Patents by Inventor Edward A. Bezek
Edward A. Bezek 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).
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Publication number: 20070127853Abstract: A method for making a multi-compartment microwavable package having one or more open or closed compartments within the package, and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same, constructed by modification to existing vertical form, fill and seal packaging machines. The invention involves producing a multi-compartment bag having an internal permeable wall between compartments from a single sheet of flexible packaging film. A food product can be placed into the first compartment and steam pack can be placed into the second compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2007Publication date: June 7, 2007Applicant: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Edward Bezek, Eduard Edwards, Anthony Knoerzer, Garrett Kohl, Brad Rodgers, Joseph Sagel, Steven Tucker
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Publication number: 20070090120Abstract: The present invention overcomes many of the shortcomings inherent in previous containers for packaging potato chips and/or crisps, corn based chips and/or crisps, cookies and the like. The improved implosion-resistant container of the present invention utilizes flowing geometries mechanisms which allow a hermetically sealed container to smoothly change its geometric shape thereby adjusting its internal volume in response to changes in environmental conditions. These volumetric adjustments compensate for changes in environmental conditions thereby avoiding the random buckling and deformation inherent in current packaging techniques which detracts from the commercial presentation of the container. The improved container of the present invention may also include a variety of other stress dissipating mechanisms that counteract the forces causing thermo-plastic container deformation, implosion and loss of seal integrity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2006Publication date: April 26, 2007Inventor: Edward Bezek
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Publication number: 20070090119Abstract: The present invention overcomes many of the shortcomings inherent in previous containers for packaging potato chips and/or crisps, corn based chips and/or crisps, cookies and the like. The improved implosion-resistant container of the present invention utilizes flowing geometries mechanisms which allow a hermetically sealed container to smoothly change its geometric shape thereby adjusting its internal volume in response to changes in environmental conditions. These volumetric adjustments compensate for changes in environmental conditions thereby avoiding the random buckling and deformation inherent in current packaging techniques which detracts from the commercial presentation of the container. The improved container of the present invention may also include a variety of other stress dissipating mechanisms that counteract the forces causing thermo-plastic container deformation, implosion and loss of seal integrity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2006Publication date: April 26, 2007Inventor: Edward Bezek
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Publication number: 20070080164Abstract: The combination of an injection-molded, snap-on cap and a blow-molded, plastic container are designed to act together to provide a seal that prevents a loss of freshness to the porous product stored within, regardless of variations in the manufacturing process. Instead of a rounded ridge on the container, the ridge has a flattened section on its lower half. On the inside of the snap-on cap, the ridge has two flat surfaces. A first flat surface is designed to fit snugly against the flat surface on the ridge of the container, even at the extreme range of small container/large cap. Interferences between the container and cap at points other than the intended flat surfaces can cause the closure to become point-to-point, rather than the desired surface-to-surface, so other portions of the inside of the cap are designed to not touch the container, preventing interferences.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2006Publication date: April 12, 2007Inventors: Edward Bezek, Aditya Varanasi
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Publication number: 20070077381Abstract: The present invention overcomes many of the shortcomings inherent in previous containers for packaging potato chips and/or crisps, corn based chips and/or crisps, cookies and the like. The improved implosion-resistant container of the present invention utilizes flowing geometries mechanisms which allow a hermetically sealed container to smoothly change its geometric shape thereby adjusting its internal volume in response to changes in environmental conditions. These volumetric adjustments compensate for changes in environmental conditions thereby avoiding the random buckling and deformation inherent in current packaging techniques which detracts from the commercial presentation of the container. The improved container of the present invention may also include a variety of other stress dissipating mechanisms that counteract the forces causing thermo-plastic container deformation, implosion and loss of seal integrity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2006Publication date: April 5, 2007Inventor: Edward Bezek
