Patents by Inventor Munish Shah

Munish Shah 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: 20240001623
    Abstract: An induction heat-sealed closure liner assembly having a restricted product orifice that is smaller than the mouth of the container to which the assembly is attached, to allow restricted dispensing of product through the orifice. The closure assembly is designed for storing and dispensing a product, such as a solid, liquid or paste product, and includes primary and secondary liner components that are positionable within a retainer portion of a cap to form the closure liner assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Munish Shah
  • Patent number: 11370585
    Abstract: A venting cap liner has a bottom surface facing an annular bottle lip surrounding an open top end of a bottle neck, and a top surface facing an inner top wall of a closure cap, the liner being configured to provide a gas-permeable but liquid-impervious seal that is resistant to rupture when a downwardly directed torque is applied in a thickness direction of the liner body to compression seal the liner body between the annular bottle lip and the inner top wall of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Tekni-Plex, Inc.
    Inventors: Munish Shah, Palanikkumaran Muthiah
  • Patent number: 10882673
    Abstract: Non-removable closure assembly that resists rotational movement so as to be rendered substantially non-removable by the consumer. An induction heat seal liner is provided for sealing the finish (open end or mouth) of a plastic container, the liner being disposed between a closure cap and the container finish and being heat seal bonded to both, thus rendering the closure cap non-removable from the container finish. By non-removable it is meant that once heat seal bonded together the closure cap cannot be removed by a customer or consumer (a human) by hand, without substantially distorting the closure cap or container, e.g., it would require the human to use a mechanical tool (e.g., knife or wrench) and in the process of trying to remove the cap with the tool it would substantially deform the closure cap or container and render one or more of them unusable for their intended purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Tekni-Plex, Inc.
    Inventors: Munish Shah, David Andrulonis
  • Publication number: 20200216236
    Abstract: A venting cap liner has a bottom surface facing an annular bottle lip surrounding an open top end of a bottle neck, and a top surface facing an inner top wall of a closure cap, the liner being configured to provide a gas-permeable but liquid-impervious seal that is resistant to rupture when a downwardly directed torque is applied in a thickness direction of the liner body to compression seal the liner body between the annular bottle lip and the inner top wall of the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Munish Shah, Palanikkumaran Muthiah
  • Publication number: 20200165044
    Abstract: Non-removable closure assembly that resists rotational movement so as to be rendered substantially non-removable by the consumer. An induction heat seal liner is provided for sealing the finish (open end or mouth) of a plastic container, the liner being disposed between a closure cap and the container finish and being heat seal bonded to both, thus rendering the closure cap non-removable from the container finish. By non-removable it is meant that once heat seal bonded together the closure cap cannot be removed by a customer or consumer (a human) by hand, without substantially distorting the closure cap or container, e.g., it would require the human to use a mechanical tool (e.g., knife or wrench) and in the process of trying to remove the cap with the tool it would substantially deform the closure cap or container and render one or more of them unusable for their intended purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Munish Shah, David Andrulonis
  • Patent number: 10646704
    Abstract: Tubing comprising an inner layer, an outer layer and a middle layer, wherein the inner layer comprises a polyethylene, the outer layer comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane and the middle layer comprises an ethylene ethyl acrylate copolymer or an ethylene methyl acrylate copolymer or an anhydride grafted ethylene methyl acrylate copolymer, a copolymer of two or more of the acrylate copolymers or a mixture of two or more thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Tekni-Plex, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip D. Bourgeois, Munish Shah
  • Publication number: 20180133449
    Abstract: Tubing comprising an inner layer, an outer layer and a middle layer, wherein the inner layer comprises a polyethylene, the outer layer comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane and the middle layer comprises an ethylene ethyl acrylate copolymer or an ethylene methyl acrylate copolymer or an anhydride grafted ethylene methyl acrylate copolymer, a copolymer of two or more of the acrylate copolymers or a mixture of two or more thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Philip D. Bourgeois, Munish Shah
  • Publication number: 20170299089
