Patents by Inventor John H. Menendez

John H. Menendez 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).

  • Trash Bags With Narrowing Seals To Facilitate Gripping
    Publication number: 20080214375
    Abstract: Methods of forming a polymeric film bag having first and second panels that are joined to each other along a pair of opposing sides and a bottom bridging the opposing sides. Each of the first and second panels have an original width. Extending inwardly from near or at one of the pair of opposing sides is a first narrowing seal. The first narrowing seal seals the first and second panels together such that a second width of the first and second panels is created that is smaller than the original widths of the first and second panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Clifford H. Patridge, William P. Belias, John H. Menendez, Eduard Kraminker
  • Trash bags with narrowing seals to facilitate gripping
    Patent number: 7344309
    Abstract: A polymeric film bag having first and second panels that are joined to each other along a pair of opposing sides and a bottom bridging the opposing sides. Each of the first and second panels have an original width. Extending inwardly from near or at one of the pair of opposing sides is a first narrowing seal. The first narrowing seal seals the first and second panels together such that a second width of the first and second panels is created that is smaller than the original widths of the first and second panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Pactiv Corporation
    Inventors: Clifford H. Patridge, William P. Belias, John H. Menendez, Eduard Kraminker
  • Trash bags with narrowing seals to facilitate gripping
    Patent number: 6966697
    Abstract: A polymeric film bag having first and second panels that are joined to each other along a pair of opposing sides and a bottom bridging the opposing sides. Each of the first and second panels have an original width. Extending inwardly from near or at one of the pair of opposing sides is a first narrowing seal. The first narrowing seal seals the first and second panels together such that a second width of the first and second panels is created that is smaller than the original widths of the first and second panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Pactiv Corporation
    Inventors: Clifford H. Patridge, William P. Belias, John H. Menendez, Eduard Kraminker
  • Trash bags with narrowing seals to facilitate gripping
    Publication number: 20030161554
    Abstract: A polymeric film bag having first and second panels that are joined to each other along a pair of opposing sides and a bottom bridging the opposing sides. Each of the first and second panels have an original width. Extending inwardly from near or at one of the pair of opposing sides is a first narrowing seal. The first narrowing seal seals the first and second panels together such that a second width of the first and second panels is created that is smaller than the original widths of the first and second panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Clifford H. Patridge, William P. Belias, John H. Menendez, Eduard Kraminker