Free-standing Patents (Class 383/104)
  • Publication number: 20100044924
    Abstract: A candle refill kit useful for preparing home made candles includes a disposable microwaveable container and a microwaveable candlewax composition. The candlewax composition is microwave heated in the microwaveable container to an elevated temperature sufficient to initiate pouring of the candlewax composition. The candlewax composition is then poured from the microwaveable container into a candle mold (to make a stand-alone candle) or a candle container (to make a container candle).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventor: DANIEL S. CAP
  • Publication number: 20100038386
    Abstract: Flexible packages for holding and selectively dispensing flowable materials therefrom. Each package is formed of a flexible material and includes an extendable fitment mounted in a wall portion of the package. The extendable fitment includes a movable mounting member, e.g., an evertable member or a slidable member, and a spout or tap mounted thereon. The spout/tap is arranged to be moved from a retracted position wherein at least a portion of it is located within the package to an extended position wherein at least a portion of it is located outside of the package. The spout/tap is arranged to selectively dispense the flowable material from the package it is in its extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: FRES-CO SYSTEM USA, INC.
    Inventor: Barry Pritchard
  • Publication number: 20100016825
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of containers for providing liquid dialysate concentrates for a dialysis treatment of a patient with the aid of an artificial kidney. Up to now such concentrates have been delivered mainly in rigid plastic containers as the weight of the concentrate requires a certain stability of the container. Such containers also simplify the shipping of large loads as they can easily be arranged in layers on top of each other. These rigid containers have the disadvantage that because of their rigidity they are comparatively expensive as the container walls have to be thick enough leading to higher material expenses. Furthermore, the empty containers are bulky making the further processing cumbersome. The large amount of material to be recycled or discarded adds further to the cost. The invention avoids these drawbacks by proposing a container filled with a liquid dialysate concentrate that is a self-standing bag (1) made of flexible elastomeric sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Graf, Paul Gastauer, Philippe Laffay, Francois Dumont D'Ayot, Pascal Lengrand, Bertrand Thibault
  • Patent number: 7604155
    Abstract: A packaging unit with a packaging pouch (10) of a flexible film-shaped first material and an essentially shape-stable outer packaging (28) of a second material is such that the outer packaging (28) is tube-shaped with open ends (31, 33) which are situated in a plane perpendicular to a tube axis (z). In a first position, the ends (31, 33) form a hexagon with two parallel sides (a, b) and two pairs of sides (c1, c2; d1, d2) each enclosing an angle ?<180° lying symmetrically mirror imaged to a plane of symmetry (E), and in a second position form a rectangle with two parallel sides (a, b) and two sides (c, d) lying perpendicular to the plane of symmetry (E). In the first position a straight folding edge (g, h) runs between the corners of the sides (a, b) of both ends (31, 33) lying mirror imaged symmetrical to the plane of symmetry (E), and in the second position the sides (a, b) of both ends lying mirror image symmetrical to the plane of symmetry (E) form an angle ?=180°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Bossel, Peter Kanscar
  • Patent number: 7600917
    Abstract: A bulk bag comprises side wall panels formed from woven polypropylene fabric and arranged in a rectangular configuration. A long, narrow, strip of polypropylene fabric is sewn to the side wall panels at each of the corners to define a pocket which receives a support member. A frame having a rectangular configuration congruent with the shape of the bulk bag has legs depending therefrom which are received in the pockets to secure the bulk bag in an open configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: B.A.G. Corp.
