Patents by Inventor Amy Joe Frost

Amy Joe Frost 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: 8541081
    Abstract: An easy-open, reclosable package includes a tray with tray liner; a product; and a lidstock, including a substrate including a first layer of high modulus thermoplastic material, and a second layer including an oxygen barrier; and a coextruded film including a first layer including a blend of from 80% to 88% ionomer resin, and from 12% to 20% olefinic polymer, a second layer including a pressure sensitive adhesive, and optionally a third layer including a polymeric adhesive; wherein the first layer of the coextruded film is sealed to the tray liner; the coextruded film is adhered to an inner surface of the substrate film; and after the package is opened, and the pressure sensitive adhesive is exposed, the package can be reclosed by adhering the adhesive to a portion of the first layer of the coextruded film that remained sealed to the tray liner when the package was opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Sumita Sanjeevi Ranganathan, Blake L Westmoreland, Andrew W Moehlenbrock, Amy Joe Frost, Vivian Ann Shaver, Debra Chandler Karam