Free-standing Patents (Class 383/104)
  • Patent number: 5165799
    Abstract: Flexible square bottom bags which include side gusset panels having central inwardly oriented fin seams and which are sealed adjacent their lowermost corners to portions of the front and rear panels of the bags and wherein the entire width of the lowermost edges of the front and rear panels are sealed to thereby form bags having bottoms reinforced by triangular gusset seals at each corner and which have an outwardly oriented transverse bottom fin seam when erected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Inventor: James R. Wood
  • Patent number: 5163756
    Abstract: There is disclosed herein a flexible bag in which the back panel is defined by inner and outer overlapping sections that overlap to form a back seam. The outer section defines a removable section which has a first perforation generally parallel to the back seam and an edge that is generally parallel to the bag bottom and intersects the first perforation. Alternatively, a second perforation may be provided along the edge. The outer panel is about as wide as the bag and the removable section is less than one-half the width of the outer panel. The first perforation is positioned between the back seam and side edge of the removable section. The first perforation may be adjacent the back seam and the second perforation is adjacent the bag bottom.A blank for forming said bag from a web is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Assignee: Bagcraft Corporation of America
    Inventor: David A. Riseman
  • Patent number: 5158369
    Abstract: A stabilized flexible container for receiving flowable materials includes a top wall, a bottom wall, and a perimeter wall formed from four double layered side walls seamed together along adjacent side edges. The exterior layer of the double layered side walls is greater in length than the interior layer and is folded inwardly upon itself and stitched along the side edges to form a pocket in a space between the interior and exterior layers of the double layered side wall with the side edges of the exterior layer in the pocket region being free from the seam connecting the adjacent side walls. The interior layers of the side walls are seamed together in the pocket region and are seamed along their bottom edges to the perimeter of the bottom wall. Rigid panels are inserted into the space between the interior and exterior layers of the side walls and are secured in the pocket to prevent the rigid panels from slipping out of the side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: B.A.G. Corporation
    Inventor: Norwin C. Derby
  • Patent number: 5158371
    Abstract: A flexible expandable plastic bag self-supporting when open with a rigidifying panel mounted for pivotal movement as the bag is snapped open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Inventor: Lawrence R. Moravek
  • Patent number: 5134875
    Abstract: A container for breath alcohol simulator solution comprising a self-standing 4 mil polyethylene bag having a removable label designating the quantity and calibration concentration of the fluid contained within the bag. The label may be removed from the bag and affixed to the breath alcohol simulator. A plurality of the filled bags are packaged in an upstanding position within a front and top opening carton having a pivoting lid for transportation, storage and use. The bag may be torn open and the fluid contents poured into a cavity within the breath alcohol simulator, or the bag may be opened and placed partially or entirely within the breath alcohol simulator with a gas inlet extending into the bag beneath the fluid level. Alternatively, the bag may be placed within a breath alcohol simulator having a gas inlet or outlet equipped to puncture the bag, with the simulator solution then being discharged into the cavity, or the air passed through the simulator solution within the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Inventors: Richard E. Jensen, Donald H. Nichols
  • Patent number: 5071025
    Abstract: The invention concerns a package for transporting and storing bulk goods, said package comprising an outer package (11) and an inner package (12). The inner package (12) comprises an outer frame (13) and an inner frame (14) which are at least partly attached to each other. The length of the outer frame (13) of the inner package (12) is greater than or equal to the length of the inner frame of the outer package (11), and the length of the inner frame (14) of the inner package (12) is smaller than or equal to the length of the outer frame of the outer package (11). The internal pressure (P.sub.1) prevailing in the package (10) is received as tension force (F.sub.2) acting on the circumference of the outer package (11), said tension force producing a resultant force (F.sub.3) acting from the corners of the outer package (11) on the package (11), said resultant force (F.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Inventor: Gerardus A. M. Boots
  • Patent number: 5062717
    Abstract: A shopping bag for general purpose use in constructed from a sheet of fabric and formed by a series of steps into top and base portions integrally connected to side panels and back and front panels joined by a single seam which extends the length of the bag. The folding operation creates a multiple ply border about the upper or open portion of the bag. Selvage on the fabric is directed to form a portion of the base such to extend around the perimeter of the base integrally connected with the side panels and the back and fornt panels. A pleated construction of the side panels allows the bag to fold compactly when not in use such as when being carried or transported. The mouth of the bag when accepting articles is generally rectangular in shape. The inner and outer creases of the bag are reinforced from top to botton thus imparting to the side panels a rigidity which projects them essentially transversely to the back and front panels when the bag is trimmed for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1991
