Patents by Inventor Stephen P. Belko

Stephen P. Belko 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: 10858147
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the container of the type with a semi-rigid or rigid container portion and reclosable header are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Neil J. Kozarsky, Stephen P. Belko, John A. Caporaso, Frank J. Kelly, Robert E. Hogan, Eric Plourde, Kenny E. McCracken
  • Patent number: 9938041
    Abstract: A combined box and resealable bag includes a paperboard box having a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of opposed side walls and a plurality of flaps capable of forming a bottom wall. The box walls have upper ends and lower ends, inside surfaces and outside surfaces. The upper end of each of the box walls is folded outwardly and downwardly so that the inside surface of each of the upper ends forms a strip that faces outwardly. The inside surfaces of the box walls, including the outwardly facing strips, have a thermal plastic coating thereon. The combination also includes a bag made of flexible plastic material having a zippered top and downwardly extending front and rear bag walls. While the box is still in its flat blank condition, the lower edge portion of the bag walls are heat sealed to the outwardly facing strips on the box blank. Thereafter, the front, rear and side walls of the box blank are expanded to form a box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: ZIPBOX LICENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Belko, Neil J. Kozarsky, Eliot M. Kozarsky
  • Patent number: 9434124
    Abstract: Bag-on-container assemblies and bag-in-container assemblies are disclosed. The container may include a paperboard box having a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of opposed side walls, a plurality of flaps capable of forming a bottom wall and a plurality of flaps capable of forming a top wall. The inside surfaces of the box walls, including the outwardly facing strips, may have a thermal plastic coating thereon. The bag component of each type of assembly may include a closure member for to enable resealing of the bag component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: ZIPBOX LICENSE, LLC.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Belko, Neil J. Kozarsky, Eliot M. Kozarsky, John A. Caporaso
  • Publication number: 20130277367
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the container of the type with a semi-rigid or rigid container portion and reclosable header are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Neil J. KOZARSKY, Stephen P. BELKO, John A. CAPORASO, Frank J. KELLY, Robert E. HOGAN, Eric PLOURDE, Kenny E. MCCRACKEN
  • Publication number: 20110017812
    Abstract: Bag-on-container assemblies and bag-in-container assemblies are disclosed. The container may include a paperboard box having a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of opposed side walls, a plurality of flaps capable of forming a bottom wall and a plurality of flaps capable of forming a top wall. The inside surfaces of the box walls, including the outwardly facing strips, may have a thermal plastic coating thereon. The bag component of each type of assembly may include a closure member for to enable resealing of the bag component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen P. Belko, Neil J. Kozarsky, Eliot M. Kozarsky, John A. Carporaso
  • Publication number: 20110017814
    Abstract: A combined box and resealable bag includes a paperboard box having a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of opposed side walls and a plurality of flaps capable of forming a bottom wall. The box walls have upper ends and lower ends, inside surfaces and outside surfaces. The upper end of each of the box walls is folded outwardly and downwardly so that the inside surface of each of the upper ends forms a strip that faces outwardly. The inside surfaces of the box walls, including the outwardly facing strips, have a thermal plastic coating thereon. The combination also includes a bag made of flexible plastic material having a zippered top and downwardly extending front and rear bag walls. While the box is still in its flat blank condition, the lower edge portion of the bag walls are heat sealed to the outwardly facing strips on the box blank. Thereafter. the front, rear and side walls of the box blank are expanded to form a box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen P. Belko, Neil J. Kozarsky, Eliot M. Kozarsky
  • Patent number: 6913777
    Abstract: A portable, single-use container for separately containing a first and second consumable products. The container includes a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment tapers at an upper portion thereof to form a spout. The spout facilitates dispensing of a contained first consumable product from the first compartment. The second compartment, in turn, tapers at an upper portion thereof to form a mouth. The mouth facilitates dispensing of a second consumable product from the second compartment. The first and second compartments are assembled to one another in a side-by-side fashion such that the spout abuts the mouth. With this configuration, during use, a first consumable product and a second consumable product can be dispensed from the container in close proximity to one another for convenient consumption. In one preferred embodiment, the first compartment contains a volume of milk and the second compartment contains a quantity of cereal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Rebhorn, Stephen P. Belko, Pamela A. Hodulik
  • Publication number: 20020110623
    Abstract: A portable, single-use container for separately containing a first and second consumable products. The container includes a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment tapers at an upper portion thereof to form a spout. The spout facilitates dispensing of a contained first consumable product from the first compartment. The second compartment, in turn, tapers at an upper portion thereof to form a mouth. The mouth facilitates dispensing of a second consumable product from the second compartment. The first and second compartments are assembled to one another in a side-by-side fashion such that the spout abuts the mouth. With this configuration, during use, a first consumable product and a second consumable product can be dispensed from the container in close proximity to one another for convenient consumption. In one preferred embodiment, the first compartment contains a volume of milk and the second compartment contains a quantity of cereal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: John P. Rebhorn, Stephen P. Belko, Pamela A. Hodulik
  • Patent number: 6065651
    Abstract: A closable dispenser and an apparatus for dispensing a flowable product therewith are provided. The apparatus for dispensing includes a collapsible product container. The closable dispenser includes an outlet member having a base and a 3-D tip having a 3-D opening therein. The dispenser also includes a spout member having a hollow main body fixed to the container, a stopper extending from the main body and having a 3-D shape complementary to the 3-D opening of the tip, and a passage between the main body and the stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Tedeschi, Jr., Stephen P. Belko
  • Patent number: 5320851
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a packaging and dispensing system especially suitable for semi-fluid or fluid cement admixtures. The admixture is encapsulated in a material, such as gelatin or wax, which ruptures, shatters, or disintegrates in the wet cementitious mixture during a period of mechanical mixing. The present invention also contemplates a method of modifying the properties of cementitious mixtures by adding thereto an encapsulated admixture in a predetermined amount sufficient to provide a modified cementitious composition having the desired properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.
    Inventors: John O. de Mars, Kevin W. Grogan, Eliot Kay, Stephen P. Belko
  • Patent number: D634646
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Zipbox License, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen P. Belko, Neil J. Kozarsky, Eliot M. Kozarsky, John a. Carporaso
  • Patent number: D643716
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Zipbox License, LLC.
    Inventors: Neil J. Kozarsky, Eliot M. Kozarsky, Stephen P. Belko, John A. Carporaso
  • Patent number: D712735
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Kenny E. McCracken, Frank J. Kelly, John A. Caporaso, Stephen P. Belko, Neil J. Kozarsky
  • Patent number: D717646
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Plourde, Kenny E. McCracken, Robert E. Hogan, Frank J. Kelly, John A. Caporaso, Stephen P. Belko, Neil J. Kozarsky
  • Patent number: D730171
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Eric Plourde, Kenny E. McCracken, Robert E. Hogan, Frank J. Kelly, John A. Caporaso, Stephen P. Belko, Neil J. Kozarsky