Patents by Inventor Todd Purkey

Todd Purkey 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: 11667432
    Abstract: A shipping container includes a front wall, a rear wall positioned opposite the front wall, and first and second side walls extending between the front and rear walls. The side walls include perforations separating each of the first and second side walls into an upper portion and a lower portion. The shipping container is convertible into a display container by removal of the upper portions of the first and second side walls along the perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Purkey, Jeff Karp
  • Patent number: 11585740
    Abstract: A film structure puncture testing tool for testing the resistance to puncturing of a film structure for a product package and a method for analyzing film structures resistance to puncturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Mallory Geigle, Todd Purkey, Kevin Heidemann
  • Patent number: 11505357
    Abstract: A food product package for containing a shingled stack of food product slices is provided including a package bottom and a non-planar periphery, the package bottom having walls oriented to be substantially the same geometry as the shingled stack of food product slices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Purkey, Jeff Karp
  • Publication number: 20220357252
    Abstract: A film structure puncture testing tool for testing the resistance to puncturing of a film structure for a product package and a method for analyzing film structures resistance to puncturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Mallory Geigle, Todd Purkey, Kevin Heidemann
  • Patent number: 11397144
    Abstract: A film structure puncture testing tool for testing the resistance to puncturing of a film structure for a product package and a method for analyzing film structures resistance to puncturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Mallory Geigle, Todd Purkey, Kevin Heidemann
  • Publication number: 20220073232
    Abstract: A product package, product packaging and method for maximizing retail merchandizing space for merchandizing products including a product package having an exterior width dimension, having a flange and having a hinge and positioned in the interior of a display case having an internal width dimension that is smaller than the exterior width dimension of the packages by bending the flange at the hinge to reduce the width of the packages to thereby fit within the interior of the display case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventor: Todd Purkey
  • Publication number: 20220065762
    Abstract: A film structure puncture testing tool for testing the resistance to puncturing of a film structure for a product package and a method for analyzing film structures resistance to puncturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Mallory Geigle, Todd Purkey, Kevin Heidemann
  • Publication number: 20220055788
    Abstract: A package for containing a shingled stack of food product slices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Todd Purkey, Jeff Karp
  • Patent number: 11220370
    Abstract: A food container includes a body having a first and second receptacle. A first food product is contained in the first receptacle. A second food product is contained in the second receptacle. A lid includes two portions coupable to the body, a first portion configured to enclose the first receptacle and a second portion configured to enclose the second receptacle. Each portion has a permeability, and the first portion has a permeability different than the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventor: Todd Purkey
  • Publication number: 20200283191
    Abstract: A shipping container includes a front wall, a rear wall positioned opposite the front wall, and first and second side walls extending between the front and rear walls. The side walls include perforations separating each of the first and second side walls into an upper portion and a lower portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Todd Purkey, Jeff Karp
  • Publication number: 20200283190
    Abstract: A shipping container convertible into a display container. The shipping container includes a case generally defining a plurality of sides, the case being divisible along tear lines into a display portion and a tear portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Todd Purkey, Jeff Karp
  • Patent number: 10683132
    Abstract: A shipping container convertible into a display container. The shipping container includes a case generally defining a plurality of sides, the case being divisible along tear lines into a display portion and a tear portion. The display portion defines at least one of the plurality of sides, and the tear portion at least partially defines at least two of the plurality of sides. A tear support piece is couplable to the tear portion and adapted to be couplable to the at least two of the plurality of sides. The tear support piece is adapted to add rigidity to the tear portion to facilitate divisibility of the tear portion and the display portion. The display portion is convertible into the display container by removal of the tear portion and the tear support piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Purkey, Jeff Karp
  • Patent number: 10683133
    Abstract: A shipping container includes a front wall, a rear wall positioned opposite the front wall, and first and second side walls extending between the front and rear walls. The side walls include perforations separating each of the first and second side walls into an upper portion and a lower portion, the perforations having a pattern having at least two different radii of curvature. The shipping container is convertible into a display container by removal of the upper portions of the first and second side walls along the perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Purkey, Jeff Karp
  • Publication number: 20200079581
    Abstract: A cheese package has at least three individual slices of cheese in a stack. The cheese package includes a separator between each adjacent pair of slices such that adjacent slices do not contact one another. Each separator has a body and a tab extending beyond the stack, the body having sufficient rigidity for a user to lift any one of the separators using the tab from the stack to remove at least one slice while maintaining the integrity of the removed at least one slice. The cheese package also includes packaging surrounding the stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jeff Karp, Todd Purkey
  • Patent number: D887106
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Karp, Todd Purkey
  • Patent number: D920094
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Purkey, Ryan Hartman, Jeff Karp
  • Patent number: D934065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Purkey, Ryan Hartman, Jeff Karp
  • Patent number: D934066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Purkey, Ryan Hartman, Jeff Karp
  • Patent number: D934067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Purkey, Ryan Hartman, Jeff Karp
  • Patent number: D941671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Sargento Foods Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Karp, Todd Purkey