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Publication number: 20070075088Abstract: The present invention overcomes many of the shortcomings inherent in previous containers for packaging potato chips and/or crisps, corn based chips and/or crisps, cookies and the like. The improved implosion-resistant container of the present invention utilizes flowing geometries mechanisms which allow a hermetically sealed container to smoothly change its geometric shape thereby adjusting its internal volume in response to changes in environmental conditions. These volumetric adjustments compensate for changes in environmental conditions thereby avoiding the random buckling and deformation inherent in current packaging techniques which detracts from the commercial presentation of the container. The improved container of the present invention may also include a variety of other stress dissipating mechanisms that counteract the forces causing thermo-plastic container deformation, implosion and loss of seal integrity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2006Publication date: April 5, 2007Inventor: Edward Bezek
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Publication number: 20060278691Abstract: A product tray having shrink-wrapped plastic stacked, shipped and sold on pallets due to an improved design made from a single blank of cardboard or other package material. Such improved product tray resists horizontal shifting and prevents vertical stack failures when exposed to horizontal forces during shipping. Each improved product tray supports a comparable compressive load while being composed of less material or less expensive material as compared with prior art designs. Such improved product trays may be stacked, shipped, and sold on pallets without first packaging them into boxes, and without the substantial additional labor normally required for trays made according to the prior art, at warehouse club stores and other outlets.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2005Publication date: December 14, 2006Inventor: Edward Bezek
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Publication number: 20060177552Abstract: A method for making asymmetrical snack pieces that can be efficiently nested or stacked. A dough preform is mated with a mold as the preform is cooked into a snack piece. The preform takes the shape of the mold. The mold is designed such that the resultant snack piece, when resting upon a flat surface, has an apex and a base of equal height. This is achieved by making the mold such that the centroid of the snack piece lies in a plane that is parallel to a plane formed by the vertices of the snack piece. The snack pieces can then be efficiently nested or stacked.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2005Publication date: August 10, 2006Inventors: Darin Baylor, Edward Bezek, Frank Brenkus, Kevin Trick
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Publication number: 20060156696Abstract: A method for making a vertical stand up package having one or more open or closed compartments within the package, and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same, constructed by modification to existing vertical form, fill and seal packaging machines. The invention involves producing a flat bottom bag that can stand upright having an internal compartment from a single sheet of flexible packaging film. A different product can be placed into the compartment. The compartment can also be used as a dipping well. In one aspect a multi-compartment package can be made.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2005Publication date: July 20, 2006Inventors: Edward Bezek, Eduard Edwards, Joseph Sagel, Steven Tucker
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Publication number: 20050098566Abstract: The present invention overcomes many of the shortcomings inherent in previous containers for packaging potato chips and/or crisps, corn based chips and/or crisps, cookies and the like. The improved implosion-resistant container of the present invention utilizes flowing geometries mechanisms which allow a hermetically sealed container to smoothly change its geometric shape thereby adjusting its internal volume in response to changes in environmental conditions. These volumetric adjustments compensate for changes in environmental conditions thereby avoiding the random buckling and deformation inherent in current packaging techniques which detracts from the commercial presentation of the container. The improved container of the present invention may also include a variety of other stress dissipating mechanisms that counteract the forces causing thermo-plastic container deformation, implosion and loss of seal integrity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2003Publication date: May 12, 2005Inventor: Edward Bezek
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Publication number: 20050082304Abstract: The combination of an injection-molded, snap-on cap and a blow-molded, plastic container are designed to act together to provide a seal that prevents a loss of freshness to the porous product stored within, regardless of variations in the manufacturing process. Instead of a rounded ridge on the container, the ridge has a flattened section on its lower half. On the inside of the snap-on cap, the ridge has two flat surfaces. A first flat surface is designed to fit snugly against the flat surface on the ridge of the container, even at the extreme range of small container/large cap. Interferences between the container and cap at points other than the intended flat surfaces can cause the closure to become point-to-point, rather than the desired surface-to-surface, so other portions of the inside of the cap are designed to not touch the container, preventing interferences.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2003Publication date: April 21, 2005Inventors: Edward Bezek, Aditya Varanasi
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Patent number: D309712Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 1987Date of Patent: August 7, 1990Assignee: Lever Brothers CompanyInventors: Edward A. Bezek, David S. Laubach, Steven P. Walton