For Access Opening In Bag Bottom Patents (Class 383/67)
  • Patent number: 9611541
    Abstract: Disclosed is a formed article comprising a layer obtained by implanting ions of a hydrocarbon compound into a polyorganosiloxane compound-containing layer. Also disclosed are: a method of producing the formed article, the method comprising implanting ions of a hydrocarbon compound into a surface of a polyorganosiloxane compound-containing layer of a formed body that includes the polyorganosiloxane compound-containing layer in its surface; an electronic device member that includes the formed article; and an electronic device that includes the electronic device member. The present invention provides; a formed article which exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability, transparency, bendability, antistatic performance, and surface flatness; a method of producing the formed article, an electronic device member, and an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Hoshi, Takeshi Kondo, Kazue Uemura, Yuta Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9022653
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a flexible multiple chamber bag comprising: a) three adjacent chambers, a first chamber partially separating a second upper chamber from a third lower chamber by first and second welded seams, b) said second chamber and said third chamber being partially connected by a third welded seam, c) said first welded seam being non-peelable and said second and third welded seams being peelable said second and third welded seams having the shape of an inverse letter “V” each second and third welded seam starting at the basic point of said “V” and terminating essentially in a right angle at the circumference weld of said bag, said bag comprising a hanger flap extending from the top end of said bag and a medical port welded to the lower end of said circumferential weld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: B. Braun Melsungen AG
    Inventors: Michel Pittet, Caroline Ansermet, Bastien Ecabert, Cedric Berchier
  • Patent number: 9016036
    Abstract: A closure having two profile strips for an at least partially flexible container for connecting a first container to a second container in a manner sealed against the environment in a such a way that a closed docking position can be obtained. Further the closure provides for conducting a flow in a sealed manner against the environment in a flow direction through the closure from the first container into the second container in such a way that an open docking position can be obtained. According to the described system, the second container facing the first container is designed with an identical closure that engages in the closure of the first container in the open docking position and forms a channel for the flow in the flow direction together with the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Flecotec AG
    Inventor: Günter Untch
  • Patent number: 8944684
    Abstract: A bag construction for use to distribute flowable material is provided. The bag construction generally includes a first and second panel sections and one or more side gusset panel sections. An internal gusset member may be positioned inside the bag construction, between the first and second panel sections. A tape is disposed inside the bag construction and secures portions of end edges to other sections. In preferred embodiments, a bag construction includes an openable and reclosable closure arrangement and an anti-tamper arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Ampac Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Gary Michael Bell
  • Patent number: 8678652
    Abstract: A bulk container bag of a flexible fabric has an essentially cubic configuration wherein vertically extending baffles are provided in the interior corners of the bags to permit the bags to better retain their cubic configuration and to improve stability when filled. The baffles have slits defining flaps, alternatively, apertures and flaps, so that the loose granular material captures the flaps after it is filled in the bulk container bag. A method of filling the bag with granular materials is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Bulk Lift International, Incorporated
    Inventor: David Nattrass
  • Publication number: 20140079342
    Abstract: A package including at least a first and a second side wall bonded to each other along at least one seam line forming a bond. The bond is peelable along at least a portion of the seam line. A first grip portion is formed on the first side wall, formed by a first folded-over portion of the first side wall folded along a first fold line and a second fold line. The first folded-over portion includes three layers of the first side wall, and all layers in the first folded-over portion are included in the bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Gambro Lundia AB
    Inventor: Mauro Kiiskinen
  • Patent number: 8545100
    Abstract: A pouch comprising a first panel comprising a first flap having an interior and a second panel comprising a second flap having an interior. The second panel is attached to the first panel and portions of the first panel and the second panel define a chamber and an outlet. The pouch further comprises a strip removably attached to a portion of the interior of the first flap and a portion of the interior of the second flap and covering the outlet formed by the first panel and the second panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Yukihiro Urushidani
  • Patent number: 8505770
    Abstract: An animal waste bag dispenser wherein a roll of waste bags with the leading waste bag protruding from the center is inserted into a holder with an aperture on one end, and the holder is inserted into a plush animal with a second aperture aligned with the first aperture so that waste bags may be dispensed therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Four Paws Products, Ltd.
