom flaps (12) are torn on the far side of the corner tuck, transversely with respect to their free edges, as far as the adjoining wide sidewall, in order to separate a part (12?) of the bottom flaps (12), and whereby the separated parts (12?) of the bottom flaps (12), together with the corner tuck (11), are bent, by being folded up about the folding lines (13, 14, 23), into a pour-out channel (24), via which the emptying of the bag contents takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Mondi AG
    Inventor: Ernst Edlinger
  • Patent number: 8132601
    Abstract: A tote bag for being partitioned or alternatively expanded. The bag has a partition mode and an expansion mode and includes a front panel, a rear panel, and a pair of side panels. The front panel is attached to the rear panel by the pair of side panels. The pair of side panels fold and attach to each other to form a partition thereby dividing the tote bag into a pair of compartments when the tote bag is in the partition mode thereof and separate from each other and unfold to eliminate the partition thereby expanding the tote bag when the tote bag is in the expansion mode thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Tumi, Inc.
    Inventor: San Chyi Wang
  • Publication number: 20110123137
    Abstract: A bag can be formed of a material having a layer that is substantially water-impervious. A portion of the material can be folded to form a base of the bag. Water-based adhesives can be used with the folded portions to form the base, and openings can be provided in the layer of the material to permit the adhesives to dry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Exopack, LLC
    Inventors: Allyson Smith, Jon Thompson, Jim Monier
  • Patent number: 7245853
    Abstract: A developer container includes a developer storage unit made of a flexible sheet material for storing developer, and a cap unit from which the developer is discharged. The developer storage unit includes a holding member that holds a folded state when the developer storage unit is folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Satoshi Muramatsu, Nobuo Iwata, Junichi Matsumoto, Nobutaka Takeuchi, Takayuki Koike
  • Patent number: 6533457
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bag with a bag body consisting of four bag walls, onto which two first wide bag walls lie on top of one another and two second narrower bag walls are each folded over congruently onto themselves to the centre in a line along their longitudinal edges, and in which one end of the bag body is sealed by a bag floor and which forms a bag opening at the other end of the bag body; as well as an unsealed bag seal on a bag opening adjoining the bag body; in which the bag seal consists of two first sealing flaps respectively laid out on top of and adjoining the first bag walls, and two second sealing flaps adjoining the second bag walls, folded over respectively onto themselves at the centre in a line with the fold of the second bag walls; and in which at the respective ends of the first sealing flaps first gussets, and at the ends of the second sealing flaps second gussets are specified, and directly adjacent first and second gussets lie respectively on top of one another with their inner su
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Chronos Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Dieter Schwenke, Robert Oster
  • Patent number: 6391404
    Abstract: A multilayered film (220) suitable for medical uses is coextruded in a machine direction and comprises a first layer (222) defining a pair of peripheral edges (225,227) extending in a direction parallel to the machine direction. The film has a second layer (224) adhered to the first layer (222). The second layer (224) is positioned within the peripheral edges (225,227) defining a stripe (223).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Baxter International Inc.
