Line Of Weakness Delineates Substantially The Entire Tearing Path Patents (Class 383/207)
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Patent number: 12234076Abstract: A woven laminated plastic bag having features that prevent leakage of contents out of the bag, or infestation of organisms into the contents of the bag is provided. In various aspects the bag can be fabricated from woven polypropylene and/or polyethylene layer which can be laminated with a film layer, can form a pinch bottom bag, and can have one or both sides include graphics and/or printing. The bag can also provide a top end and/or a bottom end either or both of which provide a discrete area which may contain discrete graphics and/or printing. The bag can also include a sealed closure that at least a portion of which can be easily peeled open with less force than the remainder of the sealed closure.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Polytex Fibers LLCInventors: Jacobo Bazbaz, Alberto Zaroli
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Patent number: 12172819Abstract: A packaging bag includes a cutting guide band extending along a transverse direction. The cutting guide band includes, a first guide band having first cut lines that are inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the transverse direction; a second guide band having second cut lines that are inclined at a predetermined angle in a direction opposite a direction of the first cut lines with respect to the transverse direction; and a third guide band having third cut lines that are inclined at a predetermined angle in the same direction as the direction of the first cut lines with respect to the transverse direction. The cutting guide band has a fourth cut line between the first guide band and the second guide band and/or between the second guide band and the third guide band, the fourth cut line being perforated and extending along the transverse direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignees: TOPPAN INC., HISAMITSU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., INC.Inventors: Kazuyoshi Okada, Yoshikazu Kuwano, Hiroshi Oishi, Tetsuhiro Kawano
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Patent number: 12083305Abstract: The disposable personal towel cleaning kit is a kit. The disposable personal towel cleaning kit is a therapeutic apparatus. The disposable personal towel cleaning kit is adapted for use with a patient. The disposable personal towel cleaning kit cleans the patient. The disposable personal towel cleaning kit comprises a cleaning towel and a cosmetic media towel. The cleaning towel is intended for a single use. The cosmetic media towel is intended for a single use. The cleaning towel is disposable. The cosmetic media towel is disposable. The cleaning towel applies a cleaning solution to the skin of the patient. The cosmetic media towel applies a cosmetic media solution to the skin of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Inventor: James Kohr, II
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Patent number: 12083304Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for using topical, isotonic compositions comprising a prebiotic oligosaccharide, a metal co-factor, and an essential oil comprising bornyl acetate. The compositions support the genital microbiota and are useful for, for example, hydrating, lubricating, cleaning, and/or decreasing irritation or inflammation of the urogenital and/or anogenital region of a subject, and/or enhancing the beneficial genital microbiota of a subject. Such compositions are useful before, during, and/or after sexual and/or reproductive activity. Kits for gel compositions including these compositions are also provided which may be used to aid delivery to and administration in low-resource settings.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: GLYCIOME, LLCInventors: Joanna E. Ellington, G. D. Clifton, Rayne Ellington-Lawrence
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Patent number: 11718449Abstract: A bag includes a header, a body, a seal positioned between the header and the body, and an integral handle. The integral handle includes a central portion, a first end portion including a first end first branch and a first end second branch, and a second end portion including a second end first branch and a second end second branch. The header includes a top end generally opposing the seal. The handle is positioned between the top end and the seal. The handle is perforated, scored or cut. The first end portion and the second end portion are located at each end of the central portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Amcor Flexibles North America, Inc.Inventors: Michele C. Payant, Stephen J. Klein, Chad D. Cope
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Patent number: 11529269Abstract: A package containing a stack of folded disposable absorbent articles, the package being formed of flexible polymeric film, and having a path of perforations or scoring defining a hood opening structure, is disclosed. The hood opening structure may be configured to open proximate the fold noses of the articles for easy tactile identification, grasping and withdrawal of individual ones thereof, and may be configured so as to serve as an effective package reclosure device whereby the package may be used to store the unused supply of articles following opening. The package, and printed commercial artwork and product information on the package surfaces, may be configured such that the fold noses are disposed at the apparent bottom of the package, for improved standing stability when the package is shelved.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2022Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Astrid Annette Sheehan, Oliver Edwin Clarke Mason