    Inventors: Joe Ronald Richardson, Jr., Bradley Matthew Eisenbarth, Bobby Glenn Brown
  • Publication number: 20090232424
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a flat bottom pillow pouch that can stand upright on its bottom transverse seal. The flat bottom pillow bag can be made from the same film as a standard pillow pouch and requires less film than prior art stand up packages. The flat bottom pillow pouch disclosed herein has no gussets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph Bierschenk, Martin Bernhard Dierl, Chad Arthur Huebner, Jerry Mike Reaves
  • Publication number: 20090232420
    Abstract: A reusable packaging system includes a series of four bags, each designed to be reusable and capable of standing upright when in an open state. The bags are constructed so that they will fit in an open state within a shopping cart, and differ progressively in size so that they can be nested inside of each other for storage. The nested bags are then folded to form a compact, single package which can be easily transported by a user to a store for shopping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: The Waste Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Mikel Eisenberg, Kristen Brown
  • Publication number: 20090214142
    Abstract: In a packing bag made of a flexible film-like first material with, a substantially rectangular base which is formed as a standing surface with longitudinal and side edges, the base comprises a second material giving form-stability to the bag in the area close to the base, and has a base fold line running in the center and parallel to the two longitudinal edges and dividing the base into two base parts which can be folded against each other, and the longitudinal edges form side fold lines between the base and substantially rectangular side walls arranged on two opposite sides of the base, wherein the fold part which is constructed from the base and the two side walls is glued to the bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Daniel Bossel, Peter Kancsar
  • Patent number: 7543990
    Abstract: A tubular bag with cap closure for the accommodation of fluid foodstuffs, wherein the base of the bag is constructed especially as a standing base and is welded or sealed fluid-tight with the bag as a separate component along the base-end bag edge, wherein the tubular part of the bag is manufactured from a single cut of film, especially a cut of laminated film, the longitudinal edges of which are sealed one over the other to form a “lap seal” (inner/outer seal) or alternatively constructed as a “fin seal” (inner/inner seal). A cap closure that is part of a relatively stiff cover is welded or sealed fluid-tight with the upper or closure-end bag edge. The tubular bag according to the invention has an enhanced filling capacity and improved stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Zweigniederlassung der Huhtamaki Deutschland
    Inventor: Andreas Michalsky
  • Patent number: 7524111
    Abstract: A partially flexible recloseable bag including a flexible cylindrical body, a rigid cylindrical base with a bottom at the bottom of the body, a pair of opposed trapezoidal panels within the top of the body, each panel having a seamless interface with the body, a reusable seal across the opening between the top of the panels, loop handles with extended bonds on each panel proximal to the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Inventor: Sudie M. Williams
  • Publication number: 20090095369
    Abstract: A compact apparatus and method for filling a flexible pouch having an extended shelf life is provided. The machine includes a frame, a transport means disposed on the frame for transporting a pouch holder containing the flexible pouch. The machine also includes a receiving station for placing the pouch into the pouch holder, and an opening station for opening the pouch to separate the walls of the pouch, a filling station for filling the pouch and a closing station for closing the filled pouch. The machine further includes a pasteurization station. The flexible pouch includes a panel having an upper edge, an opposed lower edge and a first side edge and a second side edge extending therebetween the upper edge and the lower edge, the upper edges are sealed along an upper seam and a fitment opening means is disposed in the upper seam for accessing the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventor: R. Charles Murray
  • Publication number: 20090035424
    Abstract: A packaging bag for microwave oven heating, is manufactured by using a complex film at least one side of which comprises a sealant layer, folding the complex film or placing the complex films one upon another so as to encounter the sealant layers to each other, sealing the peripheral of the overlapped complex films by a main seal part to form a sealed bag, and providing in the bag a region which is isolated from a space for storing contents by a steam port seal part. The steam port seal part surrounds a steam easy permeable element. The lamination strength between the layers of the complex film in hot condition is not less than 1.5 N/15 mm in width, and the seal strength at least at the steam port seal part in hot condition is not more than 28 N/15 mm in width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kozo Mita, Yoshitaka Hamada, Atsuko Takahagi, Shin Yamada
  • Publication number: 20090022433
    Abstract: A package made of a flexible material for containing liquid, viscous, pasty, granular or powdered products has a supporting base from which rise two opposite side walls joined to the perimeter of the base and joined to each other along the side edges. Each side wall includes an upper flap joined thereto by a fold line. The package also includes a top wall joined peripherally to the upper flaps of the sidewalls and a peelable closure in at least one portion of the perimeter of the top wall joined to the upper flaps of the sidewalls. The peelable closure is destined to be opened so as to form an opening for discharging the product. On the top wall there are provided gripping elements adapted to be gripped and raised by the user so as to cause the separation of the peelable closure to create the opening for discharging the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: GOGLIO S.P.A.
