Patents by Inventor Angela E. Learn

Angela E. Learn 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).

  • Publication number: 20080318749
    Abstract: A method for applying a heat-shrink patch to a carton for forming a shape of the carton. The carton includes a top panel, a bottom panel, at least one side panel extending between the top panel and the bottom panel and a movable section that is movable between a first position and a second position. The method includes providing a heat-shrink patch in a pre-shrunk configuration. The heat-shrink patch is coupled in the pre-shrunk configuration to at least a portion of an interior surface of a blank of sheet material including at least a portion of the movable section. The carton is formed from the blank of sheet material. The movable section is moved from the first position to the second position to form the shape of the carton by heating the heat-shrink patch to shrink the heat-shrink patch to a shrunk configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventor: Angela E. Learn
  • Publication number: 20080263998
    Abstract: A method for applying a heat shrinkable film to a carton for forming a shape of the carton is provided. The carton includes a top panel, a bottom panel, at least one side panel extending between the top panel and the bottom panel, and a movable section that is movable between a first position and a second position. The method includes providing a heat-shrinkable but unshrunken film, wrapping the film in an unheated condition around at least a portion of the carton including at least a portion of the movable section of the carton, and moving the movable section from the first position to the second position to form a shape of the carton by heating the heat-shrinkable film to shrink the heat-shrinkable film into contact with at least a portion of the movable section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Angela E. Learn, Michael D. Ryan
  • Patent number: 7398632
    Abstract: A method for applying a heat shrinkable film to a carton for forming a shape of the carton is provided. The carton includes a top panel, a bottom panel, at least one side panel extending between the top panel and the bottom panel, and a movable section that is movable between a first position and a second position. The method includes providing a heat-shrinkable but unshrunken film, wrapping the film in an unheated condition around at least a portion of the carton including at least a portion of the movable section of the carton, and moving the movable section from the first position to the second position to form a shape of the carton by heating the heat-shrinkable film to shrink the heat-shrinkable film into contact with at least a portion of the movable section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Altivity Packaging, LLC
    Inventors: Angela E. Learn, Michael D. Ryan
  • Patent number: 7398631
    Abstract: A method for applying a heat-shrink patch to a carton for forming a shape of the carton. The carton includes a top panel, a bottom panel, at least one side panel extending between the top panel and the bottom panel and a movable section that is movable between a first position and a second position. The method includes providing a heat-shrink patch in a pre-shrunk configuration. The heat-shrink patch is coupled in the pre-shrunk configuration to at least a portion of an interior surface of a blank of sheet material including at least a portion of the movable section. The carton is formed from the blank of sheet material. The movable section is moved from the first position to the second position to form the shape of the carton by heating the heat-shrink patch to shrink the heat-shrink patch to a shrunk configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Altivity Packaging, LLC
    Inventor: Angela E. Learn
  • Patent number: 7293652
    Abstract: An assembly for packaging a product includes a carton having a top, a bottom, and a side extending between the top and the bottom. At least one of the top, the bottom, and the side includes a movable section that is movable between a first position and a second position. The movable section is biased to the first position. The assembly also includes a heat-shrunk layer overlapping at least a portion of the carton for sealing the carton. The heat-shrunk layer holds the movable section in the second position against the bias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Altivity Packaging, LLC
    Inventors: Angela E. Learn, Michael D. Ryan
  • Patent number: D548591
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Altivity Packaging, LLC
    Inventors: Angela E. Learn, Gregory J. Weuste
  • Patent number: D553496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignees: Kellogg Company, Altivity Packaging, LLC
    Inventors: Tom Martuch, David Ours, Don Joswick, Richard Frederick House, Felicia A. Pinkstone, Angela E. Learn