Patents by Inventor Howard W. Schwan

Howard W. Schwan 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: 20080199110
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating a surface of a layered polymeric structure. The method includes the steps of: (1) providing a film having a layered structure formed by adhering first and second non-molten polymeric sheets in an overlap and texturing a surface of the first or second non-molten sheets with a chill roll to form fluid pathways on a surface of the film; (2) attaching an access member to the film; and (3) forming the film into a container having a peripheral seal defining a chamber, and having the fluid pathways facing the chamber and having the fitment providing access to the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Brent Anderson, Howard W. Schwan
  • Patent number: 6984278
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating a surface of a layered polymeric structure. The method includes the steps of: (1) providing a first sheet of material, (2) providing a second sheet of material, (3) positioning the first sheet or the second sheet to overlap at least a portion of the other sheet to define an interference zone, (4) directing a first polymeric material into the interference zone to adhere the first sheet to the second sheet to form the layered structure; and (5) texturing a surface of the first sheet or the second sheet to form a pattern on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: CTI Industries, Corporation
    Inventors: Brent Anderson, Howard W. Schwan
  • Publication number: 20030127178
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating a surface of a layered polymeric structure. The method includes the steps of: (1) providing a first sheet of material, (2) providing a second sheet of material, (3) positioning the first sheet or the second sheet to overlap at least a portion of the other sheet to define an interference zone, (4) directing a first polymeric material into the interference zone to adhere the first sheet to the second sheet to form the layered structure; and (5) texturing a surface of the first sheet or the second sheet to form a pattern on the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Brent Anderson, Howard W. Schwan