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Patent number: 11511913Abstract: A hanging bag dispenser includes a bag support platform having a surface that contacts a last bag in a vertically supported bag pack. A mounting device is attached to the platform to engage a mounting aperture that penetrates each bag in the bag pack. A positioning system is attached to the bag support platform and maintains the bag support platform at a sufficient height to allow the bag pack to extend downwardly from the mounting device. A pivotally mounted bag control arm is mounted to the platform and permits installation of the bag pack on the mounting device when pivoted to a loading position and rests upon an outermost bag in the bag pack when pivoted to a control position. A guard plate is mounted adjacent the control arm that prevents access to an upper portion of the bag pack when the control arm is in to the control position.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Inventor: Stephanie Tan
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Patent number: 11471981Abstract: A fabrication method of transparent material is a method of processing a thermosetting transparent material including a disposing step of disposing an uncured thermosetting transparent material, a laser beam irradiation step of irradiating the disposed uncured thermosetting transparent material with a laser beam so that cavitation bubbles are generated in the uncured thermosetting transparent material, and a curing step of performing a curing process on the uncured thermosetting transparent material in which the cavitation bubbles are generated.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: HIROSAKI UNIVERSITYInventor: Yasutaka Hanada
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Patent number: 11465810Abstract: A package is described. The package comprises a first wall, a second wall, and a first seal. The first wall comprises an exterior layer, an interior layer, and a peelable adhesive layer positioned between the exterior layer and the interior layer. The interior layer comprises a first Sine of weakness and a second Sine of weakness, and the peelable adhesive layer comprises a peelable adhesive region and a first void. The first void is aligned with the first Sine of weakness. The first seal is positioned between the first line of weakness and the second line of weakness, and a first end portion of the first seal is aligned with the first void. Various embodiments of the package are also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: BEMIS COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Brian R. O'Hagan, Jordan R. Tracy
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Patent number: 11453765Abstract: A heat-shrinkable film comprises a blend of 35-75 wt % of an ethylene-based polymer, 10-45 wt % of an ethylene/unsaturated ester copolymer, and 5-30 wt % of a plastomer, with the blend making up at least 20 wt % of the film. The ethylene-based polymer has a peak melt point ?95° C. The plastomer has a peak melt point ?90° C. and a melt index of ?1.1 g/10 min. The film comprises a cross-linked polymer network which has been strained by solid state orientation. The film has a total free shrink at 85° C. of at least 90% and an energy-to-break of at least 0.70 J/mil.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Cryovac, LLCInventors: Ashley Wynne, Kelly Ahlgren, Miles Johnston, Rebecca Higginbotham
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Patent number: 11390441Abstract: An object is to provide a packaging bag that can be suitably used with provision of a score line. The packaging bag has a rectangular shape formed by overlapping film sheets and sealing at least three edges thereof to form a container part. In the packaging bag, a score line, in which the strength of the film is reduced, is formed on the container part away from the seal part in plan view. The packaging bag further includes a notch formed in at least one edge among the three edges and serving as a start point for breaking the film when the container part is to be opened. The score line is formed along a straight line extending from the notch to an edge facing the edge in which the notch is formed, in a direction perpendicular to the edge in which the notch is formed.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.Inventor: Shunsuke Yajima
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Patent number: 11027888Abstract: A woven laminated plastic bag having an easy open feature is provided. The easy open feature is generally defined by a weakened portion in the bag. In various aspects the bag can be fabricated from woven polypropylene and/or polyethylene layer which can be laminated with a film layer, can form a pinch bottom bag, and can have one or both sides include graphics and/or printing. The bag can also provide a top end and/or a bottom end either or both of which provide a discrete area which may contain discrete graphics and/or printing.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: POLYTEX FIBERS CORPORATIONInventor: Jacobo Bazbaz
