Patents by Inventor Stefano Santagostino

Stefano Santagostino 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).

  • Package having an inflated frame
    Patent number: 7585528
    Abstract: A package for containing a product such as meat. The package includes top and bottom opposing flexible chamber sheets. These sheets are sealed together in a selected chamber seal zone to define a watertight chamber portion that is capable of containing the product. A hollow frame circumscribes the chamber portion. The frame supports the chamber portion when the frame is inflated. The need for a rigid tray may be eliminated by the inventive package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Isabella Ferri, Riccardo Palumbo, Stefano Santagostino, Andrea Granili, Carmen Roveda
  • Heat-shrinkable bags comprising an electronically detectable label and packages obtained therefrom
    Publication number: 20070187275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat-shrinkable bag for the vacuum packaging of products, preferably food products, comprising an electronically detectable label applied onto one of its inner walls for the traceability and/or theft control of the product being packaged. A method for making heat-shrinkable bags comprising an electronically detectable label applied onto one of the inner walls from a folded web of a heat-shrinkable film is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Fabrice Roy, Francois-Xavier Meric, Stefano Santagostino
  • Package having an inflated frame
    Publication number: 20050126941
    Abstract: A package for containing a product such as meat. The package includes top and bottom opposing flexible chamber sheets. These sheets are sealed together in a selected chamber seal zone to define a watertight chamber portion that is capable of containing the product. A hollow frame circumscribes the chamber portion. The frame supports the chamber portion when the frame is inflated. The need for a rigid tray may be eliminated by the inventive package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Isabela Ferri, Ricardo Palumbo, Stefano Santagostino, Andrea Granili, Carmen Roveda