    Inventors: Larry A. Rosenbaum, Sidney T. Smith, Steven Giovanetto
  • Patent number: 6213644
    Abstract: A multiply bag and method of forming the same in which the inner ply of the bag has a longitudinal extending tear strip assembly grippable by the user to facilitate opening of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: International Paper Company
    Inventors: Tony Henderson, Steven G. Oliphant, John R. Allen
  • Patent number: 6213642
    Abstract: A paper bag formed from a unitary blank and having a longitudinal seam running along its length. The seam is of a double layer of paper and has two spaced and parallel adhesive areas joining the two layers. A pair of parallel perforated lines border respective adhesive areas. The perforated lines define a tear strip on the outermost one of the double layers. The tear strip is provided on its usually hidden surface with indicia, so that after tearing it away, the user will be notified by the indicia of the winning of a prize offered by the vendor of product placed within the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: International Paper Company
    Inventor: Kurt Jensen
  • Patent number: 5967664
    Abstract: A valved bag is provided, having first and second end portions, and at least one in-folded flap member and at least one outer flap member affixed to at least one of the first and second end portions. A cover member is positioned and affixed to the in-folded flap member and outer flap member, prior to final closure of same, for preventing the undesired escape of material from within the bag, subsequent to closure of the ends and filling of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Stone Container Corporation
    Inventors: Don Graham Giles, Robert G. Kelley
  • Patent number: 5845995
    Abstract: This invention relates to a sack made of fabric consisting of monoaxially drawn, desirably single-layer, tapes of polymer, particularly polyolefine, preferably polypropylene, which fabric may be coated on one or both sides with a thermoplastic material, particularly polyolefine, wherein the fabric is a seamless tubular fabric or a flat fabric combined to form a tube and at least one end of the sack having in particular the shape of a box or a right parallelepiped is formed by folding the fabric ends to a particularly rectangular bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Starlinger & Co. Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Franz Starlinger Huemer
  • Patent number: 5836696
    Abstract: An expansible folded SOS type sack having a preselected rectangular bottom size and side walls having multiple folded portions including a longitudinal fold down the longitudinal center line and gussets along opposite edges. The gusseted side walls allow the bag to open to a depth greater than that defined by the bottom of the sack for carrying oversized objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: H.G. Weber and Companu, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark L. Schnell
  • Patent number: 5755514
    Abstract: A bag, particularly for packing humidity-sensitive substances, is entirely made of a liquid-type and vapor-type plastic sheet or of a composite plastic foil of at least 50.mu. and at most 300.mu. thick. The bag is glued along it longitudinal seam. The bag made of such thick plastic sheets may be produced and processed in the same way as paperbags in a bag-making machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Nord-West Verpackung Karl Gotze GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Reinhold Baar-Bartelt
  • Patent number: 5568980
    Abstract: A flat-bottom bag is provided having a folded bottom. Improved adhesive patterns are provided on the bag prior to folding. A first adhesive is provided in a plurality of parallel lines interiorly disposed in a bottom end of the bag. The lines are arranged on front and rear walls parallel to the side walls so that one outer line is positioned on each side of the front and rear walls with corresponding inner lines positioned so that when the sides are folded inwardly, each outer line intersects and contacts one respective inner line in an overlapping manner. This arrangement provides a securing of all interior edges of the folded bottom. A second adhesive can be applied to the exterior of the bag to bond front and rear flap extensions to each other and to the folded sides, forming the flat bottom. In an embodiment, an outer bottom flap is formed by slits in the front flap extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: H.G. Weber Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Jay L. Kristola
  • Patent number: 5472282
    Abstract: A flat-bottom bag is provided having a folded bottom. Improved adhesive patterns are provided on the bag prior to folding. The bag has a generally planar front wall, a generally planar rear wall which is substantially parallel to the front wall, and a pair of gussetted side walls connecting said front and rear walls. A pair of adhesive patterns are provided, one on an interior of the front wall and one on an interior of the rear wall. Each of the adhesive patterns has a pair of squares. A pair of first flap extensions are provided. Each first flap extension has a pair of overlapping triangular sections. The triangular sections are formed by a folding over of the front wall and the rear wall such that each square is folded over diagonally so that the adhesive pattern will overlie itself. Additional adhesive strips secure the first flap extensions to the bottom. This arrangement provides a securing of all interior edges of the folded bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: H. G. Weber & Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Jay Kristola
  • Patent number: 5437508
