Patents by Inventor Larry Zieke

Larry Zieke 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: 20050152622
    Abstract: A reclosable pouch includes a closure assembly secured to pouch walls and a slider disposed on the closure assembly and movable between open and closed positions. The pouch further includes an end stop disposed at an end of the closure assembly and including a first portion secured to the pouch adjacent the closure assembly and a second portion extending from the first portion and deflected into secure engagement with the pouch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Clark Woody, Larry Zieke
  • Patent number: 4741789
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for applying a profile with adjacent ribs to a traveling film web to form an adjacent rib-type zipper. The device includes a first extruder for extruding a base member, and a mechanism for joining the base member to a bag film web. A second extruder is provided for extruding a male profile member, a first rib member and a second rib member as three separate extrudates. The extruder is configured for joining the profile member, first rib member and second rib member to the bag film in an aligned relation such that the profile member is disposed between the first and second rib members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Larry Zieke, James Trombley