Patents by Inventor Kenneth E. Wegner

Kenneth E. Wegner 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: 11787613
    Abstract: A squeezable, flexible tubular package for an edible product is compartmented to simultaneously hold a first edible product in one compartment separate from a second edible product in another juxtaposed compartment. The package includes an elongated enclosure defined by a pair of transparent, flexible film strips bonded to one another around the periphery thereof by a liquid tight seal; and a membrane situated between the film strips, bonded to the periphery of the film strips by a liquid tight seal, partitioning the enclosure into a pair of juxtaposed, liquid tight compartments. An extrudable, edible product is separately contained in each of the compartments. Apparatus for continuously and successively forming, filling and sealing articulated arrays of such packaged products is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: THE JEL SERT COMPANY
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Wegner, Anthony Simon Richards, Andrew J. Rush
  • Publication number: 20210214139
    Abstract: A squeezable, flexible tubular package for an edible product is compartmented to simultaneously hold a first edible product in one compartment separate from a second edible product in another juxtaposed compartment. The package includes an elongated enclosure defined by a pair of transparent, flexible film strips bonded to one another around the periphery thereof by a liquid tight seal; and a membrane situated between the film strips, bonded to the periphery of the film strips by a liquid tight seal, partitioning the enclosure into a pair of juxtaposed, liquid tight compartments. An extrudable, edible product is separately contained in each of the compartments. Apparatus for continuously and successively forming, filling and sealing articulated arrays of such packaged products is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: THE JEL SERT COMPANY
    Inventors: Kenneth E. WEGNER, Anthony Simon RICHARDS, Andrew J. RUSH
  • Patent number: 10988293
    Abstract: A squeezable, flexible tubular package for an edible product is compartmented to simultaneously hold a first edible product in one compartment separate from a second edible product in another juxtaposed compartment. The package includes an elongated enclosure defined by a pair of transparent, flexible film strips bonded to one another around the periphery thereof by a liquid tight seal; and a membrane situated between the film strips, bonded to the periphery of the film strips by a liquid tight seal, partitioning the enclosure into a pair of juxtaposed, liquid tight compartments. An extrudable, edible product is separately contained in each of the compartments. Apparatus for continuously and successively forming, filling and sealing articulated arrays of such packaged products is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: THE JEL SERT COMPANY
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Wegner, Anthony Simon Richards, Andrew J. Rush
  • Publication number: 20120237643
    Abstract: A squeezable, flexible tubular package for an edible product is compartmented to simultaneously hold a first edible product in one compartment separate from a second edible product in another juxtaposed compartment. The package includes an elongated enclosure defined by a pair of transparent, flexible film strips bonded to one another around the periphery thereof by a liquid tight seal; and a membrane situated between the film strips, bonded to the periphery of the film strips by a liquid tight seal, partitioning the enclosure into a pair of juxtaposed, liquid tight compartments. An extrudable, edible product is separately contained in each of the compartments. Apparatus for continuously and successively forming, filling and sealing articulated arrays of such packaged products is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Kenneth E. Wegner, Anthony Simon Richards, Andrew J. Rush
  • Patent number: 6564992
    Abstract: A combination point-of-purchase package and point-of-use disposable cooler for beverage containers, such as bottles or the like, which is a container provided with a separate, liquid impervious liner therein. The beverage containers are stored in the container and enveloped by the liner at the point-of-purchase. A spacer in the container but removable therefrom is provided to create a space in the container for receiving a cooling medium such as ice for cooling the beverage containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: The Jel Sert Company
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Wegner