Patents Issued in June 21, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180170592
    Abstract: The subject matter discloses a capping apparatus comprising: a top plate connected to a fluid container, said top plate comprises an apparatus opening through which fluid is dispersed from the fluid container; wherein the apparatus opening is defined by an opening wall; a rigid cork that is slide-ably moveable between a first state in which a cork is snapped into the apparatus opening and a second state where the cork is snapped out of the apparatus opening, wherein the cork moves between the first state and the second state in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Yehuda FORTE
  • Publication number: 20180170593
    Abstract: Methods for encasing bodies including smokeless tobacco or a tobacco substitute with a polymeric casing can include coating a compressed body with microfibers, applying tubular casings to compressed bodies, printing netting and webs on compressed bodies, injection molding around compressed bodies, applying a webbing to compressed bodies, placing compressed bodies into a skin forming bath, and including thermoplastic polymers in a compressed body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Andrew Nathan Carroll, Shannon Maxwell Black, Yan Helen Sun, William J. Burke, Christopher Joseph DiNovi, David Phillips, Jason Andrew Macko, Robert Smith
  • Publication number: 20180170594
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing packaging for a food product, in particular a hollow shaped chocolate article. In the disclosed method, two half-shells are provided, each of which includes a pre-shaped, curved thin foil having an edge that projects peripherally, a food product is introduced between the half-shells, the edges of the half-shells are coupled to one another such that the two half-shells accommodate the product in a cavity, a sealing layer being provided in at least some sections between the edges, and the edges are joined to one another using a sealing and folding process. In order to be able to carry out said method as easily and conveniently as possible, effectively seal the half-shells at the edges and obtain packaging that is esthetically appealing from the outside, the sealing process is performed at the same time as the edges are folded or after the edges have been folded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Speck, Michael Sdahl, Joachim Scherr, Konrad Bantleon
  • Publication number: 20180170595
    Abstract: A machine for vacuum skin packaging a product is arranged on a support. The support has a sidewall with at least one hole. The machine comprises a first film transfer plate configured for holding a film sheet, heating the film sheet, bringing the film sheet to a position above the support with the product arranged thereon and air tightly fixing the film sheet to the support. The machine also comprises a vacuum arrangement for removing air from within the support underneath the film sheet through the at least one hole. The first film transfer plate is configured to release the film sheet thereby allowing the film sheet to be drawn into the support while the vacuum arrangement is removing air from within the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Ricardo Paumbo, Jvanohe Rizzi
  • Publication number: 20180170596
    Abstract: Described is a machine for moving containers to be processed along a feed path, comprising infeed means for feeding the containers to an infeed station and an infeed transfer unit configured to pick up one container at a time and carry it to a loading station of a carousel. The carousel comprises a plurality of supports for the containers. More specifically, the machine comprises a detector configured for detecting an initial orientation of each container and a control unit configured for calculating the angle of rotation of the support in order to orient the container loaded on it in a final predetermined orientation as a function of the initial orientation detected and the movement by the transfer unit, and for rotating the support by the calculated angle of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Simone Marcantoni
  • Publication number: 20180170597
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bagging clip tool that couples to a shopping bag bagging station. The bagging clip tool helps to keep shopping bags hung from a bag holder hook in place as one of the shopping bags is opened, filled and removed. The bagging clip tool includes a handle, a clip coupled to a first end of the handle, and a T bar with a pair of wheels coupled to a second end of the handle. The clip keeps shopping bags hung from the bag holder hook in place as individual shopping bags are filled and removed from the bag holder hook. The pair of wheels easily grab and separate the two sides of the shopping bag so a user can open the shopping bag without fumbling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Yurgis Mauro Bacallao
  • Publication number: 20180170598
    Abstract: The sonotrode and anvil of Applicant's issued U.S. Pat. No. 8,376,016, for advanced ultrasonic welding of work pieces, are readily incorporated into new form-fill-seal machines, but existing machines with heat-seal stations pose difficult problems for swapping of the sealing packages. Kits enabling heat station replacement with the Applicant's patented sonotrode and anvil include: a housing; a rail fixed thereto; anvil and sonotrode support members; and a parallel gripper. Each of the anvil and sonotrode support members is slidably attached to the rail(s) and are also connected to a respective piston of the gripper, permitting actuation of each through cycling of the gripper pistons. The improved sonotrode/anvil combination each include corresponding pluralities of energy directors arranged into a three-dimensional grid pattern that produces narrower weld regions, which exhibit greater durability, permitting use of less packaging material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Gordon Hull
