Overlapped Flaps Patents (Class 383/98)
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Patent number: 11745670Abstract: A protective case system for use with an electronic device includes a protective case, a handle, and an adapter. The protective case removably receives the electronic device and a display screen of the electronic device remains accessible when the electronic device is installed in the protective case. The handle is attached to and extends outward from a back surface of the protective case. The handle is configured for carrying the protective case and the installed electronic device. The adapter is configured to be removably attachable to the handle and bendable by a user to a plurality of positions. The adapter is configured to function as a multi-position stand for the protective case and the installed electronic device. The adapter is further configured to removably affix the protective case and the installed electronic device to headrest posts of a seat.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Otter Products, LLCInventors: Shanshan Li, Joseph A. Prizzi, Kevin M. Malak, Jeffrey C. Wicks, Andrew J. Walla
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Patent number: 10882681Abstract: A method of assembling an insulated box assembly can include collapsing an insulated liner; aligning the insulated liner with a box opening of a box, the box defining an internal box cavity, the box including a pair of opposing main box panels, a pair of opposing side box panels, each side box panel of the pair of opposing side box panels attached to both main box panels of the pair of opposing main box panels, and a bottom box panel, the bottom box panel positioned at a bottom box end of the box, the bottom box panel attached to the main box panels and the side box panels, the main box panels, side box panels, and bottom box panel further defining the internal box cavity; inserting the insulated liner into the internal box cavity; and expanding the insulated liner.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Pratt Retail Specialties, LLCInventors: Jamie Waltermire, Paul Ott
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Patent number: 8979369Abstract: A bulk material product bag has an adhesive closure strip fixedly secured thereon. As a result of the adhesive closure strip being oriented transversely across the normally open end region of the bulk material product bag so as to be adhesively bonded to both the back and front sides of the bulk material product bag, the adhesive closure strip effectively closes and seals the open end region of the bulk material product bag. Handle structure can also be integrally incorporated within the adhesive closure strip.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2008Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Paul Michael Jenkins, David J. Anzini, Lars G. Wihlborg
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Patent number: 8936172Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a cooler for transferring a game head. In one aspect, a game head transfer device is provided. The device includes a body having an opening on an upper portion that is configured to receive a game head into the body, wherein a first portion and a second portion of the game head extend from the opening of the body when the body is in an opened position and a closed position. The device further includes one or more flap members configured to narrow the opening of the body between the first portion and the second portion of the game head. The device also includes one or more closing members configured to narrow the opening of the body adjacent a side of the first portion and a side of the second portion of the game head that extend from the opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2011Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Inventor: Brian Hicks
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Publication number: 20140270579Abstract: A bag having a front and back portion which are comprised of silicone or a similar elastomer. The front and back portion are identical in size and are sealed together along their sides and bottom with an opening along the top portion. The opening creates a cavity from which items are placed in and stored or transported for further use. A sealing mechanism on top of the bag seals items in the bag. The bag is water tight.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventor: Kat Nouri
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Patent number: 8770840Abstract: In an airbag structure with an inner shade cover and a manufacturing method of the airbag, a first plastic plate and a second plastic plate are stacked in parallel with each other, and the first plastic plate is formed by a plurality of air-column plates, and the air-column plate includes a plurality of nodes, and the second plastic plate is stained with a dark dye for sheltering an external light, and then both ends of the first and second plastic plates are hot sealed, and then the first and second plastic plates are folded simultaneously along the nodes, so that the first plastic plate forms a bag, and the second plastic plate is covered onto an inner side of the bag, so that the second plastic plate forms a plastic inner cover.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Inventors: Yaw Shin Liao, Chieh Hua Liao, Ting Yu Liao
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Publication number: 20130343675Abstract: A bag assembly that includes a bag portion that includes a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall and first and second side walls that all cooperate to define an open top and an interior, and a bladder disposed in the bag portion. The bag portion includes a first flap that extends from the back wall and a second flap that extends from the front wail.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2012Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: NINJA JUMP, INC.Inventor: Rouben Gourchounian
