Transparent Flexible Sheet Patents (Class 206/778)
  • Patent number: 10007031
    Abstract: The invention provides a mobile equipment protective sleeve and a mobile equipment. The mobile equipment protective sleeve comprises: a bottom plate and a protective cover plate that is connected with and set opposite to the bottom plate, and a lenticular lens or a slit grating is located at a display region of the protective cover plate; the mobile equipment protective sleeve is made of a resin composition containing a functional material, or a surface of the mobile equipment protective sleeve is coated with a functional material. The functional material is an inorganic powder with an organic modification layer on a surface thereof, and the modification layer is generated by reacting a dianhydride with a diamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiuxia Yang, Feng Bai, Jiantao Liu, Hongbo Feng
  • Publication number: 20150136632
    Abstract: An accessible display box employs a front portion attached to a rear portion with a hinge. A front hanger bar receiver is centered in a top rim of the front portion and a rear hanger bar receiver extends from the rear portion aligned with the front hanger bar receiver. A releasable engagement mechanism secures the front portion and rear portion allowing the box to be easily opened for access to the carried product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Russell S. Moir, Bryan K. Bowman
  • Patent number: 8915360
    Abstract: A case for holding a portable digital device is disclosed. The case includes a body comprising a first panel and a second panel which are fastened together. The first panel comprises a first pocket to hold the portable digital device, wherein the top cover of the first pocket is made using a transparent material, wherein the first panel flips open to enable a user to operate the portable digital device though the transparent or semi-transparent top cover. The second panel includes a flexible elongated segment to secure the case to an object on which the case is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Imagine Management, LLC.
    Inventor: Marybeth Oliver
  • Patent number: 8910787
    Abstract: A protective case for an electronic portable device includes a main body portion having a transparent base and sidewalls defining a recess configured for releasably receiving a portable electronic device. A plate is disposed against or defined by a portion of the base of the main body. The plate covers a portion of the front face or a portion of the display of the portable electronic device. The covered portion of the display is not actuable through the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Damon, Christine A. Drosendahl, Anthony Favorito, Jared P. Pardi, John Thaddeus Smokowski, Gary E. Weber
  • Patent number: 8857088
    Abstract: A collectibles display case includes a durable frame, a front window, a rear window, and a placeholder. The front window includes a picture-frame type transparent front securely attachable to a front inside location of the frame. The back window includes a transparent back window similar to and removably located opposite the front window. The placeholder includes a corresponding pair of flat, durable frame-shaped mats with exterior perimeters of the same shape as the frame. The pair of mats each has a central rectangular opening. The placeholder is securely and removably mounted within a middle portion of the frame between the windows. The rectangular openings allow a packaged collectible having a thickness, such as a blister packed item to be “sandwiched” between the frame components and viewable housed between the windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth Wheelis, Kelly Wheelis
  • Patent number: 8794445
    Abstract: The invention provides packages for storing consumable products and methods for making and using same. The packages may include containers housed within a housing, which may include at least one viewable area in a wall of the housing to allow a consumer to see through at least a portion of the housing. The containers may also include at least one viewable area in a wall of the containers and the location of the viewable area may correspond to a location of the viewable area of the housing. The containers may also be connected such that the containers may be removed from the housing, rotated about a hinged connection, and placed on a shelf for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Nestec SA
    Inventors: Stephen A. Wurth, Yukihiro Urushidani, Bethanie Skinner, William Kumke
  • Publication number: 20140209505
    Abstract: A packaging product and method of packaging items by using a flat stiff board having the general shape of each part to be bundled cut into the board. Preferably the board is joined with another backing board, the parts are placed within the cutouts, transparent tape may be optionally applied over one or more of the parts and a transparent wrap is placed over the board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Ronald Martin, Charles R. Dixon
  • Patent number: 8717750
    Abstract: A computing system comprises a bottom, a channel in the bottom, and a continuous elastomeric member in the channel. The continuous elastomeric member extends includes a foot portion projecting out of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Britt C. Ashcraft, Eric Chen, Sandie N. Cheng
  • Patent number: 8595969
    Abstract: A collectibles display case includes a durable frame, a front window, a rear window, and a placeholder. The front window includes a picture-frame type transparent front securely attachable to a front inside location of the frame. The back window includes a transparent back window similar to and removably located opposite the front window. The placeholder includes a corresponding pair of flat, durable frame-shaped mats with exterior perimeters of the same shape as the frame. The pair of mats each has a central rectangular opening. The placeholder is securely and removably mounted within a middle portion of the frame between the windows. The rectangular openings allow a packaged collectible having a thickness, such as a blister packed item to be “sandwiched” between the frame components and viewable housed between the windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Inventors: Kenneth Wheelis, Kelly Wheelis