    Inventor: Dru Shockley
  • Patent number: 5059036
    Abstract: A vented pouch arrangement is described which comprises: first and second opposed panel sections; a base gusset member; and, a gas filter arrangement oriented in one of the panel sections. The gusset member is preferably oriented between the panel sections; along ends thereof, to form a base by which the arrangement can be stood up during use. Preferably, the arrangement is provided with a rib and trough closure arrangement extending thereacross. In this manner, opening and reclosing the bag construction, for access to material therein, is facilitated. A method for formation of such a pouch arrangement, and methods of use, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Kapak Corporation
    Inventors: Cecil Richison, Gary M. Bell
  • Patent number: 5059035
    Abstract: A flexible pouch having opposed walls closed around their periphery to define a chamber for storing a product. The pouch has a self-opening spout forming in part by a fold assembly which expands and springs open when the sealed end of the spout is cut off. The fold assembly not only provides a large spout opening, but also provides a spring force which keeps the spout open so that all the product may be emptied from the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Knud N. Kristensen
  • Patent number: 5048977
    Abstract: An enclosure having a self-supporting side wall formed of a plurality of laterally spaced ribs with non-self-supporting thin webs therebetween whereby the ribs and webs cooperate one with the other to provide an enclosure having shape-retaining characteristics. A bottom wall is provided constituting an integral extension of the side wall with the ribs being scored at the juncture of the side and bottom walls to permit the material to be folded such that the side wall and bottom wall lie generally normal one to the other. Blow molding and blown film techniques are used to form the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Inventor: Edward S. Robbins, III
  • Patent number: 5022767
    Abstract: The product of the present invention is a flexible plastic trash bag which includes as an integral part a paper or plastic wrapped thin metal wire support formed into two attached hoops. The oblong metal hoops are attached to the bag on each vertical side and to each other for 1/3 of their vertical length. The encased wire is thin enough so as not to interfere with the folding or rolling of the bag; but strong enough to support the weight of the empty bag. The present invention comprises of forming a plastic bags, in various sizes, out of sheet plastic and attaching metal wire hoops to its vertical seems so that when the two hoops are separated at the top and bottom the bag is self-supporting and maintained in an open position so that matter may be easily deposited. Since the bag requires no receptacle the bag may be made from plastic of colorful patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1991
    Inventor: Richard Cardulla
  • Patent number: 5018646
    Abstract: An improvement in certain types of fluid containers is disclosed. The improvement is particularly directed to a certain type of squeezable fluid container that is made of a flexible plastic material. Such a fluid container defines a longitudinal axis and a cavity for containing a dispensable fluid. The fluid container has flexible side walls, a sealed bottom, a pair of spaced-apart sealed deformable side-edge margins, and a sealed deformable upper-edge margin which is unitary with an upper-edge portion of each of the side-edge margins and which defines a fluid-discharge passageway that communicates with the fluid cavity. The improvement comprises an indent, defined by at least one of the side-edge margins, for dividing the fluid cavity into two fluid chambers along the longitudinal axis. The two chambers are in fluid communication with each other. One of the two fluid chambers is located adjacent to, and is in fluid communicaton with, the fluid passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1991
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred L. Billman, Mark D. Jamison, Russell B. Wortley
  • Patent number: 5006186
    Abstract: This invention relates to the method for manufacturing a variety of square bottom containers by folding to the same side both of two brims of a sheet-shaped container of raw material of paper, aluminum foil, plastic laminate film and the like such that the brims mutually abut each other, forming a bonding agent or heat-seal layer on the outsides of both these butted brims, then forming the lower portion into a W-shape with an inverted V-shaped fold being provide in the midway, and then press-fitting the bonding agent or heat-seal layer from the outside of the formed sheet for its bonding or deposition, the press fit formed sheet defining a square bottom container having a bottom laminate which is flat with no overlap and having a heat seal film or the like which doesn't come inside the container. The method is efficient and the containers can be manufactured quite easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Assignee: Altech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoomi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 4997661
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flexible package made of plastic and capable of standing by itself, comprising a generally cylindrically-shaped body, comprised of a flexible plastic film; a first cover part at one end of the cylindrically-shaped body; and a second cover part at the opposite end of the cylindrically-shaped body, wherein the cover parts are bonded to the plastic film by heat-sealing. Also disclosed is a packaged liquid product, in particular a product under gas pressure, and a method for producing the packaged product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Kromer, Rolf Mueller, Walter H. Alban, Klaus-Juergen Hiltmann
