Patents by Inventor Bruce Bitowft

Bruce Bitowft 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: 20200262608
    Abstract: A paperboard substrate that can be used to provide a food packaging particle is provided having a water vapor barrier layer comprising HDPE in combination with a nucleating agent which is extruded on to a paperboard substrate. The resulting substrate has sufficiently good water vapor barrier when properties that dry foods such as cereals do not require a bag or inner liner as a separate moisture barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Evergreen Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Zheng, Roderick W. Kalberer, Celso S. Martinez, Bruce Bitowft, Jeffrey M. Kalman, Todd Midkiff, Jason S. Andrews, Andrew B. Mendenhall
  • Patent number: 10427827
    Abstract: A box includes at least four side panels. A first minor panel includes a first minor flap. A first major panel includes a first major flap. A second minor panel includes a second minor flap. A second major panel includes a second major flap. The box also includes a top end and a bottom end. The top end includes the first and second minor flaps and the first and second major flaps. The first minor flap is positioned opposite the second minor flap, and the first major flap is positioned opposite the second major flap. Portions of the first and second major flaps overlie portions of the first and second minor flaps. An opening extends through portions of the first and second major flaps between the first and second minor flaps. The opening extends the entire distance between opposing peripheral edges of the first and second major panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Bitowft
  • Publication number: 20190233160
    Abstract: A box includes at least four side panels. A first minor panel includes a first minor flap. A first major panel includes a first major flap. A second minor panel includes a second minor flap. A second major panel includes a second major flap. The box also includes a top end and a bottom end. The top end includes the first and second minor flaps and the first and second major flaps. The first minor flap is positioned opposite the second minor flap, and the first major flap is positioned opposite the second major flap. Portions of the first and second major flaps overlie portions of the first and second minor flaps. An opening extends through portions of the first and second major flaps between the first and second minor flaps. The opening extends the entire distance between opposing peripheral edges of the first and second major panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC.
    Inventor: Bruce Bitowft
  • Publication number: 20170166350
    Abstract: A paperboard substrate that can be used to provide a food packaging particle is provided having a water vapor barrier layer comprising HDPE in combination with a nucleating agent which is extruded on to a paperboard substrate. The resulting substrate has sufficiently good water vapor barrier when properties that dry foods such as cereals do not require a bag or inner liner as a separate moisture barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: EVERGREEN PACKAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Yong Zheng, Roderick W. Kalberer, Celso S. Martinez, Bruce Bitowft, Jeffrey M. Kalman, Todd Midkiff, Jason S. Andrews, Andrew B. Mendenhall
  • Patent number: 9597860
    Abstract: A paperboard substrate that can be used to provide a food packaging particle is provided having a water vapor barrier layer comprising HDPE in combination with a nucleating agent which is extruded on to a paperboard substrate. The resulting substrate has sufficiently good water vapor barrier when properties that dry foods such as cereals do not require a bag or inner liner as a separate moisture barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: EVERGREEN PACKAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Yong Zheng, Roderick W Kalberer, Celso S Martinez, Bruce Bitowft, Jeffrey M Kalman, Todd Midkiff, Jason S Andrews, Andrew B. Mendenhall
  • Publication number: 20130309515
    Abstract: A paperboard substrate that can be used to provide a food packaging particle is provided having a water vapor barrier layer comprising HDPE in combination with a nucleating agent which is extruded on to a paperboard substrate. The resulting substrate has sufficiently good water vapor barrier when properties that dry foods such as cereals do not require a bag or inner liner as a separate moisture barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: EVERGREEN PACKAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Yong Zheng, Roderick W. Kalberer, Celso S. Martinez, Bruce Bitowft, Jeffrey M. Kalman, Todd Midkiff, Jason S. Andrews, Andrew B. Mendenhall
  • Publication number: 20080289994