  • Publication number: 20130221048
    Abstract: A waterproof carrying case for an electronic device, such as for instance a tablet PC has a moisture-impermeable bag with an interlocking top closure and a shoulder strap. The bag has a front panel formed with a transparent portion configured to allow viewing of the screen of the tablet PC. A sturdy shock- and impact-absorbing removable insert is provided for supporting the tablet PC in a fixed position relative to the transparent portion. A user can operate the tablet PC by touching the transparent portion in the areas corresponding to standard icons used in the tablet PC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Eric Revels, Justyn D. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20130175191
    Abstract: An insertion tool packaging, includes a main body that has at least one hanging region, at least one viewing region, and at least one receiving region, which is configured at least substantially to receive at least one insertion tool. The packaging further includes at least one protective element, which is configured to at least substantially protect a user against injury.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Bosch GmbH
  • Patent number: 8448782
    Abstract: A drink caddy has an assembled mode and a deployed mode and includes a lower bucket, a sealed beverage held within the lower bucket, a liner having a liner upper edge and a liner lower edge, a lid connected to the liner upper edge and a lid handle disposed on the lid. The liner is held to the lower bucket at a liner lower edge. The liner separates from the bucket when a user deploys the product in a deployed mode. An intermediate separator can be fitted inside the liner and a pair of glassware retained on the intermediate separator. The sealed beverage can be a bottle of alcoholic beverage. The lower bucket is preferably made of a clear transparent plastic to allow viewing of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Inventor: Anhua Chin
  • Publication number: 20130026058
    Abstract: A package for household articles is provided with a holistic coding system. The coding system allows consumers to select the articles required for their needs without confusion. The package comprises a plurality of sides forming an interior compartment; a non-opaque colored window and a colored region on at least one side of the package; and a plurality of household articles disposed in the interior compartment. The household articles comprise individual wrappers which have a color; the individual wrappers have the same color as the colored region. The household articles may be hygiene articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventor: The Procter & Gambling Company
  • Publication number: 20130020231
    Abstract: Packaging arrangement includes a wallet having an internal channel and an insert arranged partly in the channel and having first and second portions extending outward from respective ends of the wallet, and each of which includes at least one aperture on an alignment region. The apertures in the alignment regions align with one another to thereby form a suspension aperture that enables the packaging arrangement to be suspended for retail sale. A grommet may be arranged in the suspension aperture to facilitate such suspension. A method for forming the packaging arrangement is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Dynomighty Design, Inc.
    Inventor: Terrence Kelleman
  • Publication number: 20120261306
    Abstract: A protective enclosure for an electronic device that has a touch screen . The protective enclosure comprises a shell that is capable of enclosing and surrounding the electronic device. The touch screen of the electronic device is protected with a membrane adapted to the specific size and profile of the touch screen. The protective case is further adapted to allow infrared and other communication signals while the electronic device is secured inside the case. Further, electrical connections can be made through the protective enclosure without affecting the protection afforded the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: OTTER PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: CURTIS R. RICHARDSON, Alan Morine
  • Publication number: 20120187026
    Abstract: A display pack includes first and second sheet members arranged in a stacked configuration, with first and second cutouts in general axial alignment such that the smaller cutout provides an inner flange around the larger cutout. The display pack includes at least one container having a flat insertion portion and a chamber portion. The flat insertion portion is sandwiched between the two sheet members and the chamber portion protrudes from a plane of the sheet members via the larger cutout. Enclosing the product in the chamber portion is a lid member with a main body portion positioned over the chamber portion and an outer flange, wherein the inner flange covers the outer flange to secure the lid member to the display pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventor: Joseph Nazari
  • Patent number: 8141710
    Abstract: A game related bundle packaging has a first side and a second side. The bundle packaging can hold a game console in its original packaging at a predetermined position and at least one game related item in its original packaging at another predetermined position. The first side includes a first and at least a second window. The first window has a first shape and size at a first position on the first side and reveals a first area of interest of the original packaging of the game console when the game console is placed in the bundle packaging. The second window has a second shape and size at a second position on the first side and reveals a second area of interest of the original packaging of the game related item when the item is placed in the bundle packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Game World B.V.
