Abstract: A closure includes a body that is adapted to mate with a container, a flip-top cap coupled to the body, and a hinge interconnecting the body and the flip-top cap. The body is configured to be mounted onto container to cover a discharge outlet formed in the container. The flip-top cap is configured to protect a product-dispensing spout formed on the body and block a child, for example, from accessing the product dispensing spout and removing contents from the container.
Abstract: A package comprises a container and a closure. The container includes a body formed to include a product-receiving space, a filler neck coupled to the body, and a thread coupled to the filler neck. The closure includes an outer cap, an inner cap arranged radially inward of the outer cap, and an electronic system arranged between the outer cap and the inner cap.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 23, 2024
Date of Patent:
April 28, 2026
Assignee:
Berry Global, Inc.
Inventors:
Steven Gift, Benson P. Weaver, Frank A. Bond, John A Vassallo
Abstract: A package includes a container and a closure. The container includes a container body having a sidewall and a floor coupled to a lower end of the sidewall and a filler neck coupled to an upper end of the sidewall and spaced apart from the floor. The closure includes a top wall formed to include a product-dispensing outlet and an annular skirt coupled to the top wall and extending in a downward direction away from the top wall. The product-dispensing outlet can be oriented toward a side of the container.
Abstract: A package includes a container and a closure coupled to the container to control release of product therefrom. The closure includes a closure body coupled to the container and a flip-top cap coupled to the closure body and configured to pivot relative to the closure cap between a closed position and an opened position.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 26, 2023
Date of Patent:
February 3, 2026
Assignee:
BERRY GLOBAL, INC.
Inventors:
Benson P. Weaver, Michael M. Makhlouf, Frank A. Bond, Steven Gift
Abstract: A formulation and method for producing a multilayer film and a coated multilayer film comprising a barrier layer including a polar polymer resin, such as EVOH, as described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 23, 2025
Date of Patent:
January 20, 2026
Assignee:
BERRY GLOBAL, INC.
Inventors:
Paul Z. Wolak, Bryan S. Gillespie, Christopher E. King
Abstract: A method for thermoforming an article includes extruding a sheet of material, conditioning the sheet with a roller, thermoforming the sheet to provide a web, and cutting the web to provide the article.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 23, 2023
Date of Patent:
January 6, 2026
Assignee:
Berry Global, Inc.
Inventors:
Jonathan Eickhoff, Ryan Dewig, Jeffrey A. Mann, Roy E. Ackerman, Dan Eichelberger, Holden W. Barnes, Zachary L. Baughman
Abstract: A liquid container includes a cup having a brim forming an opening into an interior region of the cup. The container also includes a lid configured to mount on the brim of the cup to close the opening.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 25, 2023
Date of Patent:
November 18, 2025
Assignee:
Berry Global, Inc.
Inventors:
Jonathan Eickhoff, Braxton J. Bragg, Jeffrey A. Mann
Abstract: A drink cup lid includes a ring-shaped brim mount adapted to mate with a brim of a drink cup and a central closure surrounded by the ring-shaped brim mount and including an annular top wall formed to include a top aperture and an adjacent liquid-discharge outlet. The drink cup lid further includes an outlet closure configured to close the liquid-discharge outlet.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 1, 2022
Date of Patent:
October 14, 2025
Assignee:
Berry Global, Inc.
Inventors:
David Y. O'Nan, David C. Arnold, Douglas E. Klueh
Abstract: A moisture barrier system, comprising a barrier sheet adapted to be installed on a building having an interior wall structure and an exterior wall structure spaced apart from the interior wall structure to define a cavity there between.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 10, 2024
Date of Patent:
September 30, 2025
Assignee:
Berry Global, Inc.
Inventors:
Jagannathan Mohanraj, Cameron R. Yates, Stephen R. D'Arcy, Philip N. Bull
Abstract: A multilayer film includes a first skin layer, a second skin layer, and a core layer. The core layer includes at least two lanes of material. Each of the lanes of material of the core layer contacts each of the first skin layer and the second skin layer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 3, 2023
Date of Patent:
July 29, 2025
Assignee:
Berry Global, Inc.
Inventors:
Michael A. Kinnan, Bryan S. Gillespie, Brooke D. Kitzmiller
Abstract: An insulative beverage container includes an outer cup and an inner gap support. The outer cup includes a cup brim, a cup floor, and a cup body. The inner gap support is configured to fit within an interior space of the outer cup and includes a gap-support brim, a gap-support floor, and gap-support body.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 28, 2021
Date of Patent:
July 8, 2025
Assignee:
Berry Global, Inc.
Inventors:
Braxton J. Bragg, Jonathan Eickhoff, Jeffrey A. Mann
Abstract: A package includes a container and a closure coupled to the container to control release of product therefrom. The closure includes a closure cap coupled to the container and a flip-top cap coupled to the closure cap and configured to pivot relative to the closure cap between a closed position and an opened position.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 27, 2023
Date of Patent:
April 22, 2025
Assignee:
Berry Global, Inc.
Inventors:
John A. Vassallo, Steven Gift, Frank A. Bond
Abstract: Nonwoven fabrics are provided that include a plurality of crimped bicomponent fibers having a first component comprising a first polymeric material comprising a first polymer or a first polymeric blend and a second component comprising a second polymeric material, in which the second polymeric material comprises a second polymeric blend of (i) at least one polypropylene polymer, (ii) at least one polyethylene polymer, and (iii) at least one compatibilizer comprising or consisting of at least one polypropylene-polyethylene copolymer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 18, 2022
Date of Patent:
March 11, 2025
Assignee:
BERRY GLOBAL, INC.
Inventors:
Ralph A. Moody, Abhay Joijode, Mehmet Selcuk Sinangìl
Abstract: A sheet of polymeric material is made using an extruding process and articles are formed from the sheet of polymeric material. The sheet of polymeric material and the articles comprise one or more polypropylene resins. In some embodiments, the sheet of polymeric material and the articles formed form the sheet of polymeric material are transparent.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 29, 2023
Date of Patent:
March 4, 2025
Assignee:
Berry Global, Inc.
Inventors:
Yucheng Peng, Jonathan Eickhoff, Ryan Dewig, Jeffrey A. Mann, Debra R. Wilson
Abstract: A package includes a lid and a container. The lid is adapted to mate with a brim of the container to close a top opening arranged to open into an interior product-storage region formed in the container.