Patents Examined by Christopher Demeree
  • Patent number: 10040615
    Abstract: A storage bag includes first and second sidewalls having a top edge, a top portion, and a bottom portion. The bottom portion of the first sidewall includes at least one shift region about which the bag is capable of shifting. The shift region includes a score line, an indentation, or a crimp formed into the first sidewall. The top portions of the sidewalls include a cuff region includes a textured patterned band to provide a visual cue to a user as to where to fold and to cuff the bag. The bag shifts between (i) a flat configuration with the sidewalls positioned adjacent to each other, and (ii) a stand-up configuration with the sidewalls separated from each other. In the stand-up configuration, the bag has a substantially flat base. The cuff region can be shifted to a cuffed position with the cuff region forming the opening to the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Porchia, Keegan E. Burggren, Brian C. Dais
  • Patent number: 10035623
    Abstract: A package enclosure for use on an aerial vehicle including an outer skin having left and right side walls and a front end and a rear end, a base positioned within the outer skin exerting a force against inner surfaces of the left and right side walls of the outer skin, and a handle upwardly extending from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Andre Prager, Clark Sopper, Kyle A. Liske
  • Patent number: 10035318
    Abstract: A polymer bag is disclosed, along with a method of manufacture. The bag is formed of two facing sheets of polymer film, a top edge, a bottom edge, and two side edges. A polymeric zipper is attached to the inside of the facing sheets parallel to and between the top and bottom edges. A respective reinforcing patch is positioned on the inside surface of each of the two respective facing sheets and between the zipper and the top edge. An opening through each reinforcing patch and in the face overlying each patch defines a bag handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Parkdale Incorporated
    Inventor: Elliot Lewis Berger
  • Patent number: 10023350
    Abstract: A carton for holding at least one article. The carton has a front panel and a back panel that at least partially form an interior of the carton. A first end flap is foldably connected to one of the front panel and the back panel and a second end flap is foldably connected to one of the front panel and the back panel. Locking features are for releasably securing the end flaps in a closed configuration with the first end flap and the second end flap in face-to-face contact. The locking features comprise a male locking feature foldably connected to at least one of the first end flap and the second end flap, and a female locking feature adjacent at least one of the first end flap and the second end flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventor: William Faulkner
  • Patent number: 10023349
    Abstract: A reinforced package comprising a carton and a bag attached to the carton. The bag has an open top and a sealed bottom portion, and the carton comprises features to reinforce the shape of the formed package and allow access to the contents of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventor: Kelly R. Fitzwater
  • Patent number: 10023353
    Abstract: A sealing structure for a plastic packing box, comprising: a packing box body, made by bending a plastic plate; top and bottom openings; and cover plates, configured on sides of each opening and bended inward to stack together to seat the opening, wherein a premade mating frame is respectively engaged with sealing end faces of the outer cover plates configured on two opposite sides of the main body and bended to each other to form a sealing edge, the mating frames are a male-female pair stacked together to sealing the box, ensuring that two end faces is neat after box body sealing, the opposite inner edges of the two mating frames are respectively configured with male and female buckling elements allowed to be pressed together to engage with each other after the stacking, thereby achieving stable and safe buckling, while the cover plate are stacked together simply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Inventor: Lin-Lang Chan
  • Patent number: 10023372
    Abstract: A carton for holding a plurality of containers. The carton comprises a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton and a dispenser comprising a dispenser panel. The dispenser panel is at least partially defined by a tear line extending in at least one panel of the plurality of panels. The dispenser panel can be at least partially removable from the carton to create a dispenser opening. The carton also can comprise a handle for grasping and carrying the carton. The handle comprises a handle feature extending in at least the dispenser panel, and at least a portion of the handle can be removable from the carton with the dispenser panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond S. Kastanek, Mark Baldino, Robert L. Sutherland
  • Patent number: 10022943
    Abstract: A package material blank comprises a body panel having a main panel, two second panels arranged adjacent to the main panel and at least one third panel. End closure panels arranged adjacent to the body panel, the end closure panels comprising a top and bottom closure panels arranged adjacent to the main and the at least one third panel, respectively and flap closure panels arranged adjacent to the two second panels. Lines of weakness separate each of the body and end closure panels. A line of weakness is provided on the main panel having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion extends from a first point to a second point and the second portion extend from a third point to the second point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Per Scharfenort, Bengt Håkansson, Therese Eklund, Claudia Leidinger, Karin Marcoveccchio, Carl Nordenskjöld
  • Patent number: 10017307
    Abstract: A display container includes a rear panel, two side panels, a first support structure enclosing first edges of the two side panels and the rear panel, two reinforcement arms extending the two side panels respectively and interlocking with each other, and a reception cavity formed thereby. The display container is featured that the first support structure is foldable along fold lines and formed by at least a first planar panel, a face panel, and a foot flap in order. The foot flap retains against any piece of the first support structure. Therefore, the article is accommodated inside the reception cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: ARIA PRODUCTS, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Daniel Wang
  • Patent number: 10017290
    Abstract: A carton for holding at least one food product is disclosed, and includes a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton, a first side flap, and a second side flap. The plurality of panels includes a bottom panel, a first side panel foldably connected to the bottom panel, a second side panel foldably connected to the bottom panel, and at least one end panel foldably connected to the bottom panel. The first side flap is foldably connected to the first side panel and includes a first tab and a second tab. The second side flap is foldably connected to the second side panel and includes a first locking feature and a second locking feature. The first tab is engaged with the first locking feature and the second tab is engaged with the second locking feature to form a reclosable lock of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventors: William Faulkner, Aaron Lee Bates
  • Patent number: 10017308
    Abstract: A display container includes a rear panel, two side panels, a first support structure enclosing first edges of the two side panels and the rear panel, a second structure distancing from the first support structure for enclosing second edges of the two side panels and the rear panel, and a reception cavity formed thereby. The display container is featured that the first support structure is foldable along fold lines and formed by a first planar panel, a face panel, a first interior panel and a foot flap in order. A cutout is formed on the first interior panel and is described by a restraint edge. The foot flap retains against the rear panel; the foot flap has at least one tongue registering at least one tongue slit defined at the rear panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: ARIA PRODUCTS L.L.C.