    Inventor: Steven Palizzi
  • Patent number: 8051984
    Abstract: A seed envelope having a window formed with an aperture extending not only through and entirely across the front panel of the envelope from one side edge to the laterally opposite side edge but also further extending beyond the side edges and onto the back of the envelope. A transparent sheet of window material extends beyond the aperture so as to overlap the sheet of envelope material in a peripheral overlap area around the aperture. The transparent sheet is folded along the laterally opposite side edges and bonded to the front panel and envelope panels connected to the sides of the front panel. Preferably, the aperture also extends beyond the bottom fold crease and into the panel that is connected to the bottom of the front panel and is folded onto the back of the envelope. The seed content is visible from the sides of the envelope and even the rear of the envelope adjacent its side and bottom edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Livingston Seed, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Johnston, Marcus Sheanshang
  • Patent number: 8028836
    Abstract: A packaging assembly having an open design for displaying a product is provided. The packaging assembly is configured for storage and display in high density arrays of packaging assemblies, such as storage in pallets, and is configured to display visual information to a user from any perspective, even when the packaging assembly is packed in high density arrays of packaging assemblies. The packaging assembly includes an inner portion designed to contain a product and a housing designed to house the inner portion, wherein the inner portion includes a substantially transparent cover that facilitates display of the product. The packaging assembly includes an outer portion having a three dimensional window box frame, wherein portions of the window box frame are configured to couple to flanges provided on the inner portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: VTech Telecommunications Ltd.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Bacon
  • Patent number: 7987989
    Abstract: Techniques for providing cost effective and tamper evident prepaid card packaging are described. By forming a cutout in a panel of the prepaid card packaging, covering the cutout with a material such as red glassine, and aligning an activation bar code or other indicia on the card with the cutout when mounting the card within the packaging, the security of the activation indicia can be better maintained. After purchase, the bar code can be scanned through the red glassine but prior to purchase, the red glassine prevents photocopying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Inventor: David Garland Abell
  • Publication number: 20110108455
    Abstract: A display and packaging assembly (10) which is used to display and dispense consumable items. The assembly includes a plurality of consumable items arranged in plural individual packs (22). A flexible overwrap surrounds the plurality of packs (22). The overwrap has a configuration corresponding to the array of packs where the overwrap has a portion which is completely removable to access the packs. The overwrap maintains its configuration upon removal of one or more of the packs from the array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: Cadbury Adams USA LLC
    Inventors: Allen S. Aldridge, Joseph Countee
  • Publication number: 20100264059
    Abstract: “CONSTRUCTIVE EMBODIMENT PACKAGE INTRODUCED FOR FOOD PACKAGING”, and the package hereof comprises a base (2), which is obtained from a material slide (3), which incorporates, on each of its four sides, parallel grooves (4) that create a surrounding face (5), which presents vertical walls (6), and such vertical walls (6) present corresponding bends or grooves (4) that create adjacent plain sectors (7) and its respective inner wall sector (7A?), which have interlocking spots (8); the interlocking spots (8) are created by insertion flaps (8A) provided in two of the adjacent plain sectors (7) mutually opposed, which are properly introduced in corresponding cuts (8B) provided in the other two adjacent plain sectors (7) also mutually opposed; the adjacent plain sectors (7) define, generally, a plain rectangular frame (9); the adjacent plain sectors (7) present, each, an inner wall sector (7A), which are vertically positioned in relation to the package bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventor: Mariana Jacob Cestari
  • Publication number: 20100213100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clear-view packaging system for packaging a product. The clear-view packaging system comprising a bottom tray for receiving the product, the bottom tray having a base portion and a plurality of edge portions. Further, the clear-view packaging system includes a top tray disposed on the top of the product, the top tray having a base portion, a plurality of edge portions and a plurality of horizontal top tray corners. The clear-view packaging system also includes at least one strip of banding for securing the bottom tray, the product and the top tray together wherein a lifting member of a lift vehicle can be positioned between at least one of the plurality of edge portions of the top tray and the product so that the product can be lifted and transported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Bryan Wilks, Sean Kelly
  • Publication number: 20100096283