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Patent number: 8602651Abstract: A flexible shipping bag may be turned inside out to make a stylish cosmetic bag. Sealing flaps permit closing the flexible shipping bag. Sealing-flap top segments may be cut-off to open the flexible shipping bag and these fold into the flexible shipping bag when the flexible shipping bag is turned inside out. Cosmetic flaps are attached inside the flexible shipping bag below the sealing flaps. These invert and become visible when the flexible shipping bag is turned inside out. A zipper to close the cosmetic bag is attached to top edges of cosmetic flaps below the point where the top segment is cut off. Once the flexible shipping bag is turned inside out, the zipper is positioned below the top edge of, and inside, the cosmetic bag and the cosmetic-flap bottom edge is positioned at the top of the cosmetic bag to provide a finished edge.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2009Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Boss Licensing Group, Inc.Inventor: Robert Anthony Nitti
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Patent number: 8562212Abstract: A non-self supporting containment bag used in conjunction with a dumpster container. The bag and liner each have a zipper, where the zippers are centered on the bag top, and in use, the bag top is usually inverted to access the interior of the bag.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2010Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: PacTec, Inc.Inventors: Lewis Strickland, Troy Town, Michael Schilling
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Patent number: 8500707Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 7, 2009Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Convatec Technologies Inc.Inventor: Kimberly Murray
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Patent number: 8448828Abstract: A flexible shipping bag, which after use for shipping an item in commerce, can be turned inside out and transformed into a re-usable backpack with an open top. The flexible shipping bag includes sealing flaps configured to enable opening the flexible shipping bag by cutting off a portion of the sealing-flap. The sealing-flaps fold into the flexible shipping bag when the flexible shipping bag is turned inside out revealing backpack flaps each configured to define a draw-string tube-like passage therethrough. The flexible shipping bag includes a drawstring and a tab extending from an inside edge of the shipping bag, preferably near the bottom, and configured to secure the drawstring. The inside of the shipping bag may also include a separate pouch. The top of the pouch may include means to close the pouch.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Boss Licensing Group, Inc.Inventor: Robert Anthony Nitti
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Patent number: 8397942Abstract: An improved flexible storage container [1000] is sized and shaped to hold and store a specific item, such as a handbag. It employs a front wall [1100], a rear wall [1130], and side walls [1150] which are made of a breathable material. Moisture is allowed to pass in or out of the container to keep moisture equilibrium. Pockets [1113, 1153] inside of the walls [1100, 1130] may be used to hold front and side supports [1115, 1155] to make the storage container [1000] more rigid. A hypoallergenic barrier [1200] which acts as a liner inside of container [1000] employs material having a tight weave with pores 10 microns or smaller to keep out dust, dust mites or other allergenic materials. The storage container [1000] is capable of storing items for long periods of time with little or no change to the item. It also minimizes allergic reactions to those using the items after storage.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2008Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Inventor: Sheila Bartol
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Publication number: 20120308164Abstract: An accessory carrier to enclose and support for hands-free operation virtually any size of a personal electronic device in a soft, flexible case that is adapted to convenient and shock-absorbing support by or on a variety of objects, that provides for protection of the enclosed device if dropped, and protects the device from spills, grubby fingers, etc., all while permitting full touch operation of a touch sensitive display on the enclosed device through a transparent protective panel of the carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventor: Mamie Slaughter Hudson
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Publication number: 20120102891Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for transferring bulk material for transport, the method includes placing a first quantity of bulk material in a soft-sided bulk material container, extending a first hold-in across the container from a first side of the container to a second location, the second location being substantially toward a second side of the container, wherein the first hold-in is secured to the first side of the container, securing the first hold-in to the second location and placing a second quantity of bulk material in the container, the second quantity covering the first hold-in and securing the first hold-in to the second location with a weight of the second quantity of bulk material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Inventor: Aldon E. Beale
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Publication number: 20120106877Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laminated sheet of flexible packaging material, which includes a first layer formed out of unconnected sheets having substantially abutting adjacent edges, a second layer laminated to the first layer and formed out of a continuously intact sheet where overlapping the adjacent substantially abutting edges of the sheets of the first layer, wherein the adjacent substantially abutting edges of the sheets of the first layer define a line of weakness of the laminated sheet to encourage folding of the laminated sheet along the line of weakness.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Inventor: Luen-Sing TANG