  • Publication number: 20180170599
    Abstract: A vertical form fill and seal apparatus, for packaging particulates, includes a package sealing assembly that has opposed sealing jaws operatively coupled to each other by mechanical connection at a common pivot point. A first jaw actuator is mechanically coupled to the opposed sealing jaws to pivot the jaws in a controlled manner about the common pivot point. A second actuator is mechanically coupled to the package sealing assembly and is configured to impart controlled reciprocating motion to the package sealing assembly. A controller is configured to control the first actuator and to control the second actuator thereby causing the jaws to describe a preset locus of travel, allowing flexibility of type of bag being made without change-out of jaws. The packaging film may move continuously, or may optionally be controlled to move intermittently through the VFFS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph Bierschenk, Frank Mathew Brenkus, Ronald M. Gust
  • Publication number: 20180170600
    Abstract: Electron beam emitter, in particular for sterilization of packaging material, comprising a housing and an insert, wherein the housing comprises a first annular channel for guiding a medium, and wherein the first annular channel at least partially surrounds the insert and is adapted to provide the medium, characterized in that the first annular channel is at least partly formed by the insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
    Inventor: Urs HOSTETTLER
  • Publication number: 20180170601
    Abstract: A filling/closing device comprises a conditioned zone 2 for performing operations to containers. A drive actuator 11 of an operating system is movable with into and out of the zone. The drive actuator extends through a decontamination box 14 with an outer suction chamber 15 and an inner sterilization chamber 16 is provided. A sterilization medium supply 17 connects to the sterilization chamber, and a discharge 22 connects to the suction chamber. One or more outflow gaps 20, 21 are provided which connect the sterilization to the suction chamber. According to the invention an inner inflow gap 24 is provided in between the suction chamber and the drive actuator which connects the zone to the suction chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: JBT B&BS B.V.
    Inventor: Bernardus Antonius Johannes KRAKERS
  • Publication number: 20180170602
    Abstract: Presented are a method for sterilising packaged, partially packaged, or partially sealed consumable items, such as plastic opening and/or closing elements for subsequent use with beverage or food packaging, by means of a treatment agent having a disinfectant, and storage containers and outer packagings that can be used for this purpose. The method can be designed and further developed so that contamination of the consumable items with germ-forming spores is reliably excluded. A consumable item or an area thereof to be sterilised can be disposed in a first sealed environment, so that a plurality of such individually packaged consumable items or sealed areas thereof is stored together for a specified time in a storage container, the inside of which the treatment agent, so that, through the diffusion thereof, the packaged consumable items or sealed areas thereof are also sterilised, thereby achieving “long-term sterilisation”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Hans-Willi Mainz, Michael Schreder
  • Publication number: 20180170603
    Abstract: A base seat device includes an annular sealing seat and a drainage mechanism. The annular sealing seat has an annular base wall, an annular inner wall and an annular outer wall. The base wall cooperates with the inner wall and the outer wall to define an annular cleaning groove. The base wall is formed with a leakage recess, and has a through hole communicated with the cleaning groove. The drainage mechanism includes a drainage tube extending through the through hole, having a head portion that liquid-tightly seals the through hole, a tube body, and a drain opening disposed at the tube body. The drainage tube can be moved upwardly relative to the sealing seat to allow a liquid to flow out of the cleaning groove through the drain opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Shu-Ling LIN
  • Publication number: 20180170604
    Abstract: The present invention provides a labelling apparatus for applying labels to containers, comprising a gluing device having a glue roller and a glue-application unit, which is assigned to the glue roller and is intended for applying glue to the glue roller, wherein the glue-application unit has at least one accommodating space for accommodating the glue, and wherein the glue roller and/or the glue-application unit are designed, and arranged in relation to one another, such that glue which is located in the accommodating space is applied to the surface of the glue roller only in one or more sub-regions of the overall extent—as seen in the axial direction of the glue roller—of the surface of the glue roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Volker KRONSEDER
  • Publication number: 20180170605
    Abstract: A composition container is described. The composition container includes a reservoir to contain the composition. The container also includes a protrusion extending from a surface of the reservoir. The protrusion interfaces with a retaining bracket. The protrusion includes a number of vertical ribs that extend from a surface of the protrusion and a number of horizontal rinks that extend from the surface of the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventor: Gregory Schriner