  • Patent number: 4991980
    Abstract: There is disclosed herein a bag which is constructed to form a primary loading compartment and an auxiliary load-carrying or promotional-item-carrying pocket. The bag includes front, back, side and bottom panels and a compartment forming partition panel. The partition panel is secured to the front panel so as to define primary and auxiliary load-carrying compartments. The auxiliary compartment is formed by the front panel and partition panel. The front panel may be apertured and overlaid with a transparent film so as to form a window. The partition is adhered to the front panel so as to form a pocket in which the contents are positioned for viewing through the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: Bagcraft Corporation of America
    Inventors: Alden M. Cohen, Mark Faltynek, Ronald Marsik, David A. Riseman
  • Patent number: 4977941
    Abstract: A bingo bag is formed by quilt material sewed into a hollow container that is open at its upper end. Fabric is stitched to the inner surface of the container to form a plurality of pockets. The quilt material is stiff enough that the bag sits in an upright position making accessible the interior of the bag where bingo-playing accessories are kept.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Inventor: Esther L. Henderson
  • Patent number: 4978232
    Abstract: A flexible pouch formed from a single sheet of plastic material folded over upon itself along an umbrella like fold assembly to provide the opposed walls of a chamber for storing a product and an optional second sheet to form the bottom of the chamber. The walls and the bottom are sealed along their periphery to form the chamber. The pouch has a self-opening spout formed in part by the fold assembly which expands and springs open when the sealed end of the spout is cut off. The fold assembly not only provides a large spout opening, but also provides a spring force which keeps the spout open so that all the product may be emptied from the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventor: David P. Dunton
  • Patent number: 4950216
    Abstract: A flower pot for containing growing flowers or plants made by forming a sheet of material into a container having an upper end and a lower end with an object opening extending through the upper end and extending a distance through the container, the container having a plurality of overlapping folds for contributing to the rigidity of the container for cooperating in tending to maintain the formed shape of the container, and the container having a skirt extending a distance outwardly from the upper end of the container. After forming the container with the skirt outwardly extending therefrom, the skirt is formed in a downward direction to a position wherein the skirt is disposed generally near the outer peripheral surface of the container. When the plants or flowers are ready for shipment or display, the skirt again is formed or turned in the outwardly extending direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: Highland Supply Corporation
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Patent number: 4941755
    Abstract: Device for manufacturing a sachet of flexible synthetic material intended for packaging liquids, the said sachet initially being in the form of a cushion-like bag already full of liquid, this device enabling a means for gripping, stiffening and mounting information to be attached to the said cushion-like bag and enabling the sachet to be given its final shape for marketing and use.It comprises means for enclosing the cushion-like bag in a sleeve of synthetic material which can be stretched and is cold-worked around clamping jaws (19, 20) which are capable of a translation of motion and a motion away from one another, between which the cushion-like bag is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: Societe Generale des Eaux Minerales de Vittel
    Inventor: Michel Cazes
  • Patent number: 4930906
    Abstract: A cooking grease disposal bag is formed with a multiply construction and has an internal layer of a heavy gage deformable aluminum foil, an intermediate layer formed by a puncture resistant polyethylene sheet, and an outer layer formed by an insulating paper material. First and second fold lines are designated by indicia on an external front wall of the bag. A permanent adhesive strip covered by a peel off layer is disposed across a top edge of the front wall and a pair of tacky adhesive strips each having exposed tacky adhesive surfaces have a first end secured adjacent a first fold line and a second free end. The tacky adhesive strips may be utilized to temporarily seal the bag, while the permanent adhesive strip may be utilized to permanently seal the bag for disposal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Inventor: Fred S. Hemphill
  • Patent number: 4930903
    Abstract: A gift wrap package includes a paper bag of conventional type having a square folded bottom and side folds providing a bag of generally rectilinear shape. An insert inside the bag supports one or more of the bag sides and gives the bag the appearance of a box. A rectilinear lid closes the open mouth of the bag. In one embodiment, a pair of handles are affixed to the bag and extend through slots in the lid. In another embodiment, the handles are attached to an intermediate portion of the bag and extend alongside the lid. Suitable ribbons or bows may be applied to the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Assignee: William-Maher, Inc.