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Patent number: 10793335Abstract: A tamper evident bag has front and rear panels connected together along opposite first and second side edge margins and a bottom edge margins that define a bag interior and a first bag opening therebetween. The front and rear panels each have a tear line with a first end and a second end, the first and second ends being located at the first side edge margin. The first and second ends of each tear line being spaced part. The tear lines extend over the front and rear panels but remain spaced from the second side edge margin. Each tear line defines a respective tear out section on the front and rear panels. The tear out sections are joined along the first side edge margin and are configured to be removed to create a second bag opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Inteplast Group CorporationInventors: Sumei Lin, Li-yung Chang, Ben Tseng
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Patent number: 10781022Abstract: A heat-shrinkable packaging article has one or more tear initiators for initiating a manual tear that can be propagated to open a package and allow a product to be readily removed therefrom, without the use of a knife or scissors or any other implement. The tear initiators are present in a skirt and/or header of the article. The skirt and/or header has a first side and a second side. In one embodiment, some or all of the first side of the skirt and/or header can be heatset in order to reduce the shrink and curling of the skirt and/or header. This improves identification and utilization of the tear initiators by a consumer upon shrinking the packaging article around the product. In another embodiment, the skirt and/or header has a plurality of pairs of tear initiators to allow portions of the package to be torn off to expose a portion of the product that can then be sliced off while the remainder of the packaged product remains covered by a remainder of the film.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Cryovac, LLCInventors: Diana L. Huerta, Robert A. Odabashian, Stephen F. Compton, Sumita Ranganathan, Michael J. Rosinski, H. Walker Stockley, Scott C. Bossong, Richard K. Watson
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Patent number: 9302838Abstract: An easy opening bag comprising corner seals. A line of weakness extends from at least a portion of a first panel of the bag into at least a portion of a first corner seal of the bag, wherein the line of weakness is: a dashed line in the first panel; and a continuous line in the first corner seal, and wherein the dashed line in the first panel and the continuous line in the first corner seal abut.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Martin Werner Frank, Hedwige Clara Theophiel Verherbrugghen
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Patent number: 9120609Abstract: Wrappers for personal care articles are described. The wrappers have a unique line of weakness that facilitates both high-speed manufacture and the consumer use experience.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2013Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Widalys Luz De Soto-Burt, Gregory James Wilson
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Publication number: 20150131928Abstract: The invention relates to a package (1, 1?, 1?, 1??, 100) formed of a sheet (10). The package comprises a first sealing region (2) extending in a first direction and a second sealing region (4) extending in a second direction which is substantially parallel to the first direction, the first and second sealing regions (2, 4) being spaced apart a first distance. Further, the package comprises a third sealing region (6) extending in a third direction which is substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions and a fourth sealing region (8) extending in a fourth direction which is substantially parallel to the third direction, the third and fourth sealing regions (6, 8) being spaced apart a second distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventors: Ronald H. Exner, Paul Veternik, Olav Dagestad
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Publication number: 20150063728Abstract: A flexible packaging bag is closed at one end by means of a header having a removable outer header portion and an inner header portion (16A) both of which are sealed. The seal in the inner header portion is peelable. An elliptical aperture is defined in the outer header portion. The aperture is dimensioned to enable the insertion of one or more fingers and is offset proximal to a first side edge of the outer header portion. The aperture is used to suspend the bag from a display hook at an angle and can be grasped as an aid to tearing when removing the outer header portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Christopher Wright Dunkle, Jo-Ann Clark, Adam Lloyd
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Publication number: 20150055895Abstract: To provide a package bag that can be easily opened, while preventing unintentional breakage or opening. A flexible film package bag 1 comprises: a sealed portion 2 in which a flexible film is joined; and a plurality of notches 4 for opening. The plurality of notches 4 are provided in such a way that an end thereof on an outer edge portion 6 side of the flexible film package bag 1 is positioned away from the outer edge portion 6 by a predetermined distance. Since the outer edge portion 6 has neither a cutout nor slit and all notches 4 are away from the outer edge portion 6, there is no risk of unintentional breakage or opening and the package bag can be easily opened as necessary.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: TOTAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Misao Kishi, Kenji Watanabe
