Patents Examined by Nina K Attel
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Patent number: 10737878Abstract: A liner for lining a receptacle has a front panel and a rear panel that define an interior and a top opening in fluid communication with the interior. A frangible sizing seal structure joins together the front and rear panels along the top of the liner adjacent a side of the liner. The sizing seal structure limits a size of the liner opening and is configured to be selectively broken to separate the front and rear panels to enlarge the size of the liner opening so that the top edge margin fits over a rim of the receptacle. In a method of making the liner, the front and rear panels are sealed together to form the frangible sizing seal structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Inteplast Group CorporationInventors: William Edward Sweaney, Peter W. Zamarripa
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Patent number: 10730678Abstract: A package and method of making a package are provided, where the package includes a removable flap portion built into one panel and a resealable flap portion built into the opposing panel. The package is constructed such that the removable flap portion overlies the resealable flap portion, and peeling away of the removable flap portion reveals a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) of the resealable flap portion and also provides a tamper-evident feature. Once the removable flap portion is peeled away, the consumer can access the contents of the package. The resealable flap portion can be folded over the newly-cut edge of the opposing panel and applied to the outer surface of that panel so as to reclose the package and maintain the contents of the package therein for later consumption.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.Inventor: Scott William Huffer
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Patent number: 10730656Abstract: A crate is described in the form of a flap-adhesively-bonded box composed of cardboard having a bottom (1) and a shell (2) protruding from the bottom (1), which forms reinforced upper longitudinal edge sections by way of edge flaps (8) folded inward between the shell corners. To provide advantageous design conditions, it is proposed that the shell (2) have, at least on one side of the shell corners, attachment flaps (10, 11, 26), which are each bent inward according to crease lines (12, 13, 27), which are outwardly offset in relation to the edge (14) of the reinforced longitudinal edge sections, by 90° and are adhesively bonded to the opposite side of the shell corner, and the bottom (1) be provided in the region of the shell corners with recesses (17) adapted to the outline shape of a catch attachment (15) formed by the attachment flaps (10, 11, 26).Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2015Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Inventor: Gottfried Maier
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Patent number: 10703051Abstract: A pinched sack, which is made at least partially from a plastic material in the form of a tube section, has at least one pinched bottom at one end of the tube section. At least some of the plastic material is stretched, and at least one pinched bottom is provided by a thermally induced bonding process.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2010Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: WINDMOELLER & HOELSCHER KGInventors: Uwe Koehn, Andreas Staat, Roger Bannister
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Patent number: 10683157Abstract: A shopping bag is provided that can be transformed for use as a file holder for storing documents and items such as a large envelope. The shopping bag includes a rectangle-shaped body part formed by a pair of front and back sheets, handles provided to the open side of the body, and a file part that is integrally formed with the body and that is turned into a rectangle-shaped file holder when separated from the body. The file part includes a separation line to be used for separating the file part from the body, a joint line formed inside of the separation line along the two sides of the separation line, at which the front and back sheets are joined together, and a cut-out part formed as a part of the separation line to be used as a starting point for separating the file part from the body.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Inventor: Kazuo Okamura
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Patent number: 10683142Abstract: A plastic bag comprising a welded segment at its closure which comprises sealing projections and interlocking projections to form a high integrity seal at the closure edges.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Inteplast Group CorporationInventors: Garth Bielke, Natee Tasadoug
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Patent number: 10676243Abstract: A storage bag includes at least one zipper profile provided adjacent to an opening to the interior of the bag. The at least one zipper profile has opposing closure elements that respectively interlock with each other. The storage bag also includes a slider with at least one opening member and at least one detent on at least one end of the bag. The at least one detent is configured to engage with the at least one opening member of the slider to provide a leak-proof end seal.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Robert R. Turvey, Lawrence C. Stanos, Bryan L. Ackerman, Christina J. Korinda, Caitlin M. Hanson
