Patents by Inventor Karen E. McBride

Karen E. McBride 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).

  • Flexible thermoplastic containers having visual pattern thereon
    Patent number: 5618111
    Abstract: A flexible container, and a process and apparatus for making the container having first and second sidewalls, side seams, a bottom edge, a top and an opening adjacent the top including the first and second sidewalls made from the same film web stock material, said web stock having at least a first visual pattern impressed thereon such that upon forming said first and second sidewalls from said web stock, said first and second sidewalls are adjacent to each other and at least a second visual pattern on the container different from the first visual pattern is perceived by an observer of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Assignee: DowBrands L.P.
    Inventors: Jose Porchia, Karen E. McBride, Brian C. Dais, D. Lyn Farrelly, Robert R. Steele
  • Flexible thermoplastic containers having a visual pattern thereon
    Patent number: 5554093
    Abstract: A flexible container, and a process and apparatus for making the container having first and second sidewalls, side seams, a bottom edge, a top and an opening adjacent the top including the first and second sidewalls made from the same film web stock material, said web stock having at least a first visual pattern impressed thereon such that upon forming said first and second sidewalls from said web stock, said first and second sidewalls are adjacent to each other and at least a second visual pattern on the container different from the first visual pattern is perceived by an observer of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: Dowbrands L.P.
    Inventors: Jose Porchia, Brian C. Dais, Karen E. McBride, D. Lyn Farrelly, Robert R. Steele