  • Publication number: 20180170606
    Abstract: A formed blank is provided. The formed blank includes a stretched portion and/or a truncated protrusion, a tooling assembly structured to form a formed blank including a stretched portion and/or a truncated protrusion, and a method of forming a formed blank including a stretched portion and/or a truncated protrusion. The formed blank includes a base and a depending sidewall. The stretched portion and/or the truncated protrusion is disposed on the formed blank base and the thickness of the stretched portion and/or the truncated protrusion is less than the sidewall. The stretched portion and/or the truncated protrusion utilizes less material relative to an unformed base that has about the same thickness as the sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron E. Carstens, Patrick K. McCarty, James A. McClung, Paul L. Ripple, Gregory H. Butcher
  • Publication number: 20180170607
    Abstract: A corrugated paperboard wraparound blank for forming a shipping case is provided, including five wall panels and four sets of end flaps connected via fold lines, at least two sets of stacking tabs, and at least two corresponding sets of receiving slots for receiving the stacking tabs. The wraparound blank is formed of a heavier material than a conventional blank, which would typically be difficult for automatic packaging equipment to form into a case, but the fold lines are creased with optional perforations or scoring. An optional modification aiding folding is presented for conventional case packers. The heavier fiberboard better supports and protects an inner product, such as cartons or paper bottles of liquids and reduces damage to the cap and neck. The heavier material in combination with the stacking tabs allows an increase in stacking height, thereby reducing transportation costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Juan Carlos Martinez
  • Publication number: 20180170608
    Abstract: A pallet-sized shipping and display tray includes a base portion having an interior space and opposed sides ends. The respective spaced-apart first and second vertical columns each of which is configured to be positioned in the opposed ends of the interior space of the base portion. Each of the respective first and second spaced-apart vertical columns includes two shoulder panels, two coterminous spine panels, and two arm panels all of which are foldably joined to one another. At least one deck is configured to be attached to the respective spaced-apart first and second vertical columns to form a bridge. The at least one deck includes a supporting panel having two side depending flanges and two end depending flanges all of which foldably joined to one another so as to adequately support a weight of one or more upper display trays when they are stacked upon one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Wesley N. Adams
  • Publication number: 20180170609
    Abstract: The invention provides a container comprising a base for storing and displaying one or more items, and a cover, wherein the container is configurable between a closed position in which the base is covered by the cover and an open position in which at least one item is visible and removable from the base, in use, and wherein at least one of the cover and the base comprises an attachment point or area on a surface thereof, for connecting a base or cover of a second container to the cover or base, in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Collier, Peter MacQueen
  • Publication number: 20180170610
    Abstract: A zipper carton assembly for receiving a blinded trial product includes a carton body having an encircling side wall, a floor, and a covering that together bound an inner compartment for receiving the blinded trial product, an adhesive layer disposed on a portion of the covering, and a removable liner covering at least a portion of adhesive layer. The covering includes an inner closure panel that folds into a closed position to selectively cover an access opening to the inner compartment and an opposing outer closure panel that folds over and is secured to a portion of the inner closure panel by means of the adhesive layer. The removable liner covers the adhesive layer until the zipper carton assembly is ready for sealing. The sealed zipper carton assembly can be opened by removing a zipper tear strip formed in a portion of the covering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Buss
  • Publication number: 20180170611
    Abstract: An improved container is provided and comprises a box having a front, back, right side, left side, top, and bottom; three handles, each in the back, right side, and left side; a pair of primary panels; and a pair of secondary panels, the primary and secondary panels being located in the front of the box and defined by sets of perforations that facilitate the detachment of the secondary and primary panels thereby allowing improved access to the interior of the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Scott Douglas Bader
  • Publication number: 20180170612
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-cased box that can be used to transport and then display the goods being transported. The box can be formed from a single blank of material that is folded and glued into a box shape. The box includes a frangible line that—when broken—allows for removal of a portion of the box. The box also includes divider panels that form two or more compartments in the interior of the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Chad Michael Lilja
  • Publication number: 20180170613
