Patents by Inventor Blake A. Bougie

Blake A. Bougie 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: 10532856
    Abstract: A package which may be opened and closed using only one hand, without the need for any tools or a second hand subsequent to initial opening, is provided as a hand-held sized, flexible thermoplastic bag having a self-closing, manually openable closure employing at least two resilient stays, each of which is covered at least in part by a cover film which may be a non-shrink film or a heat shrinkable film. The stays and cover films form in conjunction with the package body opposing rolled edges or package wall ridges that facilitate opening and create a close-fitting interior closure surface along the abutting cover films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Bemis Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah E. O'Hara, Matthew R. Best, Blake A. Bougie, Jay D. Hodson
  • Patent number: 10343835
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved manually openable self-venting ovenable packages which include a rigid or semi-rigid tray having a single thermoplastic overwrap comprising a polymeric laminate surrounding the tray and having a front panel and an opposing back panel. The inventive packages also include a continuous seal circumscribing a recessed cavity of the tray which comprises a heat seal formed by heat sealing a portion of the front panel to the peripheral flange of the tray. The packages of the present invention are self-venting whereby a venting region comprising a release coating applied between the inner surface of the front panel and the inner surface of the back panel permits the overwrap to rupture and release steam in response to heat and/or overpressure generated during heating of a food item in a microwave oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Bemis Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith A. Klipstine, Brian K. Murdick, Blake A. Bougie, Tara K. Cruz
  • Publication number: 20190023456
    Abstract: A package which may be opened and closed using only one hand, without the need for any tools or a second hand subsequent to initial opening, is provided as a hand-held sized, flexible thermoplastic bag having a self-closing, manually openable closure employing at least two resilient stays, each of which is covered at least in part by a cover film which may be a non-shrink film or a heat shrinkable film. The stays and cover films form in conjunction with the package body opposing rolled edges or package wall ridges that facilitate opening and create a close-fitting interior closure surface along the abutting cover films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Sarah E. O'Hara, Matthew R. Best, Blake A. Bougie, Jay D. Hodson
  • Publication number: 20170183144
    Abstract: A wet wipe dispensing cap, container and kit having a container body such as a thermoplastic pouch, containing a plurality of wet wipe and closed with a rigid dispensing cap having a flat base with an outer perimeter, an inner perimeter, an upstanding outer wall and an optional inner wall forming a weir around a passageway through the base, and having a top wall aperture dimensioned tor keeping a wet wipe roll inside the container body and cap, and where the passageway is adapted for and dimensioned for manual frictional dispensing of a wet wipe sheet, preferably with an inner wall, base, and outer wall forming a liquid reservoir; with the cap fastened to a container body opening: whereby the container is adapted to dispense wipes from the container body through the cap aperture by pulling a wipe downward with detachment by angular movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Blake A. Bougie, John D. Ceranski
  • Publication number: 20160130064
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved manually openable self-venting ovenable packages which include a rigid or semi-rigid tray having a single thermoplastic overwrap comprising a polymeric laminate surrounding the tray and having a front panel and an opposing back panel. The inventive packages also include a continuous seal circumscribing a recessed cavity of the tray which comprises a heat seal formed by heat sealing a portion of the front panel to the peripheral flange of the tray. The packages of the present invention are self-venting whereby a venting region comprising a release coating applied between the inner surface of the front panel and the inner surface of the back panel permits the overwrap to rupture and release steam in response to heat and/or overpressure generated during heating of a food item in a microwave oven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Keith A. Klipstine, Brian K. Murdick, Blake A. Bougie, Tara K. Cruz
  • Publication number: 20160122101
    Abstract: A flexible beverage support sheet having an insulating, flexible, polymeric sheet adapted for supporting beverage containers, die sheet having a perimeter edge and lines of weakness defining a plurality of insulating beverage holder blanks each of which is configurable about a circumference of an individual beverage container and a beverage package containing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Blake A. Bougie, John F. Negus, Steve E. White, Lindsay Scott Coons