Patents by Inventor Alberto Gandolla

Alberto Gandolla has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10569925
    Abstract: A package includes a housing, a container, and a coupling system. The housing defines a first internal volume and includes first lateral walls that define a first through opening further defined by a first edge. The container defines a second internal volume and is configured for housing one or more products. The container includes second lateral walls that define a second through opening further defined by a second edge, the second through opening being configured to permit insertion and withdrawal of the one or more products from the container. The container is adjustable to a first configuration in which the container is at least partially disposed within the housing and a second configuration in which the container is at least partially disposed outside of the first internal volume. The coupling system is configured to secure the container to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: I.G.B. S.r.l.
    Inventors: Alessio Bressan, Michel Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Publication number: 20200031514
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tamper-evident and child-proof coupling system. The coupling system includes a first base portion, a second base portion, a slit, and a closing septum. The first base portion includes a first coupling portion. The second base portion includes a second coupling portion. The first and second coupling portions are configured to define a priming configuration of the coupling system when the first and second coupling portion are engaged to each other. The slit is defined on the first base portion or the second base portion and is configured to receive an opening device. The opening device is configured to disengage the first and second coupling portions. The closing septum is adjustable to a first or second configuration. In the first configuration, the closing septum occludes the slit. In the second configuration, the closing septum is configured to expose the slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Dino Bressan, Michel Bressan, Alession Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Publication number: 20200031545
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tamper-evident coupling system including a first base portion, a second base portion, and a tamper-evident coating. The first base portion includes a first coupling portion. The second base portion includes a second coupling portion and is configured to cooperate with the first coupling portion. The first and the second coupling portions are configured to define a priming configuration when the first and second coupling portion are engaged to each other. The tamper-evident coating is associated with a sheet material of the first and the second coupling portions and is configured to visually signal, following a scraping force of the coating, an attempt to separate the first and second coupling portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Dino Bressan, Michel Bressan, Alessio Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Patent number: 10494136
    Abstract: A container has a compartment of sheet material defining an inner volume configured for housing a product, the compartment extending between a first and second longitudinal end portions along a longitudinal development direction of the compartment. The compartment having a predetermined number of lateral walls defining: at least one first passage opening arranged at the first longitudinal end portion of the compartment, one second passage opening arranged at the second longitudinal end portion of the compartment. The container includes at least one occluding system engaged at the second passage opening and configured for irreversibly closing the second passage opening. The disclosure also relates a process of making the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: I.G.B. S.r.l.
    Inventors: Michel Bressan, Alberto Gandolla, Alessio Bressan
  • Patent number: 10450101
    Abstract: A package includes a casing of made sheet material defining an inner volume, the casing including first lateral walls defining a first passage opening delimited by a first free edge, the casing including an engagement portion extending from a lateral wall of the first lateral walls inside of the inner volume to provide a projection, wherein the engagement portion extends from the first free edge of the casing in a direction towards the inner volume. The package also includes a container made of sheet material, separate from the casing, and configured for housing a product, the container comprising second lateral walls defining a second passage opening delimited by a second free edge, the second passage opening of the container being configured for insertion and withdrawal of the product from the container, and the container being configurable between first and second operative positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: I.G.B. S.r.l
    Inventors: Michel Bressan, Alessio Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Patent number: 10370140
    Abstract: A tamper-evident container comprising a storage having at least one passage opening delimited by a free edge and configured to put in communication the internal volume of the storage with the external environment; the sheet material of the storage wraps at least partially on itself in order to form an overlapping zone which comprises at least one first constraining portion and one second constraining portion engaged with each other: on the second constraining portion at least one notch is defined. The container further comprises a closure system engaged at said free edge and movable with respect to the storage; the closure system being configured for defining at least one closing condition in which the system itself interdicts the communication between the internal volume of the storage and the external environment and an opening condition in which the system itself enables the communication between the internal volume and external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: I.G.B. S.r.l.