    Inventor: Barry Askinasi
  • Patent number: 8500707
    Abstract: A drainable ostomy pouch includes a collection portion and a drain chute extending from the collection portion having a discharge opening for permitting emptying of contents from the pouch. The drain chute is foldable between an open condition in which the drain chute is extended from the collection portion, and a closed condition in which the drain chute is folded towards the collection portion; and a pocket for receiving at least a portion of the drain chute when the drain chute is in its closed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Convatec Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Kimberly Murray
  • Patent number: 8449185
    Abstract: A free-standing yard refuse collection device including a portable frame body having parallel front and rear frames attached together with braces and a detachable reusable elongated collection bag into which refuse is directly raked or into which a separate leaf collection liner bag is disposed. At least one elongated resealable opening on a top side of the collection bag permits removal of the liner bag filled with yard refuse including leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Inventor: Larry D. Koon
  • Patent number: 8408113
    Abstract: A catch device for collecting ejected cartridges and other spent brass from an automatic fire machine gun or the like mounted on a platform includes: (a) a frame portion including an open mouthed, rigid bag frame, and a latch assembly on the bag frame; and (b) a catch bag portion including a collection bag with a hollow interior, a zipper, or a bottom flap with hook and loop strip, closing a bottom slot of the collection bag, at least one attachment mechanism at the top of the collection bag, and at least one flexible cross member extending across the collection bag interior, the catch bag portion being attachable to the frame portion by the attachment mechanism. This simplified abstract is not intended to limit, and should not be interpreted as limiting, the scope of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Inventors: John W. Ledbetter, III, Francisco Cordero, Jr., Alan Foster Johnson
  • Patent number: 8360642
    Abstract: A ventilated bulk bag formed of a first fabric of interwoven yarns that define gaps therebetween to be air permeable, with a top panel formed of a second fabric of first yarns with a first cross-sectional shape and second yarns of a second cross-sectional shape interwoven in a second alliance to defines gaps adjacent the interwoven yarns, which gaps are apparent when viewed from an oblique angle relative to a plan view of the top panel, for keeping dust landing thereon from going through the gaps but allowing the top panel to ventilate air through the gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Inventor: Jianyi Sun
  • Publication number: 20120285587
    Abstract: One or more embodiments disclose a sealable membrane for protecting portable electronic devices. The sealable membrane includes an enclosure including a material that is reactive to a stimulus. The enclosure includes at least one opening configured to receive a portable electronic device thereinto. The enclosure includes an inside surface and an outside surface. An annular member is insertable into the opening. An outside surface of the annular member forms a seal with the inside surface of the enclosure. The annular member forms a rigid conduit into the enclosure. The annular member is configured to receive a retaining member thereinto. The retaining member retains a sealing member within the annular member. The sealing member prevents access to the opening of the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: NASH MARTIN HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Schiffman
  • Patent number: 8277121
    Abstract: A bag construction filled with dispersible material. The bag construction has first and second panel sections, first and second side gusset sections and a bottom gusset panel section. The various panel sections are fastened together to form a generally rectangle shape with a flat bottom. The bottom gusset panel section has one or more distribution apertures in it. A removable panel layer is provided for covering the one or more apertures. When the removable panel layer is removed, the bag can be held so that the dispersible material disperses through the apertures as appropriate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Ampac Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Gary Michael Bell, Hiroyuki Takigawa
  • Publication number: 20120234251
    Abstract: A receptacle for receiving containers of feces, for transport therein to a secondary receptacle such as a trash container, is provided. The receptacle includes a spring loaded opening, such that the opening may be held open without intervention of a person, and closed after receipt of a feces container therein. The opening may be opened under the influence of energy stored in the coil spring, such that the container(s) of feces therein may fall therefrom under the influence of gravity into the secondary receptacle. A pouch, formed on the exterior of the receptacle, may be configured to carry one or more containers for retrieval of feces thereinto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventor: LESLEY J. HARLAN