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Publication number: 20110280503Abstract: There is provided a method for air-tightly enclosing a pellicle case in a filmy bag which protects the pellicle case against dust without the use of a plurality of bags or without modifying the filmy bag except for folding it like origami and eventually consolidating with an adhesive material: in short the opening of the bag is folded a number of times compactly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2011Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshihiko Nagata
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Patent number: 7939149Abstract: A heat-shrinkable anti-fomitic device incorporating anti-microbial metal wherein the device, in the form of a bag or tube, forms a cover for an object, preventing cross-infection by bacteria and other pathogens that may reside on the object. Anti-microbial metal ions from the cover further reduce future cross-infection from the object by killing pathogens. The anti-microbial, heat-shrinkable, anti-fomitic device can have a sterile interior that is sealed or stored flat during manufacture to maintain sterility. Therefore, no outer wrapping for the anti-fomitic device is required. The anti-fomitic device can be inverted when used to cover the object to present an outer surface that is initially sterile. A plurality of such devices can be heat shrunk to an object such that removal of the outer layer will further prevent cross contamination. Heat shrink film materials for the coverings/bags serve as a barrier to the transmission of pathogens and conform closely to the covered object.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2008Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: M-Tech CorporationInventors: Marvin E. Haskin, Jon L. Roberts, Christopher B. Kilner
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Publication number: 20100278458Abstract: A tie bag for storing refuse or garbage includes an undulating top edge defining an opening to the bag. The top edge may include two flaps and two valleys. In one embodiment, the valley may include a flat portion at the bottom of the valley. The flaps may be tied together to at least partially close the bag. The bag further may include a first seam that intersects the flat portion of the valley. The flat portion reduces the possibility of tearing the seam. In another embodiment, the valley may include a slit. In an additional embodiment, the valley may include two secondary valleys and a center valley. In another embodiment, the seam may intersect the top edge at a point other than the lowest point in the valley.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2006Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: John Rusnak, Calvin Ellis, Jeef Deel, John Augustyn
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Patent number: 7806593Abstract: A lawn refuse bag is provided that includes a tubular container having a first side surface, a second side surface, a third side surface, a fourth side surface, and a fifth side surface. The tubular container further includes an open end for receiving compressible contents therein. A plurality of perforations are selectively disposed on at least one side surface of the tubular container adapted to discharge air from the tubular container away from a user compressing the contents therein.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2006Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Inventor: Todd Toporski
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Publication number: 20100189380Abstract: A polymeric woven bag has a first panel and a second panel and an open end of the bag to be pinched closed. A first layer of heat activated adhesive material is on a portion of the bag to form an adhesive-to-adhesive seal by contact with a second layer of heat activated adhesive material on a portion of the bag. second panel, wherein a chemical family of the adhesive layers comprises, distillates, petroleum and ethanamine or naphthene components, and wherein the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer have respective heat activation temperatures below the softening point temperature of the polymeric bag material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2010Publication date: July 29, 2010Inventors: Gary Sargin, Mark E. Jansen
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Publication number: 20100177986Abstract: A shopping bag comprising a non-woven material with pockets on each edge of the bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2010Publication date: July 15, 2010Inventors: Albert Kohn, Steve Kohn, Johannes Blok
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Publication number: 20090274399Abstract: A bulk material product bag has an adhesive closure strip fixedly secured thereon. As a result of the adhesive closure strip being oriented transversely across the normally open end region of the bulk material product bag so as to be adhesively bonded to both the back and front sides of the bulk material product bag, the adhesive closure strip effectively closes and seals the open end region of the bulk material product bag. Handle structure can also be integrally incorporated within the adhesive closure strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2008Publication date: November 5, 2009Inventors: Paul Michael Jenkins, David J. Anzini, Lars G. Wihlborg
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Patent number: 7581886Abstract: A plastic-coated fabric shipping bag, which after use for shipping an item in commerce, can be turned inside out and transformed into a re-usable, plastic-lined, fabric tote bag.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2005Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: Boss Licensing Group, Inc.Inventor: Robert Anthony Nitti
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Publication number: 20090175564Abstract: The bag for receiving refuse may include a bag body, the bag body including an inside surface, an outside surface, and a rim defining a mouth. The bag may also include a first strip of material disposed on the inside surface of the bag body proximate the rim. The strip may include an inside surface, an outside surface that faces the inside surface of the body, a top edge, and a bottom edge. The bag may also include a front wall, a back wall, and a hem, the hem including a drawstring. The strip may include a printed design. The design could be letters, numbers, pictures, writing, or any other design. When the bag is inserted into a trash receptacle such that the rim of the bag is folded over the rim of the receptacle, the printed design is visible from outside the receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2007Publication date: July 9, 2009Inventors: Shaun T. Broering, Karin L. Toerner, Robert W. Fraser, Charles B. Snoreck
