Patents by Inventor Claudio Ernestino ZANARELLA

Claudio Ernestino ZANARELLA 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: 20220281632
    Abstract: A container for foodstuffs includes a containment body having a polygonal bottom wall and perimeter side walls connected to each other and to the polygonal bottom wall so as to define a food containment volume open at the top at an upper opening. At least two side flaps and one upper flap extend from each perimeter side wall. Each side flap is connected to the respective side wall through a respective side folding line and abuts against and is bonded to a respective adjacent side flap, defining a supporting element outside the containment volume. Each upper flap is connected to the respective side wall through a respective first upper folding line along which it is folded away from the containment volume so as to define an edge portion of the container suitable to receive a closure element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Tobia ZORZETTO, Claudio Ernestino ZANARELLA
  • Patent number: 11396414
    Abstract: A closure member for a food container including a multilayer laminate having a first layer of material at least partly light-permeable, a second layer of plastic material, a third layer of repositionable adhesive material interposed between the first and the second layer, at least one inner weakening line obtained on the second layer and extending according to a predetermined geometry defining, in use, an access gap to the container, at least one outer weakening line, obtained on the second layer, proximal to the peripheral edge with respect to the inner weakening line at least at the hand gripping portion, wherein the second layer has a predetermined graphic pattern printed or realised on at least one of its faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SMILESYS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Claudio Ernestino Zanarella
  • Publication number: 20200283213
    Abstract: A closure member for a food container including a multilayer laminate having a first layer of material at least partly light-permeable, a second layer of plastic material, a third layer of repositionable adhesive material interposed between the first and the second layer, at least one inner weakening line obtained on the second layer and extending according to a predetermined geometry defining, in use, an access gap to the container, at least one outer weakening line, obtained on the second layer, proximal to the peripheral edge with respect to the inner weakening line at least at the hand gripping portion, wherein the second layer has a predetermined graphic pattern printed or realised on at least one of its faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventor: Claudio Ernestino ZANARELLA
  • Publication number: 20200282690
    Abstract: A closure member for a food container comprises a multilayer laminate peripherally delimited by its peripheral edge having a predetermined shape suitable for covering an opening of a corresponding container and defining at least one hand gripping portion for a user. The multilayer laminate is provided with a first layer of material, preferably at least partly light permeable, a second layer of preferably plastic material, a third layer of repositionable adhesive material interposed between the first and the second layer and at least one anti-adhesive strip interposed between the first and second layer and placed near the hand gripping portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventor: Claudio Ernestino ZANARELLA
  • Patent number: 10414569
    Abstract: A container including a containment wall, defining an internal containment volume and including a free edge, a closing element including a welding layer welded onto the free edge of the wall and a front layer defining an outer surface of the container. An intermediate layer of removable self-adhesive is spread onto an adhesion portion of mutually coupled surfaces of the welding layer and front layer. An opening line adapted to define an access window is obtained through an incision in a stretch of thickness of the welding layer splitting the welding layer into a welding portion adapted to be welded to the container and an opening portion corresponding to the access window, with reference to an assembled configuration on the container. The incision is made to allow the detachment of the opening portion from the welding portion while the closing element is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SMILESYS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Claudio Ernestino Zanarella
  • Publication number: 20170096276
    Abstract: A container including a containment wall, defining an internal containment volume and including a free edge, a closing element including a welding layer welded onto the free edge of the wall and a front layer defining an outer surface of the container. An intermediate layer of removable self-adhesive is spread onto an adhesion portion of mutually coupled surfaces of the welding layer and front layer. An opening line adapted to define an access window is obtained through an incision in a stretch of thickness of the welding layer splitting the welding layer into a welding portion adapted to be welded to the container and an opening portion corresponding to the access window, with reference to an assembled configuration on the container. The incision is made to allow the detachment of the opening portion from the welding portion while the closing element is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventor: Claudio Ernestino ZANARELLA