  • Patent number: 8210746
    Abstract: Disclosed is an article of manufacture including bag having a front surface; a rear surface; two side surfaces each having a gusset therein and connecting the front and rear surfaces; a flattenable bottom surface formed by connecting the front, rear, and side surfaces; and a top surface formable by connecting the front, rear, and side surfaces. The bag has a height, a width, and a depth, and defines an internal volume. The bag is sealable and has a seal strength of at least about 1,600 pounds per square inch. The bag is formed from a plastic laminate having a thickness of from about 130 to about 200 microns and a tensile strength of at least about 3,400 pounds per square inch. The article of manufacture also includes at least about 15 pounds of a particulate, flowable composition contained therein. The bag can also have a closure system comprising a non-reusable closure and a reusable closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: George Scott Kerr, Lawrence Andrew Schumacher, Barry Stanley Shantz, David P Cameron, Roger B Fielder
  • Patent number: 8136991
    Abstract: A bag for removably attaching to, and suspending from, the handle of an infant car seat. The bag comprises a compartment shaped to fit within the shape of the handle. The compartment is joined to at least one securing member. The securing member is for attaching the compartment to the handle and comprises at least one suspending portion and at least one steadying portion. The suspending portion is for suspending the compartment from the handle and within the shape of the handle. The steadying portion is to prevent the compartment from swinging from the handle. The suspending portion can be integral with the steadying portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Inventors: Rebecca Will, D. Gregory Gallo
  • Patent number: 8075188
    Abstract: A liner for use in a bulk container is provided. The liner comprises a first flexible portion, a second flexible portion, a first seal joining the first and second portions, a second seal joining the first and second portions, a third seal joining the first and second portions, and a fourth seal joining the first and second portions. The first portion is a better barrier than the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: CDF Corporation
    Inventors: James Plunkett, Joseph Sullivan
  • Patent number: 7959356
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a dynamic laundry bag apparatus that is lightweight, sorts laundry, and facilitates the carrying of laundry to a laundry facility or the packing of laundry when traveling. A laundry bag slips onto the lock bar of a hanger to be placed in a hanging position. The bag sorts laundry. For transporting the laundry, the laundry bag can be slipped off the hanger. A drawstring at the top of the bag is pulled and fastened into a snap hook to create a shoulder strap. In cleaning the laundry, the bag may be washed with the laundry. The bag can similarly be used to transport the clean laundry, and can be placed back on the lock bar of the hanger. Clean shirts can be hung over the hanger and/or clean pants can be hung over the lock bar to prevent wrinkles as the laundry is being transported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Inventor: Kristine Sommers
  • Patent number: 7926925
    Abstract: There is provided an ink pack, which is provided with a film bag that has a sealed chamber therein and is formed of a flexible film member having a form of a bag, and a tap that has an ink flow channel therein and is welded to one edge of the flexible film member. In this structure, a film welding part, in which opposed inner surfaces of the flexible film member are welded to each other, is formed at least along the one edge of the flexible film member. A tap welding part, in which a side of the tap is welded to opposed inner surfaces of the flexible film member, is formed in the one edge of the flexible film member. Further, a welding width of a side of the film welding part adjacent to the tap welding part is larger than a welding width of a side of the tap welding part adjacent to the film welding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Ikezaki
  • Patent number: 7896548
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reclosable package or bag with a slider zipper, and further including a first gusset with a perforated line or similar line of weakness formed between the slider zipper profiles in order to provide tamper evidence and a second gusset formed below one zipper profile in order to allow the filled packaged to stand up for display purposes. This package or bag is typically bottom filled, but then displayed to the customer in the orientation with the bottom in the upper position and the zipper in the lower position. One alternative embodiment substitutes a press-to-close-zipper for the slider zipper. A further alternative embodiment omits the perforated line and provides for a separation in the web between the zipper profiles to form a mouth for the package or bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory H. Crunkleton, Basil C. Linton, Eric J. Fenzl, Robert C. Stolmeier, Matthew W. Nysted
  • Publication number: 20100322538
