Patents by Inventor Carmelo Piraneo

Carmelo Piraneo 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: 8790230
    Abstract: A flat bottom, stand-up bag and a method of manufacturing the bag is provided. The bag includes a bottom wall, opposing front and rear walls and two side walls. The side walls connect the front and rear walls and the bottom wall is connected to the other walls at their lower edge. The bag preferably incorporates a continuous polymer web material forming the front wall and rear wall of the bag, as well as the bottom wall. The side walls include gussets and a triangular base portion formed at the intersection between the bottom wall and the side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Anapo Plastics, LLC
    Inventor: Carmelo Piraneo
  • Publication number: 20110019943
    Abstract: A flat bottom, stand-up bag and a method of manufacturing the bag is provided. The bag includes a bottom wall, opposing front and rear walls and two side walls. The side walls connect the front and rear walls and the bottom wall is connected to the other walls at their lower edge. The bag preferably incorporates a continuous polymer web material forming the front wall and rear wall of the bag, as well as the bottom wall. The side walls include gussets and a triangular base portion formed at the intersection between the bottom wall and the side walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventor: Carmelo Piraneo
  • Publication number: 20110019942
    Abstract: A flat bottom, stand-up bag and a method of manufacturing the bag is provided. The bag includes a bottom wall, opposing front and rear walls and two side walls. The side walls connect the front and rear walls and the bottom wall is connected to the other walls at their lower edge. The bag preferably incorporates a continuous polymer web material forming the front wall and rear wall of the bag, as well as the bottom wall. The side walls include gussets and a triangular base portion formed at the intersection between the bottom wall and the side walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventor: Carmelo Piraneo
  • Patent number: 5979841
    Abstract: A bag dispensing system for suspending and dispensing plastic bags such as T-shirt bags and merchandise bags comprises a bag dispenser constructed to be mounted underneath counters of checkouts. The bag dispensing system comprises relatively short bag engaging hooks which are inserted through apertures formed in T-shirt bags. The apertures are positioned to enable downward removal of the T-shirt bags from the bag dispenser by applying a small downward force. The bag dispensing system further comprises removably detachable bag supporting members to simultaneously support different sized merchandise bags. Merchandise bag engaging hooks provided on the bag dispenser, and slits formed through the merchandise bag panels and gussets, assist in the opening of the bags during dispensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Inventors: Carmelo Piraneo, Salim Bana, Gary A. Woodruff, Richard S. Petrie
  • Patent number: 5924573
    Abstract: A bag dispensing system for suspending and dispensing plastic bags such as T-shirt bags and merchandise bags comprises a bag dispenser constructed to be mounted underneath counters of checkouts. The bag dispensing system comprises relatively short bag engaging hooks which are inserted through apertures formed in T-shirt bags. The apertures are positioned to enable downward removal of the T-shirt bags from the bag dispenser by applying a small downward force. The bag dispensing system further comprises removably detachable bag supporting members to simultaneously support different sized merchandise bags. Merchandise bag engaging hooks provided on the bag dispenser, and slits formed through the merchandise bag panels and gussets, assist in the opening of the bags during dispensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Orange Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Carmelo Piraneo, Salim Bana, Gary A. Woodruff, Richard S. Petrie
  • Patent number: 5690229
    Abstract: A bag pack comprises a plurality of easy open handle bags. The bags are easy to open because the exterior surfaces of the bags are cold-welded together so that when one bag is pulled from the pack, the adjacent next bag is at least partly open. The external surfaces of the bags are not welded to the internal surfaces of the bags during the pressure welding process, because the material that forms the external surface of the bag is treated with a corona discharge, which renders the external surface more susceptible to cold weldings. Optionally a static charge is induced on the bags so that each bag is at a different voltage than the adjacent bags so the bags attract each other, and the panels of each individual bag repel each other, to contribute to the easy open feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Orange Plastics, Inc
    Inventors: Carmelo Piraneo, John Steven Amero, Gary Alden Woodruff, John Edward Alvey
  • Patent number: 5626550
    Abstract: A bag pack comprises a plurality of easy open handle bags. The bags are easy to open because the exterior surfaces of the bags are cold-welded together so that when one bag is pulled from the pack, the adjacent next bag is at least partly open. The external surfaces of the bags are not welded to the internal surfaces of the bags during the pressure welding process, because the material that forms the external surface of the bag is treated with a corona discharge, which renders the external surface more susceptible to cold weldings. Optionally a static charge is induced on the bags so that each bag is at a different voltage than the adjacent bags so the bags attract each other, and the panels of each individual bag repel each other, to contribute to the easy open feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Assignee: Orange Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Amero, Carmelo Piraneo, Gary A. Woodruff, John E. Alvey
  • Patent number: 5323909
    Abstract: A system for supporting and dispensing thermoplastic, rack-mounted handle bags is disclosed, including an adapter hook, a support rack having a centrally disposed retainer, and laterally spaced, outward protruding suspension arms. The adapter hook includes a base member with a hook extending perpendicular therefrom, and is designed to slip over the retainer. Also disclosed are handle bags, which are suspended by the suspension arms and adapter hook, each bag including a protruding area in a front bag wall and a rear bag wall. A horizontal aperture in each bag wall at the protruding area provides an opening through which the adapter hook passes. To facilitate detachment of the protruding area from the adapter hook, a series of vertical perforations is incorporated into the protruding area extending from the horizontal aperture up to the edge of the protruding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Assignee: Orange Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Carmelo Piraneo, Salim S. Bana, Jonathan Karp