Patents by Inventor John Heeley

John Heeley 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: 6634546
    Abstract: A package and a corresponding blank (10) for a package for food products comprises a carton with at least one dividing line (24), which can be broken, and a film with a dividing line (26) or an edge allowing easy separation of the film, wherein the dividing line (24) of the carton and the dividing line (26) or the edge of the film are offset relative to each other, and the film is attached to the carton at least in the area between the dividing line (24) of the carton and the dividing line (26) or the edge of the film. In the corresponding method of manufacturing the blank, the dividing line is formed in a carton, a film is attached to the carton at least in the surroundings of the dividing line formed in the carton, and a dividing line or an edge is formed in the film such that an area in which the film is attached to the carton is formed between the dividing line of the carton and the dividing line or the edge of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Kraft Foods R&D Inc.
    Inventors: John Heeley, Alain Kowalewski, Luigi Tettamanti
  • Patent number: 6523739
    Abstract: A carton for food products comprising a bottom, a top and four side faces. This carton is such that at least a portion of each of two first opposite side faces is foldable about a generally horizontal fold line and is movable with regard to second opposite side faces or a remainder of the first side faces or can be separated therefrom. In addition, two dividing lines are formed on at least a top face defining, on one hand, two outer wall portions, which are foldable in connection with foldable portions of the first opposite side faces and, on an other hand, an inner wall portion between the two dividing lines, constituting a handle when the outer wall portions are separated along the dividing lines and folded outwards. The first side faces comprise beveled wall portions in lateral regions of the first side faces. Furthermore, a carton blank for a carton for food products comprising a top face portion, two first side face portions, two second side face portions, and a bottom face portion is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Kraft Foods R&D Inc.
    Inventors: John Heeley, Alain Kowalewski, Luigi Tettamanti
  • Publication number: 20020066778
    Abstract: A package and a corresponding blank (10) for a package for food products comprises a carton with at least one dividing line (24), which can be broken, and a film with a dividing line (26) or an edge allowing easy separation of the film, wherein the dividing line (24) of the carton and the dividing line (26) or the edge of the film are offset relative to each other, and the film is attached to the carton at least in the area between the dividing line (24) of the carton and the dividing line (26) or the edge of the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Applicant: Kraft Foods R&D, Inc.
    Inventors: John Heeley, Alain Kowalewski, Luigi Tettamanti
  • Publication number: 20020014522
    Abstract: A carton (10) for food products comprising a bottom (18), a top (12) and four side faces (14, 16) is disclosed, wherein at least a portion of each of two opposite side faces (14) is foldable about a generally horizontal fold line (24) and is loose with regard to the other, second opposite side faces (16) or the remainder of the first side faces (14), or can be separated therefrom, and two dividing lines (32) are formed on at least the top face (12) defining, on the one hand, two outer wall portions (36), which are foldable in connection with the foldable portions of the first side faces (14) and, on the other hand, an inner wall portion (34) between them, constituting a handle when the outer wall portions (36) are separated along the dividing lines (32) and folded outwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Applicant: Kraft Foods R&D, Inc.
    Inventors: John Heeley, Alain Kowalewski, Luigi Tettamanti
  • Patent number: 6182889
    Abstract: In order to provide a package which is inexpensive to manufacture, sufficiently stable to protect the contents of the package and repeatedly and consistently openable and closeable, a package and a blank therefor is disclosed. The blank comprises front wall (10) , back wall (14) and side wall (12) segments, and the front and the back wall segments extend into congruent closure segments (20, 24, 32, 28). At least two (24, 26) of the closure segments are arranged to be foldable on top of one another to form a pocket with one open side (26) At least a further one of the closure segments (20) is arranged to be insertable into the pocket from the open side thereof in such a manner as to permit repeatable opening and closing of an end of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Kraft Jacobs Suchard R&D, Inc.
    Inventors: John Heeley, Alain Ernest Michel Kowalewski, Jean- Phillipe Rapp, Luigi Tettamanti
  • Patent number: D416190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: File Sharpening Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter John Heeley
  • Patent number: D425413
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Kraft Jacobs Suchard R&D, Inc.
    Inventors: John Heeley, Alaine Ernest Michel Kowalewski, Jean- Phillipe Rapp, Luigi Tettamanti