    Abstract: Flexible bulk containers are configured to be liftable without the necessity of a pallet. A base of a bulk bag has a pair of tine-receiving members secured thereto. The tine-receiving members have a cross-section for creating a pair of tine-receiving channels that can receive the tines of a forklift for lifting the filled container. The tine-receiving members advantageously are substantially water-resistant. The tine-receiving members can be formed of paperboard that is treated to increase its water-resistance. For example, the tine-receiving members can each be a portion of a round or non-round paperboard tube divided along a plane containing or parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the tube. The paperboard of which the tube is constructed can comprise paperboard that is sized to increase its water-resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Greg L. Powell, Juan Jose Islas de La Vega, Jesus Javier Requenes Nava, Xiaokai Niu
  • Publication number: 20100272378
    Abstract: In a non-limiting, illustrative embodiment a bottom-dumping flexible debris container includes a top section including flexible side members. A bottom section includes flexible bottom members that are hingedly attached to the flexible side members of the top section. A release mechanism is configured to releasably attach the flexible bottom members to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventor: Mark S. Mueller
  • Patent number: 7744280
    Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a wasp repellent device comprising a suspension member operatively connected to a closed end of a nest mimic The nest mimic has a skirt extending from the closed end of the nest mimic to a mouth of the nest mimic, with a drawstring for contracting the mouth of the nest mimic to give the nest mimic the approximate shape of slightly tapered inverted cone. The exterior of the nest mimic is provided with irregular and uneven striated pattern and, in use, the nest mimic imitates the appearance of a natural wasp nest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Contech Enterprises Inc.
    Inventors: Victoria Olson, Kim Cassar-Torreggiani
  • Publication number: 20100072224
    Abstract: An improved fillable and/or refillable soft tube which provides for storage and use of various kinds of products such as fluids, lotions, paste, liquids, creams, gels, foams, etc. is provided. The said tubes comprises a hollow tubular body with a dispensing end and a fill and/or refill end; wherein the dispensing end comprises at least one opening adapted for dispensing the contents of the tube and the fill and/or refill end comprises of a sealable and/or resealable closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventor: Minna Ha
  • Publication number: 20100002960
    Abstract: A bag for installation on a mobile cleaning cart features an open top end at which the bag is arranged for hanging support on the mobile cleaning cart and an openable and closable bottom end facilitating removal of contents from the bag through said bottom end with the top end hanging from the cart. Installed on a cart of known types commonly used in custodial, janitorial, maid or housecleaning services, the bag can be emptied through the selectively openable bottom end of the bag to avoid lifting of the bags contents through the open top end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventor: Inga Lasko
  • Publication number: 20100003887
    Abstract: Bath time toy bag with a rectangular shape having mesh front panel and a mesh back panel, the panels sewn together at their edges so that the left and right side of the bag are permanently attached and the upper and lower edges of the bag are attached by one or more zipper assemblies. The zipper assemblies enable a user to insert play toys through the upper zipper assembly and to remove the play toys through the lower zipper assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventor: Michele Greene
  • Patent number: 7588370
    Abstract: A generally rectangular trash bag for use in an aircraft trash management system. The trash bag includes a non-porous, generally rectangular flexible side wall and a porous, generally rectangular bottom panel, such that when the trash bag is filled with trash and is compacted, any liquid contained in the trash drains through the porous bottom panel. The porous bottom panel of the trash bag is impregnated with one of a non-leaching anti-bacterial agent and a leaching enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Inventor: Maurice Paleschuck
  • Patent number: 7534040
    Abstract: A bag for placing in a cylindrical or barrel-shaped container includes front and rear panels (11, 12) between which side panels (13, 14) folded double are positioned. The base of the bag runs to a point along edges (17, 18). When the bag is unfolded this is able to come into contact with the inside wall of a cylindrical or barrel-shaped container having a round base and neck without significant stresses. As a result high material stresses are avoided and the barrier properties of the bag are retained. The front and rear panels (11, 12) can be joined to one another by breakable fastening lips (22, 23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Heineken Technical Services B.V.