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Publication number: 20080193059Abstract: The invention relates to a tubular pouch having a tubular pouch body and a lid piece and, optionally, a base, especially a standing base or stand-up base, the lid piece being fixed on the tubular pouch by means of a cuff and either the cuff being formed integrally with the lid piece or the lid piece co-operating with the cuff, the cuff at least partially overlapping the lid piece and the cuff extending around the periphery of the lid piece and at least over an end portion of the tubular pouch at the lid-piece end thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2006Publication date: August 14, 2008Inventor: Andreas Michalsky
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Patent number: 7320411Abstract: A reversible sack that is suitable for use as a container liner is disclosed. The sack is selectively sealable and in one example can be opened and/or closed to varying degrees. More particularly, the sack has an open end and one or more mechanisms associated therewith that facilitate opening and/or closing the open end of the sack. In one example, the sack also includes a mechanism that facilitates maintaining the open end of the sack in any of the various degrees of opened and/or closed conditions. The sack functions the same regardless of whether it is in a reversed or un-reversed configuration. The reversibility of the sack provides for added versatility and allows a user to employ the sack in an un-reversed and reversed configuration as may be desired and appropriate given particular settings, surroundings, times, seasons, etc.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2003Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Inventors: Patricia L. Shenosky, Theodore E Shenosky
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Patent number: 7223260Abstract: The collecting bag has a bag member formed by a first and a second film blank, and a discharge portion that is foldable and unfoldable to bring the discharge portion from an open unfolded condition to a closed folded condition and vice versa. A first plate member is positioned on the first film blank and a second plate member is positioned on an extension of the second film blank Each plate member is formed from a relatively stiff material, and the distance between the distal edge of the first plate member and the proximal edge of the second plate member is smaller than the thickness of the first plate member. When folding the discharge portion, the distal edge of the first plate member acts as a pivot, and a stretching effect is created on the second film blank to effectively seal the discharge opening without deformation of the plate members.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2003Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Assignee: Coloplast A/SInventors: Soren Hansen, Lars Bo Poulsen
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Patent number: 7217032Abstract: A flexible container and method for making same are provided. The container comprises a base portion including a bottom, side walls, and an interior, the bottom defining a substantially flat planar surface when the container houses product and the container rests on its bottom, an upper panel portion, that is designed to be received within the interior of the base portion and includes side panels that define a closure member, the upper panel being so constructed and arranged to define a substantially flat surface when the closure member is closed and portions of the upper panel are folded over, the upper panel includes a portion that is sealed to the base portion, and a pair of handles may also be coupled to the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2003Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Jerry E. Buchanan, Rodney A. Buchanan, Albert L. Baner, Harold H. Bennett, Todd A. Miles, John G. Ratcliff
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Patent number: 7207716Abstract: A flexible container (10) has a base (12) that includes a bottom (20), side walls (22, 24, 26, 28) and an interior (30), the bottom defining a substantially flat planar surface when the container houses product and the container rests thereon, an upper panel portion (14), that is adapted to be received within the interior of the base portion and includes side panels that define a closure member (60, 62). The upper panel is constructed and arranged to define a substantially flat surface (72) when the closure member is closed and portions of the upper panel are folded over. The upper panel includes a portion that is sealed to the base portion. A pair of handles (16, 18) may be secured to the base portion. The flat top and flat bottom allow for vertical stacking of the filled containers.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2001Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Jerry E. Buchanan, Rodney A. Buchanan, Albert L. Baner, Harold Bennett, Todd A. Miles, John Ratcliff
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Patent number: 7082242Abstract: The present invention relates to a microstructured optical fiber including a photonic band gap-guided core; and at least one index-guided core. Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a microstructured optical fiber including a set of main cores; a microstructured region surrounding the set of main cores; and at least alignment core, the alignment cores having substantially different optical propagation properties than the main cores. The present invention also includes methods for coupling, monitoring, and locating discontinuities in the fibers of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2003Date of Patent: July 25, 2006Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: James C. Fajardo, Michael T. Gallagher, James A. West