    Inventor: William M. Mahoney
  • Patent number: 4904093
    Abstract: A disposable or reusable and reclosable gussetted plastic bag capable of being compactly stored as a food container in freezers, yet capable of standing with an upright spout in a microwave oven for non-spill thawing and cooking of food contained in the bag. The bag is formed of two wing-shaped pouches on either side of the upright spout. The bag preferably has inner and outer skin layers of different heat sealing temperatures so that peripheral sealing is effected only with the inner skin layers, allowing the wing-shaped pouches to be formed out of a gussetted bottom without sealing of the outer skin layers of the gusset walls facing one another. Two pairs of relief seals are located adjacent each gusset joint at both edges of the bag. Each seal is positioned 45.degree. off the gusset joint and preferably has a rounded peak shape. The heat seals are formed by applying heat adjacent each gusset joint with a hot bar or other heat sealing device following formation of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1990
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Comapny
    Inventors: Timothy R. Woods, Fred Stevenson, R. Douglas Behr
  • Patent number: 4898477
    Abstract: A self-expanding flexible pouch that can be used as the measuring device for reconstituting a concentrated product contained therein. The flexible pouch includes an extensible stay located in the throat area of the pouch that is biased toward a circular or elliptical configuration but initially held substantially flat in a stressed condition by the pouch's sealed top portion. When the pouch's top portion is removed, the extensible stay expands to its unstressed circular configuration and thereby expands and opens the pouch's throat area. In a particularly preferred embodiment of the present invention, the pouch's bottom section is provided with a pleated bottom gusset panel that is attached to the sidewall panels' inner surface. When the reconstituting fluid is poured into the pouch, the pouch's bottom gusset panel unfolds and drops downward which allows the pouch's bottom section to also expand and assume a substantially tubular configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1990
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William A. Cox, James B. Camden, George L. Roseberry
  • Patent number: 4890757
    Abstract: An enclosure having a self-supporting side wall formed of a plurality of laterally spaced ribs with non-self-supporting thin weebs therebetween whereby the ribs and webs cooperate one with the other to provide an enclosure having shape-retaining characteristics. A bottom wall is provided constituting an integral extension of the side wall with the ribs being scored at the juncture of the side and bottom walls to permit the material to be folded such that the side wall and bottom wall lie generally normal one to the other. The enclosure has a closure portion including either a substantially rigid portion having a neck with an opening or a self-supporting rib and web closure terminating in the neck and opening. A cap is provided for sealing the enclosure. Blow molding and blown film techniques are used to form the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1990
    Inventor: Edward S. Robbins, III
  • Patent number: 4886373
    Abstract: A self-supporting, stand-up, peripherally sealed, flexible, dispensing pouch has a construction which comprises (a) a circumferential, flexible wall that defines a compartment which contains fluidic material; (b) an inverted portion of the flexible wall that extends into the compartment; and (c) a self-supporting rim formed by the confluence of the flexible wall with the inverted portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1989
    Inventor: Arthur P. Corella
  • Patent number: 4848930
    Abstract: A plastic bag is disclosed of the type which is constructed from a front and rear wall which are folded upwardly at the bottom to form a gusset. The front and rear walls are sealed together along their entire lateral margins, except that the upper portion of each wall is provided with an unsealed flap or cuff portion. Diagonal welds are formed in the lower corner of each wall, so as to seal the wall to the underlying gusset wall, but the gusset walls are not sealed to each other. To complete the bag, each cuff portion is folded downwardly over the corresponding wall. The cuff portions are provided with cut-out openings. Afer the bag is filled, the cuff portions may be unfolded and used as carrying handles, with the cut-out openings serving as hand holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Trinity Paper & Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Williams, Mary M. Watson
  • Patent number: 4848931
    Abstract: A packaging sheet for containing foodstuff is proposed which comprises a substrate of synthetic resin and a metallic film layer laminated to the substrate through an adhesive layer and a resin layer having a lower bond strength than the adhesive layer. Food packaging containers using the packaging sheet as a lid and self-standing pouches using the packaging sheet as their side sheets are also proposed. Before such a container or pouch containing food is put into a microwave oven for cooking, the metallic film layer or layers can be removed easily from the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Toyo Aluminium Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mamoru Kamada, Fumiaki Nagase, Eiichi Takeuchi, Toshihiko Nakano, Shoichi Makimoto
  • Patent number: 4837849
