Patents Assigned to Berry Plastics Corporation
  • Polymeric material for an insulated container
    Patent number: 11155689
    Abstract: A formulation includes a polymeric material, a nucleating agent, a blowing, and a surface active agent. The formulation can be used to form a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Chris K. Leser, Philip A. Driskill, Charles T. Wallace, John B. Euler, Jason J. Paladino, Milan C. Maravich, Daniel O. Davis, Jeffrey A. Mann, Randy A. Bowlds, Svetlana I. Contrada
  • Polymeric material for an insulated container
    Patent number: 11091600
    Abstract: A formulation includes a base resin, a nucleating agent, and a blowing agent. The formulation can be used to form a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Chris K. Leser, Philip A. Driskill, Charles T. Wallace, John B. Euler, Jason J. Paladino, Milan C. Maravich, Daniel O. Davis, Jeffrey A. Mann, Randy A. Bowlds, Svetlana I. Contrada, David Dezhou Sun
  • Closure
    Patent number: 11084631
    Abstract: A canister includes a closure configured to mount on a container to close an open mouth into a product storage region formed in the container. The closure includes a lid and a lid retainer coupled to the lid. The lid retainer is configured to mate with an external thread on the container to retain the closure in a mounted position on the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventor: Carl R. Smith
  • Separation process for plastics materials
    Patent number: 11020751
    Abstract: A materials-separation process includes a sorting operation in which plastics materials including at least first and second plastics materials are sorted from paper and metal materials so that the first plastics material may be separated from the second plastics material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Flores
  • Drink cup lid
    Patent number: 11014722
    Abstract: A container includes a cup and a lid. The lid is adapted to mate with a brim included in the cup to close a top aperture opening into an interior liquid-storage region formed in the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Yucheng Peng, Jonathan Eickhoff, Ryan Dewig, Jeffrey A. Mann, Debra R. Wilson
  • Beverage-brewing package
    Patent number: 11000148
    Abstract: A beverage brewing package includes a cup and a sealant film. The cup may be formed by a thermoforming process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Conant, Debra R. Wilson, Yucheng Peng
  • Child-resistant package
    Patent number: 10981706
    Abstract: A package includes a vessel and a closure. The vessel is formed to include a product-storage chamber and a mouth opening into the product-storage chamber. The closure is configured to mount on the vessel to assume an installed position closing the mouth formed in the vessel when rotated relative to the vessel about a vertical axis of rotation in a closure-installation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Minnette, Ryan P. Davidson
  • Insulated container
    Patent number: 10954059
    Abstract: A container is formed to include an interior region and a mouth opening into the interior region. The container includes a floor and a side wall coupled to the floor to define the interior region between the floor and the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Chris K. Leser, Philip A. Driskill, Charles T. Wallace, John B. Euler, Jason J. Paladino, Milan C. Maravich, Daniel O. Davis, Jeffrey A. Mann, Randy A. Bowlds
  • Polymeric material for container
    Patent number: 10947357
    Abstract: A formulation for producing a polymeric material including high-density polyethylene, a chemical blowing agent, and other optional components is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: David Dezhou Sun, Philip A. Driskill, Tony Cain, Rolland Strasser
  • Pill dispenser
    Patent number: 10940989
    Abstract: A package includes a container formed to include an interior product-storage region and a closure. The closure is coupled to the container selectively to allow access to the product stored in the interior product-storage region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Jordan French, Jason A. Rowe
  • Insulated container
    Patent number: 10906725
    Abstract: A container is formed to include an interior region and a mouth opening into the interior region. The container includes a floor and a side wall coupled to the floor to define the interior region between the floor and the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Chris K. Leser, Philip A. Driskill, Charles T. Wallace, John B. Euler, Jason J. Paladino, Milan C. Maravich, Daniel O. Davis, Jeffrey A. Mann, Randy A. Bowlds
  • Closure for container
    Patent number: 10899522
    Abstract: A package includes a container and a closure. The container includes a body formed to include a product-storage region adapted to store products therein and a brim coupled to the body and formed to include a mouth opening into the product-storage region. The closure is coupled to the brim of the container by melting a portion of the closure together with a portion of the brim to block access to the products stored in the product-storage region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventor: Jay S. Swamy
  • Insulated container
    Patent number: 10899532
    Abstract: A container is formed to include and interior region that is configured to receive a product therein and the container is insulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Chris K. Leser, Charles T. Wallace, Philip A. Driskill, John B. Euler, Jason J. Paladino, Milan C. Maravich, Daniel O. Davis, Jeffrey A. Mann, Randy A. Bowlds
  • Container with lid and detachable lid collar
    Patent number: 10889411
    Abstract: A package includes a container formed to include a product-storage region and a mouth arranged to open into the product-storage region and a closure configured to mate with the container and establish a closed arrangement of the package and to be separated from the package at the option of a user to establish an opened arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Mark N. Russell, Daniel A. Bloom, Scott L. Fisher, Jason A. Rowe
  • In-line lamination method and apparatus
    Patent number: 10875285
    Abstract: A lamination system includes a sheet supply, a material supply, and a laminator. The laminator causes a sheet from the sheet supply to be laminated to a sheet from the material supply to establish a laminated sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Brooke D. Kitzmiller, Jeffrey A. Middlesworth
  • Polymeric material for container
    Patent number: 10792851
    Abstract: A formulation for producing a polymeric material including polypropylene, a chemical blowing agent, and optional components as described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: David Dezhou Sun, Philip A. Driskill, Rolland Strasser
  • Child-resistant canister
    Patent number: 10787297
    Abstract: A child-resistant canister includes a container and a closure configured to mount on the container to close an opening into an interior region formed in the container. The closure includes a lid and a lid anchor coupled to the lid. The lid anchor is configured to mate with a closure retainer included in the container to retain the closure in a mounted position on the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Martin, John A. Vassallo
  • Polymeric films and methods for making polymeric films
    Patent number: 10717255
    Abstract: Multi-layer films include at least one cavitated core layer that is microporous and breathable, and at least one skin layer. The cavitated core layer includes a polyolefin and an inorganic filler dispersed in the polyolefin. Methods for forming polymeric films and articles of manufacture prepared therefrom are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Middlesworth, Brooke D. Kitzmiller, Vadim G. Zaikov
  • Hermetic packages with laser scored vent systems
    Patent number: 10710788
    Abstract: A hermetically sealed package, for example a freezable microwavable package containing a food product, has a sealing film that includes a vent system that is scored by a laser into the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Jau-Ming Su, Paul Z. Wolak
  • Nonwoven fabric
    Patent number: D898382
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew W. Delaney, Steven Brian Burgess, Dianne B. Ellis