    Abstract: A container is provided with a container body having an interior space and including an annular neck on a top, and a groove on an outer surface of the neck; and a base including a plurality of projections on a bottom edge, an internal space, an annular edge between a bottom of the internal space and an inner surface of the internal space, a seal on the bottom of the base and including a pull ring and a first release liner, and an aligning member on the bottom of the base. The pull ring includes a connection member attached to the first release liner. The connection member is protruded on both a top of a central portion of the pull ring and a bottom thereof. A substantial portion of the seal is surrounded by the pull ring, the first release liner and a second release liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Chris Hui Chuan Hu
  • Publication number: 20180170614
    Abstract: The present disclosure is for a vibration isolation pallet, comprising a support platform, a vibration isolation component arranged on top. The vibration isolation component comprises a top and a bottom supporting plate with a plurality of spherical dampers strategically disposed in between. The supporting plates are reinforced with rubber damping pieces around its edges. The vibration isolation component can be independently installed onto various transportation means such as a pushcart or a vehicle. The pallet as whole can be serviced and maintained for repeated use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Lijun Sun, Qin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180170615
    Abstract: A nestable set of pots including a plurality of pots which are nestable together and a plurality of lids, each lid corresponding to a pot and being removably attached to an outside bottom surface thereof. An articulated exterior handle for the pots, having a first retracted position and a second extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Yitzchak JACOBSON
  • Publication number: 20180170616
    Abstract: A handle of the present invention is a handle configured to be attached on a side surface of a container body along an upward and downward direction of the container body, the handle including an elongated grip portion, an upper attachment arm provided on an upper side of the grip portion, and a lower attachment arm provided on a lower side of the grip portion, wherein on at least a part of a lower surface of a distal end side of the upper attachment arm, a first inclined surface is formed to be inclined toward A center portion of the grip portion, and on at least a part of an upper surface of a distal end side of the lower attachment arm, a second inclined surface is formed to be inclined toward the center portion of the grip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki USAMI, Atsushi NAGASAKI, Kazuhiro HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180170617
    Abstract: A container for liquid washing agent, including: a main container body for receiving the washing agent; an opening for dispensing the washing agent; a first standing base that is arranged opposite the opening and defines a filling position of the container; a second standing base that is arranged beside the first standing base and defines a storage position of the container; a grip region that extends towards the opening from a side of the first standing base remote from the second standing base; and a rolling surface that is arranged opposite the grip region and extends substantially from the second standing base as far as the opening, wherein the grip region comprises a portion which is arranged above the second standing base when the container is standing on the second standing base in the storage position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Katja Gerhards, Gerhard Josef Theumert, Asimina Gkortza, Rainer Geberzahn
  • Publication number: 20180170618
    Abstract: Packages that include at least one medicament therein include at least one light member affixed thereto that is capable of emitting light upon activation. The light member is activated upon the opening of the package such that, upon opening, the light member fluoresces or otherwise emits light to provide information to an end user. In some embodiments, the light generated by the light member allows the end user to locate the package in dark conditions. In other embodiments, the light generated by the light member may be configured to emit only for a time period equal to a viability time period of the medicament within the package or to change color at a time period equal to the viability time period of the medicament within the package to alert an end user that the medicament is no longer useable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH
    Inventor: Cristiano Tunesi
  • Publication number: 20180170619
    Abstract: A servicable draw and return tube assembly for use in fuel tanks is disclosed. The assembly may include a draw tube and a return tube secured to a plate, wherein the plate may be removably secured to a flange, which is fixedly secured to a fuel tank. The process of removably securing the plate to the flange allows for use of different sizes and materials to be utilized in manufacture of the assembly, thereby saving installation time and manufacturing costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Ken Watson, Evan Waymire, John Loffink
  • Publication number: 20180170620
