Patents by Inventor Stephen F. Compton

Stephen F. Compton 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).

  • Patent number: 10781022
    Abstract: A heat-shrinkable packaging article has one or more tear initiators for initiating a manual tear that can be propagated to open a package and allow a product to be readily removed therefrom, without the use of a knife or scissors or any other implement. The tear initiators are present in a skirt and/or header of the article. The skirt and/or header has a first side and a second side. In one embodiment, some or all of the first side of the skirt and/or header can be heatset in order to reduce the shrink and curling of the skirt and/or header. This improves identification and utilization of the tear initiators by a consumer upon shrinking the packaging article around the product. In another embodiment, the skirt and/or header has a plurality of pairs of tear initiators to allow portions of the package to be torn off to expose a portion of the product that can then be sliced off while the remainder of the packaged product remains covered by a remainder of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Cryovac, LLC
    Inventors: Diana L. Huerta, Robert A. Odabashian, Stephen F. Compton, Sumita Ranganathan, Michael J. Rosinski, H. Walker Stockley, Scott C. Bossong, Richard K. Watson
  • Patent number: 10625295
    Abstract: The present invention includes a dispensing system for dispensing a packaged product, e.g. a condiment, onto one or more areas. A package including a pouch having the product therein cooperates with a dispensing gun to dispense a dose of product. In various aspects the invention includes a packaging system that includes a container and a flexible package; a package with a frangible seal, the package including a flexible pouch; a dispensing assembly for dispensing a product from the package; a dispensing gun system; a method of making a package; and a method of dispensing a product. The packaging system includes a container such as a rigid sleeve, and a flexible pouch positioned within the container interior, and also includes a valve that enables the product to exit the pouch interior and be dispensed. An optional diffuser coordinates with the valve to dispense product from one or more product outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Cryovac, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen F. Compton, Joe Milton Bowen, Steven T. Calvert, Andrew B. Carrouth, Timothy G. Caudle, David L. Ackerman, Howard Dean Conner, Hubert J. Cook, Csaba Frank Kiss, Andrew W. Moehlenbrock
  • Publication number: 20190135514
    Abstract: A heat-shrinkable packaging article has one or more tear initiators for initiating a manual tear that can be propagated to open a package and allow a product to be readily removed therefrom, without the use of a knife or scissors or any other implement. The tear initiators are present in a skirt and/or header of the article. The skirt and/or header has a first side and a second side. In one embodiment, some or all of the first side of the skirt and/or header can be heatset in order to reduce the shrink and curling of the skirt and/or header. This improves identification and utilization of the tear initiators by a consumer upon shrinking the packaging article around the product. In another embodiment, the skirt and/or header has a plurality of pairs of tear initiators to allow portions of the package to be torn off to expose a portion of the product that can then be sliced off while the remainder of the packaged product remains covered by a remainder of the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Diana L. Huerta, Robert A. Odabashian, Stephen F. Compton, Sumita Ranganathan, Michael J. Rosinski, H. Walker Stockley, Scott C. Bossong, Richard K. Watson
  • Publication number: 20190105683
    Abstract: The present invention includes a dispensing system for dispensing a packaged product, e.g. a condiment, onto one or more areas. A package including a pouch having the product therein cooperates with a dispensing gun to dispense a dose of product. In various aspects the invention includes a packaging system that includes a container and a flexible package; a package with a frangible seal, the package including a flexible pouch; a dispensing assembly for dispensing a product from the package; a dispensing gun system; a method of making a package; and a method of dispensing a product. The packaging system includes a container such as a rigid sleeve, and a flexible pouch positioned within the container interior, and also includes a valve that enables the product to exit the pouch interior and be dispensed. An optional diffuser coordinates with the valve to dispense product from one or more product outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen F. Compton, Joe Milton Bowen, Steven T. Calvert, Andrew B. Carrouth, Timothy G. Caudle, David L. Ackerman, Howard Dean Conner, Hubert J. Cook, Csaba Frank Kiss, Andrew W. Moehlenbrock
  • Patent number: 10202229
    Abstract: A heat-shrinkable packaging article has one or more tear initiators for initiating a manual tear that can be propagated to open a package and allow a product to be readily removed therefrom, without the use of a knife or scissors or any other implement. The tear initiators are present in a skirt and/or header of the article. The skirt and/or header has a first side and a second side. In one embodiment, some or all of the first side of the skirt and/or header can be heatset in order to reduce the shrink and curling of the skirt and/or header. This improves identification and utilization of the tear initiators by a consumer upon shrinking the packaging article around the product. In another embodiment, the skirt and/or header has a plurality of pairs of tear initiators to allow portions of the package to be torn off to expose a portion of the product that can then be sliced off while the remainder of the packaged product remains covered by a remainder of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Diana L. Huerta, Robert A. Odabashian, Stephen F. Compton, Sumita Ranganathan, Michael J. Rosinski, H. Walker Stockley, Scott C. Bossong, Richard K. Watson
  • Patent number: 10179343