    Abstract: A sack or bag has a front wall and a rear wall which are respectively connected laterally by a lateral fold, with a strip of the front wall together with the lateral folds on at least one of the two initially open ends being folded about a first folding line running transverse to the longitudinal axis. The corresponding strip of the rear wall remains in place and the folded-over strip of the front wall, as well as the strip left in place on the rear wall, are once again folded around the outer edge of the folded-over strip and attached in this position on the outside of the sack or bag. To make a sack or bag with a tight, leak-proof bottom portion, a corner tuck each is formed on both sides between the strips of the rear wall initially left in place and the side folds folded over together with the folded strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1995
    Assignee: Windmoller & Holscher
    Inventor: Richard Feldkamper
  • Patent number: 5188460
    Abstract: The invention provides a storage bag of flexible sheet material characterized in that it is of generally rectangular configuration comprising a planar base section, opposed generally vertically disposed side wall sections, opposed generally vertically disposed end wall sections and a generally planer roof section. The invention also provides a harness for containing the storage bag within a standardized for transport purposes. The invention further provides a blank for forming the storage bag and a method of folding and joining the blank to form the storage bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: BTR Dunlop Limited
    Inventor: John R. Dorse
  • Patent number: 5062717
    Abstract: A shopping bag for general purpose use in constructed from a sheet of fabric and formed by a series of steps into top and base portions integrally connected to side panels and back and front panels joined by a single seam which extends the length of the bag. The folding operation creates a multiple ply border about the upper or open portion of the bag. Selvage on the fabric is directed to form a portion of the base such to extend around the perimeter of the base integrally connected with the side panels and the back and fornt panels. A pleated construction of the side panels allows the bag to fold compactly when not in use such as when being carried or transported. The mouth of the bag when accepting articles is generally rectangular in shape. The inner and outer creases of the bag are reinforced from top to botton thus imparting to the side panels a rigidity which projects them essentially transversely to the back and front panels when the bag is trimmed for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1991
    Inventor: Dru Shockley
  • Patent number: 4808421
    Abstract: A microwavable package, comprising a folded package for use in holding a variety of cookable items, such as popcorn, other food products, or other substances, all to be heated within a microwave oven, the package being formed of a polymer material, comprising one or more liners of such laminated material, with the package being formed into the tubular configuration, and having a paper or paper-like web of material located and adhesively secured within its manufacturer's joint; the formed tubular like material is then folded at its bottom segments, adhered temporarily through the usage of a hot melt of other adhesive, and having a paper or paper like seal applied thereover, to form a fully integrated and foldable package which is capable of functioning and maintaining its structural integrity even when exposed to the energy of a microwave oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: Packaging Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham H. Mendenhall, Joseph E. Irace
  • Patent number: 4715635
    Abstract: A flexible container for transporting and storing bulk goods, preferably arranged so as to be liftable by its upper end, is constructed from a tubular blank so as to include a shell, a bottom and a filling aperture, the pleats being formed in the shell having lower parts which are folded so as to be coplanar with the container bottom. In order to both strengthen the relatively weak region of the container bottom and to enable the manufacture of the container in an automated fashion, the tubular container blank is closed by a bottom seam located substantially in the central region of the container bottom and the upper plane of each pleat is folded into the plane of the container bottom and affixed to the lower plane of the respective pleat by a connecting seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1987
    Assignee: Oy W. Rosenlew Ab
    Inventor: Erkki Koskinen
  • Patent number: 4691374
    Abstract: A paper bag is described comprising a pair of face panels, one of which may be narrower than the other, joined by centrally extending gussets. The bottom and top of the bag are sealed, the bottom with a permanent seal and the top with a rupturable seal formed from thermoplastic adhesive so that the top can open to form a vent when products, e.g., foods, are heated within the bag in a microwave oven. The strong bottom seal may consist of diagonal seals that extend diagonally from the center of the bag toward the side edge. One or more temporary transverse seals can be provided near the center of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: Golden Valley Microwave Foods Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Watkins, David W. Andreas
  • Patent number: 4452378
    Abstract: A pouch which is formed to provide an inwardly folded bottom wall to which a discharge fitment is attached so that the weight of the fluidic material within the pouch causes the bottom wall to be extended when the pouch is disposed in a generally vertical configuration to provide a funnel by which all of the contents of the pouch may be discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1984
    Assignee: Trinity Associates
    Inventor: William C. Christine