Patents by Inventor Alexandre VERNIER

Alexandre VERNIER 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: 11964809
    Abstract: A food product package is formed by a sheet resulting from a blank with a plurality of sheets, each sheet of the blank having weakened portions, and a tongue secured to a transverse edge of the sheet The sheet is folded according to transverse weakened portions in order to form a tube with a rectangular cross-section and being sealed on itself along a peelable or tearable transverse joint, the tongue projecting longitudinally from the transverse joint, the sheet being sealed longitudinally along a longitudinal base joint, and the package being closed by longitudinally sealing the sheet on itself along a longitudinal top joint spaced apart from the longitudinal base joint, with the transverse joint extending from one longitudinal joint to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BEL
    Inventors: Alexandre Vernier, Gilles Coupard
  • Publication number: 20230348164
    Abstract: A food product package is formed by a sheet resulting from a blank with a plurality of sheets, each sheet of the blank having weakened portions, and a tongue secured to a transverse edge of the sheet The sheet is folded according to transverse weakened portions in order to form a tube with a rectangular cross-section and being sealed on itself along a peelable or tearable transverse joint, the tongue projecting longitudinally from the transverse joint, the sheet being sealed longitudinally along a longitudinal base joint, and the package being closed by longitudinally sealing the sheet on itself along a longitudinal top joint spaced apart from the longitudinal base joint, with the transverse joint extending from one longitudinal joint to the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: BEL
    Inventors: Alexandre Vernier, Gilles Coupard
  • Patent number: 11097859
    Abstract: This method for producing a packaged food product portion includes the following steps: providing a cup defining an inner area for receiving the food product; cold pouring, at a temperature below 50° C., the food product into the receiving area of the cup; covering the food product using a thermally insulating lid arranged such that thermally conducting flaps of the cup extend toward the outside of the lid after the covering step; folding the flaps on an outer face of the lid opposite the receiving area; and heat-sealing the flaps on the outer face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: BEL
    Inventor: Alexandre Vernier
  • Publication number: 20180118382
    Abstract: This method for producing a packaged food product portion includes the following steps: providing a cup defining an inner area for receiving the food product; cold pouring, at a temperature below 50° C., the food product into the receiving area of the cup; covering the food product using a thermally insulating lid arranged such that thermally conducting flaps of the cup extend toward the outside of the lid after the covering step; folding the flaps on an outer face of the lid opposite the receiving area; and heat-sealing the flaps on the outer face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventor: Alexandre VERNIER
  • Publication number: 20160100602
    Abstract: The cheese portion (38) includes: a wrapping sheet (40); and a cheese dose (88) wrapped in the sheet (40), the cheese (88) being hot-cast into the sheet (40). The sheet (40) includes at least one paper layer (401) having an internal face turned towards the cheese (88), at least one internal face being waterproof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: Alexandre VERNIER