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Patent number: 8950576Abstract: The present invention relates to bags made from medical-grade paper for sterilization, with sterilization-process indicators and pigmented-adhesive-based safety features, which is easy to handle and use and can be used to store materials, more particularly surgical medical material, for sterilization. Such bags are produced using medical-grade paper that is treated on the surface thereof with a microbiocide for sterilization, and, owing to the structure and design thereof, allow safe, rapid handling of the sterilized material placed within, since there are visual indicators that guarantee the hermetic closure and sealing thereof. Furthermore, generally, the invention has printed indicators that change color depending on the sterilization process carried out on the bags and on whether said process was carried out correctly.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Inventor: Albert Pla Andreu
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Patent number: 8951591Abstract: A resealable closure for packages is provided which has a package integrity feature. The closure includes a two-ply material having an inner film layer and an outer film layer, forming a top of container. The outer film layer has a sealing panel completely covering a first panel and a second panel of the inner film layer. The sealing panel is permanently attached to the first panel and is releasably affixed a portion of the inner film layer around the perimeter of the first panel to form an opening in the top when the sealing panel with affixed first panel is peeled back from the top. The sealing panel is resealable against the top to seal the opening when the sealing panel is moved back against the top. The package integrity feature comprises the second panel of the inner layer which separates from the sealing panel to indicate that the container has been previously opened.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Intercontinental Great Brands LLCInventors: Carole Anne Vogt, Gladys Odette Moncayo, Jeffrey Thomas Weber, Elizabeth A. McDermott, Douglas H. Philipsen
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Publication number: 20150023614Abstract: The present invention is directed to a flexible pouch containing goods on a roll. The flexible pouch comprises a first flexible side wall, a second flexible side wall, a third flexible side wall, and a fourth flexible side wall. Adjacent flexible side walls are attached to one another to define the flexible pouch. At least two rolls of goods are located within the flexible pouch. A gusseted bottom is provided in the flexible pouch, a seal extending across the flexible pouch securing the bottom end of the flexible pouch. A gusseted top may also be provided in the flexible pouch with a seal extending across the flexible pouch securing the top end of the flexible pouch.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: Poly-America, L.P.Inventor: Cobler A. Cobler
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Patent number: 8920030Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to flexible packages having an access control feature in the form of a strip of a malleable sheet material that can be used to form a dead fold to re-close an opened package and prevent spilling. The access control feature can also be used to keep the mouth of the package open for easier access when the contents of the package are being consumed. Exemplary embodiments operate in an intuitive manner and are easy to use. The access control feature provides a tactile cue to the user for properly closing the package, as well as visual assurance that the package has been closed.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2011Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: The Hershey CompanyInventors: Anne Margaret McSweeney, Marcus R. Plato
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Publication number: 20140376835Abstract: A package includes at least one layer of foamed thin film having gaseous bubbles, void volumes, or cells. The foamed thin film includes a bio-based content of between about 10% and about 100%, a caliper of between about 10 and 250 microns, and a density reduction of between about a 5% to 50%, as compared to a non-foamed thin film of substantially the same caliper that does not comprise gaseous bubbles, void volumes, or cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Neil John Rogers, Michael Remus, Emily Charlotte Boswell
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Publication number: 20140366484Abstract: Packaging (10) in flexible material, comprising a supporting base (11) wherefrom two opposite side walls (12) rise up, each one sealed to a half-perimeter (13) of the base (11) and sealed one to the other along respective side edges (14) and along the upper edge with a head sealing (16), characterised in that in an intermediate area of the packaging (10) at least one continuous transverse sealing (17) is provided, suitable for dividing the interior of the packaging (10) into two separate chambers, a lower chamber (20) and an upper chamber (21), suitable for containing two different components of a product to be heated and brought into contact at the time of consumption, said transverse sealing (17) being such as to open when a certain pressure is reached in said lower chamber (20), thus forming a single chamber inside the packaging (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: GOGLIO S.P.A.Inventor: Roberto GALBASINI
