Patents by Inventor Jonathan Eickhoff

Jonathan Eickhoff 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: 20250100779
    Abstract: A container has a side wall thickness profile sufficient for withstanding loads such as a top load, a package including the container and a lid, and methods and systems related to the container, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan EICKHOFF, Braxton J. BRAGG, David C. ARNOLD
  • Patent number: 12240953
    Abstract: A sheet of polymeric material is made using an extruding process and articles are formed from the sheet of polymeric material. The sheet of polymeric material and the articles comprise one or more polypropylene resins. In some embodiments, the sheet of polymeric material and the articles formed form the sheet of polymeric material are transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Yucheng Peng, Jonathan Eickhoff, Ryan Dewig, Jeffrey A. Mann, Debra R. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20250051081
    Abstract: An insulative container includes a container body and a container sleeve. The container body includes a floor, a brim spaced apart from the floor, and a side wall extending between and interconnecting the floor and the brim and extending circumferentially around a central axis of the container body. The container sleeve is coupled to the container body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. MANN, Roy E. ACKERMAN, Jonathan EICKHOFF, Christopher M. BOLEK, Adam M. SCHNEIDER
  • Patent number: 12194670
    Abstract: A method for forming an article includes providing a sheet of material, optionally conditioning the sheet with a surface of a roller, forming the sheet to provide a web, and separating an article from the web to provide the article. An apparatus adapted to form the article from a sheet is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Eickhoff, Ryan Dewig, Jeffrey A. Mann, Roy E. Ackerman, Dan Eichelberger, Holden W. Barnes, Zachary L. Baughman, Kody A. Chapman, Daniel O. Davis
  • Patent number: 12187526
    Abstract: A container has a side wall thickness profile sufficient for withstanding loads such as a top load, a package including the container and a lid, and methods and systems related to the container, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: BERRY GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Eickhoff, Braxton J. Bragg, David C. Arnold
  • Publication number: 20240425242
    Abstract: A sheet of polymeric material is made using an extruding process and articles are formed from the sheet of polymeric material. The sheet of polymeric material and the articles comprise one or more polypropylene resins. In some embodiments, the sheet of polymeric material and the articles formed form the sheet of polymeric material are transparent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Eickhoff, Ryan Dewig, Jeffrey A. Mann, Debra R. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20240367886
    Abstract: An insulative container includes a container-support frame and a container shell coupled to the container-support frame. A method of forming the insulative container includes forming the container-support frame and the container shell. The container-support frame and the container shell include polymeric materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher M. BOLEK, Jonathan EICKHOFF, Roy E. ACKERMAN, Adam SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20240367885
    Abstract: An insulative container includes a container-support frame and a container shell coupled to the container-support frame. A method of forming the insulative container includes forming the container-support frame and the container shell. The container-support frame and the container shell include polymeric materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher M. BOLEK, Jonathan EICKHOFF, Roy E. ACKERMAN, Adam SCHNEIDER
  • Patent number: 12084231
    Abstract: A sheet of polymeric material is made using an extruding process and articles are formed from the sheet of polymeric material. The sheet of polymeric material and the articles comprise one or more polypropylene resins. In some embodiments, the sheet of polymeric material and the articles formed form the sheet of polymeric material are transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Eickhoff, Ryan Dewig, Jeffrey A. Mann, Debra R. Wilson
  • Patent number: 12084239
    Abstract: A container includes a cup and a lid. The lid is adapted to mate with a brim included in the cup to close a top aperture opening into an interior liquid-storage region formed in the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Yucheng Peng, Jonathan Eickhoff, Ryan Dewig, Jeffrey A. Mann, Debra R. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20240286808
    Abstract: A polymeric article includes a body and encoded visual indicia formed on the body. The encoded visual indicia may be scanned to generate instructions. A method of providing the polymeric article includes applying polymeric materials to a mold to provide an article-blank web having formed therein an article preform of a desired shape with encoded visual indicia formed in the article preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jared B. Waterman, Jonathan Eickhoff, Jennye Scott, Kirk Birchler, Jeffrey A. Mann
  • Patent number: 12006112
    Abstract: A polymeric article includes a body and encoded visual indicia formed on the body. The encoded visual indicia may be scanned to generate instructions. A method of providing the polymeric article includes applying polymeric materials to a mold to provide an article-blank web having formed therein an article preform of a desired shape with encoded visual indicia formed in the article preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Jared B. Waterman, Jonathan Eickhoff, Jennye Scott, Kirk Birchler, Jeffrey A. Mann
  • Publication number: 20240157620
    Abstract: An article forming system includes an extruder configured to extrude a sheet of polymeric material and a thermoforming device configured to form the sheet into a plurality of article preforms a carrier web coupled to each of the article preforms. Polymeric articles formed from the article preforms include encoded visual indicia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Jared B. WATERMAN, Jonathan EICKHOFF, Jennye SCOTT, Kirk BIRCHLER, Jeffrey A. MANN
  • Publication number: 20240132682
    Abstract: A sheet of polymeric material is made using an extruding process and articles are formed from the sheet of polymeric material. The sheet of polymeric material and the articles comprise one or more polypropylene resins. In some embodiments, the sheet of polymeric material and the articles formed form the sheet of polymeric material are transparent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yucheng PENG, Jonathan EICKHOFF, Ryan DEWIG, Jeffrey A. MANN, Debra R. WILSON
  • Patent number: 11891488
    Abstract: A sheet of polymeric material is made using an extruding process and articles are formed from the sheet of polymeric material. The sheet of polymeric material and the articles comprise one or more polypropylene resins. In some embodiments, the sheet of polymeric material and the articles formed form the sheet of polymeric material are transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Yucheng Peng, Jonathan Eickhoff, Ryan Dewig, Jeffrey A. Mann, Debra R. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20230339660
    Abstract: A container includes a cup and a lid. The lid is adapted to mate with a brim included in the cup to close a top aperture opening into an interior liquid-storage region formed in the cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Yucheng PENG, Jonathan EICKHOFF, Ryan DEWIG, Jeffrey A. MANN, Debra R. WILSON
  • Patent number: D993770
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Eickhoff
  • Patent number: D1011875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Eickhoff, Jared Bruce Waterman
  • Patent number: D1030488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Eickhoff
  • Patent number: D1031439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Eickhoff