    Inventors: Alessio Bressan, Michel Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Patent number: 10364062
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a child-proof container (1) comprising: a housing (2) made of sheet material defining an inner volume (3) and exhibiting a passage opening (5) delimited by a free edge (6), a closing system (7) made of sheet material configured for defining a closed and opened conditions of the housing (2), the closing system (7) comprises a tab (8) having a closing portion (9) movable with respect to the housing free edge. The container (1) comprises a safety device (11) made of sheet material exhibiting: a first hooking portion (12) carried by the tab (8), a second hooking portion (13) engaged with the housing (2). The first and second hooking portions (12, 13) are configured for stably engaging with each other in the closed condition of the closing system (7) and for defining a safety condition: the first and second hooking portions (12, 13), in the safety condition, are configured for preventing the closing system (7) from switching from the closed to the opened condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: I.G.B. S.r.l.
    Inventors: Michel Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Publication number: 20190127108
    Abstract: A package includes a casing of made sheet material defining an inner volume, the casing including first lateral walls defining a first passage opening delimited by a first free edge, the casing including an engagement portion extending from a lateral wall of the first lateral walls inside of the inner volume to provide a projection, wherein the engagement portion extends from the first free edge of the casing in a direction towards the inner volume. The package also includes a container made of sheet material, separate from the casing, and configured for housing a product, the container comprising second lateral walls defining a second passage opening delimited by a second free edge, the second passage opening of the container being configured for insertion and withdrawal of the product from the container, and the container being configurable between first and second operative positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Michel Bressan, Alessio Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Publication number: 20190100346
    Abstract: A tamper-evident coupling system includes a first base portion, a second base portion, a first coupling portion supported by and extending from the first base portion, and a second coupling portion supported by the second base portion and configured for cooperating with the first coupling portion. The first and the second coupling portions are configured for defining an arming condition in which the first and second coupling portions are stably engaged with each other. At least one of the first and the second coupling portions includes a removable portion that is separable from the tamper-evident coupling system upon a first disengagement of the first and second coupling portions following the arming condition to prevent a subsequent coupling between the first and second coupling portions and to show a tampering with the tamper-evident coupling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Michel Bressan, Alessio Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Patent number: 10183800
    Abstract: A container for delivering a predetermined number of products at a time includes a compartment defining an inner volume and configured to house multiple products, a passageway having an outlet configured to enable the delivery of the multiple products outside of the container, a door defining an opening configured to put the compartment in communication with the passageway, and a delivery mechanism arranged at the door and configured to manage passage of the multiple products through the door. The delivery mechanism is configured to be placed in a closing condition in which the delivery mechanism prevents passage of the multiple products through the door, and the delivery mechanism is further configured to be placed in a passage condition in which the delivery mechanism allows passage of one or more products of the multiple products through the door, thus allowing the one or more products to exit the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: I.G.B. S.r.l.
    Inventors: Michel Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Patent number: 10106305
    Abstract: A package comprising a container exhibiting: a compartment having a passage opening delimited by a free edge, a closure system engaged at the free edge and movable with respect to the compartment between a closure condition and an open condition of the container. The package comprises a wrapping housed at least partially inside the compartment; the wrapping is configurable between a first operative position wherein the wrapping is completely housed in the compartment of the container and a second operative position wherein part of the wrapping is arranged outside the inner volume of the compartment: the wrapping, in the second operative position, exhibiting at least one portion housed in the inner volume of the compartment. The container comprises a stop element placed inside the compartment, emerging, from at least one lateral wall of the compartment, inside this latter in order to define a projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: I.G.B. S.r.l.