    Abstract: Various examples are provided for collapsible storage containers. In one example, among others, a storage container includes a rectangular bin, a reinforcing liner sheet, and clamping handles. The rectangular bin can include a cavity defined by a bottom and a plurality of sides including opposite sides having handle openings. The reinforcing liner sheet can include side sections separated by a bottom section, where the side sections include handle openings. The bottom section can be configured to align with the bottom of the rectangular bin and the side sections can be configured to align with the opposite sides of the rectangular bin when the reinforcing liner sheet is inserted into the cavity. The clamping handles can be configured to pass through aligned handle openings in one of the opposite sides and one of the side sections, thereby securing the reinforcing liner sheet in the rectangular bin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Emily Yu Wan Brignola, Emil Brignola, III
  • Publication number: 20180170621
    Abstract: A machine for assembling a container accommodating perishable good comprises bag placing means configured for inserting a bag into a frame and everting a bag rim portion over the frame and bag securing means. The bag securing means further comprises: an internal member having a perimeter conformable with a cross section of the bag thereat the internal member insertable into a main portion of the bag; and at least one external member conformably pressing the rim portion everted over the frame to the main portion. The internal and external members are provided with cooperatively disposed effectors configured to secure the rim portion and the main portion together when the rim and main portions are pressed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Eco Pack Green Box USA LLC
    Inventor: Yosef Heyman
  • Publication number: 20180170622
    Abstract: A bottle pouch with an integrated fitment and inner support handle piece includes a flexible pouch in the shape of a bottle including a flexible pouch body with a handle region, and a combined fitment and inner support handle piece including a rigid handle portion extending from the combined fitment and inner support handle piece. The combined fitment and inner support handle piece is coupled to the flexible pouch. The inner support handle piece extends from the inside of the fitment and is internal to the flexible pouch body and passes from the interior to the exterior of the flexible pouch body adjacent to the handle region of the flexible pouch body to form the rigid handle portion. In another form, the inner support handle piece extends from the outside periphery of the fitment and is external to the flexible pouch body, but is secured to the periphery of the flexible pouch body with one or more outer sleeves or loops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Salvatore Pellingra
  • Publication number: 20180170623
    Abstract: A dispensing container for extrudable fluid materials having a collapsible tubular body with a dispensing nozzle at one end and the opposite end being closed with an end wall member biased to fold about a fold axis transverse to the longitudinal direction of the tubular body, wherein the end wall member either comprises a wall part of which two surfaces enclose a concave angle between them and being foldable about a fold axis in the direction of the length of the valley or the end wall member bulges convexly in a generally conical shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Marcus BLACHFORD, Neil Blundred, George Cave, Peter Kay, James Regester, Simon Ritchie
  • Publication number: 20180170624
    Abstract: A cap assembly comprising a body, a sealing membrane and a retaining ring. An opening is provided through the body and includes a recessed circumferential channel and a membrane engaging flange positioned proximate the recessed circumferential channel. The sealing membrane covers the opening and includes a body engaging flange and a pierceable surface. The retaining ring is positioned with the sealing membrane engagement surface in overlying engagement with the sealing membrane. Extension of the tab into the recessed circumferential channel of the body releasably maintains the overlying engagement and biases the retaining ring against the membrane. The inner wall structure of the retaining ring extends radially inward beyond the membrane engaging flange of the sealing membrane, to, in turn, protect the membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: James J. Arch, Charles Thurman
  • Publication number: 20180170625
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a container cap which is easily and separately collected and, more particularly, to a container cap which is easily and separately collected, in which when the container cap is opened for use, a state in which the container cap is connected to a container is maintained by a display ring, and when it is required to completely separate the container cap from the container for separate collection, the display ring is simply separated by a cut part by external force without a separate tool. To achieve this, the cut part including cut bridges formed from one end or both ends of a cut silt in a lengthwise direction of the cut slit to a lower end of the cut slit is formed in a container cap having a cap body and a display ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: BO YOUN SUNG
  • Publication number: 20180170626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spout for a pouch-type container in which a cap is coupled to a body fused to a pouch-type container body in a one-touch manner, and more particularly, to a spout which is applied to a safety cap and allows to accurately cut the guarantee seal and expose a cut-off state to an outside of an outer cap upon opening of the safety cap so as to achieve accurate opening and easy recognition, in which a guarantee seal is coupled to a latching protrusion of the body such that the latching protrusion is positioned on the guarantee seal and selectively latched to a plurality of latching grooves formed in the guarantee seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Oh-Joon KWON
