Patents by Inventor Joseph R. Pounder
Joseph R. Pounder 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).
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Patent number: 10415188Abstract: A paperboard, sidewall, and disposable cup made from about 70 wt % to about 100 wt % of recycled fiber. The paperboard can include about 70 wt % to about 100 wt % of recycled fiber, based on the total weight of the fiber. The paperboard can have a board thickness of about 14 mil to about 20 mil, an apparent density of less than about 11.5 lbs/3,000 ft2/mil, a CD Taber Stiffness of about 50 g*cm or more, and a MD/CD Taber Stiffness ratio of 1.0 to 3.0, and can be used to make recycled cups having sufficient strength and rigidity properties that rival cups made from virgin fibers.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: GPCP IP Holdings LLCInventors: Gary Harold Knauf, Joseph R. Pounder
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Patent number: 9168714Abstract: Methods for making paperboard blanks and paperboard products therefrom are provided. In one aspect, a method for making a paperboard blank can include burning a paperboard substrate to form at least one aperture therethrough. The method can also include securing a film onto a first side of the paperboard substrate to produce a paperboard blank.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: DIXIE CONSUMER PRODUCTS LLCInventors: Gregory M. Fike, Andrew J. Fojtik, Kristopher A. Kules, Joseph R. Pounder, Michael A. Breining
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Patent number: 8622232Abstract: The present invention provides a container suitable for providing insulation wherein the container has an inner shrink film liner. The sidewalls of the container, which can be made from paperboard or other suitable material, are vented to allow ambient air to flow through the sidewall of the container during activation of the shrink film. Upon activation the container provides excellent insulation. Methods of making the container are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2010Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Dixie Consumer Products LLCInventors: Joseph R. Pounder, Michael A. Breining
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Patent number: 8556113Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an adapter suitable for use with cups and lids. In some embodiments, the adapter is designed so that a single lid with a predetermined diameter fits, by way of the adapter, with paper cups of different diameters. In some embodiments, an adapter including an inner diameter that corresponds to the upper diameter of the paper cup cooperates with the upper portion of the cup. The adapter also includes an outer diameter that corresponds to the predetermined diameter of the lid to ensure a secure fit between that particular sized cup and the plastic lid having a predetermined diameter.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Dixie Consumer Products LLCInventors: Joseph R. Pounder, Shawn A. Oakes, Margaret P. Hoks, Ann M. Andres
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Patent number: 8361278Abstract: A base sheet for food wrap products. The base sheet can include a pulp-derived papermaking fiber and a fibrillated regenerated cellulose microfiber having a CSF value of less than about 175 mL.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Dixie Consumer Products LLCInventors: Gregory M. Fike, Joseph R. Pounder, Daniel W. Sumnicht
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Publication number: 20120312869Abstract: Methods for making paperboard blanks and paperboard products therefrom are provided. In one aspect, a method for making a paperboard blank can include burning a paperboard substrate to form at least one aperture therethrough. The method can also include securing a film onto a first side of the paperboard substrate to produce a paperboard blank.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: DIXIE CONSUMER PRODUCTS LLCInventors: Gregory M. Fike, Andrew J. Fojtik, Kristopher A. Kules, Joseph R. Pounder, Michael A. Breining
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Publication number: 20120145728Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an adapter suitable for use with cups and lids. In some embodiments, the adapter is designed so that a single lid with a predetermined diameter fits, by way of the adapter, with paper cups of different diameters. In some embodiments, an adapter including an inner diameter that corresponds to the upper diameter of the paper cup cooperates with the upper portion of the cup. The adapter also includes an outer diameter that corresponds to the predetermined diameter of the lid to ensure a secure fit between that particular sized cup and the plastic lid having a predetermined diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Dixie Consumer Products LLCInventors: Joseph R. Pounder, Shawn A. Oakes, Margaret P. Hoks, Ann M. Andres
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Publication number: 20110031305Abstract: The present invention provides a container suitable for providing insulation wherein the container has an inner shrink film liner. The sidewalls of the container, which can be made from paperboard or other suitable material, are vented to allow ambient air to flow through the sidewall of the container during activation of the shrink film. Upon activation the container provides excellent insulation. Methods of making the container are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2010Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: DIXIE CONSUMER PRODUCTS LLCInventors: Joseph R. Pounder, Michael A. Breining
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Publication number: 20100065235Abstract: A base sheet for food wrap products. The base sheet can include a pulp-derived papermaking fiber and a fibrillated regenerated cellulose microfiber having a CSF value of less than about 175 mL.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: DIXIE CONSUMER PRODUCTS LLCInventors: Gregory M. Fike, Joseph R. Pounder, Daniel W. Sumnicht