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Patent number: 10676242Abstract: A woven laminated plastic bag having a weakened portion is provided. The weakened portion is generally defined by a plurality of perforations in the bag. In various aspects the bag can be fabricated from woven polypropylene and/or polyethylene layer which can be laminated with a film layer, can form a pinch bottom bag, and can have one or both sides include graphics and/or printing. The bag can also provide a top end and/or a bottom end either or both of which provide a discrete area which may contain discrete graphics and/or printing.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Polytex Fibers CorporationInventors: Jacobo Bazbaz, Alberto Zaroli
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Patent number: 10660428Abstract: A self-closing utility bag for holding small articles includes a pouch with an upper pouch portion, a lower pouch portion, a neck portion between the upper and lower pouch portions, a top opening that is maintained in a partially open orientation, and a self-closing mechanism. The self-closing mechanism includes a first resilient strip disposed parallel to a pouch top opening at a location either adjacent the neck portion in the upper pouch portion but spaced from the pouch top opening or at the neck portion, and a second resilient strip disposed opposite the first resilient strip where the first and second resilient strips maintain the pouch in a closed orientation but having a resilient spring action that allows intruding access to an inside of the lower portion while returning to the closed orientation when the intruding access is removed.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Pure Safety Group, Inc.Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
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Patent number: 10640262Abstract: The present invention includes a reclosable bag having first and second walls and an open top defined by first and second elongate flexible fastener strips attached to the first and second walls, respectively, adjacent the top of the walls. One of the fastener strips has a profile portion forming at least one groove and the other fastener strip has a profile portion forming at least one rib with a portion of each rib received and retained in one of said grooves when the bag top is closed. Each of the fastener strips has a base connected to the respective wall, and each of the strips has an upper edge adjacent the upper edge of the other strip. Third and fourth fastener strips are located within the bag walls parallel to and below the first and second fastener strips. The third and fourth fattener strips have one or more pairs of ribs and grooves.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Global Packaging Solutions LimitedInventor: Mark E. Branson
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Patent number: 10633146Abstract: This invention relates to a paper bag for bulk material such as cement, gypsum, granular material, animal feed or the like, with a bottom and with an upper part opposite the bottom, wherein bottom and/or upper part are folded and glued by closing up the side parts around side fold lines, in particular in the form of a cross or block bottom, wherein for gluing the side parts at least one gluing or bonding agent activatable after the application is provided, which is applied continuously at least from a side fold line up to at least the opposite side fold line of the side parts.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: dy-pack Verpackungen Gustav Dyckerhoff GmbHInventor: Gerhard Schulte
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Patent number: 10633141Abstract: A paperboard carton is formed by folding and interconnecting an even number of body pieces to establish at least a bottom wall, first and second spaced main face walls, opposing side walls and a top wall, which collectively define an interior cavity for containing edible products, with the first and second main face walls and the opposing side walls being spaced by each of the bottom wall and the top wall, each of said body pieces being formed of paperboard, and at least two of the body pieces having predominate fiber orientations which are directionally distinct from one another, thereby establishing a compression strength for each carton which enables similarly configured cartons to be directly stacked upon each other for shipping purposes.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: General Mills, Inc.Inventors: Peter Novotny, Jenna Melissa Ronquillo, George Tuszkiewicz
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Patent number: 10625907Abstract: A reclosable pouch includes a receptacle having a storage chamber and a mouth in communication with the storage chamber. A closure is attached to the mouth, the closure including a first zipper strip and a second zipper strip. The first and second zipper strips are fused together in first and second zones situated at respective ends of the closure. The first and second zipper strips form a first zipper and a second zipper that terminate in a first zipper termination and a second zipper termination, respectively. A respective pair of elongated projections is arranged on first and second sidewalls of the receptacle. A slider may be mounted to the closure, such that the elongated projections prevent further travel of the slider at opposing ends of the closure.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Rod M. Karim, Eliel Borbon