  • Publication number: 20180170627
    Abstract: A package is produced having an external and highly visible tamper evidencing band which surrounds portions of both a container lip flange and the periphery of a closure lid. A distal portion of the band is mechanically formed using a forming tool to have an inwardly directed portion which cooperates with an inwardly directed band flange to securely hold the container and closure lid together. The band must be removed to successfully open the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Luch, Daniel Randolph Luch
  • Publication number: 20180170628
    Abstract: A flip-top dispensing closure is provided and comprises a base connectable to a container neck and a lid connected to the base by a hinge so as to be movable between a closed position and an open position. The closure comprises a tamper-evident drop band irreversibly moved from a first position to a second position to indicate if the lid has been opened. The lid comprises retention means for non-frangibly holding the band in the first position in an initial closed position, and as the lid is moved towards the open position the band is released from the retention means and moves to the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Obrist Closures Switzerland GmbH
    Inventor: Jean-Yves Rognard
  • Publication number: 20180170629
    Abstract: Thermoformed locking assembly comprising a first web portion including locking lug having lug undercut defining a cantilevered lug ledge having lug engaging surface, second web portion including locking recess having recess undercut defining an opposing recess ledge having recess engaging surface and a lug stop opposite the recess undercut. Locking recess configured to receive locking lug and lug stop configured to position locking lug in locking recess with the lug engaging surface in engagement with the recess engaging surface when first web portion is moved towards second web portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Wee Phan, James Gomoll, Toby Thomas
  • Publication number: 20180170630
    Abstract: A reusable lid includes a main body, a spout portion, and a sealing member. The main body has a first surface. The spout portion extends outwardly from the first surface of the main body and has a second surface that is substantially parallel to the first surface and has an opening formed therein. The sealing member has a base portion, a cap portion with a third surface, and an intermediate portion disposed between the base portion and the cap portion. The sealing member is movable relative to the main body and the spout portion between a first orientation and a second orientation. In the first orientation, the cap portion engages the second surface to seal the opening and the third surface is substantially parallel to the first and second surfaces, and in the second orientation, the opening is unobstructed by the cap portion and the third surface is non-parallel to the first and second surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Dutchwear, LLC
    Inventors: Levi Jacob Ayriss, Jason Dean Hanlin, Shane Alexander Patton, Thomas Joseph Spagnolo, Justin Grady Woolf, Lyu Zhong Guang
  • Publication number: 20180170631
    Abstract: In one embodiment there is provided a container package configured to hold a substance. The container package includes a main container configured to hold a substance, either liquid or solid; a spout adapter configured to secure to the main container, the spout adapter having a spout end configured for pouring a substance out of the main container; a funnel adapter configured to frictionally fit onto the spout adapter, the funnel adapter having a funnel end configured to fit over the spout end; and an overcap configured to fit over the funnel adapter and removably secured to the spout adapter. When the overcap is removed the substance can be poured into the overcap and wherein the funnel adapter is configured for removable from the spout adapter and fitted into the overcap such that the substance in the overcap is pourable through the funnel adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Berlin Packaging, LLC
    Inventors: Liam Hawry, James Tobin, Brett Niggel
  • Publication number: 20180170632
    Abstract: The invention provides a beverage package, having a seal on a container for beverages or any other liquid products, the seal having a variety of geometric shapes, such as triangular, elliptical or semicircular, and is generally attached to the lid of the container by a central articulation pin. A sealing tab is generally provided on the lower face of the seal and attached to the seal through the central core, and teeth are provided in the peripheral region close to the base of the seal, serving to penetrate into the edge between the sealing tab and the opening provided in the lid of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Edilberto Acácio da SILVA
  • Publication number: 20180170633
    Abstract: A container identification system for a container with a neck. There is a ring, wherein each ring encircles the neck. There are a series of identifying indicia on at least one of a ring and the neck. The ring is rotatable about the neck, to align a particular portion of the ring with an identifying indicium of the series of identifying indicia. Alternatively, each container can be uniquely marked in another manner, such as by applying a unique sticker to each container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Manuel R. Abbascia, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180170634