    Inventors: Franco GOGLIO, Giorgio Bottini
  • Patent number: 7476029
    Abstract: To provide a bag for containing an article that includes a gusset at a bottom portion thereof and in which a bottom sheet is difficult to tear and that has sufficient strength. A film that has excellent extensibility and tearing resistance in comparison to a front sheet and a rear sheet is used for a bottom sheet, whereby a bag for containing an article can be provided that has sufficiently great strength and in which the bottom sheet is difficult to tear in comparison to conventional bags for containing an article, even if the weight of an article disposed in an article containing space is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: A.G. Corporation
    Inventor: Hisahito Miyake
  • Publication number: 20090010576
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tubular pouch having a tubular pouch body and, sealed thereto, especially sealed therein, a base, preferably a standing or stand base, and a lid and/or shoulder part, the base and the lid and/or shoulder part having a rigid predetermined shape with sealable borders, being thermoformed and having at least one barrier layer. The invention further relates to a method of producing such a tubular pouch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventor: Andreas Michalsky
  • Publication number: 20090003735
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tubular pouch (10) having a tubular pouch body (20) and a lid piece (30) and, optionally, a base, especially a standing base or stand-up base, the tubular pouch body (20) having, in a lid-piece region (35), a sloped and/or angled peripheral rim (40) suitable for attachment of a lid piece (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: HUHTAMAKI RONSBERG, ZWEIGNIEDERLASSUNG DER HUHTAMA
    Inventors: Andreas Michalsky, Maurice Habram
  • Publication number: 20080310772
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for waste disposal. A disposal bag may include a bag configured to receive waste, a frame associated with the bag at an opening. The frame may include one or more pair of hinge points configured to open and close the bag when a force is applied on the frame, and a pair of tabs associated with one of the one or more pair of hinge points, wherein the pair of tabs enable stacking of the disposal bag with a plurality of substantially similar disposal bags. In some embodiments of the frame, the frame is conically shaped and may include a sealing facility disposed on at least one part of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Douglas C. Dayton, Sung Park
  • Patent number: 7452132
    Abstract: A clothes storage bag permitting the stacking of clothes in standing position is comprised of two side plastic films and a base plastic film; both side films defining an erected storage case on the upper part; a zipper sealing being provided to an opening at the top of the erected storage case; the lower part of each erected film laterally extending in opposite directions to form a lateral storage case connecting through the erected storage case; and a passage to expel air being provided on either side of the lateral storage case to reduce bag size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Inventor: Wen-Chin Tang
  • Publication number: 20080247683
    Abstract: An improved oven bag for use in food cooking applications and a method of making an improved oven bag. The oven bag includes a bag-like body having a closed bottom end, one or more side walls extending upwardly from the closed bottom end, and an open top end. The closed bottom end may include a gusset which allows the bag to stand-up on its own thereby making it easier for the consumer to place food in the bag. The oven bag may include an easy to use closure system to close and seal the top opening. The closure system may include a flap portion on one side of the top opening and a high temperature adhesive disposed proximate the top opening on an opposite side of the top opening. The oven bag may also include a venting system in an upper portion of the bag. The oven bag may also include an easy opening tear-off system in an upper portion of the oven bag. For example, the venting system may include a series of perforation holes located beneath the closure system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Michael D. Schmal, Ernest E. Bachert
  • Publication number: 20080247682
    Abstract: A stand-up flexible pouch for packaging a product and a method of forming and filling the pouch is provided. The pouch includes a panel forming a body of the pouch using a flexible material having an inner surface and an outer surface. A rib is integrally formed in the pouch body, and the rib is spaced a predetermined distance from an edge of the pouch body. The pouch also includes opening means integral with the panel for accessing a product contained within the pouch. The method of forming the pouch thermoforms a rib in each panel of material across multiple lanes of a high speed machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: POUCH PAC INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventor: R. C. Murray
  • Publication number: 20080226205
    Abstract: A bag including a resilient support that can stand upright independently and is encased in flexible sheet material. The support is elastically deformed and tensions the sheet material as the support attempts to return to an undeformed condition. The bag can be provided with a cover and handles as well as an arrangement for inhibiting tipping or displacement of the bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventor: Francisco J. Sillik
  • Publication number: 20080196447