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Patent number: 7638475Abstract: A cleaning system having pulverulent foaming cleanser (e.g., acid, alkali metal carbonate and surfactant) is sealed within a water soluble (e.g., PVOH) deformable pouch frictionally retainable within the core of a roll of bath tissue. Upon placement of the pouch in the bowl, water in the bowl penetrates the water soluble wall of the pouch, generating foam which provides cleaning action by activating and carrying cleansing chemicals, not only below the water line of the bowl, but also considerably above it. When used routinely with each change of bath tissue roll, such a cleaning can extend the time between required manual cleanings considerably.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2007Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LPInventors: John H. Dwiggins, Lynn M. Daul, David W. White, Joseph R. Pounder, Bruce J. Kokko, Sanjay Wahal, Phuong Van Luu, Gerald J. Van Handel, T. Philips Oriaran
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Publication number: 20070220690Abstract: A cleaning system having pulverulent foaming cleanser (e.g., acid, alkali metal carbonate and surfactant) is sealed within a water soluble (e.g., PVOH) deformable pouch frictionally retainable within the core of a roll of bath tissue. Upon placement of the pouch in the bowl, water in the bowl penetrates the water soluble wall of the pouch, generating foam which provides cleaning action by activating and carrying cleansing chemicals, not only below the water line of the bowl, but also considerably above it. When used routinely with each change of bath tissue roll, such a cleaning can extend the time between required manual cleanings considerably.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2007Publication date: September 27, 2007Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS LPInventors: John H. Dwiggins, Lynn M. Daul, David W. White, Joseph R. Pounder, Bruce J. Kokko, Sanjay Wahal, Phuong Van Luu, Gerald J. Van Handel, T. Philips Oriaran
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Publication number: 20040226850Abstract: A set of nestable containers may be nested. Adhering means, such as an adhesive or a hook and loop fastener, may be provided on the exterior of an outer container of the nest. One(s) of the containers may have anti-jamming means, such as scoring, embossing, a spacer, a hole, a projection, a recess, a friction reducer, and the like, for easing the release of containers from a nest of containers. Containers may be nested in a collapsed condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2004Publication date: November 18, 2004Inventors: Janica S. Behnke, Timothy P. Hartjas, Mark B. Littlejohn, Joseph R. Pounder, Erland R. Sandstrom, Michael A. Schmeizer, Dean P. Swoboda, Rebecca E. Whitmore
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Publication number: 20030222098Abstract: A cup dispenser for dispensing cups of differing size with variable extraction force includes: (a) a housing configured to receive a stack of disposable cups, the housing defining a housing opening as well as support means for receiving a dispensing ring member; (b) means for defining a dispensing aperture at the housing opening comprising at least one dispensing ring mounted on the housing support means therefor, the means for defining the dispensing aperture being generally configured to releasably retain the stack of disposable cups within said housing and require a predetermined extraction force to extract a cup from the stack in the housing, the required predetermined extraction force being variable depending upon the brim diameter of the cup. The dispenser may include 2 interchangeable rings, each of which is adapted for a specific size cup, or a single ring which requires an extraction force that varies with cup size.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2003Publication date: December 4, 2003Inventors: Nga Thuy Luu, Joseph R. Pounder
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Patent number: 5227023Abstract: Novel multi-layer paper and tissue products are provided, which possess strength, softness and absorbency. The products comprise either at least two foam deposited paper layers, wherein the foams have different air contents therein, or foam and water deposited layers. The layers can be deposited at about identical feed pressures from a single headbox while still possessing differing tensile strength ratios. Novel processes for forming such products are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1991Date of Patent: July 13, 1993Assignee: James River Corporation of VirginiaInventors: Joseph R. Pounder, Frederick W. Ahrens, Thomas N. Kershaw
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Patent number: 5126015Abstract: A method for simultaneously drying a moist fibrous web and imprinting a pattern in each side thereof by passing the web through the nip between a patterned heated roll and a pressing roll, on a carrier having a nonplanar imprinting surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1990Date of Patent: June 30, 1992Assignee: James River Corporation of VirginiaInventor: Joseph R. Pounder
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Patent number: D477480Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2002Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Assignee: Fort James CorporationInventors: Nga thuy Luu, Joseph R. Pounder
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Patent number: D477942Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2002Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Fort James CorporationInventors: Nga thuy Luu, Joseph R. Pounder