Patents by Inventor Rod M. Karim
Rod M. Karim 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).
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Patent number: 10625907Abstract: A reclosable pouch includes a receptacle having a storage chamber and a mouth in communication with the storage chamber. A closure is attached to the mouth, the closure including a first zipper strip and a second zipper strip. The first and second zipper strips are fused together in first and second zones situated at respective ends of the closure. The first and second zipper strips form a first zipper and a second zipper that terminate in a first zipper termination and a second zipper termination, respectively. A respective pair of elongated projections is arranged on first and second sidewalls of the receptacle. A slider may be mounted to the closure, such that the elongated projections prevent further travel of the slider at opposing ends of the closure.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Rod M. Karim, Eliel Borbon
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Publication number: 20190382165Abstract: A reclosable pouch includes a receptacle having a storage chamber and a mouth in communication with the storage chamber. A closure is attached to the mouth, the closure including a first zipper strip and a second zipper strip. The first and second zipper strips are fused together in first and second zones situated at respective ends of the closure. The first and second zipper strips form a first zipper and a second zipper that terminate in a first zipper termination and a second zipper termination, respectively. A respective pair of elongated projections is arranged on first and second sidewalls of the receptacle. A slider may be mounted to the closure, such that the elongated projections prevent further travel of the slider at opposing ends of the closure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Rod M. Karim, Eliel Borbon
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Patent number: 10442577Abstract: A reclosable pouch includes a receptacle having a storage chamber and a mouth in communication with the storage chamber. A hermetically sealable closure is attached to the mouth, the closure including a first zipper strip and a second zipper strip. The first and second zipper strips are fused together in first and second zones situated at respective ends of the closure. The first and second zipper strips form a first zipper and a second zipper that terminate in a first zipper termination and a second zipper termination, respectively. A respective pair of elongated projections is arranged on first and second sidewalls of the receptacle. A slider may be mounted to the closure, such that the elongated projections prevent further travel of the slider at opposing ends of the closure.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Rod M. Karim, Eliel Borbon
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Patent number: 10065387Abstract: A reclosable pouch that includes a receptacle having a storage chamber and a mouth in communication with the storage chamber, a hermetically sealable closure attached to the mouth, the closure including a first zipper strip and a second zipper strip, the first and second zipper strips being fused together in first and second zones situated at respective ends of the closure, a slider mounted to the closure, and a respective pair of round projections arranged back to back on first and second walls of the receptacle. The round projections are separate and distinct from each other and from zipper terminations of the first and second zippers, and the respective pair of round projections prevents further travel of the slider at opposing ends of the closure upon contact with sidewalls of the slider.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Rod M. Karim, Antonio Peralta, Miguel L. Aguilar
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Publication number: 20160368667Abstract: A reclosable pouch includes a receptacle having a storage chamber and a mouth in communication with the storage chamber. A hermetically sealable closure is attached to the mouth, the closure including a first zipper strip and a second zipper strip. The first and second zipper strips are fused together in first and second zones situated at respective ends of the closure. The first and second zipper strips form a first zipper and a second zipper that terminate in a first zipper termination and a second zipper termination, respectively. A respective pair of elongated projections is arranged on first and second sidewalls of the receptacle. A slider may be mounted to the closure, such that the elongated projections prevent further travel of the slider at opposing ends of the closure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventor: Rod M. Karim
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Patent number: 8961014Abstract: Compressible reclosable storage containers (e.g., pouches) having a one-way valve disposed along the bottom of the container. In one configuration, the reclosable pouch comprises a receptacle having a storage chamber and a mouth in communication with the storage chamber, and an airtight closure for closing the mouth. The receptacle comprises two walls made of thermoplastic web material, two side seals that include respective marginal portions of the two walls, and a vent that extends from one side seal to the other. The vent comprises a multiplicity of collapsible channels, each channel comprising a respective air inlet in flow communication with the storage chamber and a respective air outlet in flow communication with space external to the pouch. The channels may be formed by a series of zigzag or wave-shaped heat seals or heat seals have other shapes.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Rod M. Karim, Antonio Peralta, Miguel L. Aguilar
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Publication number: 20130108188Abstract: An improved sealing method allows the ends of pouch closure to be joined while at the same time forming dome-shaped slider end stops at respective joined ends of the closure. The closure may comprise two zippers. In addition, the ends of the zipper profiles are terminated by means of dies that form uniform and consistent terminations in the zone where the ends of the zipper strips are joined. The dome-shaped slider end stops and the zipper profile terminations are produced by heat sealing, either ultrasonically or through resistance heating, of the closure material. After the closure material has been softened by ultrasonic energy or resistance heating, dies are used to form the dome structures and terminations of the zipper profiles.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Rod M. Karim, Antonio Peralta, Miguel L. Aguilar
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Publication number: 20130101236Abstract: Compressible reclosable storage containers (e.g., pouches) having a one-way valve disposed along the bottom of the container. In one configuration, the reclosable pouch comprises a receptacle having a storage chamber and a mouth in communication with the storage chamber, and an airtight closure for closing the mouth. The receptacle comprises two walls made of thermoplastic web material, two side seals that include respective marginal portions of the two walls, and a vent that extends from one side seal to the other. The vent comprises a multiplicity of collapsible channels, each channel comprising a respective air inlet in flow communication with the storage chamber and a respective air outlet in flow communication with space external to the pouch. The channels may be formed by a series of zigzag or wave-shaped heat seals or heat seals have other shapes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventors: Rod M. Karim, Antonio Peralta, Miguel L. Aguilar