    Abstract: A tube comprising an inner layer, an outer layer and a barrier layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer, wherein the barrier layer is bound to the outer layer by a layer of adhesive disposed between the outer layer and the barrier layer and the barrier layer is bound to the inner layer by a layer of adhesive disposed between the inner layer and the barrier layer, wherein the inner layer comprises a polyethylene, the outer layer comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane and the barrier layer comprises a material that acts as a barrier to gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Philip Bourgeois, Munish Shah
  • Patent number: 9702486
    Abstract: A tube comprising an inner layer, an outer layer and a barrier layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer, wherein the barrier layer is bound to the outer layer by a layer of adhesive disposed between the outer layer and the barrier layer and the barrier layer is bound to the inner layer by a layer of adhesive disposed between the inner layer and the barrier layer, wherein the inner layer comprises a polyethylene, the outer layer comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane and the barrier layer comprises a material that acts as a barrier to gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Tekni-Plex, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Bourgeois, Munish Shah
  • Publication number: 20150247592
    Abstract: Method of fabricating a polymeric tube for attachment to a prefabricated tubular polymer body comprising: selecting an ethylene copolymer functionalized with a conjugated vinyl moiety, and coextruding an outer tubular layer comprised of the selected functionalized ethylene copolymer together with at least one inner tubular layer comprised of a thermoplastic elastomeric material to form a mating tube having an outer surface comprised of the functionalized ethylene copolymer, a central tubular passage having a longitudinal axis and opposing ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Philip Bourgeois, Munish Shah
  • Publication number: 20150217102
    Abstract: Molded article for medical tubing and the like, and method of manufacture. The molded article is a coextruded tube having a tube wall of a non-conductive thermoplastic polymer and a central tubular bore. The tube further includes a coextruded conductive strip of conductive fibers in a thermoplastic polymer matrix, the conductive strip being disposed within a tubular passage in the tube wall extending the length of the tube, or within the central tubular bore. The strip is made from a pultruded fiber/polymer compound that can be co-extruded in strip form in the tube to provide an electrically conductive path along the tube length. Advantages include ease of manufacture, and one or more of improved handling (during use), reduced profile and reduced material costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: Tekni-Plex, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Bourgeois, Munish Shah
  • Patent number: 9062803
    Abstract: Method of fabricating a polymeric tube for attachment to a prefabricated tubular polymer body comprising: selecting an ethylene copolymer functionalized with a conjugated vinyl moiety, and coextruding an outer tubular layer comprised of the selected functionalized ethylene copolymer together with at least one inner tubular layer comprised of a thermoplastic elastomeric material to form a mating tube having an outer surface comprised of the functionalized ethylene copolymer, a central tubular passage having a longitudinal axis and opposing ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Tekni-Plax, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Bourgeois, Munish Shah
  • Publication number: 20140283940
    Abstract: Method of fabricating a polymeric tube for attachment to a prefabricated tubular polymer body comprising: selecting an ethylene copolymer functionalized with a conjugated vinyl moiety, and coextruding an outer tubular layer comprised of the selected functionalized ethylene copolymer together with at least one inner tubular layer comprised of a thermoplastic elastomeric material to form a mating tube having an outer surface comprised of the functionalized ethylene copolymer, a central tubular passage having a longitudinal axis and opposing ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Tekni-Plex, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Bourgeois, Munish Shah
  • Publication number: 20130190723
    Abstract: A tube comprising an inner layer, an outer layer and a barrier layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer, wherein the barrier layer is bound to the outer layer by a layer of adhesive disposed between the outer layer and the barrier layer and the barrier layer is bound to the inner layer by a layer of adhesive disposed between the inner layer and the barrier layer, wherein the inner layer comprises a polyethylene, the outer layer comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane and the barrier layer comprises a material that acts as a barrier to gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: Tekni-Plex, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Bourgeois, Munish Shah
  • Publication number: 20130190714
    Abstract: Tubing comprising an inner layer, an outer layer and a middle layer, wherein the inner layer comprises a polyethylene, the outer layer comprises a thermoplastic polyurethane and the middle layer comprises an ethylene ethyl acrylate copolymer or an ethylene methyl acrylate copolymer or an anhydride grafted ethylene methyl acrylate copolymer, a copolymer of two or more of the acrylate copolymers or a mixture of two or more thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: Tekni-Plex, Inc
    Inventors: Philip BOURGEOIS, Munish Shah