Patents by Inventor B. Gary Wofford

B. Gary Wofford 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).

  • Shrink bag with integral handle
    Patent number: 4555025
    Abstract: A shrink bag having an integral carrying handle is provided that includes an extended lip bag of a heat shrinkable thermoplastic material and having a carrying hole in the lip with a continuous fused bead around its periphery, the carrying hole being spaced sufficiently below the top of the lip such that upon heat shrinking the bag about a product sealed therein enhanced thickening along the carrying-load bearing portion of the hole periphery occurs relative to the non-load bearing portion of the hole periphery. An associated method for making the bag is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1985
    Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co., Cryovac Div.
    Inventors: Alan S. Weinberg, B. Gary Wofford, Philip T. Voso