    Abstract: A device filled with ice and water provides for the quick cooling, and cool maintenance at ice temperature, of beer kegs and other beverage containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventor: Arndt Earl Hempell
  • Publication number: 20080193057
    Abstract: A packaging bag is provided with a bag body and thermoplastic resin-made reinforcing members provided at the outer edge of the bag body. A window is provided in each reinforcing member. In forming the packaging bag, the bag body is placed between a pair of molds respectively having recesses to clamp these two molds so that a corresponding pair of the recesses are opposed to each other. Thereafter, in order to form the reinforcing members at the outer edge of the bag body, melted or softened thermoplastic resin is injected to fill cavities formed by the recesses of the thus clamped molds. Each of the cavities of the molds is formed so as to coincide with an outer shape of the corresponding reinforcing member. A projection extends from the bottom face of each recess at a part of the cavity corresponding to a part of each reinforcing member on which the window is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Tadashi Nomura, Masakazu Sato
  • Publication number: 20080190923
    Abstract: Foldable container for transporting and/or storing goods, of the type comprising a rigid base structure (1) and a container element (2) which contains the goods. Container element (2) is made up of a foldable bag (3), made from a foldable laminar material, which at its bottom end is closely joined to rigid base structure (1), so that the latter defines, either directly or through the laminar material being embedded forming the bag (3), a rigid base (4) intended to directly support the goods contained in bag (3). Thanks to its foldable material condition, when bag (3) is empty it is suitable for adopting a completely refolded position on said rigid structure (1) and at least one upright position wherein it has at least one loading mouth (5) that opens directly for introducing goods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: ROVIRA GARRAF S.A.
    Inventors: Carlos Rovira Fontanals, Juan Ernesto Rovira Fontanals
  • Patent number: 7407326
    Abstract: A triangularly shaped flexible bottle having a gusseted body section, and a neck section comprised of narrowed portions of the side panels and gusset of the body section, with a fitment in the neck section. The bottle has a flat bottom that may be created by tapering the webs forming the bottom at about 30 degrees. The body has a triangular cross section when filled, but may be contoured in the vertical direction. A process for fabricating the bottle is also disclosed which involves feeding webs, including a side gusset, creating perimeter seals around only the top portion of the bottle, inserting the fitment from the input end of the machine in the direction of web travel, forming the remainder of the perimeter seams, detaching the nascent bottle from the web, and sealing the neck section of the bottle to the fitment by clamping the neck section with a heated clamp, and preferably repeating the seal operation at a different radial angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Inventor: Kenneth R. Wilkes
  • Publication number: 20080101730
    Abstract: An improved bulk bag with an upper portion of the sidewalls that is sloped inward from vertical so that when the fabric is stretched upward in the lifting process, thereby creating tension in the vertical fabric, the tension will be maintained after the bag is no longer in a lift position, as the fabric cannot slide back down around the product due to the restricted size of the fabric and such tension provides stronger restrictions to product movement to provide increased stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Daniel R. Schnaars, Jean-Andre' Beard
  • Publication number: 20080101733
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stand-up pouch having a stand-up pouch body and a stand-up pouch base, especially a standing base, wherein at least the stand-up pouch body comprises at least one unidirectionally stretched film. The invention furthermore describes a method for the production of such a stand-up pouch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Christian Fenn-Barrabass, Walter Guenter, Josef Mueller
  • Patent number: 7347623
    Abstract: A collapsible bowl made of pliable materials that can be flattened or configured into an easily disposable or reusable bowl. A flexible collar is also provided which used with a sealable plastic baggy produces a collapsible bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Inventor: John Cawley
  • Publication number: 20080056625
    Abstract: Pop-up disposable bag is formed of light-weight disposable bag assembly capable of self erecting and self-standing. It does not require any stakes, poles, ropes or additional supports or frame to support it. The entire bag assembly is flexible and can be folded to a compact form for packaging and sale and can easily be opened into a self-standing position by removing the retainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: MarketMinds LLC
    Inventors: John William Stanton, Ronald Ghee Jin Ong
  • Patent number: 7308989
    Abstract: Collapsible structures are provided that have an enclosed interior space that can be used to hold and contain water or other matter. The interior space is defined by an enclosing wall and a base that are both waterproof to prevent leakage of the water or matter contained in the interior space. None, one or more foldable frame members can be provided as part of the enclosing wall and the base, or a foldable frame member can be provided as part of a rim member. The frame members allow the resulting structure to be twisted and folded to reduce the overall size of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Patent Category Corp.