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Patent number: 6995124Abstract: A product and process for laundering delicate or dry-clean only garments in a conventional home washing machine. The process represents a home version of the commercial wet-cleaning processes for cleaning of delicate garments. The product comprises a liquid combination washing/conditioning composition and optionally a wash pretreatment composition, a flexible wrap container within which the garments are contained during washing and a pretreatment applicator.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1999Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Todd Michael Wernicke, Freddy Arthur Barnabas, Michelle Frances Mellea, John Downing Curry, Michael P. Siklosi
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Patent number: 6935783Abstract: A single-use container having front and back panels positioned in face-to-face relationship and joined with a sealed region around three edges to define a pouch, with a fourth edge unsealed to form a first opening in the pouch. A pressure sensitive strip on the front and back sides adjacent the opening of the pouch to seal the opening when the front and back sides are pressed closed. A tear line is formed at an opposing end of the pouch to enable opening of the opposing end of the pouch. The container may include a tool pouch defined on four sides by the sealed region and containing a spreading tool. The tool pouch is intersected by the tear line, such that, when the container is torn along the line, the tool is released from the tool pouch.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2003Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Inventor: Travis S. Carter
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Patent number: 6929401Abstract: A nested safety mailing envelope having a first and second compartment. The first compartment is attached within the second compartment. Each compartment has a seal that may securely seal each compartment. The seals are in line such that the inner compartment seal may be closed and the outer compartment seal provides a secondary enclosure of the inner compartment.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2003Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.Inventor: Richard S. Matusewicz
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Publication number: 20040208401Abstract: A nested safety mailing envelope having a first and second compartment. The first compartment is attached within the second compartment. Each compartment has a seal that may securely seal each compartment. The seals are in line such that the inner compartment seal may be closed and the outer compartment seal provides a secondary enclosure of the inner compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2003Publication date: October 21, 2004Inventor: Richard S. Matusewicz
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Patent number: 6723408Abstract: A resealable envelope comprising a flexible plastic back sheet, a backing adhesive applied on a back surface of the flexible plastic back sheet to attach the envelope to a package, a flexible plastic front sheet attached to the back sheet at their respective side edges and bottom edges, a flexible closure flap being adhered directly to the front surface of the back sheet at their respective top edges via a permanent adhesive and overlapping said front sheet, and a resealable adhesive located proximal to the top edge of the front sheet such that the resealable adhesive is capable of fastening said closure flap to the front sheet forming a resealable closure.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2002Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: A.D.M. CorporationInventors: Bruce J. Hillemann, Joseph DeRiggi
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Publication number: 20040052436Abstract: A flexible container (10) has a base (12) that includes a bottom (20), side walls (22, 24, 26, 28) and an interior (30), the bottom defining a substantially flat planar surface when the container houses product and the container rests thereon, an upper panel portion (14), that is adapted to be received within the interior of the base portion and includes side panels that define a closure member (60, 62). The upper panel is constructed and arranged to define a substantially flat surface (72) when the closure member is closed and portions of the upper panel are folded over. The upper panel includes a portion that is sealed to the base portion. A pair of handles (16, 18) may be secured to the base portion. The flat top and flat bottom allow for vertical stacking of the filled containers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2003Publication date: March 18, 2004Inventors: Jerry E. Buchanan, Rodney A. Buchanan, Albert L. Baner, Harold Bennett, Todd A. Miles, John Ratcliff
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Publication number: 20040028296Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2003Publication date: February 12, 2004Inventor: Andrea Meli
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Patent number: 6649236Abstract: An anti-fomitic device in the form of a bag or envelope forms a cover for an object for preventing cross-infection by bacteria and other pathogens that may reside on the object. The anti-fomitic device is a flat, flexible bag or envelope with a closure means at one or both ends of the bag or envelope, having a sterile interior that is sealed during manufacture to maintain sterility. Therefore, no outer wrapping for the anti-fomitic device is required. The anti-fomitic device is inverted when used to cover the object and results in an ultimate outer surface that is initially sterile. Materials for the coverings/bags are impervious to the transmission of pathogens. A laundered covering such as a sheet, pillowcase, etc., can then be slipped over the object that is covered with the anti-fomitic device to enhance comfort, yet maintain protection against pathogens on the object being covered.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2002Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Inventor: Marvin E. Haskin