    Inventors: Albert Brans, Marcel Peter Magermans
  • Patent number: 7490990
    Abstract: An envelope type inner bag body is produced by welding both ends of a tubular film. A supply-discharge opening is welded at a position apart from one end portion of the inner bag body by a distance about IW/2 to form an inner bag for a transport tank, which is loaded in a cylindrical tank body. When length of the inner bag body is IL, width thereof is IW, inner peripheral length of the transport tank in a longitudinal cross-sectional surface in a longitudinal direction is TLt, and inner peripheral length of the transport tank in a longitudinal cross-sectional surface in a width direction is TLr, IL and IW satisfy the conditions: 0.47·TLt?IL?0.6·TLt, and 0.47·TLr?IW?0.6·TLr. The envelope type inner bag will be appropriate in size with respect to the transport tank, eliminating the filling failure of the liquid and the breakage of the inner bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshitsugu Moizumi
  • Publication number: 20090022432
    Abstract: A cover for a wireless remote control unit includes a pocket for enclosing the wireless remote control unit and a slot to allow the wireless remote control unit to access the pocket of the cover. The cover is formed from flexible material to allow a single button of the wireless remote-control unit to be depressed. The flexible material may be latex free. The slot may extend in a traverse direction, and the slot extends in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Unda, Miguel Angel UndaLuquin
  • Patent number: 7380987
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for closing an opening or filling through an opening in a sack (25) for storing materials (26). The device (10) comprises an elongated means (11) for introduction into the sack (25) through the opening, wherein the elongated means (11) is introducible into the sack (25) for closing or filling thereof. The device (10) further comprises a plate (12) having at least one substantially flat side for abutment against an outer side around the opening of the sack (25). The elongated means (11) is projecting substantially perpendicular from the substantially flat side of the plate (12). Also included is a method for closing an opening or filling through an opening in a sack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Inventor: Thomas Persson
  • Publication number: 20080101731
    Abstract: A pet waste recovery and disposal apparatus, including a reusable soft-sided container in the general construction of a sleeve, having a closable top and a closable bottom adapted to receive a disposable bag therein, said disposable bag, in a preferred embodiment, having a closure means, such as a drawstring to close the top of the bag. A further embodiment of the invention includes the reusable soft-sided container in combination with the disposable bag having a drawstring closure means, the reusable soft-sided container having a second aperture through which the ends of the drawstrings of the disposable bag are threaded, the disposable bag having its inside surface outwardly exposed when the reusable soft-sided container is in the right side out position and the disposable bag being in the interior of the reusable soft-sided container when in the reusable soft sided container is in the wrong side out position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventor: Sylvia Carlson
  • Publication number: 20080095475
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a vacuum hanger bag having a bag with an airtight closure, a one-way valve installed to the bag, and a hook disposed on the top end of the bag. The hook secured to an outer side of the bag, it consists of a hook with a jut projected downward from its bottom end to penetrate into an inner side of the bag. A base secured to the inner side of the bag with an axial hole for said jut embedding into. An impervious stopper is hidden from view retained at a bottom end of the axial hole. A nut is threaded to a bottom end of the base. And a hook ring with a jut projected upward from its top end is embedded into the nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventor: Yu-Hsin Su
  • Publication number: 20080047078
    Abstract: A device in which a garment with a crinkled appearance may be stored or laundered is taught comprising a washable bag with sufficient elasticity to retain the garment in a predetermined position so that the appearance of the garment remains crinkled. So that the washable bag can be dried as well as washed, the bag is preferably made from fabric that resists melting at temperatures conventionally experienced during the clothes drying process. The bag further has snag-free surface and at least one opening to receive the garment. Means for hanging may be provided so that the device can be easily stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Minnie F. Gully