    Abstract: A bottle for containing liquids having a cap portion and a liquid containing portion. The cap portion is removably attached to the liquid containing portion. A variety of tools may be removably attached to the cap portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: JEREMY Lynn WOODRUFF
  • Publication number: 20180170635
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a tamper-evident container comprising: a store defining an internal volume and exhibiting a passage opening delimited by a free edge; a closure system engaged at the free edge and movable with respect to the store between a closure condition and an opening one; a safety device engaged at least partially with the store and at least partially with the closure system. The safety system comprises a breakage portion configured for separating from at least one between said closure system and store following a first opening of the closure system. The container comprises an electric circuit defined at least partially on the breakage portion of the safety device; said circuit being configured for changing at least one between an electric property and a physical property following the first opening of the closure system. The present invention further refers to a process of making the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Alessio Bressan, Michel Bressan, Alberto Gandolla
  • Publication number: 20180170636
    Abstract: A packaging sheet for wrapping an article or object, providing structure around the article or object, or forming a box. The packaging sheet includes first, second, third, fourth, and fifth panels, the second panel being connected to the first panel, the third panel being connected to the first panel opposite the second panel, the fourth panel being connected to the second panel opposite the first panel, and the fifth panel being connected to the third panel opposite the first panel. The packaging sheet also includes first, second, third, and fourth flaps connected to the first, second, third and fourth panels, respectively. In some embodiments, a first edge is defined between the third and fifth panels so that the fifth panel is adjoined to the third panel along the first edge, and the fifth panel defines second and third edges along which no flaps are adjoined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Jennifer Prince, Kenneth B. Prince
  • Publication number: 20180170637
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a seasoning bag, an edible adhesive is applied to a panel of a bag in a pattern of spaced apart lines. A granular seasoning is applied to the panel of the bag such that the granular seasoning adheres to the edible adhesive pattern to produce a seasoning layer having a pattern substantially the same as the edible adhesive pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Chris Carroll
  • Publication number: 20180170638
    Abstract: An empty plastic bottle recycling apparatus and advertising platform (BRAAP) that is used to captively hold at least one, and preferably multiple, plastic beverage bottles and includes advertising or promotional indicia printed thereon. The BRAAP has a structure which is a strip, or an strip. The panel and strip can be resilient and disposable, and each have at least one, and typically multiple, openings that are each dimensioned to allow a bottle's neck to be inserted and maintained within, or removed from, the opening. When a bottle is inserted into an opening, the BRAAP with the retained bottle, can be stored or transported. When a bottle is pulled from an opening, the bottle neck is released, thereby allowing the bottle to be removed from the BRAAP. The advertising or promotional indicia includes a company name, a coupon, a sport team name, event information, commercial offers, entertainment information, or social media information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Tommy L. Patton
  • Publication number: 20180170639
    Abstract: A secondary packaging comprises a tray and an insert. The tray is configured to localize a lower end of primary packages and the insert is configured to localize an upper end of the primary packages. The insert is formed from the material of the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A
    Inventors: Paul HAYTON, Fredrik ORREMO
  • Publication number: 20180170640
    Abstract: A support for a unit dose including a support card having a flap folded over and fastened to a main portion thereof. A main opening is made in the main portion, from which opening there protrudes a portion of a pack of a unit dose product. At least part of a peripheral edge of the pack is enclosed between the flap and the main portion of the support card. An opening or notch or pre-cut is made in the flap, to allow the unit dose product to be removed from its pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Flavio ESTE, Lorenzo SPAGNA
  • Publication number: 20180170641
    Abstract: A resealable closure for a container or package in which package integrity is indicated by a structure which breaks and/or produces an audible sound when the resealable closure is opened for a first time. The package integrity feature, in one form includes at least one strip or frangible structure that is initially affixed to two portions which comprise the resealable closure so that upon opening the resealable closure for a first time, at least one of the strips breaks. The strips may include a weakened portion such as a narrowing. Integrity of the package is indicated by an intact strip viewable upon opening the resealable closure and conversely, a broken or non-intact strip would indicate that the resealable closure has been previously opened. Package integrity may also be shown by a moveable second panel or moveable die cut tab portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Carole A. Vogt, Jeffrey Thomas Weber