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Patent number: 10618696Abstract: A packaging bag is formed in a bag shape by overlapping of a laminated film and a laminated film facing each other, and unsealed by cutting of a predetermined section. The packaging bag includes a zipper for opening and closing an opening, the zipper being provided along edges of the opening formed by the unsealing, a linear cut section that is formed in a functional layer of the laminated film so as to be parallel to the zipper, and becomes the edge of the opening by the unsealing of the packaging bag, and a linear cut section that is formed at a different level from the cut section in a functional layer of the laminated film so as to be parallel to the zipper, and becomes the edge of the opening by the unsealing of the packaging bag.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2016Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Ohyama, Hiroyuki Arai, Akio Youtou
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Patent number: 10603884Abstract: A multi-layer film includes a first-seal layer and a second-seal layer. The multi-layer film may be used to form a package for consumer-care products.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Berry Plastics CorporationInventor: Martin F. Hoenigmann
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Patent number: 10604304Abstract: An insulated bag includes a pair of opposing main panels; a pair of opposing side panels, each side panel attached to each main panel, the main panels and the side panels defining a bag cavity within the insulated bag; and a handle assembly, the handle assembly comprising a handle portion attached to a base portion; the main panels and the side panels defined in an insulated blank, the insulated blank comprising an insulation batt, a first sheet, and a second sheet, the insulation batt encapsulated between the first sheet and the second sheet, the first sheet attached in facing engagement with the second sheet to form a border, the border extending around a perimeter of the insulation batt, the base portion of the handle laminated within the border.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Pratt Retail Specialties, LLCInventors: Jamie Waltermire, Paul Ott, Greg Sollie
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Patent number: 10588311Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may provide a sealable animal carcass enclosement system perhaps including a substantially planar foldable envelope perhaps made of a vinyl coated mesh material, sealing securements along an edge of some of the sides of the substantially planar foldable envelope when in said open state; and perhaps even a plication component configured to guide overlapping closure of said substantially planar foldable envelope and matching of counterparts of said sealing securements so as to provide an enclosed packet for animal carcasses.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Inventor: Philip Raynal
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Patent number: 10583964Abstract: A bag of plastic film material has a side gusset between front and back panels, the top of the gusset spaced from the top of the bag. The front and back panels are seamed to each other above the gusset to present a side edge having an orientation. The top edge of the gusset extends non-orthogonally to the orientation of the side edge.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Peel Plastic Products LimitedInventor: William Troost
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Patent number: 10568807Abstract: A method of making a storage bag comprising the following steps performed in any order: (a) forming a composite tube having an inner surface comprising a higher melting polymer, an outer surface comprising a lower melting polymer, two ends, and a diameter; (b) flattening the tube in a direction perpendicular to the diameter; (c) forming a joint at one of the ends at a temperature between respective melting points of the higher melting polymer and the lower melting polymer; (d) providing a composite sheet having a first side comprising a higher melting polymer and a second side comprising a lower melting polymer; and (e) disposing the composite sheet over the joint such that the first side comprising a lower melting polymer engages the joint and forming a lap seam over the joint at a temperature between respective melting points of the higher melting polymer and the lower melting polymer, and a storage bag made by such method.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Inventors: Bret A. Snyder, Basak Irem Nase, John E. Bacino, William Shamrock
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Patent number: 10562676Abstract: An insulated bag includes a pair of opposing main panels; a pair of opposing side panels, each side panel attached to each main panel, the main panels and the side panels defining a bag cavity within the insulated bag; and a handle assembly, the handle assembly comprising a handle portion attached to a base portion; the main panels and the side panels defined in an insulated blank, the insulated blank comprising an insulation batt, a first sheet, and a second sheet, the insulation batt encapsulated between the first sheet and the second sheet, the first sheet attached in facing engagement with the second sheet to form a border, the border extending around a perimeter of the insulation batt, the base portion of the handle laminated within the border.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Pratt Retail Specialties, LLCInventors: Jamie Waltermire, Paul Ott, Greg Sollie