Patents Assigned to WestRock MWV, LLC
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Patent number: 9546035Abstract: The slide card includes a base panel and a locking panel. The base panel includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has at least one first embossment integrally formed therewith and projecting therefrom. The locking panel is integrally formed with the base panel. The locking panel is hingedly connected directly to one of the end edges of the base panel along a hinge. The locking panel is folded about the hinge to take a folded position where the locking panel is disposed over the first portion of the base panel. The locking panel has at least one second embossment integrally formed therewith and projecting therefrom. The at least one the first embossment and the at least one second embossment are disposed next to each other with the hinge disposed therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLCInventor: Christopher J. Hession
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Publication number: 20160332181Abstract: A dispensing pump (10) for liquids, viscous materials, foams, gels, etc. includes a resilient cup spring (18) so that the entire pump can be more easily recycled. The dispensing pump (10) includes a base portion (12), an inlet valve (14), a piston valve (16), a cup spring (18), a spring guide structure (20) and a pump actuator (22). When actuated, the cup spring (18) is elastically deformed over opposing spring ribs (39), and then upon release, the cup (18) elastically returns to its normal at rest shape, returning the guide (20) and pump actuator (22) to their normal at rest positions. The cup spring (18) includes structures which interact with the piston valve (16) to open the outlet valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2014Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: WESTROCK MWV, LLCInventor: Eelco H. DeMan
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Patent number: 9475635Abstract: An actuator with an anti-drool valve is provided for attaching to or mounting on an aerosol container. Aerosol actuators, and more recently trigger actuated aerosol actuators, may include a manifold which fits to or communicates with a valve on an aerosol container or can. Aerosol containers or cans typically contain a propellant such as a compressed gas or a volatile hydrocarbon. The contents of the container, along with the propellant, are held in the container by a container valve.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLCInventors: William L. Driskell, David Dejong, Linn D. Wanbaugh
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Patent number: 9422101Abstract: A package is disclosed comprising an outer blister portion and an inner blister portion, each blister portion having a flange, the flanges enclosed between paperboard cards, arranged so that upon rotation of the outer blister portion access is obtained to compartments within the inner blister portion. The compartments may hold product items.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2013Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLCInventors: Meng-Chuan Wu, Charlotte Hanks, Alyssa Smith
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Patent number: 9387149Abstract: An outer sleeve includes first and second opposed side panels edges, hinge panels interconnecting the first and second side panels such that at least one chamber is defined between the first and second side panels, at least one of the hinge panels being hingedly connected to at least one of the first and second side panels along one of the opposed side edges of the at least one side panel, and at least one inner panel positioned at least in part inside the at least one chamber. The at least one inner panel includes a slide card locking mechanism for releasably locking at least one slide card in a locked position within the at least one chamber. The at least one side panel includes a release button positioned proximate the slide card locking mechanism of the at least one inner panel. The at least one inner panel is hingedly connected to one of the end edges of the at least one panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2014Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLCInventors: Steven P. Jones, Marty Jones, Robert Workman
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Patent number: 9359106Abstract: A product dispensing frame having a front end and a rear end, and including an upper support deck extending between the front end and the rear end, a lower support deck positioned below the upper support deck, the lower support deck extending between the front end and the rear end and defining a first product display area, and an intermediate support deck positioned between the upper support deck and the lower support deck, the intermediate support deck extending between the front end and the rear end and defining a second product display area.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2011Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLCInventors: William J. Bogdziewicz, III, Caleb S. Loftin, Aaron L. Bates, Steven Burton
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Patent number: 9346597Abstract: A package is disclosed which includes first panel (210) having a blister (150) attached thereto. A second panel (220) is hingedly attached to the first panel (210). The second panel (220) includes a cutout area (221) through which the blister body protrudes. A retention feature (155) on the blister body engages an edge of the cutout (221) to hold the second panel (220) in a position relative to the first panel (210).Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLCInventor: Ryan C. Bradfield
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Patent number: 9346596Abstract: Paperboard security packages (1) are disclosed wherein content items are contained by at least one card (10) and two adjoining housing (30, 40) attached to the at least one card and protruding from opposite surfaces of the card.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLCInventors: Charlotte Hanks, Matthew E. Zacherle