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Patent number: 6604857Abstract: A flexible container and method for making same are provided. the container comprises a base portion including a bottom, side walls, and an interior, the bottom defining a substantially flat planar surface when the container houses product and the container rests on its bottom, an upper panel portion, that is designed to be received within the interior of the base portion and includes side panels that define a closure member, the upper panel being so constructed and arranged to define a substantially flat surface when the closure member is closed and portions of the upper panel are folded over, the upper panel includes a portion that is sealed to the base portion, and a pair of handles may also be coupled to the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2001Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: Nestec S.A.Inventors: Jerry E. Buchanan, Rodney A. Buchanan, Albert L. Baner, Harold H. Bennett, Todd A. Miles, John G. Ratcliff
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Publication number: 20030104913Abstract: The invention relates to a bag with a bag body consisting of four bag walls, onto which two first wide bag walls lie on top of one another and two second narrower bag walls are each folded over congruently onto themselves to the center in a line along their longitudinal edges, and in which one end of the bag body is sealed by a bag floor and which forms a bag opening at the other end of the bag body; as well as an unsealed bag seal on a bag opening adjoining the bag body; in which the bag seal consists of two first sealing flaps respectively laid out on top of and adjoining the first bag walls, and two second sealing flaps adjoining the second bag walls, folded over respectively onto themselves at the center in a line with the fold of the second bag walls; and in which at the respective ends of the first sealing flaps first gussets, and at the ends of the second sealing flaps second gussets are specified, and directly adjacent first and second gussets lie respectively on top of one another with their inner suType: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2002Publication date: June 5, 2003Inventors: Dieter Schwenke, Robert Oster
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Publication number: 20030104914Abstract: The invention relates to a bag with a bag body consisting of four bag walls, onto which two first wide bag walls lie on top of one another and two second narrower bag walls are each folded over congruently onto themselves to the center in a line along their longitudinal edges, and in which one end of the bag body is sealed by a bag floor and which forms a bag opening at the other end of the bag body; as well as an unsealed bag seal on a bag opening adjoining the bag body; in which the bag seal consists of two first sealing flaps respectively laid out on top of and adjoining the first bag walls, and two second sealing flaps adjoining the second bag walls, folded over respectively onto themselves at the center in a line with the fold of the second bag walls; and in which at the respective ends of the first sealing flaps first gussets, and at the ends of the second sealing flaps second gussets are specified, and directly adjacent first and second gussets lie respectively on top of one another with their inner suType: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2002Publication date: June 5, 2003Inventors: Dieter Schwenke, Robert Oster
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Publication number: 20030103693Abstract: The invention relates to a bag with a bag body consisting of four bag walls, onto which two first wide bag walls lie on top of one another and two second narrower bag walls are each folded over congruently onto themselves to the center in a line along their longitudinal edges, and in which one end of the bag body is sealed by a bag floor and which forms a bag opening at the other end of the bag body; as well as an unsealed bag seal on a bag opening adjoining the bag body; in which the bag seal consists of two first sealing flaps respectively laid out on top of and adjoining the first bag walls, and two second sealing flaps adjoining the second bag walls, folded over respectively onto themselves at the center in a line with the fold of the second bag walls; and in which at the respective ends of the first sealing flaps first gussets, and at the ends of the second sealing flaps second gussets are specified, and directly adjacent first and second gussets lie respectively on top of one another with their inner suType: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2002Publication date: June 5, 2003Inventors: Dieter Schwenke, Robert Oster
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Publication number: 20030002754Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transporting, testing, filling and sealing a bag which is comprised of a bag body that can be spread out to form a rectangular cross section, said bag body being made up of two wider first and two narrower second bag walls, a bag bottom sealing the bag body at the bottom, a bag opening bordering the bag body at the top, and an opened bag seal, whereby the bag seal itself comprises first sealing flaps which are connected to the first bag walls respectively and stick out horizontally from the bag opening outwards, and towards the first bag walls at right angles, second sealing flaps which are connected to the second bag walls respectively and which lie—especially when folded inwards onto the bag opening—horizontally so that the first sealing flaps and the second sealing flaps form a frame-shaped sealing collar lying on a horizontal plane, by which during transporting, testing, filling and sealing the outer areas of the first sealing flaps are heType: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2002Publication date: January 2, 2003Inventors: Dieter Schwenke, Robert Oster