    Inventor: Daniel Wang
  • Patent number: 10016080
    Abstract: There is provided a box-like container (1) for the storing and transporting of a food product, comprising a prismatic shaped main body (10) including a first wall (11) for the closing of a first end of the container (1), a second wall (12) for the closing of a second end of the container (1), and a peripheral wall (13), the container is characterized in that it further comprises opening means (20) arranged on the entire surface of said peripheral wall (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: SEDA INTERNATIONAL PACKAGING GROUP S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gianfranco D'Amato
  • Patent number: 10011386
    Abstract: Embodiments of a reusable stackable shipping box are provided herein. The reusable stackable shipping box may be reused and cleaned without causing harm to the integrity of the box. In addition, the box is slightly tapered in shape such that the box may be stacked upon and within other boxes for ease in shipping and organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventor: Jim E. Lee
  • Patent number: 10011413
    Abstract: A drinking straw wrapper comprises an upper portion and a lower portion detachably engaged with the upper portion. The upper and lower portions are collectively configured to enclose a drinking straw. Detachment of the upper portion from the lower portion creates an opening in the upper portion and an opening in the lower portion, with the opening in the upper portion being substantially wider than the opening in the lower portion so as to facilitate replacement of the upper portion on a top of the straw after its initial removal therefrom. The upper portion may be formed from a first material and the lower portion formed from a second material different than the first material. Alternatively, the upper portion may be formed from a material having a first thickness and the lower portion formed from a same material but having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventor: Janet A. Ryan
  • Patent number: 9994356
    Abstract: A blank of sheet material is provided for forming a container convertible from a shipping configuration to a display configuration. The blank includes a glue panel, a front panel, a top panel, a rear panel, and a bottom panel coupled together in series by a plurality of generally parallel fold lines. The glue panel includes an opening mechanism and is configured to couple in face-to-face relationship to the bottom panel when the container is formed. The blank also includes a pair of top side panels extending from opposing side edges of the top panel, and a pair of bottom side panels extending from opposing side edges of the bottom panel. An edge perforation line extends along an edge between the top panel and the rear panel, and a face of each of the top panel, the bottom panel, and the pairs of side panels is devoid of perforation lines extending therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: WestRock Shared Services, LLC
    Inventor: David G. Couture
  • Patent number: 9994354
    Abstract: A multicompartment ventilated box is shaped by folding and attaching one or more blanks of a material. One or more attachment portions enable forming at least one compartment. The box may comprise an upper and a lower compartment and perforations that permit air flow between the compartments and to the exterior of the box. The compartments may be separated by a tray portion which transitions between an elevated and a collapsed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Inventor: Paolo Volpis
  • Patent number: 9994352
    Abstract: A blank of sheet material for forming a container is provided. The blank includes a series of four generally rectangular panels connected along a plurality of substantially parallel fold lines. The panels include a first spaced-apart pair of panels and a second spaced-apart pair of panels. Each of the second spaced-apart pair of panels is connected to at least one panel of the first spaced-apart pair of panels. The blank also includes a corner panel extending from each side edge of each panel of the first pair of panels, and a lateral flap extending from each side edge of each panel of the second pair of panels, wherein each lateral flap has free side edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: WestRock Shared Services, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Charles Smith
  • Patent number: 9981793
    Abstract: A gusset bag has a spout that keeps a stable self-standing attitude, facilitating easy and complete content pouring. The gusset bag includes a film bag body and a spout attached to the bag body. The bag body includes a tubular body and a rectangular-shaped bottom surface sealed and secured to one edge of the tubular body. The tubular body includes opposing flat surfaces and side surfaces, each being sealed and secured to side edges of the flat surfaces, the bottom surface and the side surfaces being formed with foldable lines, respectively, along which the bottom surface and the side surfaces are folded inward toward inside of the bag body, forming a bottom surface gusset and side surface gussets, and an inclining edge is formed to one of the upper two corners of the bag body, the spout being attached to the inclining edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Kenmotsu, Kazuhiro Umenaka
  • Patent number: 9981770
    Abstract: Packaging for a product including a retractable handle. The retractable handle may be a foldable retractable handle configured to fold and unfold between a retracted position and an erect position. In the retracted position, retractable handle may be disposed with a body of the packaging. In the erect position, the retractable handle may extend from the body of the packaging. In some embodiments, the retractable handle may be composed of a paper-based material. In some embodiments, the retractable handle may be a single integrally formed piece of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Mundt
  • Patent number: 9975305
    Abstract: A canister for holding one or more products. The canister includes a canister body having a first layer and a second layer laminated to the first layer. The canister body has a bottom end having a bottom panel offset from the bottom of the canister and a top end sealed with a lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Thomas Strand, Norman L. Jesch, Kelly R. Fitzwater