    Abstract: Provided is a unitary blank cut from a single sheet of paperboard stock and an improved display carton assembled from the unitary blank that efficiently utilizes the paperboard stock from which it is fabricated. The display carton includes an enclosure having an interior volume adapted to contain a product and a single-ply backer board on which the enclosure is supported. The paperboard stock from which the unitary blank is cut requires only one treated surface adapted to high-quality printing to provided high-resolution product indicia on all the display surfaces of the display carton that are presented to a consumer at a point of sale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventor: Bruce Bitowft
  • Publication number: 20080276366
    Abstract: Provided is a seal for sealing a sink or other overflow drain in fluid communication with a sink drain system. The seal is used in conjunction with a pressure-based drain-opening device. The seal is configured as a releasable adhesive tape that includes water-resistant, flexible, conformable sheet material having pressure-sensitive adhesive layer adhered to one surface of the sheet material. Optionally, a protective layer may overlie the adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventor: Bruce Bitowft
  • Publication number: 20070227930
    Abstract: A system and display for use in a mass retail or institutional environment. The system comprises displaying multiple products in an adjacent fashion, in a row, on a shelf, or on adjacent shelves where each product has a common antimicrobial active. One product is for use on hard surfaces and has a larger particle size. Another product is for use in the air or on soft surfaces and has a smaller particle size. In one example, the antimicrobial active is dilute hypochlorite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Steven Bromberg, Bruce Bitowft, Elizabeth Crane, Maha El-Sayed, Daniel Huitt, Andreas Nguyen, Ricardo Gopegui, Doris Shieh, William Smith, Julie Timberman
  • Publication number: 20050279757
    Abstract: Provided is a wipes dispenser including a dispenser having a wide-mouthed dispensing aperture, a pouch containing an interleaved stack of wipes or a rolled perforated web of wipes contained within the dispenser and accessed through the dispensing aperture, and a mounting element for mounting the dispenser to a mounting surface. The wipes dispenser may further include a pivotable dispensing lid that closes against the refill door and seal the dispensing aperture to protect the wipes from the outside environment when the wipes dispenser is not in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Bruce Bitowft, Chih Chiang
  • Publication number: 20050279756
    Abstract: Provided is a wipes dispensing system including a dispenser having a dispensing aperture, a pouch containing an interleaved stack of wipes or a rolled perforated web of wipes contained within the dispenser and accessed through the dispensing aperture, and a mounting element for mounting the dispenser to a mounting surface. The wipes dispensing system may further include a pivotable dispensing lid that closes against the dispensing aperture and seals the wipes from the outside environment when the wipes dispensing system is not in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Bruce Bitowft, Audy Baack, William Ouellette, Ted Shapas, Joe Timmons
  • Publication number: 20050221113
    Abstract: This invention relates to packaging for dilute hypochlorite and hypochlorous acid compositions to produce stable compositions. Examples of suitable packaging containers are a bag-in-can device, a plastic aerosol container, a dual delivery container, a dual chambered device, an expandable chamber device, a precompression trigger sprayer, a mechanically pressurized device, and an ultrasonic sprayer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Bruce Bitowft, Steven Bromberg, Timothy Kennedy, Ricardo de Gopegui
  • Publication number: 20050173560
    Abstract: An improved manually operated trigger sprayer includes an ergonomic trigger having an hourglass exterior finger gripping surface that can significantly reduce or eliminate the fatigue associate with prolonged use of trigger sprayers. The trigger can include gripping elements made of elastomeric material for improved security. The dimensions are such that the consumer can use two or three fingers to operate the trigger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Bruce Bitowft, Humberto Rodriguez
  • Patent number: D690195
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Evergreen Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Roderick W Kalberer, Celso S. Martinez, Bruce Bitowft, Jeffrey M. Kalman, Todd Midkiff, Jason S. Andrews, Andrew B. Mendenhall
  • Patent number: D999638
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Impossible Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Ravi Vasant Thakkar, Bruce Bitowft, Eyal Briller