Patents by Inventor MARY KATHERINE TRUITT

MARY KATHERINE TRUITT 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: 11912486
    Abstract: A package comprising a first panel defining a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and at least two side edges; a second panel defining a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and at least two side edges, wherein the second panel is connected to the first panel via longitudinal seams formed along respective side edges of the first and second panels; and at least one end seam formed along at least one of the first end or the second end of the first and second panels, wherein the at least one end seam comprises an outer edge; and a barrier coating disposed on an interior surface of at least one of the first and second panels, wherein the barrier coating does not extend to the side edges of the longitudinal seams or the outer edge of the at least one end seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Mary Katherine Truitt, Donald Gregory Taylor
  • Publication number: 20230089317
    Abstract: A package comprising a first panel defining a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and at least two side edges; a second panel defining a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and at least two side edges, wherein the second panel is connected to the first panel via longitudinal seams formed along respective side edges of the first and second panels; and at least one end seam formed along at least one of the first end or the second end of the first and second panels, wherein the at least one end seam comprises an outer edge; and a barrier coating disposed on an interior surface of at least one of the first and second panels, wherein the barrier coating does not extend to the side edges of the longitudinal seams or the outer edge of the at least one end seam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Mary Katherine Truitt, Donald Gregory Taylor
  • Patent number: 11535439
    Abstract: A package comprising a first panel defining a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and at least two side edges; a second panel defining a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and at least two side edges, wherein the second panel is connected to the first panel via longitudinal seams formed along respective side edges of the first and second panels; and at least one end seam formed along at least one of the first end or the second end of the first and second panels, wherein the at least one end seam comprises an outer edge; and a barrier coating disposed on an interior surface of at least one of the first and second panels, wherein the barrier coating does not extend to the side edges of the longitudinal seams or the outer edge of the at least one end seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Mary Katherine Truitt, Donald Gregory Taylor
  • Publication number: 20210147134
    Abstract: The invention comprises a resealable, recyclable container structure comprising a polymeric rigid tray and a flexible polymeric film lidding. The tray has a bottom wall and at least one upwardly extending sidewall. The at least one sidewall terminates in a flange and the flange comprises at least one resealable zone and at least one permanently affixed zone. The lidding is permanently affixed to the flange in the permanently affixed zone and resealably affixed to the flange in the resealable zone. The polymeric rigid tray and the polymeric film comprise the same polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventor: MARY KATHERINE TRUITT
  • Publication number: 20210114790
    Abstract: A package comprising a first panel defining a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and at least two side edges; a second panel defining a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and at least two side edges, wherein the second panel is connected to the first panel via longitudinal seams formed along respective side edges of the first and second panels; and at least one end seam formed along at least one of the first end or the second end of the first and second panels, wherein the at least one end seam comprises an outer edge; and a barrier coating disposed on an interior surface of at least one of the first and second panels, wherein the barrier coating does not extend to the side edges of the longitudinal seams or the outer edge of the at least one end seam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: MARY KATHERINE TRUITT, DONALD GREGORY TAYLOR