Patents by Inventor Sandra K. Hand

Sandra K. Hand 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).

  • FLEXIBLE FILM CONTAINER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD
    Publication number: 20170081074
    Abstract: A self-supporting flexible film container is disclosed that includes a container base and a flexible film attached to the container base that forms a container wall and defines a packing region within the container. The container wall has at least one support column, such as a tubular support column, integrally formed therein. A method of conforming the container includes providing a web of flexible film, forming tubular support columns in the web of flexible film and forming a container from the web of flexible film containing the support columns. The support columns can be formed by ploughing and forming the web of flexible film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Rolland LORBACH, Sandra K. HAND, Stuart Michael RUAN JONES, Sheryl S. BRUNKEN, Anthony D. GAYLOR, Thomas MILLER, Philip Russell FAWCUS, Steven Jonathan CLARKE, Adrian MORDUE, Donald Scott PEEBLES, Scott FEDOR, David Richard STONEHOUSE
  • FLEXIBLE FILM CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20130327780
    Abstract: A flexible film container (100) is disclosed. The container includes a top (110), a base (130) and a body (120), the top and base joined to the container body. The container body has at least three discrete sidewalls (121) and is formed of a continuous web of a flexible film The flexible film container is self-supporting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: THE HERSHEY COMPANY
    Inventors: Sandra K. Hand, Marcus R. Plato, David Richard Stonehouse, Jonathan Hogwood, Andrew MacLeod, Wilbert Paulus Johanna Maria Schoenmakers, Ian Dunckley