    Inventor: Yu Zheng
  • Patent number: 7306095
    Abstract: A polymeric film, multiple-compartment, pouch having an internal frangible seal for confining a fluid and related beverage container with a re-closable fitment for storing and delivering two different flavored liquids or the like. The frangible seal of the clear plastic pouch will burst when sustained squeezed thus allowing the flavors to swirl and mix within the pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., Kornick Lindsay
    Inventors: Raymond Anthony Bourque, Daniel Young-Doo Chung, Richard M. Estabrook, Diane McCauley Hahm, James L. Henderson, Joseph Kornick, I-Hwa Lee, Jose Tirso Olivares-Cordoba, Donna Lynn Visioli, James P. Kane, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20070280568
    Abstract: A disposable and collapsible collection bag for holding of products, goods, foods as well as for collecting and disposing of garbage, debris, trash or refuse. The collection bag includes a bag housing having a bottom wall and a plurality of side walls attached thereto for forming an interior compartment for holding and collecting of products, food items and/or refuse. Each of the side walls include an upper perimeter edge; wherein opposing upper perimeter edges on the respective side walls include handle grips for the collection bag. Further, each of the side walls have foldable, accordion-like pleats; the pleats are positioned in a latitudinal (horizontal) orientation when in an unopened and closed configuration. The foldable, accordion-like pleated side walls are moveable from the closed configuration to an expanded, opened, rigid and self-standing configuration, such that each of the pleated side walls have expanded into a plurality of substantially planar side walls of the self-standing collection bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventor: Yosseph Levy
  • Patent number: 7284681
    Abstract: A self-standing type bag-shaped vacuum container has a self-standing container including a wall formed of a soft sheet, a pouring port, and a check valve mounted in the pouring port. The check valve is opened to allow the migration of a content of the container when subjected to a pressure in the pouring direction, but is closed when subjected to a pressure in a filling direction, so that the inside of the container is evacuated. The self-standing container can be optimized for storing beverages or the like which are negatively effected by contact with air, because the content will be oxidized with the air. The vacuum type container will not lose its self-standing property even if the content is reduced, and can stand stably by itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Inventor: Tadashi Hagihara
  • Patent number: 7270480
    Abstract: A reclosable thermoplastic bag having an offset fastener. The bag includes first and second sidewalls, each having a top, a bottom and two opposing side edges, the first and second sidewalls being attached together along the respective bottom and side edges; an inwardly folded top pleat positioned across the first sidewall; a reclosable fastener having at least two cooperating closure members, one closure member being positioned proximate to the top of the first sidewall above the pleat, the other closure member being positioned proximate to the top of the second sidewall, such that when the bag is filled and closed, the reclosable fastener is offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: William D. Price
  • Publication number: 20070189644
    Abstract: An improved flexible pouch, apparatus and methodology for a pouch having an upper edge, a lower edge, and side edges extending therebetween. The side seal is 4-6±1 mm wide. The apparatus and method includes the steps of unrolling the material along a horizontal orientation, and turning the sheet of material to have a vertical orientation. The method also checks the alignment of the sheet of material, and adjusts the alignment relative to a vertical axis, to align the outer edges of the sheet of material. The method cuts the roll width of material into sections, and positions the aligned sections together to form the body of the pouch. The method forms side seams by sealing along the side edges of each pouch. The method also separates the individual pouches from the roll width of material, and removes the pouches from the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: PPi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: R. C. Murray
  • Patent number: 7249888
    Abstract: A bag stuffer for placement in a bag, comprising a first panel, a second panel, and an articulated support beam connected between the first and second panels. The articulated beam has a collapsed storage position with the first and second panels substantially adjacent each other and substantially parallel to each other for a storage position of the bag, and an extended or expanded bracing position for holding the first and second panels spaced from each other and for holding the bag in a stuffed display position. The articulated support beam also has at least two beam panels and at least one elastic band for biasing the two beam panels toward each other for biasing the articulated support beam from the collapsed storage toward the expanded bracing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Barclay Brown Corp.