    Abstract: The present invention includes a dispensing system for dispensing a packaged product, e.g. a condiment, including a pouch (60) having the product therein cooperates with a dispensing gun (30) to dispense a dose of product. In various aspects the invention includes a packaging system that includes a container (40) and a flexible package (50) with a frangible seal (70), and a flexible pouch (60); a dispensing assembly (100) for dispensing a product from the package; a dispensing gun system; a method of making a package; and a method of dispensing a product. The packaging system includes a container such as a rigid sleeve, and a flexible pouch positioned within the container interior, and also includes a valve that enables the product to exit the pouch interior and be dispensed. An optional diffuser coordinates with the valve to dispense product from one or more product outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Compton, Joe Milton Bowen, Steven T. Calvert, Andrew B. Carrouth, Timothy G. Caudle, David L. Ackerman, Howard Dean Conner, Hubert J. Cook, Csaba Frank Kiss, Andrew W. Moehlenbrock
  • Publication number: 20170225192
    Abstract: The present invention includes a dispensing system for dispensing a packaged product, e.g. a condiment, including a pouch (60) having the product therein cooperates with a dispensing gun (30) to dispense a dose of product. In various aspects the invention includes a packaging system that includes a container (40) and a flexible package (50) with a frangible seal (70), and a flexible pouch (60); a dispensing assembly (100) for dispensing a product from the package; a dispensing gun system; a method of making a package; and a method of dispensing a product. The packaging system includes a container such as a rigid sleeve, and a flexible pouch positioned within the container interior, and also includes a valve that enables the product to exit the pouch interior and be dispensed. An optional diffuser coordinates with the valve to dispense product from one or more product outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen F. Compton, Joe Milton Bowen, Steven T. Calvert, Andrew B. Carrouth, Timothy G. Caudle, David L. Ackerman, Dean H. Conner, Hubert J. Cook, Csaba Frank Kiss, Andrew W. Moehlenbrock
  • Patent number: 9291433
    Abstract: A composite assembly useful for resisting the penetration of projectiles. The composite assembly comprises a plurality of ballistic fabric layers and a plurality of distinct films. The plurality of distinct films is adjacent the plurality of ballistic fabric layers. Each distinct film of the plurality of distinct films comprises thermoplastic polymer. Each distinct film of the plurality of distinct films has an elongational strength index of at least 800 psi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Compton, Richard M. Dayrit, William P. Roberts, Nathanael Miranda
  • Publication number: 20130345649
    Abstract: A self-heating patch includes a bottom barrier layer, an air-activated heat-generating layer, an air regulation layer, optionally a top barrier layer, and optionally a skin contact layer, wherein the air-activated heat-generating layer is encapsulated by the air regulation layer and bottom barrier layer, and/or the top and bottom barrier layers, and the temperature of the patch, when the air-activated heat-generating layer has been exposed to air, and when the top barrier layer if present is removed, is controlled at least in part by the air regulation layer; and a perimeter seal seals the air regulation layer to the bottom barrier layer around the perimeter of the patch. Optionally a temperature-responsive mechanism, such as a wax, can be used to reduce oxygen intake into the self-heating patch and thereby control the temperature of the self-heating patch during use. Optionally, a portion of the self-heating patch can be thermoformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Sealed Air Corporation(US)
    Inventors: Henry Walker Stockley, III, William Peyton Roberts, Stephen F. Compton, Drew Ve Speer
  • Publication number: 20130213208
    Abstract: A composite assembly useful for resisting the penetration of projectiles. The composite assembly comprises a plurality of ballistic fabric layers and a plurality of distinct films. The plurality of distinct films is adjacent the plurality of ballistic fabric layers. Each distinct film of the plurality of distinct films comprises thermoplastic polymer. Each distinct film of the plurality of distinct films has an elongational strength index of at least 800 psi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: CRYOVAC, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Compton, Richard M. Dayrit, William P. Roberts, Nathanael Miranda
  • Patent number: D766107
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: CRYOVAC, INC.
    Inventors: David L. Ackerman, Steven T. Calvert, Stephen F. Compton, Hubert J. Cook, Csaba Frank Kiss
  • Patent number: D766733
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Ackerman, Steven T. Calvert, Stephen F. Compton, Hubert J. Cook, Csaba Frank Kiss
  • Patent number: D766735
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Ackerman, Steven T. Calvert, Stephen F. Compton, Hubert J. Cook, Csaba Frank Kiss
  • Patent number: D779965
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Ackerman, Steven T. Calvert, Stephen F. Compton, Hubert J. Cook, Csaba Frank Kiss
  • Patent number: D779966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Ackerman, Steven T. Calvert, Stephen F. Compton, Hubert J. Cook, Csaba Frank Kiss
  • Patent number: D779967
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Ackerman, Steven T. Calvert, Stephen F. Compton, Hubert J. Cook, Csaba Frank Kiss
  • Patent number: D779968
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Ackerman, Steven T. Calvert, Stephen F. Compton, Hubert J. Cook, Csaba Frank Kiss
  • Patent number: D779969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Ackerman, Steven T. Calvert, Stephen F. Compton, Hubert J. Cook, Csaba Frank Kiss
  • Patent number: D779970
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Ackerman, Steven T. Calvert, Stephen F. Compton, Hubert J. Cook, Csaba Frank Kiss
  • Patent number: D779971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Ackerman, Steven T. Calvert, Stephen F. Compton, Hubert J. Cook, Csaba Frank Kiss