    Abstract: A stand-up plastic bag has a pair of front and rear side walls defining an open bag mouth at upper edges thereof, and a pair of front and rear bottom gusset walls being disposed between the side walls. The walls are composed of a multi-layered film of different, heat-sealable, coextruded thermoplastics, such as polyethylene and Nylon. Polyethylene is on the interior surfaces and Nylon is on the exterior surfaces of the walls. The gusset walls have upper portions interconnected together to form a bottom wall extending between the front and rear side walls. The gusset walls also have lower portions joined by heat seals to lower portions of the front and rear side walls at contiguous portions of polyethylene material on their interior surfaces to form a support band which connects to and extends below the bottom wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Laurence R. Erickson, R. Douglas Behr, Roger D. Vrooman
  • Patent number: 4826006
    Abstract: A quick packing, facilitating transport and display in large-scale distribution outlets, for products such as flue-brushes for cleaning square-, rectangular-or circular-section flues, comprises two rigid side elements, made of material such as corrugated cardboard or other synthetic material, of rectangular form of which the width is at least equal to the largest dimension of said products. The bottom of the packing, connected to the two side elements, is provided with two side flaps of sufficient height, automatically cooperating, by adequate folding means, with the two side elements, becoming perpendicular thereto. The assembly thus formed is in the form of a trough adapted to ensure lateral holding of the products. In the top of the packing it comprises means for rapidly assembling the side elements previously brought "edge to edge", as well as a cut-out on each of the side elements to form a handle for transporting purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Assignee: Manufacture Francaise de Brosserie Industrielle
    Inventor: Armand Chainard
  • Patent number: 4818545
    Abstract: This invention provides a food material-container combination which allows the food material to be cooked and solidified by simple operations without a pot, and which simplifies the work of cleaning up after cooking. Referring to FIG. 1, a self-standing container 11 has an opening 12 at the top portion thereof. A food material such as tofu material is charged in the container 11 together with water. The upper portion 13 is sealed by folding it by hand. The container and contents are then thoroughly shaken, whereafter the content of the container 11 is heated by a microwave oven. After a prescribed period of heating, the container 11 is taken out from the microwave oven and the container is cut along the line 16. The end product can then be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: House Food Industrial Company Limited
    Inventor: Yuji Kunimoto
  • Patent number: 4810109
    Abstract: This invention relates to a supple bag made by flat assembly of a system of films, intended to constitute, by extension, a stable recipient, and to a process for obtaining said bag. According to the invention, this bag is obtained by assembling the films along lateral and bottom contours and along a base line previously traced geometrically by developing on the films the lateral surface of the recipient which was previously determined in its form and characteristics, in order that the recipient rests, after being filled and closed, in stable manner on its support base, not presenting any point of fold along its lateral edges. The invention finds particular application in the food industry, for packing beverages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Inventor: Jean Castel
  • Patent number: 4808421
    Abstract: A microwavable package, comprising a folded package for use in holding a variety of cookable items, such as popcorn, other food products, or other substances, all to be heated within a microwave oven, the package being formed of a polymer material, comprising one or more liners of such laminated material, with the package being formed into the tubular configuration, and having a paper or paper-like web of material located and adhesively secured within its manufacturer's joint; the formed tubular like material is then folded at its bottom segments, adhered temporarily through the usage of a hot melt of other adhesive, and having a paper or paper like seal applied thereover, to form a fully integrated and foldable package which is capable of functioning and maintaining its structural integrity even when exposed to the energy of a microwave oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: Packaging Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham H. Mendenhall, Joseph E. Irace
  • Patent number: 4806371
    Abstract: A microwave package for packaging a combination of products and ingredients, including a package formed as a bag and constructed of paper, polymer film, or the like, having collapsable gussets formed at each side, a first product chamber formed internally at a lower location of the package, at least a pair of heat seals formed upwardly of the bag, and one or more upper chambers formed therein for holding of seasoning and flavoring ingredients within said upper chambers, while a food product, or the like, to be cooked as arranged within the lower formed chamber, so that during microwaving, said seals are strategically broken due to generated heat and pressure to provide for a deposition of the flavoring onto the cooked or cooking food product to provide a readily servable food fully seasoned upon conclusion of its microwave cooking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: Packageing Concepts, Inc.