    Inventors: Michel Bressan, Alberto Gandolla, Alessio Bressan
  • Publication number: 20180244425
    Abstract: A package includes a housing, a container, and a coupling system. The housing defines a first internal volume and includes first lateral walls that define a first through opening further defined by a first edge. The container defines a second internal volume and is configured for housing one or more products. The container includes second lateral walls that define a second through opening further defined by a second edge, the second through opening being configured to permit insertion and withdrawal of the one or more products from the container. The container is adjustable to a first configuration in which the container is at least partially disposed within the housing and a second configuration in which the container is at least partially disposed outside of the first internal volume. The coupling system is configured to secure the container to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Alessio Bressan, Michel Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Publication number: 20180208353
    Abstract: A tamper-evident container comprising a storage having at least one passage opening delimited by a free edge and configured to put in communication the internal volume of the storage with the external environment; the sheet material of the storage wraps at least partially on itself in order to form an overlapping zone which comprises at least one first constraining portion and one second constraining portion engaged with each other: on the second constraining portion at least one notch is defined. The container further comprises a closure system engaged at said free edge and movable with respect to the storage; the closure system being configured for defining at least one closing condition in which the system itself interdicts the communication between the internal volume of the storage and the external environment and an opening condition in which the system itself enables the communication between the internal volume and external environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Alessio Bressan, Michel Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Publication number: 20180170635
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a tamper-evident container comprising: a store defining an internal volume and exhibiting a passage opening delimited by a free edge; a closure system engaged at the free edge and movable with respect to the store between a closure condition and an opening one; a safety device engaged at least partially with the store and at least partially with the closure system. The safety system comprises a breakage portion configured for separating from at least one between said closure system and store following a first opening of the closure system. The container comprises an electric circuit defined at least partially on the breakage portion of the safety device; said circuit being configured for changing at least one between an electric property and a physical property following the first opening of the closure system. The present invention further refers to a process of making the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Alessio Bressan, Michel Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Publication number: 20180162587
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a child-proof container (1) comprising: a housing (2) made of sheet material defining an inner volume (3) and exhibiting a passage opening (5) delimited by a free edge (6), a closing system (7) made of sheet material configured for defining a closed and opened conditions of the housing (2), the closing system (7) comprises a tab (8) having a closing portion (9) movable with respect to the housing free edge. The container (1) comprises a safety device (11) made of sheet material exhibiting: a first hooking portion (12) carried by the tab (8), a second hooking portion (13) engaged with the housing (2). The first and second hooking portions (12, 13) are configured for stably engaging with each other in the closed condition of the closing system (7) and for defining a safety condition: the first and second hooking portions (12, 13), in the safety condition, are configured for preventing the closing system (7) from switching from the closed to the opened condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Michel Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Publication number: 20170259953
    Abstract: A container has a compartment of sheet material defining an inner volume configured for housing a product, the compartment extending between a first and second longitudinal end portions along a longitudinal development direction of the compartment. The compartment having a predetermined number of lateral walls defining: at least one first passage opening arranged at the first longitudinal end portion of the compartment, one second passage opening arranged at the second longitudinal end portion of the compartment. The container includes at least one occluding system engaged at the second passage opening and configured for irreversibly closing the second passage opening. The disclosure also relates a process of making the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Michel Bressan, Alberto Gandolla, Alessio Bressan
  • Publication number: 20170259981
    Abstract: A package comprising a container exhibiting: a compartment having a passage opening delimited by a free edge, a closure system engaged at the free edge and movable with respect to the compartment between a closure condition and an open condition of the container. The package comprises a wrapping housed at least partially inside the compartment; the wrapping is configurable between a first operative position wherein the wrapping is completely housed in the compartment of the container and a second operative position wherein part of the wrapping is arranged outside the inner volume of the compartment: the wrapping, in the second operative position, exhibiting at least one portion housed in the inner volume of the compartment. The container comprises a stop element placed inside the compartment, emerging, from at least one lateral wall of the compartment, inside this latter in order to define a projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Michel Bressan, Alberto Gandolla, Alessio Bressan
  • Publication number: 20170036846
    Abstract: A container for delivering a predetermined number of products at a time includes a compartment defining an inner volume and configured to house multiple products, a passageway having an outlet configured to enable the delivery of the multiple products outside of the container, a door defining an opening configured to put the compartment in communication with the passageway, and a delivery mechanism arranged at the door and configured to manage passage of the multiple products through the door. The delivery mechanism is configured to be placed in a closing condition in which the delivery mechanism prevents passage of the multiple products through the door, and the delivery mechanism is further configured to be placed in a passage condition in which the delivery mechanism allows passage of one or more products of the multiple products through the door, thus allowing the one or more products to exit the compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: I.G.B.S.R.L.
    Inventors: Michel Bressan, Alberto Gandolla