Patents Assigned to Berry Plastics Corporation
  • Package
    Patent number: 10086970
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a package including a floor and a side wall extending upwardly from the floor. The package is configured to receive a high-temperature fluid during a container-filling activity at a container-filling factory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Brady Gutekunst, Donald H Ankney, Joseph J Bruchman, Jerry Gordon
  • Container
    Patent number: 10046880
    Abstract: A vessel is configured to hold a product in an interior region formed in the vessel. In illustrative embodiments, the vessel includes a floor and a sidewall coupled to the floor to extend away from the floor. Together the floor and sidewall cooperate to define the interior region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Minnette, Philip A. Driskill, David D. Sun, Rolland Strasser, Birju A. Surti
  • Polymeric material for an insulated container
    Patent number: 10023710
    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: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    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: 10011696
    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: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    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
  • Container closure
    Patent number: 9994379
    Abstract: A closure for mounting on top of bottles and other containers includes a floating lid and a lid-retainer ring. The closure is configured to withstand a high pressure and high temperature sterilization process known as retort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Mark N Russell, Charles E Luker
  • Insulated container with molded brim
    Patent number: 9993098
    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: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    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
  • Process for forming an insulated container having artwork
    Patent number: 9975687
    Abstract: A container is formed to include and interior region and a mouth opening into the interior region. The container includes a floor, a side wall coupled to the floor to define the interior region between the floor and the side wall, and artwork on the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    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, Svetlana Contrada
  • Container and process for making the same
    Patent number: 9969116
    Abstract: A vessel is configured to hold a product in an interior region formed in the vessel. The vessel includes an inner layer arranged to define the interior region and an outer layer. The vessel is formed using a blow-molding process in which a multiple layer parison is blow molded to form the vessel. The multiple layer parison is formed in an extrusion process in which a number of extruders are arranged to co-extrude associated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: David Dezhou Sun, Philip A Driskill, Jeffrey C Minnette, Birju A Surti, Anthony R Guarnera, Jonathan K Williams
  • Cellular polymeric material
    Patent number: 9957365
    Abstract: A formulation includes a polymeric material, a nucleating agent, and a surface active agent. The formulation can be used to form an insulated container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: David Dezhou Sun, John B Euler, Chris K Leser, Charles T Wallace
  • Polymeric material for container
    Patent number: 9937652
    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 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: David Dezhou Sun, Philip A Driskill, Tony Cain, Diane E Marret, Debra R Wilson, Timothy S Ponrathnam
  • Polymeric material for container
    Patent number: 9931781
    Abstract: A formulation for producing a polymeric material including polypropylene, a chemical blowing agent, and optional components as described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: David Dezhou Sun, Philip A Driskill, Rolland Strasser
  • Package with tamper-evident feature
    Patent number: 9914576
    Abstract: A container closure in accordance with the present disclosure is coupled to a tamper-evident tear strip. The container closure is adapted to be mated with a container to cover an interior region formed in the container and to provide a package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventor: James F Konicke
  • Process for forming film
    Patent number: 9902102
    Abstract: A method of making and using a stretchable film includes an extruding operation where molten plastics materials are extruded into a tube and a blowing operation in which the tube is blown to expand a diameter of the tube and form a blown-film tube. The blown-film tube is slit to form a film sheet that may be deformed elastically in a machine direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Davi Velasquez, Michael A Kinnan, Stephen Nenadov, William J Rafier
  • Child-resistant package
    Patent number: 9896250
    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: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey C Minnette, Ryan P Davidson
  • Multi-layer tube and process of making the same
    Patent number: 9889594
    Abstract: A vessel is configured to hold a product in an interior region formed in the vessel. The vessel includes an inner layer arranged to define the interior region and an outer layer. The vessel is formed using a blow-molding process in which a multiple layer parison is blow molded to form the vessel. The multiple layer parison is formed in an extrusion process in which a number of extruders are arranged to co-extrude associated inner and outer parisons to establish the multiple layer parison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: David Dezhou Sun, Philip A Driskill, Jeffrey C Minnette, Birju A Surti, Jonathan K Williams
  • Package
    Patent number: 9884716
    Abstract: A package includes a lid adapted to mate with the brim of a container. An interior chamber of the package is bounded by the container and the lid when the lid is mounted on the container brim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey C Minnette, Ken Jochem
  • Pediatric dosing dispenser
    Patent number: 9849067
    Abstract: A package that is configured to store and dispense fluids. The package includes a container and a dosing dispenser for closing an opening to the container. The dosing dispenser includes a body portion having a syringe receiver and a valve assembly that is configured to permit the flow of fluid from the container to the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Vassallo, Steven Gift, W Gordon Beecroft
  • Portion of a drink cup
    Patent number: D813606
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: David Y. O'Nan, Brad A. Ruminer, Jeffrey A. Mann
  • Insert for a dispenser
    Patent number: D817762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Jordan French, Scott L Fisher
  • Cup bottom
    Patent number: D832035
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Dakota T. Scheiber, Joshua J. Krueger