Patents by Inventor Robert A. Farrell

Robert A. Farrell 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).

  • Method for making paperboard packaging containing a PVOH barrier
    Patent number: 5552002
    Abstract: Paperboard packaging for non-refrigerated liquid products and for dry products contains a buried polyvinyl alcohol copolymer (PVOH) barrier layer which has a low oxygen permeability particularly at low relative humidity, and outer heat-sealable surfaces which provide good resistance to moisture penetration and a means for fabricating the packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Westvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Farrell, Christopher J. Parks
  • Paperboard packaging containing a PVOH barrier
    Patent number: 5506011
    Abstract: Paperboard packaging for non-refrigerated liquid products and for dry products contains a buried polyvinyl alcohol copolymer (PVOH) barrier layer which has a low oxygen permeability particularly at low relative humidity, and outer heat-sealable surfaces which provide good resistance to moisture penetration and a means for fabricating the packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Westvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Farrell, Christopher J. Parks
  • Rigid insulated food tray
    Patent number: 5326021
    Abstract: A composite material package in the configuration of a fluid confining tray or bowl is fabricated with a corrugated paperboard structural substrate and internally sealed with a blow mold applied film of polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Westvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Farrell, Todd H. Huffman
  • Low greasiness french fries and methods for preparing same
    Patent number: 5308640
    Abstract: Reduced calorie french fries and other high moisture fat-coated foods having less greasiness are disclosed. Such products are typically obtained by applying to the surface of the french fry, or other food, reduced calorie fat compositions having particular fluid viscosity characteristics that correlate to reduced greasiness impressions. These reduced calorie fat compositions comprise a nondigestible fat, and optionally, a triglyceride fat or oil. The nondigestible fat in general comprises a liquid nondigestible oil and a sufficient amount of a nondigestible solid polyol polyester to control passive oil loss typically associated with the ingestion of liquid nondigestible oils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John H. Baer, Stephen P. Zimmerman, Robert A. Farrell
  • Paperboard bottle
    Patent number: 5122399
    Abstract: A bottle type container is fabricated by blow molding a continuous wall liner of thermoplastic polymer integrally to the interior wall surface of an oppositely matched pair of paperboard cladding jackets. Paperboard cladding jackets respective to each pair are joined substantially edge-to-edge along the meeting seam exclusively by the continuous liner wall lap. For container stability when resting on a flat surface, at least one folded ridge is formed in the bottom edge panel of both jackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: Westvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Farrell, Hampton E. Forbes, Todd H. Huffman, William R. Rigby