    Inventors: Carlos Encarnacion, Lyudmila Gavurina, Aaron Nirshberg
  • Patent number: 7207717
    Abstract: The package generally includes at least one front and back panel joined at least partially together to define an interior accessible through an access opening. The interior is capable of storing and dispensing product and other objects or materials. Further, at least one web member can be joined to each of the front and back panel portions respectively to form at least two generally parallel chambers and/or channels that extend generally along at least a portion of the access opening. In one embodiment, each of the chambers includes a reservoir or storage portion and a closure portion in fluid communication such that either the reservoir portion or the closure portion are generally inflated or expanded to correspondingly close or open the access opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Inventor: Mark Steele
  • Patent number: 7186025
    Abstract: A reclosable bag has opposing broad face panels defining a volume therebetween for holding a quantity of contents, an end of the body forming an expandable gusset between the broad face panels, and a reclosable bag closure between the expandable gusset and a corresponding edge region of one of the broad face panels. When the closure is opened, a bag opening is formed between the expandable gusset and said one of the broad face panels of the bag, to access the bag contents. In one example, the bag has upper and lower expandable gussets, while in another the bag has expandable side gussets. The closure is readily closed without precise alignment and despite the adjacent gusset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Velcro Industries B.V.
    Inventors: William H. Shepard, Gregory A. Carr
  • Patent number: 7156556
    Abstract: A stand-up packaging pouch manufactured in three-dimensional form or flattened form and provided with at least front face portion and rear face portion sides formed from packaging material having a pleat which is formed by folding a part of the packaging material in a three-fold strip form and adhering the inner faces of this folded part is constituted such that when the pouch is opened out into three dimensions, the pleat, formed in the same plane as the peripheral face portion, is positioned at a substantial right angle to a bottom face portion, thereby concealing the bottom face portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Plast Corporation
    Inventors: Sakaru Takahashi, Hiromichi Inagaki
  • Patent number: 7156250
    Abstract: A collapsible, tub-shaped container for placing on a support, comprising a base of flexible flat material with a frame construction and side walls of flexible flat material. There are connecting walls of flexible flat material arranged between the two adjacent side walls, which have a frame construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Inventors: Marc Tillmann, Wolfgang Wertenbruch
  • Patent number: 7101079
    Abstract: A reclosable bag for filling with at least one food product. The reclosable bag generally includes at least one sheet of web material having at least two areas of structural weakness. At least one fold structure is located between and defined by the two areas of structural weakness. An opening is located generally opposite the fold structure. The reclosable bag further includes a reclosable fastener structure having an integral skirt structure of skirt web material extending therefrom. The integral skirt structure includes a distal margin. The distal margin is coupled to the web material at, at least one location between the areas of structural weakness and the opening. The reclosable fastener structure extends past the areas of structural weakness and into the fold structure. The reclosable bag capable of being filled with at least one food product through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Sargento Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Strand, Karl L. Linck, Judy Fischer, Thomas J. Spaeth, Jerry D. Kolbe
  • Patent number: 7073692
    Abstract: A container and dispenser in conical shape for liquid or semi-liquid substances. The container features a rectangular rigid tab, two triangular notches on both sides of the tab at the height slightly below the tip of the cone, a perforated or indented scoreline to facilitate tearing off or cutting the top region of the tab, which is less rigid than the rest of the tab, where the top region of the container is made of a different material than the rest of the cone creating a zone of weakness at the indented dividing line between the top region and the rest of the cone and allows the user to easily tear off the top region of the tab and remove the top region of the cone opening a passageway in the tip of the cone where the substance can leave the dispenser by pressing the collapsible walls or back of the dispenser, without the need for a utensil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Inventor: Pieter Weyts
  • Patent number: 7055720