  • Publication number: 20070269145
    Abstract: A bulk bag liner comprising a sidewall forming an enclosure having at least one relief valve mounted in the sidewall thereof for expelling excess gas from within the enclosure so as to prevent elevated pressure within the enclosure and reduce the chance that the liner will rupture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventor: Bradley Matthew Eisenbarth
  • Patent number: 7245853
    Abstract: A developer container includes a developer storage unit made of a flexible sheet material for storing developer, and a cap unit from which the developer is discharged. The developer storage unit includes a holding member that holds a folded state when the developer storage unit is folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Satoshi Muramatsu, Nobuo Iwata, Junichi Matsumoto, Nobutaka Takeuchi, Takayuki Koike
  • Patent number: 7244064
    Abstract: A bag for storing material in liquid or particulate form, comprising four side walls and top and bottom walls that are integral extensions of the four side walls, is characterized by an additional single or multi-ply sheet that overlies and is sealed to one side of said bag, said sheet material being adapted to be partially separated from itself so as to form a flap at the top end of the bag that can be gripped for use in supporting the bag as it is being drained of its contents via a drain located at the bottom end of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: CDF Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph J. Sullivan, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7175615
    Abstract: An intravenous drug access system. In one embodiment of the invention, the drug access system includes an IV bag having an inlet port and outlet port, whereby the inlet port is a female luer integral therewith. The integral female luer fitting may be fitted with a sealed end cap comprising a male luer insert with a closed end. An alternative embodiment of the present invention comprises a discrete pre-molded connector made with one spike at one end and a female luer fitting at the opposing end. The spike is used to penetrate a standard IV bag through a conventional inlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin B. Hanly, Frank O'Brien, Salvadore F. Palomares, William S. Phillips, Bruce Hubrecht, William M. Porter, Evelyn L. Foss
  • Patent number: 7163340
    Abstract: A folding bag has a generally rectangular parallelepiped shape with rigid lateral front and backsides and a flexible bottom panel with a diagonal slit that enables folding of the bag into a compact flat configuration. A rigid folding panel is provided on the inside of the bag to enable maintenance of the bottom side in a generally fixed configuration and to maintain the shape of the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Travel Caddy, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Godshaw, Andrejz M. Redzisz
  • Patent number: 7160029
    Abstract: An enclosure is provided for resealing a package. A body of formable material has an open end and a closeable end. The body may have slits on opposite sides for expanding the open end. An adhesive strip is provided on the open end of the body for securing to the package. The adhesive strips extend beyond the slits in the body for securing the first side of the body to the second side of the body. A closing mechanism is provided on the closeable end of the body. The closing mechanism has a lip and groove along the closeable end, and a locking mechanism for inserting the lip into the groove to reseal the enclosure. The closing mechanism slides across the closeable end of the enclosure to allow the enclosure to be opened and closed. The enclosure may have a spout formed in the closeable end of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Inventor Mom LLC
    Inventors: Denise A. Bein, Jeffrey P. Bein
  • Patent number: 7153026
    Abstract: A system for dispensing flowable materials from a package. The system basically comprises the package and a receiver apparatus. The receiver apparatus includes a hollow interior chamber, e.g., a hopper, a penetrating assembly e.g., plural blades, fixedly mounted with respect to the chamber, and an outlet. The package, e.g., a flexible package, has a hollow interior in which the flowable material is located and includes at least one wall portion, e.g., a bottom wall, arranged to be penetrated by the penetrating assembly, whereupon the flowable material is enabled to flow out of the package for ultimate dispensing out of an outlet of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Fres-co System USA, Inc.