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Publication number: 20140363545Abstract: A package for a food product is provided and includes a fin seal, where the package is configured for controlled opening using an opening feature. The opening feature may include an integral flap separable from the remainder of the package to form an access opening to an interior of the package. The flap may be defined by one or more score or scribed lines that extend only partially through the package. The flap may have a portion extending into the fin seal area. Opening of the flap may expose adhesive of the fin seal area which can be utilized for attaching the flap to reclose the package.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: Paul Veternik, Stefan Scheuch, Ronald H. Exner, Olay Dagestad, Paul E. Doll, Deborah A. Lyzenga
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Patent number: 8905638Abstract: An easy-open and reclosable package includes a pouch including a discrete strip, between first and second side panels; including a sealing segment, a backing segment, and an intermediate layer including a pressure sensitive adhesive, the first surface of the strip anchored to the inner surface of the first panel at a first location, and the second surface of the strip anchored to the inner surface of the second side panel at a first location; a die cut in the first panel, defining a primary die cut segment so arranged that when the package is opened, it can be reclosed by adhering the adhesive to the first side panel; and a product in the pouch. A secondary die cut segment can be disposed between the primary die cut segment and an end of the package. This secondary die cut can be at least partially underlain by the adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.Inventors: Andrew W. Moehlenbrock, Sumita Sanjeevi Ranganathan
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Patent number: 8876383Abstract: A flexible film package for storing food products comprises a body with a side wall, a closed bottom end, and a closed top end. The body includes a primary line of weakness and a pair of secondary lines of weakness formed in the side wall. Each of the primary and secondary lines of weakness includes a plurality of score lines spaced apart by non-scored portions of the side wall. The score lines of the primary line of weakness have a greater length, width, and depth than the score lines of the secondary lines of weakness. The non-scored portions between the score lines of the primary line of weakness are longer than the non-scored portions between the score lines of the secondary lines of weakness.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLCInventors: Paul Edward Doll, Kofi Ampadu
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Publication number: 20140270598Abstract: An easy open apparatus for multi-wall bags and a method for making such bags are disclosed. The bag has a closed end and an open end and the rear panel is stepped relative to the upper edge of the front panel. A tear-tape strip is adhered to an inner surface of a flap formed in the outer layer of the front panel and extends partly across the panel with ends of the tear-tape exposed. To open the bag, the user grasps one exposed end of the tear-tape and pulls it outwardly away from the bag, thereby tearing the outer paper layer across the flap to form a “pocket” or “handle” that the user may grasp to tear the bag open.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Standard Multiwall Bag Manufacturing Co.Inventors: Yuming Pang, Paul Lin
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Patent number: 8814430Abstract: A package for a food product is provided and includes a fin seal, where the package is configured for controlled opening using an opening feature. The opening feature may include an integral flap separable from the remainder of the package to form an access opening to an interior of the package. The flap may be defined by one or more score or scribed lines that extend only partially through the package. The flap may have a portion extending into the fin seal area. Opening of the flap may expose adhesive of the fin seal area which can be utilized for attaching the flap to reclose the package.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2010Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Kraft Foods R&D, Inc.Inventors: Paul Veternik, Stefan Scheuch, Ronald H. Exner, Olav Dagestad, Paul E. Doll, Deborah A. Lyzenga
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Publication number: 20140216963Abstract: A sterile bag for containing non-sterile objects includes: a body; a sealed first end; a second end forming a cuff and an opening to an internal portion of the bag when in a first position; a visible demarcation located circumferentially along the cuff dividing the bag into two sides; a closure mechanism located along the cuff on the proximal side of the visible demarcation such that when the second end is in a second position there is no cuff and the closure mechanism can be used to seal the bag with the visible demarcation sealed within the bag. In use, a first user with scrubbed hands may touch the bag only on one side of the visible demarcation and a second user with non-scrubbed hands may touch the bag only on the other side of the visible demarcation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Whitney Products, Inc.Inventors: Steven G. Whitney, Allison Bedell, Saagar Patel
