Patents by Inventor Sara De Simoni

Sara De Simoni 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).

  • Sealed package for pourable food products
    Patent number: 8066141
    Abstract: A sealed package for pourable food products includes a removable portion and a closable opening device. The opening device has a frame defining a pour opening and fixed to the package about the removable portion, and a cap fitted to the frame to close the pour opening and movable to free the pour opening. A pull-off opening device is housed in the frame and has a rigid plane integral with the removable portion and extractable from the frame, by pulling action, together with part of the removable portion. A pull tab of sheet material is interposed between the removable portion and the plate and attached to both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance SA
    Inventors: Cristiano Casale, Sara De Simoni
  • Closable opening device for packages of pourable food products
    Patent number: 7484641
    Abstract: A closable opening device having a frame defining a through hole and fitted about a pierceable portion of a sealed package for pourable food products; a removable threaded cap which screws onto the frame to close the hole; and a tubular cutting member screwed inside the hole and rotated by the cap to travel through the pierceable portion. The cutting member has an end cutting edge, in turn having a main blade, and a number of teeth located behind the main blade and decreasing gradually in height so as to act successively on the pierceable portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Cristiano Casale, Sara De Simoni
  • Sealed package for pourable food products
    Publication number: 20060138137
    Abstract: A sealed package for pourable food products includes a removable portion and a closable opening device. The opening device has a frame defining a pour opening and fixed to the package about the removable portion, and a cap fitted to the frame to close the pour opening and movable to free the pour opening. A pull-off opening device is housed in the frame and has a rigid plane integral with the removable portion and extractable from the frame, by pulling action, together with part of the removable portion. A pull tab of sheet material is interposed between the removable portion and the plate and attached to both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2003
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance SA
    Inventors: Cristiano Casale, Sara De Simoni
  • Closable opening device for packages of pourable food products
    Publication number: 20050236425
    Abstract: A closable opening device having a frame defining a through hole and fitted about a pierceable portion of a sealed package for pourable food products; a removable threaded cap which screws onto the frame to close the hole; and a tubular cutting member screwed inside the hole and rotated by the cap to travel through the pierceable portion. The cutting member has an end cutting edge, in turn having a main blade, and a number of teeth located behind the main blade and decreasing gradually in height so as to act successively on the pierceable portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventors: Cristiano Casale, Sara De Simoni