    Inventor: Abraham H. Mendenhall
  • Patent number: 4795271
    Abstract: A free standing product pouch for containing a product as, for instance, a fluid product includes a pouch formed with an elongated edge having ends. The pouch is folded about a point on the edge to locate the ends of the edges together in proximity with one another. The ends of this edge are connected together to maintain the pouch in a folded configuration. The folded configuration of the pouch is free standing on a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Assignee: W. A. Lane, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Lane, Jr., Steven D. Davis
  • Patent number: 4784497
    Abstract: A receptacle made of kraft paper or the like essentially a rectangular prism in form when expanded and ready for use which can be used to collect used food and drink containers; used tissues and napkins; apple cores, orange peelings and such. The construction allows the receptacle to be stored flat and yet to be readily expanded to become a rigid self-supporting receptacle with an easy opening and self-closing top closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1988
    Inventor: Warren A. Dutton
  • Patent number: 4779998
    Abstract: A package of the type used to contain one or more products to be carried out of a store or restaurant, includes a paperboard base tray having tapered side walls and a tapered, flexible bag portion made, for example, of transparent plastic film. The sleeve forming the bag portion is attached to the side walls of the base. The package thus has a rigid, smooth inner bottom for supporting upstanding articles, such as drink cups, has the capability of being nested in an open configuration for storage, and can be made from a minimum of materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1988
    Assignee: Rock-Tenn Company
    Inventor: Henry Wischusen, III
  • Patent number: 4764029
    Abstract: A disposable and collapsible water resistant trash receptacle has a pleated sidewall comprising the side cylindrical portion of the container and a circular bottom attached to the bottom of the cylindrical portion. The upper portion of the sidewall forms an integral lid and has pairs of tie tabs so that when the receptacle is full of trash, the lid is pulled up and the pairs of tie tabs can be tied together to seal off the receptacle when full of trash. The longitudinal pleating and the type of material employed for forming the sidewall gives the receptacle sufficient rigidity so that it is freestanding when in the opened position. Additionally the pleating allows the sidewall to compress inwardly forming a compact, elongate tube for transport and sale. Further features of the basic receptacle include vertical stiffeners attached or molded into the sidewall to increase its rigidity and a transverse reinforcing strip for increasing the rigidity around the area forming the rim of the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Inventor: Donald R. Abblett
  • Patent number: 4747703
    Abstract: The front face of a bag, made of flexible material obtained from a strip of synthetic film shaped to define a bottom and a pair of side walls connected by a stiffening and gripping zone to the front face, from which contents of the bag are poured, is provided with structure for stiffening and stabilizing said bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1988
    Assignee: Societe Generale des Eaux Minerales de Vittel
    Inventor: Michel Cazes
  • Patent number: 4718738
    Abstract: A flexible bag operable as a coin bank includes first and second sidewall members and a base portion. The sidewall members and base portion may be constructed from a flexible plastic material, such as a polyethylene plastic, which is capable of being heat-sealed. The flexible bag includes the plurality of edges, all of which are sealed to define an internal coin receiving chamber. Access to the chamber is provided by means of a coin slot, enabling coins to readily be placed into the bag, one at a time. Preferably the coin slot is sized to generally inhibit removal of large numbers of coins from the bag, without substantial difficulty. The flexible bag includes retaining means serving to keep the coin slot held substantially open for facilitating deposit of coins therein, at preferred times. The flexible bag bank may be constructed from materials sufficiently inexpensive and easy to cut open to facilitate complete destruction of the bank, when access to the coins is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Assignee: Kapak Corp.
