Patents Assigned to Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12606351
    Abstract: A container assembly includes a plastic container and a tethered closure. In embodiments, a tethered closure includes a cap, a tamper evident band, a plurality of breakaway connectors, and a connecting portion. The plurality of breakaway connectors connect the tamper evident band to the cap. In embodiments, the connecting portion connects the tamper evident band to the cap, and maintains the connection of the cap to the tamper evident band after the separation of the breakaway connectors from the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward V. Morgan
  • Patent number: 12454385
    Abstract: A plastic container includes a hollow body portion including a lower supporting base portion; a sidewall portion extending upwardly from the base portion; and a neck portion extending upwardly from the sidewall portion. The neck portion includes a support flange having an upper and lower surface, at least one thread, and a dispensing opening at the top of the neck portion. In embodiments, a closure may be provided to form an assembly. A preform and method for making a container are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Darr, Edward V. Morgan
  • Patent number: 12391424
    Abstract: A plastic container includes a hollow body portion including a lower supporting base portion; a sidewall portion extending upwardly from the base portion; and a neck portion extending upwardly from the sidewall portion. The neck portion includes a support flange having an upper and lower surface, at least one thread, and a dispensing opening at the top of the neck portion. In embodiments, a closure may be provided to form an assembly. A preform and method for making a container are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Darr, Edward V. Morgan
  • Patent number: 12202985
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to ink compositions for digital printing on an external surface of a plastic article. The ink compositions comprise an ink removal-promoting additive. In some aspects, the ink removal-promoting additive can facilitate the separation or loosening of the image from the external surface of the article when the image is exposed to a liquid-based solution at an elevated temperature. Also disclosed are recyclable plastic articles having an external surface with an image printed thereon using the disclosed ink composition and methods for removing cured ink from a plastic container. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald L. Uptergrove, Jennifer L. Renner
  • Patent number: 12202968
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to light barrier compositions, methods of making the compositions, articles prepared from the compositions, and methods of making the articles. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Shenshen Li
  • Patent number: 12060474
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to oxygen scavenging molecules, compositions, methods of making the compositions, articles prepared from the compositions, and methods of making the articles. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: PLASTIPAK PACKAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Shenshen Li, Matthew J. Dauzvardis
  • Patent number: 12049558
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to oxygen scavenging polymers, compositions comprising the polymers, articles comprising the polymers and/or compositions, and methods of making the polymers, compositions, and/or articles. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Shenshen Li
  • Patent number: 12017816
    Abstract: A plastic preform includes a hollow body portion including a closed base portion and a lower portion and a lower portion extending upwardly from the closed bottom portion; and a neck portion extending upwardly from the lower portion. The neck portion includes a dispensing opening positioned at a top of the neck portion, threads positioned below the dispensing opening, a tamper-evident formation having a lower surface and positioned directly below the threads, and a support flange having an upper surface and a lower surface and positioned below the tamper-evident formation. In an embodiment, the plastic preform is formed of a material comprising polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and a vertical distance from the lower surface of the tamper-evident formation to the lower surface of the support flange is from 0.125 to 0.150 inches. Containers and methods for molding preforms and making containers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Darr, Edward V. Morgan
  • Patent number: 11939104
    Abstract: A plastic container includes a hollow body portion including a lower supporting base portion; a sidewall portion extending upwardly from the base portion; and a neck portion extending upwardly from the sidewall portion. The neck portion includes a support flange having an upper and lower surface, at least one thread, and a dispensing opening at the top of the neck portion. In embodiments, a closure may be provided to form an assembly. A preform and method for making a container are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Darr, Edward V. Morgan
  • Patent number: 11866592
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to ink compositions for digital printing on an external surface of a plastic article. The ink compositions comprise an ink removal-promoting additive. In some aspects, the ink removal-promoting additive can facilitate the separation or loosening of the image from the external surface of the article when the image is exposed to a liquid-based solution at an elevated temperature. Also disclosed are recyclable plastic articles having an external surface with an image printed thereon using the disclosed ink composition and methods for removing cured ink from a plastic container. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald L. Uptergrove, Jennifer L. Renner
  • Patent number: 11834222
    Abstract: A plastic preform includes a hollow body portion including a closed base portion and a lower portion and a lower portion extending upwardly from the closed bottom portion; and a neck portion extending upwardly from the lower portion. The neck portion includes a dispensing opening positioned at a top of the neck portion, threads positioned below the dispensing opening, a tamper-evident formation having a lower surface and positioned directly below the threads, and a support flange having an upper surface and a lower surface and positioned below the tamper-evident formation. In an embodiment, the plastic preform is formed of a material comprising polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and a vertical distance from the lower surface of the tamper-evident formation to the lower surface of the support flange is from 0.125 to 0.150 inches. Containers and methods for molding preforms and making containers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Darr, Edward V. Morgan
  • Patent number: 11780634
    Abstract: A plastic container includes a hollow body portion including a lower supporting base portion; a sidewall portion extending upwardly from the base portion; and a neck portion extending upwardly from the sidewall portion. The neck portion includes a support flange having an upper and lower surface, at least one thread, and a dispensing opening at the top of the neck portion. In embodiments, a closure may be provided to form an assembly. A preform and method for making a container are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Darr, Edward V. Morgan
  • Patent number: 11753524
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to oxygen scavenging molecules, compositions, methods of making the compositions, articles prepared from the compositions, and methods of making the articles. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Shenshen Li, Matthew J. Dauzvardis
  • Patent number: 11739059
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the structure of formula I and II: where X is selected from the group consisting of O, S and NH; Y, A and B are independently selected from the group consisting of N and CH; D, E and F are independently selected from the group consisting of CH, N, O and S; the symbol ---- represents a single or a double bond; and R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, electron withdrawing groups and electron releasing groups. In other embodiments, the compounds are used as oxygen scavengers and in barrier compositions and articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Girish Nilkanth Deshpande, Paul David Weipert, Michael W. Ensley
  • Patent number: 11649339
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to transition metal compositions comprising a solid polymer carrier and a transition metal composition comprising cobalt for use in, for example, packing materials. Also disclosed are methods of making the compositions, articles prepared from the compositions, and methods of making the articles. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: PLASTIPAK PACKAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Kirk Behrendt, Matthew J. Dauzvardis, Richard Hoch
  • Patent number: 11566130
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to light barrier compositions, methods of making the compositions, articles prepared from the compositions, and methods of making the articles. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: PLASTIPAK PACKAGING, INC.
    Inventor: Shenshen Li
  • Patent number: 11560250
    Abstract: A plastic container is provided that includes a hollow body portion including a lower supporting base portion; a sidewall portion extending upwardly from the base portion; and a neck portion extending upwardly from the sidewall portion. The neck portion includes a support flange having an upper and lower surface, at least one thread, and a dispensing opening at the top of the neck portion. In embodiments, a closure may be provided to form an assembly. In embodiments, the container may be comprised of PET, the weight of the neck portion from the lower surface of the support flange to a top of the dispensing opening may be 3.0 grams or less, and/or the vertical distance from the top of the dispensing opening to the lower surface of the support flange may be 0.580 inches or less. A preform and method for making a container are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Darr, Edward V. Morgan
  • Patent number: D981241
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Hunsicker, Griffin Binkley
  • Patent number: D1076677
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Sainato
  • Patent number: D1085883
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Laurence Fielding