    Abstract: A package for an optical storage medium, comprising first and second parts; a window located in the first part; a third part sandwiched in a region between the first and second parts; wherein the first, second and third parts define a receptacle in a further region where the third part is not sandwiched between the first and second parts; wherein the window and the third part are arranged such that when the optical storage medium is placed in the receptacle, the optical storage medium abuts the third part and a predefined area of the optical storage medium is perceptible through the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: SONY DADC AUSTRIA AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Wiesinger, Marcel Penning, Anton Brandauer
  • Patent number: 7494015
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a packaging assembly for containing and displaying a product. The packaging assembly includes an inner member that has a front face for displaying a product and one or several extension portions that extend from a back portion of the inner member toward the front. The assembly additionally includes an outer member that is configured to receive the inner member and has a window portion to expose the front face of the inner member. The outer member has one or several retention portions that extend inward from a front edge and engage the extension portions of the inner member in order to prevent removal of the inner member from the outer member through the window portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas M. Bacon, Raime Merriman, Robert Blake Leftwich
  • Patent number: 7044305
    Abstract: A toy carrying package having an appearance of a toolbox, and having a handle for convenient transport and a window for viewing an interior of a compartment of the toy carrying package. The compartment is formed from a single sheet of foldable stock material having a plurality of mutually joined panels including first and second major panels each major panel having two opposing major edges and two opposing minor edges, first and second side panels joining together the major panels at the minor edges of the major panels, first and second angled panels extending from the major edges of the major panels, first and second cover panels extending from the angled panels opposite the major panels, and first and second bottom panels extending from the remaining major edges of the major panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark V. Girondi, Linda A. Carr
  • Patent number: 6978887
    Abstract: A combined birthday candle and match package wherein a box having front, back, end and side walls is provided with a plurality of matches integral and co-planar with the back wall. Perforations are provided between the matches and the back wall so that the matches can be individually torn from the back wall. A match striking surface is provided on an end wall. The front wall may include a window portion, and the back wall may include a foldable panel for covering the matches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Inventor: Victoria J. Bingham
  • Patent number: 6758341
    Abstract: A seed envelope includes an aperture covered by a transparent sheet. The aperture is particularly spaced from the bottom and two sides of the envelope. The aperture allows the purchaser to view the seeds which fill at least a portion of the seed envelope. In order to incorporate the transparent sheet, the envelope must be filled from the top, away from the transparent sheet and aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Livingston Seed, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert H. Johnston
  • Patent number: 6713142
    Abstract: A sampling kit form for storage and shipping of organic material. The form includes first and second coextensively joined plies, with adhesive and release coating placed at select locations therebetween such that the form surfaces are substantially free of lateral or longitudinal undulations, which allows the forms to be stacked without leaning or sagging. The first ply also includes a die cut that circumscribes a removable inset portion. Upon removal of the inset portion, adhesive disposed on an inner surface of the second ply is exposed, thus permitting the organic material, such as hair samples, to be placed on the exposed adhesive coating. Fold lines in the sheet establish preferential folding locations so that the organic material samples can be encased between layers of adhesive and release coating within the form once it is folded. The form also includes a postcard that can be detached along a perforated line of weakness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: The Standard Register Company
    Inventors: Lawrence W. Arway, Chris C. Rowton, Kurt A. Brockman
  • Publication number: 20030155271
    Abstract: A clear package for enabling a packaged product to appear to be floating therein in an appealing and highly visible form. The package of the present invention comprises a sleeve having two pairs of opposing flat walls extending from a base, one pair being relatively thin and the other being relatively wide. At each end of each pair of relatively thin walls is an orifice. The package also comprises a pair of caps, one being placed on each end of the sleeve and comprising a pair of flat sides and a pair of convex, curved sides. On each flat side lies a protrusion having a triangular cross-section, corresponding to the orifice on each end of the sleeve. The package additionally comprises a support therein having an intermediate portion, which in turn has an indented envelope for holding the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: Cosmoda Concept Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew Z. Menceles