    Inventor: David E. Galomb
  • Patent number: 7150734
    Abstract: A packaging bag for a liquid biological substance such as animal semen, including two walls made of plastic material joined in such a manner as to delimit a pouch for receiving the substance and, communicating with the pouch, an evacuation conduit whose end part, in the absence of opening of the bag, is closed by the joined walls, wherein, force-fitted in the conduit, a cannula being able to communicate with the pouch is provided, while a second end of the cannula is situated in the proximity of the end part of the conduit having a conical or substantially conical constriction, and wherein conduit communicates, over a part of its length, with at least one zone situated not far from the end part, in which the two walls are not joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Eurl Pig'Ins
    Inventor: Pascal Lecointe
  • Patent number: 7125168
    Abstract: A container comprising an outer bag, a liner and at least one connector. The liner is substantially configured for receipt within the outer bag. The at least one connector is affixed to the liner and capable of attachment to the outer bag. Each such connector comprises a substrate material, an outer bag attachment assembly and an adhesive. The substrate material includes a first region and a second region. The outer bag attachment assembly is associated with a first region. The adhesive is operably applied to the second region. The second region is affixed to one of the at least two side panels, and the first region is selectively positionable to overlie the liner without overlying a portion of the second region or another portion of the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Scholle Corporation
    Inventors: Lee La Fleur, Jeffrey Delbert Wright, James Edward Rozmarek, R. Daniel Brumm, Aaron Wayne Bryan
  • Patent number: 7056022
    Abstract: A reclosable bag having a bottom flap with holes configured to allow a stack of the bags to be mounted on a wicket, a slider-actuated string zipper installed in a mouth at the top of the bag, and an open string zipper, not actuated by a slider, installed at the bottom of the bag. The wicket flap has a line of weakened tear resistance, such as a perforated line, along which the bag can be torn. Product is inserted into the receptacle via the open string zipper, and then that zipper is closed. After filling, the receptacle can be separated from the flap, which remains on the wicket, by tearing along the tear line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Basil C. Linton, Gregory H. Crunkleton
  • Patent number: 6886981
    Abstract: A grain bag is comprised of a cylindrical barrel having a lid openable and closable upwardly and a bottom part having an outlet tube at a center of a undersurface thereof, and developed with a flap attached in the vicinity of the outlet tube for shielding the outlet tube, a latch attached to a border of the flap through a contact string, and a latch retainer attached to a side of the barrel for catching the latch enabling engagement and disengagement of the latch and the latch retainer at the side of the barrel. The number of latches and latch retainers varies from one to plural numbers according to a size of a bag. Apart from a latch with a contact string and a latch retainer, looped strings are provided and coupled together by a hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Tanaka Sangyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Taniguchi, Keizo Wajima
  • Patent number: 6834995
    Abstract: A bulk bag for flowable goods characterized in that the discharge opening for the bag is held securely for transport and handling by a pair of interlocking first and second loops disposed on the discharge means and bag side, respectively, the second loops being capable of being remotely opened by release of a releasable attachment of a first portion of the second loop to a second portion of such loop, and further wherein a strap is provided having a first, upper end securely attached to the bag side above each of said second loops and a second, lower end which is releasably secured to each second loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: KMCC Western Australia Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Graham Andrew Stevens
  • Publication number: 20040049837
    Abstract: A drainable ostomy pouch has an outlet. Reinforcing members at the outlet are deformable by application of manual pressure at their ends to distend the outlet. The lateral edges of the reinforcing members may be offset, which encourages the reinforcing members to consistently bend away from each other. A peelable distributed mechanical engagement fastener secures the outlet in a folded condition. The fastener parts are hook-hook type plastic extrusions, and provide a snap-engagement. A security flap is foldable under the outlet when in its folded condition. The outlet is released in two stages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Malcolm Falconer, Adrian Breakwell, Bret Weig
  • Patent number: 6696152
    Abstract: A plurality of polypropylene wickers are made of a polypropylene film. The polypropylene film passes through a chill roller to decrease a temperature of the polypropylene film, and a cutting roller having a plurality of cutting blades to cut the polypropylene film into a plurality of polypropylene bands. Each of the polypropylene bands passes through a U-shaped mold roller set and a folding mold, the folding mold folding the corresponding polypropylene band into three layers, a folding roller folding the corresponding polypropylene band completely to form a polypropylene woven yarn, and the polypropylene woven yarn passing through an extension molding roller set and a setting roller set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Inventor: Mao-Gi Lin
  • Publication number: 20040028296
    Abstract: This invention consists in a flexible, very light and pocket-size container, which can keep the temperature of a liquid inside a bottle (4) even. The bag (1) is made by folding a rectangular foil in two and then welding two sides, leaving only one side open through which the bottle (4) or the food is inserted. The foil is made up of thermal-insulation, reflective and waterproof materials. Two holes (2.1, 3.1) having the same dimensions as a bottle neck (4) are located near the open shorter side. An elastic band (8) closes the isothermal bag (1) after rolling it up or folding it up thus making it compact and pocket-size. The bag (1) wraps up the bottle (4) completely but the holes (2.1, 3.1) enable users to drink without opening and closing the bag (1). Its closing device is functional, hygienic and user-friendly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventor: Andrea Meli