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Patent number: 8794836Abstract: A packaging article comprises a heat-shrinkable multilayer film having a first heat seal running the length of the article and a second heat seal running across the bottom of the internal volume of the article. The packaging article also comprises a skirt outward of the second heat seal, the skirt having first and second tear initiators positioned so that a superimposed straight line extending through the inward and outward ends of each tear initiator intersects a superimposed straight line extending through the ends of the first heat seal at a lesser included angle of from 25 degrees to 55 degrees, with the inward end of each the first and second tear initiators terminating at a location which is from 3 to 30 millimeters from the first heat seal and 3 to 50 millimeters from the second heat seal.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.Inventors: Daniela Garavaglia, Tiziano Scapoli, Massimo Alquati
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Patent number: 8794837Abstract: A composite material to be used in construction of a container includes a tear compliant area in the form of a non-bonded strip between composite material layers designed to allow a user to more easily open the package and remove the contents. The non-bonded tear compliant strip incorporated in the composite material may also embody additional tear proponents in the form of perforations, slits or other material weakening feature included in the outside layer of the material.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Inventor: John P. Hanus
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Publication number: 20140205218Abstract: A woven laminated plastic bag having a weakened portion is provided. The weakened portion is generally defined by a plurality of perforations in the bag. In various aspects the bag can be fabricated from woven polypropylene and/or polyethylene layer which can be laminated with a film layer, can form a pinch bottom bag, and can have one or both sides include graphics and/or printing. The bag can also provide a top end and/or a bottom end either or both of which provide a discrete area which may contain discrete graphics and/or printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Polytex Fibers CorporationInventors: Jacobo Bazbaz, Alberto Zaroli
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Publication number: 20140205219Abstract: A non-woven laminated plastic bag having a weakened portion is provided. The weakened portion is generally defined by a plurality of perforations in the bag. In various aspects the bag can be fabricated from a non-woven polypropylene, polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate or polyamide layer which can be laminated with a film layer, can form a pinch bottom bag, and can have one or both sides include graphics and/or printing. The bag can also provide a top end and/or a bottom end either or both of which provide a discrete area which may contain discrete graphics and/or printing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Polytex Fibers CorporationInventors: Jacobo Bazbaz, Alberto Zaroli
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Publication number: 20140197201Abstract: A novel bag for holding, transporting, and pouring a bulk product is provided. In one embodiment, the bag comprises a curved, perforated section at one corner. The section can be removed by tearing along the perforation, thus forming a spout for pouring the product from the bag. In another embodiment, the bag further comprises a second perforated section extending the majority of the way (and preferably the entire way) horizontally across the bag. In this embodiment, the bag could alternatively, or additionally, be opened by tearing along the second set of perforations and separating the resulting two sections of the bag. The bag is typically formed of plastic, and can be used for salt, animal food, and other pourable products.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: North American Salt CompanyInventors: Kevin Thimmesch, Kurt Strater
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Publication number: 20140190989Abstract: A novel bag for holding, transporting, and pouring a bulk product is provided. The bag comprises a perforated section extending the majority of the way (and preferably the entire way) horizontally across the bag. The bag can be opened by tearing along the perforations and separating the resulting two sections of the bag. The bag is typically formed of plastic, and can be used for salt, animal food, and other pourable products.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: North American Salt CompanyInventor: Kevin Thimmesch
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Publication number: 20140193105Abstract: A package has a flexible top wall (3) joined in its periphery (6) to flexible side walls (4, 5) to form an enclosure, the top wall (3) being formed with a line of weakness (7) which is adapted to be torn to create an opening, the tear being confined between the peripheral join (6), The side walls (4, 5) may have transverse seals (1, 2), and top and bottom walls (3) folded inwards as gussets, and the line of weakness (7) with a thumb on each side of the line of weakness (7) with a thumb on each side to press downwards and create a tear along the line of weakness. Preferably, the upper edges of the side walls (4, 5) are sealed to the adjoining edges of the top wall (3) to form a peripheral upstanding rim (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Inventors: Michael Kenneth John Adams, John Fairweather
