Patents by Inventor Kenneth S. Bloom

Kenneth S. Bloom 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: 20250019127
    Abstract: A package includes a container and a closure. The container includes a container body having a sidewall and a floor coupled to a lower end of the sidewall and a filler neck coupled to an upper end of the sidewall and spaced apart from the floor. The closure includes a top wall formed to include a product-dispensing outlet and an annular skirt coupled to the top wall and extending in a downward direction away from the top wall. The product-dispensing outlet can be oriented toward a side of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel A. BLOOM, Kenneth S. BLOOM
  • Publication number: 20240199285
    Abstract: A retainable closure with tamper evident features is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Berry Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Bloom, Kenneth S. Bloom, Andrew KreinBrink
  • Patent number: 11993424
    Abstract: A closure that is retainable with a container is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Bloom, Kenneth S. Bloom, Andrew Kreinbrink
  • Publication number: 20230041911
    Abstract: A closure that is retainable with a container is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Berry Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Bloom, Kenneth S. Bloom, Andrew Kreinbrink
  • Patent number: 11505372
    Abstract: A closure that is retainable with a container is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Bloom, Kenneth S. Bloom, Andrew Kreinbrink
  • Publication number: 20210094733
    Abstract: A closure that is retainable with a container is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Berry Global, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Bloom, Kenneth S. Bloom, Andrew Kreinbrink
  • Patent number: 10086971
    Abstract: A tamper-evident product and related methods of production. A container includes a neck, and a tamper-evidencing component separate from the container and carried by the neck of the container in direct contact with a corresponding portion of the container neck. The component is composed of material that has higher thermal conductivity than that of a material of the container so as to concentrate heat in the corresponding portion of the container neck. The neck is thermally responsive to application of heat pursuant to tampering with the product by at least one of the following responses: an irreversible change in visual appearance of the corresponding portion of the container neck, or fracture of the container neck at the corresponding portion of the container neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Kenneth S. Bloom
  • Publication number: 20160039556
    Abstract: A tamper-evident product and related methods of production. A container includes a neck, and a tamper-evidencing component separate from the container and carried by the neck of the container in direct contact with a corresponding portion of the container neck. The component is composed of material that has higher thermal conductivity than that of a material of the container so as to concentrate heat in the corresponding portion of the container neck. The neck is thermally responsive to application of heat pursuant to tampering with the product by at least one of the following responses: an irreversible change in visual appearance of the corresponding portion of the container neck, or fracture of the container neck at the corresponding portion of the container neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Kenneth S. Bloom
  • Patent number: 9193494
    Abstract: A tamper-evident product and related methods of production. A container includes a neck, and a tamper-evidencing component separate from the container and carried by the neck of the container in direct contact with a corresponding portion of the container neck. The component is composed of material that has higher thermal conductivity than that of a material of the container so as to concentrate heat in the corresponding portion of the container neck. The neck is thermally responsive to application of heat pursuant to tampering with the product by at least one of the following responses: an irreversible change in visual appearance of the corresponding portion of the container neck, or fracture of the container neck at the corresponding portion of the container neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Kenneth S. Bloom
  • Publication number: 20140263152
    Abstract: A tamper-evident product and related methods of production. A container includes a neck, and a tamper-evidencing component separate from the container and carried by the neck of the container in direct contact with a corresponding portion of the container neck. The component is composed of material that has higher thermal conductivity than that of a material of the container so as to concentrate heat in the corresponding portion of the container neck. The neck is thermally responsive to application of heat pursuant to tampering with the product by at least one of the following responses: an irreversible change in visual appearance of the corresponding portion of the container neck, or fracture of the container neck at the corresponding portion of the container neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Owens-Brookway Glass Container Inc.
    Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Kenneth S. Bloom
  • Patent number: 8794489
    Abstract: A dispensing valve includes a resiliently flexible mounting portion, a resiliently flexible opening portion disposed radially inwardly of the mounting portion, and a resiliently flexible isolating portion disposed radially between and coupled to the mounting and opening portions. The isolating portion extends both radially outwardly and axially to form a first radial space between the opening and isolating portions, and is spaced radially inwardly of the mounting portion to form a second radial space between the mounting and isolating portions. The opening portion may include one or more slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth S. Bloom, Philip D. Bourgeois, Darin M. Pugne
  • Patent number: 8608034
    Abstract: A dispensing valve includes a resiliently flexible mounting portion, a resiliently flexible opening portion disposed radially inwardly of the mounting portion, and a resiliently flexible intermediate portion disposed radially between and coupled to the mounting and opening portions, and extending both radially outwardly and axially to form a first radial space between the opening and isolating portions, and spaced radially inwardly of the mounting portion to form a second radial space between the mounting and intermediate portions. The mounting portion includes an annular rib extendable axially outward with respect to the opening portion to limit axial movement of the opening portion during dispensing and venting of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth S. Bloom
  • Publication number: 20130256342
    Abstract: A dispensing valve includes a resiliently flexible mounting portion, a resiliently flexible opening portion disposed radially inwardly of the mounting portion, and a resiliently flexible isolating portion disposed radially between and coupled to the mounting and opening portions. The isolating portion extends both radially outwardly and axially to form a first radial space between the opening and isolating portions, and is spaced radially inwardly of the mounting portion to form a second radial space between the mounting and isolating portions. The opening portion may include one or more slits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Kenneth S. Bloom, Philip D. Bourgeois, Darin M. Pugne
  • Patent number: 8517194
    Abstract: A tamper-indicating closure that includes a base wall having a cylindrical skirt for removably engaging a container finish. A tamper band is frangibly connected to the skirt, and a plurality of wings extend inwardly from an inner surface of the tamper band for engagement with a container finish. The wings are resiliently flexibly connected to the inner surface of the band along lines that are disposed at a counterclockwise angle with respect to the axis of the skirt as viewed from inside the skirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth S. Bloom, Stephen A. Eilertson, Wendell D. Willingham
  • Patent number: 8397957
    Abstract: A dispensing valve includes a resiliently flexible mounting portion, a resiliently flexible opening portion disposed radially inwardly of the mounting portion, and a resiliently flexible isolating portion disposed radially between and coupled to the mounting and opening portions. The isolating portion extends both radially outwardly and axially to form a first radial space between the opening and isolating portions, and is spaced radially inwardly of the mounting portion to form a second radial space between the mounting and isolating portions. The opening portion may include one or more slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth S. Bloom, Philip D. Bourgeois, Darin M. Pugne
  • Publication number: 20120211530
    Abstract: A dispensing valve includes a resiliently flexible mounting portion, a resiliently flexible opening portion disposed radially inwardly of the mounting portion, and a resiliently flexible intermediate portion disposed radially between and coupled to the mounting and opening portions, and extending both radially outwardly and axially to form a first radial space between the opening and isolating portions, and spaced radially inwardly of the mounting portion to form a second radial space between the mounting and intermediate portions. The mounting portion includes an annular rib extendable axially outward with respect to the opening portion to limit axial movement of the opening portion during dispensing and venting of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: REXAM CLOSURE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Kenneth S. Bloom
  • Publication number: 20110163134
    Abstract: A dispensing valve includes a resiliently flexible mounting portion, a resiliently flexible opening portion disposed radially inwardly of the mounting portion, and a resiliently flexible isolating portion disposed radially between and coupled to the mounting and opening portions. The isolating portion extends both radially outwardly and axially to form a first radial space between the opening and isolating portions, and is spaced radially inwardly of the mounting portion to form a second radial space between the mounting and isolating portions. The opening portion may include one or more slits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Kenneth S. Bloom, Phillip D. Bourgeois, Darin M. Pugne
  • Patent number: 7942281
    Abstract: A closure includes a plastic shell having a generally flat base wall, a peripheral skirt for mounting the closure on a container neck finish and an annular portion integrally connecting the skirt to the periphery of the base wall. A flexible resilient sealing liner is disposed on at least an inner surface of the annular portion. The annular portion has an inverted V-shape with an outer leg integrally connected to the skirt and an inner leg integrally connected to the periphery of the base wall such that the base wall is disposed axially beneath the annular connection between the inner and outer legs. The inner leg is resiliently flexible with respect to the outer leg upon engagement with an end of a container neck finish so as to flex the inner leg and the base wall outwardly with respect to the skirt and thereby draw the outer leg into engagement with an outer surface of the container neck finish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Rexam Closure Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth S. Bloom, Terry D. Patcheak
  • Patent number: 7874441
    Abstract: A plastic closure includes a plastic closure shell having a base wall with a central opening and a skirt for securing the closure to a container neck finish. A plastic disk includes angularly spaced fingers extending into the central opening of the shell base wall and external beads on the fingers for engaging an inner periphery of the central opening to retain the disk within the shell. The beads have flat undersurfaces and the inner periphery of the central opening has a ledge with a conical surface engaged by the beads. Any doming that occurs in the disk and/or the closure shell base wall increases the surface contact between the finger beads and the opposing surface of the ledge so that removal of the shell from a container neck finish will simultaneously lift and remove the disk from the neck finish without having the beads snap through the central opening in the shell so that the shell is removed while the disk is retained on the neck finish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Rexam Closure Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth S. Bloom, Stephen A. Eilertson, Wendell D. Willingham
  • Publication number: 20100072231
    Abstract: A dispensing closure assembly includes a deck having an outlet orifice, and an outlet conduit extending through the deck generally coaxially with respect to the outlet orifice. An inner wall extends generally coaxially with respect to the outlet conduit, wherein a fluid chamber is at least partially defined radially inwardly of the inner wall. A baffle wall is carried radially inwardly of the inner wall, wherein one or more fluid flow passages are defined between the inner wall and the baffle wall. The baffle wall includes a central portion opposed to the outlet conduit and a raised peripheral portion extending axially and radially outwardly from the central portion. Fluid flowing through the fluid flow passages enters the fluid chamber through the fluid flow passages, is directed toward the inner wall by the baffle wall, and then flows into the outlet conduit and out the outlet orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Kenneth S. Bloom, Karl L. Joseph, Philip D. Bourgeois