Patents by Inventor Taneli MERO

Taneli MERO 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: 12103743
    Abstract: A product package includes a receiving space (1a), a covering film (7), an inner lining (6) and a body part (2) created out of a single blank. The body part (2) includes walls (2a, 2b, 2c, 8), a bottom (3) and a rim portion (4) as well as a plurality of slots (5) for shaping the receiving space (1a). The rim portion (4) of the body part (2) is a continuous, seamless and planar portion formed out of the same said blank and interconnecting the walls (2a, 2b, 2c, 8) of the body part (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: JOSPAK OY
    Inventor: Taneli Mero
  • Publication number: 20240208173
    Abstract: The object of the invention is an apparatus and a method for producing dish-shaped product packages, which apparatus comprises a forming station (10) for product packages, in connection with which forming station is a secondary tool (20) with secondary moulds (21), a heating station and a primary tool (18) with primary moulds (19) for feeding the sheet-like, fiber-based blanks to be formed into product packages into the forming of product packages. The apparatus also comprises a control system for controlling the functions of the apparatus, and in connection with the apparatus is a film track (12) for providing a formed product package with a film functioning as an inner lining. Preferably, the primary tool (18) comprises two or more primary moulds (19) side by side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Taneli MERO, Jari VUORINEN
  • Patent number: 11919685
    Abstract: A product package includes a frame part provided with a base and walls. Edge parts on the top edge of the walls are folded outwards to form a flat edge section, where the frame part is a recess for product packing. The frame part is preferably a recyclable fiber material and the recess is lined on the inside with a separate inner lining removable from the frame part. The edge section functions as a fastening surface for the inner lining. The inner lining and the edge parts are arranged to form a one-piece and unbroken edge section of the package as a fastening surface for the inner lining. Adjacent edge parts are fastened in a leakproof manner at their ends to each other with a butt seam forming a corner seam and the fastening is reinforced with a reinforcement piece fastened under the corner seam and edge section ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: JOSPAK OY
    Inventors: Jouni Suokas, Taneli Mero, Ari Lehikoinen
  • Publication number: 20220055789
    Abstract: A product package includes a receiving space (1a), a covering film (7), an inner lining (6) and a body part (2) created out of a single blank. The body part (2) includes walls (2a, 2b, 2c, 8), a bottom (3) and a rim portion (4) as well as a plurality of slots (5) for shaping the receiving space (1a). The rim portion (4) of the body part (2) is a continuous, seamless and planar portion formed out of the same said blank and interconnecting the walls (2a, 2b, 2c, 8) of the body part (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: JOSPAK OY
    Inventor: Taneli Mero
  • Publication number: 20210086941
    Abstract: A product package includes a frame part provided with a base and walls. Edge parts on the top edge of the walls are folded outwards to form a flat edge section, where the frame part is a recess for product packing. The frame part is preferably a recyclable fiber material and the recess is lined on the inside with a separate inner lining removable from the frame part. The edge section functions as a fastening surface for the inner lining. The inner lining and the edge parts are arranged to form a one-piece and unbroken edge section of the package as a fastening surface for the inner lining. Adjacent edge parts are fastened in a leakproof manner at their ends to each other with a butt seam forming a corner seam and the fastening is reinforced with a reinforcement piece fastened under the corner seam and edge section ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jouni SUOKAS, Taneli MERO, Ari LEHIKOINEN
  • Publication number: 20200331660
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stackable product package, a method of manufacturing the same and a product package blank. The stackable product package comprises a body part (2) provided with a bottom (3), and with walls (2a, 2b, 2c) in connection with the bottom (3), as well as with rim members (4a) folded outwards along folding lines (4e), at the top edge of the walls, and constituting a substantially planar rim portion (4), the body part (2) enclosing a receiving space for the product to be packed. At the lateral edges of each intermediate wall (2c) of the body part (1), and in proximity to a folding line (2e), bracket members (2f, 2g) are provided to keep the product packages (1), when nested, spaced apart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Jouni SUOKAS, Ari LEHIKOINEN, Taneli MERO