  • Patent number: 6598746
    Abstract: A packaging blank capable of forming a display carton having an internally reinforced hanger panel comprises in one embodiment a substantially rectangular front panel, a substantially rectangular back panel, a left side panel, a right side panel, a glue flap, a hanger panel, and a pliable reinforcing sheet that is secured to a portion of the hanger panel, wherein cut-outs in the hanger panel and the reinforcing sheet are correspondingly aligned to provide reinforcement to the hanger panel. Upon construction, the blank provides a display carton having an internally reinforced hanger panel. A method for internally reinforcing the hanger panel of the display carton comprises in one embodiment the steps of providing a blank and a reinforcing sheet, aligning the reinforcing sheet and blank relative to one another, and securing the reinforcing sheet to the blank, all on a single in-line apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Washburn Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerard Paul Lux, Jr., Alan B. Parnell, Michael J. Bittner, Stephen C. Sorrells, Jay Roy Gibble, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6595364
    Abstract: Point-of-sale display apparatus for a plurality of flag designs comprises a generally flat back panel having a bottom edge portion and an upper edge portion. A flag retaining means is fastened to the back panel and defines a plurality of loops sized to accommodate a rolled flag in each of the loops. The loops are preferably comprised of elastic material. The upper edge portion may be generally triangular shaped with the apex of the triangle defining a point from which the display apparatus can be hung. The display apparatus also includes a clear, plastic enclosure shaped to accommodate the display apparatus within the enclosure. The display apparatus is used to display for sale a plurality of flag unfurlers and a variety of flag designs, and doubles as a convenient and effective storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Inventors: Anthony Palermo, Jr., Robert H. Anderson
  • Patent number: 6588596
    Abstract: A product is placed in an inner package, which in turn is placed into outer package. The inner and outer packages have overlying transparent or cut-out or window portions overlying the product or portions of the product enabling the product to be viewed without opening or dismantling of the package assembly. Similarly an information sheet is placed in the outer package below the transparent or cut-out or window portion of the outer package enabling the information sheet to be read without opening the package assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Polaroid Corporation
    Inventors: Joan Catherine Holmes, Robert M. Vuillemenot
  • Publication number: 20030047485
    Abstract: A packaging blank capable of forming a display carton having an internally reinforced hanger panel comprises in one embodiment a substantially rectangular front panel, a substantially rectangular back panel, a left side panel, a right side panel, a glue flap, a hanger panel, and a pliable reinforcing sheet that is secured to a portion of the hanger panel, wherein cut-outs in the hanger panel and the reinforcing sheet are correspondingly aligned to provide reinforcement to the hanger panel. Upon construction, the blank provides a display carton having an internally reinforced hanger panel. A method for internally reinforcing the hanger panel of the display carton comprises in one embodiment the steps of providing a blank and a reinforcing sheet, aligning the reinforcing sheet and blank relative to one another, and securing the reinforcing sheet to the blank, all on a single in-line apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Gerard Paul Lux, Alan B. Parnell, Michael J. Bittner, Stephen C. Sorrells, Jay Roy Gibble
  • Patent number: 6491164
    Abstract: A container is provided having at least two separate container elements attached by means of a flexible banner bearing a message or artwork. Each of the containers has an opening in the top thereof for storage and transportation of a variety of goods. The flexible banner is attached to each container element at one edge thereof such that the edges of attachment are adjacent to each other when the container is in the closed position. The container elements are adapted to fit adjacent to each other to form a large container, this large container being bordered on all sides by the flexible banner when in the closed position. When the container elements are rotated in opposite directions relative to each other, a message imprinted on the inner surface of the flexible banner is made visible. Alternatively, the container elements may be permanently sealed for display of such unique items such as liquid sculptures or other artwork.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Inventor: Alexander Virvo
  • Publication number: 20020162766
    Abstract: A new way of shipping cartons and other packages so as to minimize the cost and the resource used. In one embodiment, the invention comprises the use of two or more films shrink wrapped about the packages which are juxtaposed to form a unit. At least one of the films is opaque and at least one of the films is clear. The opaque film is sufficiently resistant to the transmission of light such that UPC bar codes present on the individual packages cannot be read through the film by bar code reading machines. The shrink wrap in place about the unit may include one or more gripping openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Corinne Saso, Richard Chalmers, Edward John Giblin