    Abstract: A flexible stand-up package having a releasably securable closure, a fitment pour spout and a handle. The package includes a hollow interior of the package arranged to be filled with a flowable material, e.g., cherries in syrup, whereupon the bottom of the package assumes a generally planar configuration to support the package, while portions of the panels making up the package assume a vertical orientation, with the pour spout located in a recessed position, whereupon the filled package can be located immediately adjacent similar filled packages without wasted space therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Fres-co System USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Barry Pritchard
  • Patent number: 7055876
    Abstract: A bag for carrying boxes-shaped objects, preferably pizza boxes (15, 16), includes a rectangular bottom wall portion (1) side wall portions (3, 5) attached to the base wall portion (1) and handles (7) at opposite side wall portions (3). It is significant for the bag that two of the side wall portions (3, 5) constitute main side wall portions (3) that are opposite each other and extend along an entire edge of the bottom wall portion (1), and that at least two of the side wall portions constitute partial side wall portions (5) that extend only along a part of an edge of the bottom wall portion (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Inventor: Tezzi Woldekidan
  • Patent number: 7055683
    Abstract: A polymeric film, multiple-compartment, pouch having an internal frangible seal for confining a fluid and related beverage container with a re-closable fitment for storing and delivering two different flavored liquids or the like. The frangible seal of the clear plastic pouch will burst when sustained squeezed thus allowing the flavors to swirl and mix within the pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Kornick Lindsay, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Anthony Bourque, Daniel Young-Doo Chung, Richard M. Estabrook, Diane McCauley Hahm, James L. Henderson, Joseph Kornick, I-Hwa Lee, Jose Tirso Olivares-Cordoba, Donna Lynn Visioli, James P. Kane, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7018099
    Abstract: Zigzag-shaped pouches are formed from flexible web material by positioning two portions of the web material in overlying relation and sealing them together along top, bottom, and opposite side edges of the pouch. The side edges of the pouch are made up of a plurality of linear segments connected end-to-end and alternately inclined in opposite directions to form a zigzag-shaped edge. Each linear segment of one edge is substantially parallel to a corresponding segment of the opposite edge, such that the two edges are substantially complementary in shape, whereby the pouch as a whole has a zigzag shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy G. Caudle
  • Patent number: 7014363
    Abstract: A tubular sleeve having an open top, a closed bottom wall, a front and back faces and a pair of opposing side walls connecting the front and back faces. The side walls are formed with at least one gusset allowing the front and back faces to extend from each other. The gussets are sealed unitarily at the bottom ends to form the bottom wall. The “square bottom” bag takes on a triangular lengthwise shape normally biased closed at the top but easily openable for maximum filling and discharge of the interior of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Inventor: Violet Hanson
  • Patent number: 7005150
    Abstract: A beverage container configured from a front and a rear surface portion, a base portion, and a pair of gusset portions. The gusset portions configure side portions of the container by being sealed to mutually confronting edge portions of the front and rear surface portions and the base portion. The upper portions of the front and rear surface portions configure a neck portion that has a more slender shape than the remainder of the front and rear surface portions and that extends in a single direction. A notch is formed in the edge sealed portion of the neck portion. The front and rear surface portions are sealed directly together at a predetermined region corresponding to the notch without the gusset portions existing therebetween. A straw extends from and is positioned within the neck portion. The neck portion can be opened from the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Hosokawa Yoko, Flexo Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Raizo Kuge, Toru Ichikawa, Susumu Niwa, Shuzo Adachi
  • Patent number: 6981614
    Abstract: An improved dispensing pouch is provided having a flexible and collapsible container consisting of a pair of tapered side walls (14). A nozzle (12) is disposed at the lower end of the flexible container and heat sealed thereto. A removable end cap (26) is preferably snap-fit on to the nozzle and held in place by a retainer ring (30) or a nozzle with integral scaling threads (20). The side walls of the icing container are preferably heat sealed about the perimeter and on to the nozzle to effect a leak-proof container for the contents contained within.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Decko Products Inc.
    Inventor: F. William Niggemyer
  • Patent number: 6957915
    Abstract: A standup bag for granular products or the like and a method of manufacturing the bag. The standup bag is manufactured from an extruded heat sealable material and includes both an integral handle and a perforation to facilitate opening and pouring out the contents of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: HB Creative LLC
    Inventor: James I. Tankersley