    Inventor: Gary M. Bell
  • Patent number: 4717262
    Abstract: A flat bottom plastic bag of two sided panel construction with the bottom of the bag formed by a gussett extending between the sealed ends of the bag, at which point the bag side panels are joined together, with the bag bottom gusset having a central fold line that is, in the flattened relation of the bag, disposed between the lower portions of the bag side panels, and that in such relation forms a first pair of adjacent bag plies that includes one of said bag side panel lower portions, and a second pair of bag plies that includes the lower portion of the other bag side panel, with said respective sets of bag plies being respectively joined together but free of adherence to each other by diagonally extending heat seals on either side of the bag that extend diagonally from the bag respective ends in converging relation to adjacent the respective bottom edgers of the bag that are defined by the respective bag plies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: T.C. Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph M. Roen, Terry D. Gebhardt
  • Patent number: 4691374
    Abstract: A paper bag is described comprising a pair of face panels, one of which may be narrower than the other, joined by centrally extending gussets. The bottom and top of the bag are sealed, the bottom with a permanent seal and the top with a rupturable seal formed from thermoplastic adhesive so that the top can open to form a vent when products, e.g., foods, are heated within the bag in a microwave oven. The strong bottom seal may consist of diagonal seals that extend diagonally from the center of the bag toward the side edge. One or more temporary transverse seals can be provided near the center of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: Golden Valley Microwave Foods Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Watkins, David W. Andreas
  • Patent number: 4607388
    Abstract: A flexible container for transporting and storing bulk goods, preferably arranged so as to be liftable by its upper end, is constructed from a tubular blank so as to include a shell, a bottom and a filling aperture, pleats being formed in the shell and having lower parts which are folded so as to be coplanar with the container bottom. The free, lower margin of the tubular container blank is closed by a bottom seam located substantially in the central region of the container bottom and the upper plane of each pleat is folded into the plane of the container bottom and affixed to the lower plane of the respective pleat by a connecting seam. On each side of the bottom seam, there is at least one supporting seam substantially parallel to the bottom seam. The distance of each supporting seam is advantageously in the range of about 1/3 to 1/4 of the half-length of the connecting seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1986
    Assignee: Oy Rosenlew AB
    Inventors: Veikko Koiyumaki, Hannu Tamminen, Pekka Peltonen, Veikko Koski
  • Patent number: 4512463
    Abstract: A container to receive draining fluids characterized by a flexible base and sidewall, and a relatively stiff annulus portion surrounding the base and attached to the sidewall to provide a receptacle. The annulus portion, with the sides and mouth of the container draped over and outside it, forms a free-standing perimeter of sufficient depth, diameter and stability to receive fluids being freely drained into it as from an automobile or tractor radiator, crankcase or transmission. When the draining is completed, the mouth of the container may be sealed to prevent leakage. A resealable, flexible tube is incorporated near the base of the container to serve as a drain spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Inventor: Randall W. Ward
  • Patent number: 4491959
    Abstract: A plastic bag 1 with gusset fold parts 7, 8; 7a, 8a bounded by a central gusset fold edge 3, 3a and outer gusset fold edge 4, 5; 4a, 5a, is provided with a transverse seal 6 and first fold part seals 9, 10, 11, 12 at either side of the bag. Perforations 14 are present in the first and second gusset fold parts 7, 7; 7a, 8a in the area bound by said first fold part seals 9, 10, 12, 12, imaginary lines 15, 15a and the central gusset fold edges 3, 3a. The imaginary lines 15, 15a extend parallel to the transverse seal 6 and through the intersection of the first fold part seals and outer gusset fold edge 4, 5; 4a, 5a. Similar perforations 14 may be present at the other side of the bag in the region of the gusset fold parts bound by the central gusset fold edge 3, 3a, second fold part seals 16, 17, 18, 19 and imaginary lines 26, 26a extending parallel to the transverse seal 6 and through the intersection of second fold part seals 16, 17, 18, 19 and outer fold edges 4, 5; 4a, 5a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1985
    Assignee: Wavin B.V.
    Inventor: Gustaf G. Loefberg
  • Patent number: 4454979
    Abstract: A packing bag is formed by sealing longer side edges, and by sealing V shaped folded sheets to the shorter sides. A portion of the longer side edges is left unsealed to form an inlet port. A protected cylinder or handle may be attached to overlie the inlet port. Opposed notches are formed on both sides of the cylinder or handle to facilitate opening of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1984
    Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaomi Ikeda, Yotaro Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 4450581
    Abstract: A convenience container with a cornered bottom is comprised of an outer shell and a pouch sealed to the inside of the outer shell for containing a liquid. The outer shell is provided with fold lines and with a scored line for forming a mouth opening. The outer shell is pressed inwardly along these fold lines, and the top marginal portion of the outer shell is cut off along the scored line, to thereby easily form an opening to serve as a dispensing mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1984
    Assignee: Tokai Metals Company, Limited
    Inventor: Isao Hirata