Patents by Inventor Joel Heller

Joel Heller 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: 7882953
    Abstract: A clear package for storing a packaged product and providing an easy locking mechanism to seal and secure the product. The package of the present invention has a sleeve having foldable tabs at the top and bottom, and a top and bottom opening, and a slidable insert having indents at the top and bottom, the slidable insert being slidably inserted into the sleeve through the top or bottom opening, where the tabs align with the indents to provide a locking mechanism, and where the height of the sleeve is substantially the same as the height of the slidable insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Printex Packaging Corporation
    Inventors: Joel Heller, David Heller
  • Publication number: 20080142395
    Abstract: A package is provided having a tapered sleeve that has a greater width on a proximal end than a distal end of the sleeve, the sleeve having one or more foldable tabs and a first opening, and a tapered slidable insert having a greater width on a proximal end than a distal end of the slidable insert, the slidable insert having one or more indents, and the slidable insert being insertable into the sleeve through the first opening. The one or more foldable tabs align with the one or more corresponding indents, providing a locking mechanism. The foldable tab(s) can be located at the proximal end of the sleeve and the indent(s) can be located at the proximal end of the slidable insert, or the foldable tab(s) and the indent(s) can be located at a distal end of the sleeve and slidable insert, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Printex Packaging Corporation
    Inventors: Joel Heller, David Heller
  • Publication number: 20080142397
    Abstract: A clear package for storing a packaged product and providing an easy locking mechanism to seal and secure the product. The package of the present invention has a sleeve having foldable tabs at the top and bottom, and a top and bottom opening, and a slidable insert having indents at the top and bottom, the slidable insert being slidably inserted into the sleeve through the top or bottom opening, where the tabs align with the indents to provide a locking mechanism, and where the height of the sleeve is substantially the same as the height of the slidable insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Joel Heller, David Heller
  • Patent number: 4386926
    Abstract: A method, apparatus for forming, and article formed of folded, relatively rigid sheet plastic material (e.g. polyolefin is disclosed). A hinging membrane forming a flexible fold line provides stress-relief indentations in the sheet material so that the tensile and compressive strains normally produced when bending the sheet material at the folds are substantially relieved, thereby permitting efficient production of a variety of sheet plastic articles, such as folding containers and the like.Two embodiments of the invention are disclosed.In one embodiment, the stress-relief indentations are simultaneously formed on opposed surfaces of the sheet material at the desired fold line by an apparatus having an unheated die containing a scoring blade mounted for movement against the material to be scored, which is supported on a hard and polished platen, with the plastic sheet material arranged between the scoring blade and platen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1983
    Inventor: Joel Heller
  • Patent number: D265889
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1982
    Assignee: Consolidated Foods Corporation
    Inventors: James L. Lawrence, Joel Heller