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Patent number: 6468611Abstract: An anti-fomitic device in the form of a bag or envelope which forms a cover for an object for preventing cross-infection by bacteria and other pathogens that may reside on the object being covered. The anti-fomitic device is a flat, flexible bag or envelope with a closure means at one end of the bag or envelope, having a sterile interior which is sealed during manufacture to maintain sterility. Therefore, no outer wrapping for the anti-fomitic device is required. Alternatively, the anti-fomitic device is a flat, flexible, internally sterile bag with two releasably closed ends, where one end is tucked inward so that the sterile interiors of the two releasably closed ends touch.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 1997Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Inventor: Marvin E. Haskin
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Patent number: 6312157Abstract: Packaging bags are produced by cutting a larger material sheet into individual portions and folding each of these individual pieces to form a main body having a front wall, a back wall, side walls which stand up from a flat bottom. A lid for closing the upper opening is uniformly sloped upward from the front wall to the back wall. A ridge is formed, extending upward from the back wall, for sealing the bag closed. A trapezoidally folded flap extends upward from the back wall and is folded forward over the seal ridge. A pair of fastening tapes is used to keep the flap detachably attached to the seal ridge such that the bag, after it is once opened, can be closed again. Instead of the fastening tapes, an elongated member serving like a belt loop may be used to keep the flap retractably inserted under it to keep the flap closed.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2000Date of Patent: November 6, 2001Inventors: Tokihisa Masuda, Masatoshi Imanaka
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Publication number: 20010000464Abstract: A reusable lift-liner and methods transport units of bulk cargo and dispose of an inner cargo-carrying container initially carried within the lift-liner. Via tilt-bed trucks the cargo is transported to a waste site. At the site an openable wall of the reusable lift-liner is opened, the bed is tilted, the inner container slides from the lift-liner and is dumped off the bed. The lift-liner stays on the bed, then is prepared for re-use. Openable wall configurations include releasble closures at corners adjacent to the openable wall. Holes through which strands are laced releasably close the openable wall. Flaps joined to transition sections attached to the walls cause tucks to form when the flaps are closed across the lift-liner. The transition sections also have the releasable closures. Cutting the strands allows the openable wall to open. The strands may be re-laced in the holes for re-use of the lift-liner.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2000Publication date: April 26, 2001Inventor: Aldon Evans Beale
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Patent number: 6196718Abstract: An organizer in the form of a miniature golf bag. The sidewall of the organizer is reclosable with a slide fastener which has a track that defines a bent U-shape. In an illustrated embodiment, the organizer can form a shelf-like portion when the organizer is in a hanging mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1999Date of Patent: March 6, 2001Inventor: Daniel A. DeChant
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Patent number: 6155772Abstract: A system provides a lift-liner for efficient transport of units of bulk cargo (especially bulk cargo that is radioactive hazardous material waste), and economical disposal of the lift-liner for storage of the waste therein. The cargo is transported in the lift-liner from a remediation site to a railroad siding, during transport on a railroad gondola car, from the gondola car to a waste storage site, and within such storage site to a storage cell, in which the lift-liner and the waste therein are placed. The units are defined by the lift-liner, which is capable of containing up to about twelve tons of the waste. A container of the lift-liner is provided with at least five straps connected to two opposite walls, and four straps connected to two other opposite walls, and a bottom between corners of the container. Collectively, the straps may receive up to about twelve tons of vertical lifting force from a lift grid having a connector vertically above and aligned with each strap.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1998Date of Patent: December 5, 2000Inventor: Aldon Evans Beale
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Patent number: 6126326Abstract: An optical circuit comprising first and second fiber optic components, an optical fiber having a first end coupled with the first fiber optic component and a second end coupled with the second fiber optic component, and a helical strand of the optical fiber intermediate the first and second components.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 1998Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignee: Honeywell Inc.Inventor: John R. Feth
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Patent number: 6079934Abstract: A system provides a lift-liner for efficient transport of units of bulk cargo (especially bulk cargo that is radioactive hazardous material waste), and economical disposal of the lift-liner for storage of the waste therein. The cargo is transported in the lift-liner from a remediation site to a railroad siding, during transport on a railroad gondola car, from the gondola car to a waste storage site, and within such storage site to a storage cell, in which the lift-liner and the waste therein are placed. The units are defined by the lift-liner, which is capable of containing up to ten tons of the waste. A container of the lift-liner is provided with straps connected to four walls and a bottom between corners of the container. The straps receive more than ten tons of vertical lifting force from a lift grid having a connector vertically above and aligned with each strap.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 1997Date of Patent: June 27, 2000Inventor: Aldon E. Beale