Patents by Inventor Paul K. Bowers

Paul K. Bowers 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: 20080073240
    Abstract: The package supports a plurality of consumable products. The package is a blister package having a plurality of consumable products housed in a blister tray and covered with a rupturable sheet. The sheet overlies the open surfaces of the blister tray and includes rupturable locations formed thereon for permitting passage of the product therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Paul K. Bowers, Alejandra Buitrago
  • Patent number: 7159717
    Abstract: A gum packaging design that utilizes two separate compartments, an upper compartment and a lower compartment. Each of the compartments may be formed from a separate paperboard blank. The blanks are folded to form the compartments and then the lower compartment is adhered to the upper compartment in a fashion that allows the lower compartment to be later separated therefrom by tearing along a perforation after the lower compartment is emptied. A cover flap on the upper compartment can be used to hold the package in a compact, closed position by folding the compartments to face each other and tucking an end into a receiving slot formed in the back panel of the lower compartment. Once the lower compartment is separated from the upper compartment, the same cover flap can be used to close the remaining package by tucking the same end of the cover flap into a receiving slot formed in a front panel of the upper compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Cadbury Adams USA, LLC
    Inventors: Allen S. Aldridge, Paul K. Bowers, Dan Devine, Christopher J. Feltman, Frank Schiro
  • Patent number: 6058682
    Abstract: A food container includes a recessed film membrane which seals the container. The recessed film membrane is applied with an apparatus which includes a container holder and a film membrane applicator. The film membrane applicator applies the film membrane to the container and seals the film membrane to the container. The applicator includes a sealing head which places the film membrane into the container. The sealing head seals an edge of the film membrane to an inner wall of the container using heat. The film membrane is moved through the applicator and cut. The sealing head includes two lips to provide a double seal between the film membrane and the inner wall of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: The Pillsbury Company
    Inventors: Bernard W. Pajak, Richard A. Kennedy, Paul K. Bowers
  • Patent number: 5715967
    Abstract: A food container includes a recessed film membrane which seals the container. The recessed film membrane is applied with an apparatus which includes a container holder and a film membrane applicator. The film membrane applicator applies the film membrane to the container and seals the film membrane to the container. The applicator includes a sealing head which places the film membrane into the container. The sealing head seals an edge of the film membrane to an inner wall of the container using heat. The film membrane is moved through the applicator and cut. The sealing head includes two lips to provide a double seal between the film membrane and the inner wall of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: The Pillsbury Company
    Inventors: Bernard W. Pajak, Richard A. Kennedy, Paul K. Bowers
  • Patent number: 5577370
    Abstract: A food container includes a recessed film membrane which seals the container. The recessed film membrane is applied with an apparatus which includes a container holder and a film membrane applicator. The film membrane applicator applies the film membrane to the container and seals the film membrane to the container. The applicator includes a sealing head which places the film membrane into the container. The sealing head seals an edge of the film membrane to an inner wall of the container using heat. The film membrane is moved through the applicator and cut. The sealing head includes two lips to provide a double seal between the film membrane and the inner wall of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: The Pillsbury Company
    Inventors: Bernard W. Pajak, Richard A. Kennedy, Paul K. Bowers
  • Patent number: 4813862
    Abstract: A collapsible package for extrudable comestibles, such as soft-frozen ice cream, includes a cone-shaped laminated body portion comprised of inner polymer film ply bonded to a structural ply, a nozzle secured at the top of the cone-shaped body portion and a cap or cover across the nozzle aperture. The bond between the polymer film and the structural ply is strippable and has a bond strength of between 65 and 300 grams/inch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Inventors: Paul K. Bowers, Richard A. Kennedy, Timothy G. Murray, Richard I. Kunkle
  • Patent number: D519386
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Cadbury Adams USA, LLC
    Inventors: Allen S. Aldridge, Paul K. Bowers, Dan Devine, Christopher J. Feltman, Frank Schiro
  • Patent number: D430485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul K. Bowers, Debra L. Sangiuliano
  • Patent number: D430489
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: McNeil-PPC, Inc
    Inventors: Paul K. Bowers, Debra L. Sangiuliano