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Publication number: 20140177983Abstract: A flat-bottomed bag is formed from a flexible sheet that initially is flat prior to being manipulated to form the bag. The sheet is a laminate of a first web and a second web laminated together by an adhesive layer disposed between the webs. The sheet defines a plurality of serially connected side wall panels collectively defining a vertically extending side wall of the bag, and a plurality of bottom panels respectively connected to the side wall panels at respective fold lines. The bottom panels are folded about the fold lines and are attached together to form a flat bottom wall configured to support the bag in an upright orientation. The adhesive layer is in a partial-coverage pattern that includes adhesive-free regions located along each fold line between each bottom panel and the respective side wall panel connected therewith.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Sonoco Development, Inc.Inventor: Jonathan Edward Trollen
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Publication number: 20140174042Abstract: An easy open packaging pouch, including a packaging film, with a bonded peripheral edge section that has been formed by superimposing the packaging film such that two bonding layers are facing one another such that the peripheral edge of the packaging film is bonded. The package is designed to tear open from a notch formed in the peripheral edge, and a content is placed such that a tear starting from the starting point will intersect the content during opening. Opening includes tearing along a tear line that advances diagonally, with respect to the content, from the notch. Once the tear reaches the content, the tear diverges in two directions; one continuing in a substantially unchanged direction, and the other inflecting along the content. Opening will expose an end portion of the content.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Hirofumi Ezaki, Akihisa Higashihara
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Publication number: 20140151260Abstract: An easy opening bag comprising corner seals. A line of weakness extends from at least a portion of a first panel of the bag into at least a portion of a first corner seal of the bag, wherein the line of weakness is: a dashed line in the first panel; and a continuous line in the first corner seal, and wherein the dashed line in the first panel and the continuous line in the first corner seal abut.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Martin Werner FRANK, Hedwige Clara Theophiel VERHERBRUGGHEN
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Patent number: 8740458Abstract: An easy open bag and method for making the same. A film is fed into a jaw assembly comprising a first seal jaw comprising a blade gap and a second seal jaw comprising a removable insert. The removable insert comprises a blade pin. When the first and second seal jaws are mated, a notch is formed. The film also comprises a score line in the outer layer. Upon tearing the notch the tear propagates along the score line. Thus, the package can be easily opened by initiating a tear at a tear notch.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2010Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Eduard Edwards, Joseph Paul Sagel
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Patent number: 8734015Abstract: There is proposed a non-self supporting type flexible package bag provided with a film-shaped one-way pouring nozzle, which is excellent in not only the non-return function and liquid cutting properties but also the pouring property of a liquid packed material as a filling material (packed material in the bag can be poured smoothly until the end). In the flexible package bag provided with the film-shaped one-way pouring nozzle protruding from a side portion, corner portion or top portion of the package bag body, a coating layer made from a water-repellent material or an oil-repellent material is provided on an outer surface of the film-shaped one-way pouring nozzle, while a wet-treated layer is provided on an inner face of a pouring path in the film-shaped one-way pouring nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2009Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Yushin Co., Ltd.Inventor: Katsunori Futase
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Patent number: 8727621Abstract: An easy-open and reclosable package includes a pouch including a reclosure mechanism including a first and second interlocking strip each having an interlocking segment having a base surface and an interlocking surface; a die cut in a first panel, the die cut defining a die cut segment so arranged that when the die cut segment is displaced, and the package is opened, a product can be accessed between the first and second interlocking strips, the first and second interlocking surfaces are at least partially exposed, and the package can thereafter be reclosed by folding the package such that the interlocking surface of the first interlocking strip is interlocked with the interlocking surface of the second interlocking strip. The first and second strips are not exposed until the package is initially opened, and are not interlocked with one another until the package is initially opened and then reclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.Inventors: Joseph E. Owensby, Howard Dean Conner, Billy W. Austin, Hubert J. Cook, Andrew W. Moehlenbrock
