Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Donald L. Bowman
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Patent number: 6801130Abstract: The invention provides an improved inventory management and theft detection system whereby by a security tag is placed on an article for sale. The security tag is affixed to the article so that the article cannot be opened when the security tag is in place. A device to remove the security tag is controlled by the cash register of the store. The security tag removal device is controlled by the cash register and does not operate unless a sales transaction has occurred.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2002Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Assignee: MeadWestvaco CorporationInventor: Richard John Campero
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Patent number: 6749551Abstract: A container body with a container opening and a flap partially secured to the container body and completely covering the container opening is disclosed. The flap is secured to the container by a hinge or fold line and formed from the same substrate as the container body. The container body contains a first magnetic region adjacent to and surrounding the perimeter of the container opening. The flap contains a second magnetic region aligned with and opposite the container body's first magnetic region. The first and second magnetic regions are magnetically attracted to each other. The flap is held in a closed position by magnetic attraction between the flap's magnetic region and the container body's magnetic region.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2002Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: Mead Westvaco CorporationInventors: Steven Paul Metzler, Mark Anthony Stanton
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Patent number: 6726810Abstract: A paper web is smoothened by passing the web through a pre-calender device on a paper machine before the application of a coating. The pre-calender device comprises at least one pair of steel rolls, one of which is heated, and a liquid application device which applies a thin film of water to the surface of the web which contacts the heated roll before the web enters the nip between the rolls. The web is then dried after exiting the nip either by wrapping the heated roll and/or by applying heat externally to the web.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2002Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: MeadWestvaco CorporationInventor: Donald G. Bauer
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Patent number: 6688515Abstract: A reclosable locking container and method for packaging dry materials, comprising a box formed from a foldable substrate and a molded reclosable, locking fitment, said fitment being lockable in the open or closed position. The container of the invention may be adapted to provide barrier packaging of materials to extend the shelf life thereof by incorporating a barrier material, fin seal closure elements and optionally a skived side seam, and a tearable perforated opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2000Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignee: MeadWestvaco CorporationInventors: Todd H. Huffman, Christopher J. Parks, Christopher J. Hession, Jack Leong Hung Lum
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Patent number: 6617362Abstract: Cationically dispersed slurries of alumina pigments, which formed by a process including the combination of one or more alumina pigments, a nonionic wetting agent or nonionic polymer and a cationic interfacial modifier in an aqueous medium in the absence of an acid dispersant. The slurries may be used in a method of manufacturing paper and paperboard products.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2000Date of Patent: September 9, 2003Assignee: Mead Westvaco CorporationInventors: Richard Y. Ryu, Jonathan L. Snover
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Patent number: 6491213Abstract: An envelope comprising a tear strip that functions as an efficient opening means for access to the envelope contents.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2001Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Inventor: Douglas K. Purcell
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Patent number: 6485611Abstract: A paper web is smoothened by passing the web through a pre-calender device on a paper machine before the application of a coating. The pre-calender device comprises at least one pair of steel rolls, one of which is heated, and a liquid application device which applies a thin film of water to the surface of the web which contacts the heated roll before the web enters the nip between the rolls. The web is then dried after exiting the nip either by wrapping the heated roll and/or by applying heat externally to the web.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2001Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: Westvaco CorporationInventor: Donald G. Bauer
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Patent number: 6480655Abstract: This invention concerns a technique and an apparatus that is used for the measurement of bi-axial strain in printed paperboard or paperboard based laminates. Such strain information is useful for determining the margin to failure of various features of laminated paperboard cartons, such as those used in the liquid packaging industry. Knowing such margins of failure is crucial for ensuring integrity of the microbiological barrier in aseptic liquid packaging.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2000Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: MeadeWestvaco CorporationInventors: Jeffery Alan Fisk, Richard Eric Nordgren
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Patent number: 6468395Abstract: The inkjet recording sheet substrate of the present invention comprises a cellulosic sheet support, e.g., paper, having on at least one surface thereof a base coating comprising pigment and binder. The preferred pigment component is a 50/50 mixture of kaolin clay and calcined clay, and the preferred binder component is polyvinyl acetate. This combination of binder and pigment has been found to possess a high absorption capacity for the vehicle of an inkjet ink and good compatibility with ink receptive top coatings applied over the base coat.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2000Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Assignee: MeadWestvaco CorporationInventors: Hung-Tai Chao, Michael L. DeMatte
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Patent number: 6265063Abstract: This invention relates to paperboard materials for carrying static cling vinyl products for transport to end users. Such structures of this type, generally, provide good adhesion for the static cling vinyl product, but allow the vinyl product to be peeled off easily.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2000Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Westvaco CorporationInventors: Haralambos Cordatos, David Hillis Hawes
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Patent number: D468621Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2001Date of Patent: January 14, 2003Assignee: MeadeWestavaco CorporationInventors: Peter Antony Farrar, Anthony Henry Joseph Fraser, Stefan Alexander Pijanowski
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Patent number: D469253Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2001Date of Patent: January 28, 2003Inventor: Huw Lewis