  • Publication number: 20020125171
    Abstract: A flexible packaging bag is provided for containing a plurality of articles. Each of the articles has a component which is desirably visible to a user, purchaser, or the like. The flexible packaging bag includes a window in one of its walls that has a periphery substantially framing the graphic that is desired to be seen. A visual cue can be provided in another wall such that it is visually associated with the window in order to draw the attention of the user, purchaser, or the like to the graphic of the visible article. An accessory window is also provided in the flexible packaging bag so that the number of remaining articles can be easily determined visually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Marci Elizabeth Kuske, Anne Louise Miller, Leonard Michael Kaczmarzyk
  • Publication number: 20020036156
    Abstract: Folding box 1 for goods such as glasses, bottles, jars or similar products, in particular for cosmetics articles, having a rectangular pack casing, and having a lid part 41 which is connected to the border side of said pack casing and is provided with an insertion flap 45 which engages in the pack casing, wherein in each case one intermediate flap 21, 22, 23, 24 is articulated, in the base region 30, on each of the four side walls 11, 12, 13, 14 which form the pack casing, the intermediate flaps 21, 22, 23, 24 all being of the same height, and wherein in each case one base flap 31, 32, 33, 34 is articulated on each of the four intermediate flaps 21, 22, 23, 24, in each case two of the base flaps 31, 32, 33, 34 being adhesively bonded to one another such that the base 30 automatically closes as the folding box 1 is erected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Holger Knaack, Klaus-Peter Stange, Gunther Schultz
  • Publication number: 20020014431
    Abstract: A blister pack, said pack comprising a support card with a transparent plastics blister at the rear of the card, the card closing an open side of the blister to enclose product within the blister, the front face of the card being laminated with a transparent plastics sheet and including a window through which the contents of the blister can be viewed from the front of the pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: Alan George Logan, Phillip John Gould
  • Patent number: 6338410
    Abstract: A transparent frame carton enclosure for retaining a carton of cigarette packages in side-by-side relationship is disclosed. The transparent frame carton enclosure allows the packages to be clearly evident and visible. The transparent frame carton enclosure has an upper frame portion which extends around the upper periphery of the plurality of packages and a lower frame portion which also extends along the lower periphery of the plurality of packages. The transparent frame carton enclosure also has an interconnection mechanism so that a number of the combined packages may be releasably interconnected with each other for stacking and interlocking. Further, the transparent frame carton enclosure may not extend along the top surface or bottom surface of the combined package unit so that they may readily be accessible for placement of additional material thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
    Inventor: Neil A. Wasmund
  • Patent number: 6276540
    Abstract: A sales display organizer for a pair of gloves linked by a flexible line having an attached tag consisting of a sleeve to hold one of the gloves and a transparent pocket mounted on the sleeve to hold the tag leaving the second glove free to be tried by a protective purchaser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Gordini U.S.A. Incorporated
    Inventor: John M. Skuro
  • Publication number: 20010013477
    Abstract: A protective furniture shipment and storage bag is formed as an envelope comprised of inner and outer transparent film layers with protective cushioning foam elements sandwiched therebetween at opposite ends of the envelope to define a furniture viewing window longitudinally between the foam elements. Such bags are fabricated by sandwiching foam elements in spaced relation between two essentially coextensive transparent film layers, folding the sandwiched components along the longitudinal fold line, and heat sealing or otherwise attaching the folded film layers and foam elements at the opposite ends to form the aforedescribed envelope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventor: Robert L. Campbell
  • Patent number: 6220439
    Abstract: A container is provided having at least two separate container elements attached by a banner bearing a message, said container elements and banner being formed from a single flexible sheet or paper. Each of the containers has an opening in the top thereof for storage and transportation of a variety of goods. The flexible banner and container elements are formed such that the container elements are adapted to fit adjacent to each other to form a large container. This large container being bordered on all sides by the flexible banner when in the closed position. When the container elements are rotated in opposite directions relative to each other, a message imprinted on the inner surface of the flexible banner is made visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Inventor: Alexander Virvo
  • Patent number: 6189692