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Patent number: 8722122Abstract: A resealable closure for packages is provided which has a package integrity feature. The closure includes a two-ply material having an inner film layer and an outer film layer, forming a top of container. The outer film layer has a sealing panel completely covering a first panel and a second panel of the inner film layer. The sealing panel is permanently attached to the first panel and is releasably affixed a portion of the inner film layer around the perimeter of the first panel to form an opening in the top when the sealing panel with affixed first panel is peeled back from the top. The sealing panel is resealable against the top to seal the opening when the sealing panel is moved back against the top. The package integrity feature comprises the second panel of the inner layer which separates from the sealing panel to indicate that the container has been previously opened.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Intercontinental Great Brands LLCInventors: Carole Anne Vogt, Gladys Odette Moncayo, Jeffrey Thomas Weber, Elizabeth A. McDermott, Douglas H. Philipsen
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Patent number: 8695869Abstract: The packaging container includes a bag assembly having first and second sealing sections formed at two opposite sides of four sides, and a third sealing section where one side of the remaining two sides is a folding line, wherein the one remaining side is opened. The opened side is joined together in a state in which an object is placed inside the bag assembly, a fourth sealing section is formed at an angle substantially orthogonal to the third sealing section, a pair of first and second triangles with the fourth sealing section as the shared bottom side are formed, and a pair of third and fourth triangles with the third sealing section as the shared bottom side are formed. The first and second sealing sections located on the vertical lines of the first and second triangles are used as an unsealing guide for tearing.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Mito Saien CorporationInventor: Norio Goto
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Patent number: 8690431Abstract: The present invention provides a package (10) comprising an outer film layer (32) and at least one inner film layer (34,36), the inner and outer film layers being mutually laminated. The package also comprises a pair of mutually spaced lines of weakness (20) in at least the outer film layer, and means (22) for initiating tearing of the film layers. The lines of weakness and tear initiation means are disposed such that activation of the tear initiation means causes controlled tearing of all the film layers along the lines of weakness. The package is particularly suitable for block products such as chocolate bars.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2007Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Mondelez UK Holdings & Services LimitedInventor: Douglas Vaughn St. Clair Hughes
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Patent number: 8657496Abstract: A spout member including a base portion which is fixed to a bag body, a cylindrical portion which protrudes upward from the base portion, and a sealing portion which seals a front end of the cylindrical portion through a breakable thin portion is disposed between two sheets of film forming the bag body. A sealing chamber accommodating the cylindrical portion and the sealing portion is opened by tearing the two sheets of film along an opening assisting line. An opening assisting plate protruding to at least one of a left side and a right side of the sealing portion is disposed above the opening assisting line. A sandwiching reinforcement seal portion for reinforcing the two sheets of film by sealing inner surfaces thereof is provided between the opening assisting plate and the opening assisting line.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2009Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignees: Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Takeda, Kenji Washida, Takahiro Koyama, Junichi Hashimoto, Matsutarou Ono, Yasuharu Takada, Toshihiko Mori, Moritoshi Oguni
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Publication number: 20140044381Abstract: A single-use pouch (10) for liquid product has a front panel (12) and a back panel (14). The front and back panels at least in part cooperatively define an interior space (15) of the pouch. The interior space has a total liquid capacity. A volume of liquid product is contained within the interior space. The volume of liquid product is less than about 60% of the total liquid capacity of the pouch.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2011Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIESInventors: David C. Ulstad, Robert Alan Miller, JR., Terrence B. Mazer, Wilson George Zeitler
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Patent number: 8646975Abstract: An easy-open and reclosable package includes a pouch including a discrete tape including a base strip between first and second side panels; at least a first portion of the first surface of the strip coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive and adhered by the adhesive to the inner surface of the first panel at a first location, and a second portion of the first surface of the strip anchored to the inner surface of the first panel at a second location; a die cut in the first panel, the die cut defining a die cut segment, the die cut segment so arranged that when the package is opened, it can be reclosed by adhering at least one of the first and second panels to the adhesive; and a product in the pouch.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.Inventors: Andrew W. Moehlenbrock, Joseph E. Owensby, Alexis M. Chalfant