Patents by Inventor Jeffrey D. Pugh

Jeffrey D. Pugh 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: 11827432
    Abstract: A pizza box blank includes a bottom panel, a top panel and a rear wall connecting the bottom panel to the top panel. The bottom panel includes first and second side walls. The blank includes first and second flaps connected to the first and second side walls, respectively, wherein upon assembly of the blank into a pizza box, the first and second flaps are positioned adjacent the top panel and extend toward one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Smart Packaging, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Pugh
  • Publication number: 20230106763
    Abstract: A paper-based bakeable tray having a bottom area, a peripheral sidewall disposed around said bottom area and extending a distance upwardly from said bottom area thereby defining a tray volume in which a food product is received. The bottom area includes a plurality of diecuts. The bottom area may be generally flat or may have raised contour surfaces or an embossed pattern, or a combination of any of the foregoing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Pugh
  • Patent number: 11224308
    Abstract: An embossed paper-based bakeable tray having a bottom surface and sidewalls and an embossed pattern formed in the bottom surface providing a series of closely spaced projections substantially entirely over the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Smart Packaging, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Pugh
  • Publication number: 20210292044
    Abstract: A pizza box blank includes a bottom panel, a top panel and a rear wall connecting the bottom panel to the top panel. The bottom panel includes first and second side walls. The blank includes first and second flaps connected to the first and second side walls, respectively, wherein upon assembly of the blank into a pizza box, the first and second flaps are positioned adjacent the top panel and extend toward one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Pugh
  • Publication number: 20190290057
    Abstract: An embossed paper-based bakeable tray having a bottom surface and sidewalls and an embossed pattern formed in the bottom surface providing a series of closely spaced projections substantially entirely over the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Pugh
  • Publication number: 20190255796
    Abstract: A embossed sheet embossed with projections creating an intermittent support surface for food. The embossed sheet may be inserted into a food package after cooking the food on which the cooked food is to be supported. Alternatively, the embossed sheet may be placed onto or into a pan or directly onto an oven rack to support the food while cooking and/or after cooking. Alternatively, the embossed sheet may be formed into a food package. The embossed sheet may be prepared using a one-pass or two pass process using a platen press or a roll-to-roll press or a multi-stage one pass machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Pugh, Merrill Jon Hansen
  • Patent number: 10314429
    Abstract: An embossed paper-based bakeable tray having a bottom surface and sidewalls and an embossed pattern formed in the bottom surface providing a series of closely spaced projections substantially entirely over the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Smart Packaging, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Pugh
  • Patent number: 10272631
    Abstract: A embossed sheet embossed with projections creating an intermittent support surface for food. The embossed sheet may be inserted into a food package after cooking the food on which the cooked food is to be supported. Alternatively, the embossed sheet may be placed onto or into a pan or directly onto an oven rack to support the food while cooking and/or after cooking. Alternatively, the embossed sheet may be formed into a food package. The embossed sheet may be prepared using a one-pass or two pass process using a platen press or a roll-to-roll press or a multi-stage one pass machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Smart Packaging, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Pugh, Merrill Jon Hansen
  • Publication number: 20180235399
    Abstract: An embossed paper-based bakeable tray having a bottom surface and sidewalls and an embossed pattern formed in the bottom surface providing a series of closely spaced projections substantially entirely over the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Pugh
  • Patent number: 9949593
    Abstract: An embossed paper-based bakeable tray having a bottom surface and sidewalls and an embossed pattern formed in the bottom surface providing a series of closely spaced projections substantially entirely over the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Smart Packaging, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Pugh
  • Publication number: 20170368779
    Abstract: A embossed sheet embossed with projections creating an intermittent support surface for food. The embossed sheet may be inserted into a food package after cooking the food on which the cooked food is to be supported. Alternatively, the embossed sheet may be placed onto or into a pan or directly onto an oven rack to support the food while cooking and/or after cooking. Alternatively, the embossed sheet may be formed into a food package. The embossed sheet may be prepared using a one-pass or two pass process using a platen press or a roll-to-roll press or a multi-stage one pass machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Pugh, Merrill Jon Hansen
  • Patent number: 9744738
    Abstract: A embossed sheet embossed with projections creating an intermittent support surface for food. The embossed sheet may be inserted into a food package after cooking the food on which the cooked food is to be supported. Alternatively, the embossed sheet may be placed onto or into a pan or directly onto an oven rack to support the food while cooking and/or after cooking. Alternatively, the embossed sheet may be formed into a food package. The embossed sheet may be prepared using a one-pass or two pass process using a platen press or a roll-to-roll press or a multi-stage one pass machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Smart Packaging, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Pugh, Merrill Jon Hansen
  • Publication number: 20130095216
    Abstract: A embossed sheet embossed with projections creating an intermittent support surface for food. The embossed sheet may be inserted into a food package after cooking the food on which the cooked food is to be supported. Alternatively, the embossed sheet may be placed onto or into a pan or directly onto an oven rack to support the food while cooking and/or after cooking Alternatively, the embossed sheet may be formed into a food package. The embossed sheet may be prepared using a one-pass or two pass process using a platen press or a roll-to-roll press or a multi-stage one pass machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Smart Packaging, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Pugh, Merrill Jon Hansen
  • Patent number: 8230665
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods of producing embossed promotional cards which minimize nesting of adjacently embossed cards in a stack, the apparatus and method provide for offsetting the embossed indicia between adjacently stacked cards or for varying the embossed indicia between adjacently stacked cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Pugh, Jason L. Hedlund
  • Publication number: 20090309254
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods of producing embossed promotional cards which minimize nesting of adjacently embossed cards in a stack, the apparatus and method provide for offsetting the embossed indicia between adjacently stacked cards or for varying the embossed indicia between adjacently stacked cards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: DL's Die Cutting
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Pugh, Jason L. Hedlund