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Patent number: 9320365Abstract: A product dispensing system having a frame with a front end and a rear end, and including an upper support deck extending between the front end and the rear end, a lower support deck positioned below the upper support deck, the lower support deck extending between the front end and the rear end and defining a product display area, a guide extending from proximate the upper support deck to proximate the lower support deck, and a stop positioned proximate the product display area.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLCInventors: James Fortuna, Caleb Loftin, Joseph Snead
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Patent number: 9315310Abstract: A package is disclosed including a blister and a folded paperboard card, and having features that provide for the package to be displayed in a self-standing configuration.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2014Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLCInventor: Ryan A. Bailey
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Patent number: 9260232Abstract: A package (100) is disclosed which includes a blister with two halves (150,160) that rotate apart, the blister flanges being sealed within two paperboard cards (110, 120). The package may be opened by tearing across the paperboard cards, then rotating or tilting the blister halves apart.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2012Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLCInventors: Linh Li Kooc, Charlotte Hanks, Kyle Schumaker
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Patent number: 9227027Abstract: A safety device for a nasal spray applicator may include a two or three-point safety engagement feature to retain a protective cap or cover over the nasal spray applicator and to prevent or restrict actuation thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLCInventor: Joseph Francis Keenan
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Patent number: 9206553Abstract: A paperboard structure including a paperboard substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface and a basecoat applied to the first major surface and/or the second major surface, the basecoat including a pigment component, the pigment component including all pigments in the basecoat, wherein the pigment component has a median particle size between about 3 and about 8 micrometers, and wherein at most about 15 percent by weight of the pigment component has a particle size smaller than 1 micrometer.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLCInventors: Steven G. Bushhouse, Gary P. Fugitt, Sven S. Arenander
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Patent number: 9180068Abstract: A container includes a base portion and a shell attached to the base portion to form a sheath for receiving one or more articles. The shell includes a primary shell panel and a shell side panel. The shell side panel is connected to the primary shell panel by a first fold line. The shell primary panel has a cutout area adapted to allow a finger to be inserted therethrough to slidably move the one or more articles. The shell includes an indexing tab for yieldably restricting movement of the one or more articles in the sheath. The indexing tab is hingedly connected to the primary shell panel along a perimeter of the cutout area and is folded inwardly of the sheath.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLCInventor: Caleb S. Loftin
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Patent number: 9181658Abstract: A basecoat including a pigment blend including a calcined clay component and a hyper-platy clay component, wherein the hyper-platy clay component has a shape factor of at least about 40:1, and wherein the pigment blend has a sediment void volume of at least about 50 percent.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLCInventors: Steven G. Bushhouse, Terry L. Clark, Gary P. Fugitt, James P. E. Jones, Anthony V. Lyons, Roger W. Wygant
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Patent number: 9174780Abstract: Disclosed is a single-piece container adapted to receive and secure an insert card. The container is a generally rectangular, relatively flat structure having an interior chamber defined by a top surface, a bottom surface, one open end, and one closed end. The container is formed from a blow molding process and adapted to receive an insert card. The container further comprises locking elements that work in cooperation with the insert card to secure the insert card within the interior chamber such that it can not be removed without manipulation of the locking elements. The material comprising the container can be a clear plastic such that optical scan codes present on an insert card contained within the container can be read through the container.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLCInventors: John A. Gelardi, Elisabeth Gelardi, Ryan A. Bailey, Sara Falcon
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Patent number: 9174785Abstract: A product dispensing system including a container defining an internal volume and an opening into the internal volume, the container including a weakened severance line extending from the opening to define an access panel, and a dispenser including a frame and a catch element, the frame having a support deck and defining a recess sized to receive the access panel, the catch element being positioned to engage the opening in the container, separate the access panel from the container along the weakened severance line, and guide the separated access panel into the recess when the container is moved along the support deck.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLCInventors: John Gelardi, Bradford J. Walling, Aaron L. Bates, Laurel Thomas
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Patent number: D762484Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2013Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLCInventor: Kevin White