Patents by Inventor Victor Matias

Victor Matias 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: 9896241
    Abstract: The zipper for a reclosable package wherein the zipper includes fragrance-carrying oil within an internal zipper volume or storage volume thereby confining the scent while the zipper and the package are closed. When the zipper is opened, the scent is allowed to escape to the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: David J. Anzini, Rusty Koenigkramer, Victor Matias, Eric Plourde, Steven Ausnit, Jose Manuel Septien Rojas
  • Publication number: 20150203251
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a zipper for a reclosable package wherein the zipper includes fragrance-carrying oil within an internal zipper volume or storage volume thereby confining the scent while the zipper and the package are closed. When the zipper is opened, the scent is allowed to escape to the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: David J. Anzini, Rusty Koenigkramer, Victor Matias, Eric Plourde, Steven Ausnit, Jose Manuel Septien Rojas
  • Patent number: 8999219
    Abstract: Reclosable zippers for reclosable packages are disclosed. The zippers include male and female profiles. The female profiles are periodically inwardly and/or upwardly deformed in order to generate tactile and audible feedback when the zippers are opened or closed by the user. The deformation of the female profiles typically maintains the strength of the zipper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Plourde, Maurice Finnegan, III, Victor Matias, Steven Ausnit
  • Publication number: 20140294325
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a zipper for a reclosable package (100) wherein the zipper (10) includes fragrance—carrying oil (40) within an internal zipper volume thereby confining the scent while the zipper and the package are closed. When the zipper is opened, the scent is allowed to escape to the consumer and to the storage area of the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: David Anzini, Arthur Bucci, Rusty Koenigkramer, Victor Matias
  • Publication number: 20130207311
    Abstract: Reclosable zippers for reclosable packages are disclosed. The zippers include male and female profiles. The female profiles are periodically inwardly and/or upwardly deformed in order to generate tactile and audible feedback when the zippers are opened or closed by the user. The deformation of the female profiles typically maintains the strength of the zipper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Eric PLOURDE, Maurice FINNEGAN, III, Victor MATIAS, Steven AUSNIT
  • Publication number: 20130195385
    Abstract: A child-resistant tamper-resistant bag is provided, of the type which may be used for prescription medicine and other products. The bag includes front and rear walls with a product-side-only opening zipper which defines a product compartment within the bag. The mouth of the bag includes a one-time close-only zipper thereby allowing a pharmacist or other person to easily and securely fill the bag with product and securely close the bag. A line of perforations or other line of weakness may be provided between the two zippers, in order to provide consumer access to the product-side-only opening zipper. The consumer then grasps the walls of the bag on the product side of the product-side-only opening zipper and pulls the walls away from each other thereby opening the product-side-only opening zipper and providing access to the product compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Victor MATIAS
  • Publication number: 20130178793
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pump-to-bottle bag which allows breast feeding mothers to transfer milk from a breast pump directly into the bag. The apparatus includes a cylindrical support which engages a pump receiving ring within its mouth so as to engage the free edges of the bag between the cylindrical support and the pump receiving ring. The pump receiving ring receives the breast pump so that the milk can be pumped directly into the bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventor: Victor MATIAS
  • Publication number: 20120051670
    Abstract: The disclosure regards a storage bag for breast milk or other liquids or materials. The storage bag includes first and second closures, wherein a first line of perforations is U-shaped and extends through the first closure, thereby allowing an output of a breast pump or other device to be inserted through the area where material defined by the first line of perforations is removed. The first closure can further be used to engage the output of the breast pump or other device. A second closure is formed further within the storage bag and defines a storage volume. A second line of perforations is provided above the second closure. After the storage volume is filled, the second closure can be closed and the material above the second line of perforations can be removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Victor MATIAS
  • Publication number: 20110194790
    Abstract: The zipper profiles have a complex shape, such as a double zipper configuration. The apparatus for the manufacture thereof includes an extrusion die and further includes a main or primary extruder for the supply of material, such as low density polyethylene, to form the tubing for the manufacture of reclosable packages, bags or pouches. The apparatus further includes at least one secondary extruder, or co-extruder, for the extruding of each reclosable profile onto the tubing. The speed of the co-extruders is controlled so as to control the extrusion of the reclosable profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Roy Kosub, Victor Matias
  • Publication number: 20110165280
    Abstract: The apparatus includes an extrusion die and further includes a main or primary extruder for the supply of material, such as low density polyethylene, to form the tubing for the manufacture of reclosable packages, bags or pouches. The apparatus further includes at least one secondary extruder, or co-extruder, for the extruding of each reclosable profile onto the tubing. The speed of the co-extruders is controlled so as to control the extrusion of the reclosable profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORK INC.
    Inventors: Roy KOSUB, Victor MATIAS
  • Publication number: 20090257685
    Abstract: A bag comprising a receptacle and first and second reclosable structures installed inside and across a mouth of the receptacle, the first and second reclosable structures being parallel and spaced apart from each other. At least portions of the first and second reclosable structures bound a passageway within the mouth of the receptacle when the first and second reclosable structures are in fully closed states. The receptacle comprises a vent that is in flow communication with an interior volume of the receptacle via the passageway when both the vent and the first reclosable structure are in at least partially open states. If, while the first and second reclosable structures are in fully closed states, the pressure inside the interior volume is increased sufficiently, the first reclosable structure will open at least partly to allow gas from the interior volume to escape into the passageway while the second reclosable structure remains in a fully closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Victor Matias
  • Publication number: 20090025191
    Abstract: The zipper profiles have a complex shape, such as a double zipper configuration. The apparatus for the manufacture thereof includes an extrusion die and further includes a main or primary extruder for the supply of material, such as low density polyethylene, to form the tubing for the manufacture of reclosable packages, bags or pouches. The apparatus further includes at least one secondary extruder, or co-extruder, for the extruding of each reclosable profile onto the tubing. The speed of the co-extruders is controlled so as to control the extrusion of the reclosable profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Roy Kosub, Victor Matias
  • Publication number: 20090028469
    Abstract: The apparatus includes an extrusion die and further includes a main or primary extruder for the supply of material, such as low density polyethylene, to form the tubing for the manufacture of reclosable packages, bags or pouches. The apparatus further includes at least one secondary extruder, or co-extruder, for the extruding of each reclosable profile onto the tubing. The speed of the co-extruders is controlled so as to control the extrusion of the reclosable profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Roy Kosub, Victor Matias
  • Patent number: 5677030
    Abstract: A shelf assembly for refrigerators, freezers and the like including a glass shelf, an extruded edge trim wrapped around and enclosing the peripheral edges of the shelf, and a shelf supporting unit including a pair of side brackets connected together by spaced apart front and rear bars, the edge trim having a U-shaped construction for receiving the peripheral edges of the shelf therein, so that the edge trim provides a rectangular frame arrangement around the shelf to form a raised dam barrier adjacent the peripheral edges of the shelf to prevent any spilled liquid from running off an upper surface of the shelf, thus making the shelf spillproof. Cut-out securement openings are provided in the shelf edge trim to receive the front and rear bars therein, one of the bars being hooked in one pair of cut-outs, and the other one of the bars being snapped into the other pair of cut-outs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Silvatrim Associates
    Inventors: Daniel Shanok, William Shanok, Joseph Limansky, Victor Matias