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).
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Publication number: 20250019127Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Inventors: Daniel A. BLOOM, Kenneth S. BLOOM
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Publication number: 20240199285Abstract: A retainable closure with tamper evident features is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: June 20, 2024Applicant: Berry Global, Inc.Inventors: Daniel A. Bloom, Kenneth S. Bloom, Andrew KreinBrink
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Patent number: 11993424Abstract: A closure that is retainable with a container is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.Inventors: Daniel A. Bloom, Kenneth S. Bloom, Andrew Kreinbrink
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Publication number: 20230041911Abstract: A closure that is retainable with a container is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: Berry Global, Inc.Inventors: Daniel A. Bloom, Kenneth S. Bloom, Andrew Kreinbrink
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Patent number: 11505372Abstract: A closure that is retainable with a container is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Berry Global, Inc.Inventors: Daniel A. Bloom, Kenneth S. Bloom, Andrew Kreinbrink
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Publication number: 20210094733Abstract: A closure that is retainable with a container is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: Berry Global, Inc.Inventors: Daniel A. Bloom, Kenneth S. Bloom, Andrew Kreinbrink
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Patent number: 10086971Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Kenneth S. Bloom
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Publication number: 20160039556Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Kenneth S. Bloom
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Patent number: 9193494Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Kenneth S. Bloom
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Publication number: 20140263152Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Owens-Brookway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Kenneth S. Bloom
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Patent number: 8794489Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Berry Plastics CorporationInventors: Kenneth S. Bloom, Philip D. Bourgeois, Darin M. Pugne
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Patent number: 8608034Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Berry Plastics CorporationInventor: Kenneth S. Bloom
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Publication number: 20130256342Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Inventors: Kenneth S. Bloom, Philip D. Bourgeois, Darin M. Pugne
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Patent number: 8517194Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 11, 2004Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Berry Plastics CorporationInventors: Kenneth S. Bloom, Stephen A. Eilertson, Wendell D. Willingham
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Patent number: 8397957Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 6, 2010Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Berry Plastics CorporationInventors: Kenneth S. Bloom, Philip D. Bourgeois, Darin M. Pugne
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Publication number: 20120211530Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2011Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: REXAM CLOSURE SYSTEMS, INC.Inventor: Kenneth S. Bloom
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Publication number: 20110163134Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2010Publication date: July 7, 2011Inventors: Kenneth S. Bloom, Phillip D. Bourgeois, Darin M. Pugne
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Patent number: 7942281Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 29, 2007Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Rexam Closure Systems, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth S. Bloom, Terry D. Patcheak
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Patent number: 7874441Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 1, 2007Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Rexam Closure Systems Inc.Inventors: Kenneth S. Bloom, Stephen A. Eilertson, Wendell D. Willingham
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Publication number: 20100072231Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2008Publication date: March 25, 2010Inventors: Kenneth S. Bloom, Karl L. Joseph, Philip D. Bourgeois