Patents by Inventor Charles Francis Flynn, IV

Charles Francis Flynn, IV 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).

  • Resealable food container
    Patent number: 6918532
    Abstract: A container for a food product includes a wrapper which surrounds a frame. The container can be any polygonal shape which is defined by the shape of the frame. The wrapper forms a top of the container which has an access opening. A sealing layer is adhesively sealed to the top around the opening. The sealing layer is resealable when a tab of the sealing layer is pulled back. The sealing layer is resealable against the top layer to seal the opening when the sealing layer is moved back to a flat position on the top. Various tamper-evident structures are provided to indicate when the container has been initially opened or tampered with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Gladys Odette Sierra-Gomez, Eva Marie Peters, Joseph Stiener, Charles Francis Flynn, IV, James Spencer Mandle