    Abstract: A protective furniture shipment and storage bag is formed as an envelope comprised of inner and outer transparent film layers with protective cushioning foam elements sandwiched therebetween at opposite ends of the envelope to define a furniture viewing window longitudinally between the foam elements. Such bags are fabricated by sandwiching foam elements in spaced relation between two essentially coextensive transparent film layers, folding the sandwiched components along the longitudinal fold line, and heat sealing or otherwise attaching the folded film layers and foam elements at the opposite ends to form the aforedescribed envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Inventor: Robert L. Campbell, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6026956
    Abstract: A package for a granular material, such as a laundry detergent, is provided. The package includes a closed bottom container for storing the granular material and an opening through which the granular material can be viewed. A radiant structure, such as a paperboard liner, is disposed within at least a portion of the container. The radiant structure has a radiant structure characteristic, such as the spectrophotometric curve of the radiant structure. The radiant structure characteristic is selected to produce a predetermined shift of a radiant material characteristic of the granular material, such as a shift in the spectrophotometric curve of the granular material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Chris Jensen, Scott Alan Walters
  • Patent number: 6026963
    Abstract: A moisture barrier bag for containing semiconductor wafers. The bag includes at least one opaque panel made of moisture barrier material, and at least one window panel made of at least partially transparent material. The window panel is joined in sealing relation to the opaque panel. The opaque panel and window panel are capable of defining a volume for receiving semiconductor wafers therein. The window panel permits optical inspection of semiconductor wafers received within the volume. The moisture barrier material has a moisture transmission rate which is sufficiently small to permit storage of semiconductor wafers within the volume for an extended period of time without damaging the wafers by moisture attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Leo Gray, III, Elizabeth C. Cooke
  • Patent number: 6016913
    Abstract: A combination paperboard and plastic retaining package, with a paperboard sheet having a window for receiving product and formed by a plastic film overlaying the window and sealed to a portion of the paperboard sheet along the edges of the window; a plastic sheet having a window for retaining product and formed by a plastic film overlaying the window and to a portion of the plastic sheet along the edges of the window; the paperboard sheet and the plastic sheet being joined along a fold-over axis; product being retained by being inserted between each of the windows with the paperboard sheet and plastic sheet being folded over one another along the fold line; the overlapping plastic and paperboard sheets are sealed to one another; printing on selected areas of the plastic sheet; and wherein the selected areas are between the seals along the edges of the window and the seals around the periphery of the paperboard and plastic sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Walco Packaging Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher R. Tilton
  • Patent number: 6006905
    Abstract: A protective furniture shipment and storage bag is formed as an envelope comprised of inner and outer transparent film layers with protective cushioning foam elements sandwiched therebetween at opposite ends of the envelope to define a furniture viewing window longitudinally between the foam elements. Such bags are fabricated by sandwiching foam elements in spaced relation between two essentially coextensive transparent film layers, folding the sandwiched components along the longitudinal fold line, and heat sealing or otherwise attaching the folded film layers and foam elements at the opposite ends to form the aforedescribed envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Inventor: Robert L. Campbell, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5904252
    Abstract: A new collectors display for displaying a collection of die-cast cars. The inventive device includes an elongated protective shield having a generally U-shaped cross-section. The protective shield has open upper and lower ends. The protective shield includes an outer clear panel and a pair of rearwardly extending clear side panels. Each of the side panels have notches formed therein inwardly of free ends thereof. An elongated rear panel is dimensioned for being received between the notches of the side panels of the protective shield. The rear panel has inwardly curved side edges disposed interiorly of the protective shield. The inwardly curved side edges slidably receive cardboard edges of a blister pack therein. The rear panel has a pair of mounting apertures therethrough downwardly of an upper edge thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Inventor: Daniel S. Piwowar
  • Patent number: RE37910
    Abstract: A three-dimensional insert for use in a handling system comprising a sheet of cardstock or the like defined by ends and first and second sides, a laminate applied to the top surface of the cardstock, and an overwrap material bonded to the laminate proximate to the first and second sides. This structure enables a three-dimensional object to be placed within the overwrap material without risk of movement to the peripheral sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Inventor: Anthony J. Nowakowski