Sheet, Web, Or Layer Weakened To Permit Separation Through Thickness Patents (Class 428/43)
  • Publication number: 20140352263
    Abstract: A wrapping material is provided comprising a plurality of wrapping units, each said wrapping unit having a leading edge at one of thereof and a tail edge at an opposing edge thereof, where each one of said plurality of wrapping units is serially connected to at least one other of said plurality of wrapping units at the corresponding leading edge, tail edge, or both. In a further embodiment, discrete adhesive areas are disposed on the first surface of said plurality of wrapping units. In a still further embodiment, the discrete adhesive areas are covered by a protective cover, wherein the protective cover is attached to the first surface of the next said serially connected wrapping unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Itamar Harchol, Tsafrir Lior, Yori Costa, Matan Inbar
  • Patent number: 8900109
    Abstract: An intermediate product for making bag closures wherein an elongated substrate has formed on it a pair of elongated attachment lanes having complementary fastening elements to provide an attachable-detachable closure. The lanes extend parallel and are spaced apart. A perforation line is formed in the substrate between the lanes. The tape is folded by being pulled through a slot along the perforation line to place said lanes in face-to-face engagement. The product is used in a method for making bags or pouches and on a machine modified to seal partially one side of the closure to one side of the mouth of bags or pouches being made and to seal completely the other side of the closure to the other side of the bag of pouch mouth. The perforation is separated to separate the lanes and create an attachable-detachable closure. Interlocking projections can be included in the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: KV-LOCK LLC
    Inventor: James F. Pease
  • Publication number: 20140349056
    Abstract: A strip of absorbent paper product includes a first edge and a second edge defining a strip width. The strip has a centerline extending in a longitudinal direction and equidistant between the first edge and the second edge, and a central region extending in the longitudinal direction and having a central width. The central region extends laterally outwardly on each side of the centerline. The strip can have a first edge region and a second edge region that extend outward from the central region. A first design element is disposed in the central region and includes a visual center point. The strip can also have at least two second design elements. At least one of second design elements can be disposed in the central region, and another second design element can be disposed in the first edge region or the second edge region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Emma Lynn SARTINI, Kathryn Christian KIEN, Marian Frances SMITH, Lee Ann LUIPOLD
  • Publication number: 20140342114
    Abstract: Provided are a packing tape, and a method of forming the same, the packing tape including a flexible member having a first surface and a second surface defining a body therebetween having a thickness, a width and a length. The packing tape further includes a tear-away member defined by a first row and a second row of a plurality of perforated members which are parallel to each other and centrally located along the width of the flexible member. The packing tape also includes an adhesive on the second surface of the flexible member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Alison BEARD
  • Publication number: 20140335235
    Abstract: Disclosed are packaged frozen precooked dough or batter-based food products and methods of heating the food products. The packaged precooked frozen dough or batter-based food products comprises one or more frozen precooked dough or batter-based food products that are encased in a pouch for heating. The pouch is sealed with the exception of the presence of two or more vent holes that function to release air or steam that may otherwise cause the food product to become soggy when they are heated in an oven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL MILLS, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony W. Swenson, Neil E. Zaporski
  • Patent number: 8877313
    Abstract: A stack of interfolded hygiene products (100), including a first web (1) divided into individual hygiene products by means of lines of weakness (12); a second web (2) divided into individual hygiene products by means of lines of weakness (22); the first web and the second web being interfolded with one another in a nested configuration, wherein the lines of weakness of the first web and the lines of weakness of the second web are offset with respect to one another along the webs; the first web and the second web are joined to one another at a leading portion (4) and/or at a trailing portion (4?) of the webs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventor: Björn Larsson
  • Patent number: 8865283
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a security label for securing medications retained in an individual packaging, comprising a base layer (10, 20, 30) that can be adhesively bonded to the individual packaging (12, 22, 32), wherein at least one opening cut (17, 37, 47, 57, 67, 77, 87, 97, 107, 117, 127, 137, 147, 157) per medication (16) is provided in the base layer (10, 20, 30) in the area of the expected medications (16), wherein the opening cut (17, 37, 47, 57, 67, 77, 87, 97, 107, 117, 127, 137, 147, 157) has at least one first and one second partial cut, and wherein the first partial cut and the second partial cut meet or cross, wherein two, three, four, or five opening cuts (17, 37, 47, 57, 67, 77, 87, 97, 107, 117, 127, 137, 147, 157) are provided in the area of the expected medication (16), and the opening cuts (17, 37, 47, 57, 67, 77, 87, 97, 107, 117, 127, 137, 147, 157); are arranged exclusively along a segment of the contour of the medication (16) or along a segment of the contour of the medication
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Faubel & Co Nachfolger GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Ludwig, Reinhard Kuge, Marco Dieling
  • Patent number: 8859068
    Abstract: An adhesive stack comprises a shear layer positioned between two adhesive layers. The shear layer, comprised of a weak adhesive sub-layer positioned between substrate sub-layers, is designed to fail upon application of a deliberate and appropriate shear force and before the failure of the adhesive layers. The adhesive sub-layer defines a width and/or length less than a width and/or length of another layer or sub-layer of the adhesive stack. The adhesive stack aids in securing components within an electronic device to prevent movement of the component when the device is dropped, hit, or bumped. The adhesive stack may occupy minimal space within the device, and reduce the cost of securing the component within the device's interior. The adhesive stack may allow for replacement of the component by an authorized person applying an appropriate and deliberate force. The adhesive stack may aid in identifying components replaced by an unauthorized person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew P. Casebolt, Robert Sean Murphy
  • Publication number: 20140291186
    Abstract: A stack of hygiene sheet products including first and second webs that are interfolded with each other. The stack includes a top panel of the first web and a top panel of the second web, wherein the top panel of the first web overlays the top panel of the second web but has been cut away so that the top panel of the second web is revealed by the top panel of the first web. An adherence layer is placed on the top panel of the first web and the top panel of the second web and is exposed at the top of the stack so that it can adhere to an adjacent stack so that when the last sheets of the adjacent stack are pulled through a dispenser opening of a dispenser, the first and second sheets are pulled securely through with it as a result of the direct adherence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB
    Inventors: Anders Andersson, Björn Larsson
  • Patent number: 8846177
    Abstract: Methods and systems for adhering internal components in a portable computing device are described. In some embodiments, an internal component adhesive removal system can include a conforming wrapper. In one embodiment, the conforming wrapper can wrap around a portion of an outer surface of the internal component. The conforming wrapper can secure and at least partially enclose the internal component such that the internal component is sufficiently constrained to protect the internal component from damage during movement of the portable computing device during normal use. In some embodiments, the wrapper comprises one or more shock absorbing features. In some embodiments, the wrapper comprises a feature configured to tear to facilitate removal of the internal component from the portable computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Inventors: Matthew P. Casebolt, Kathleen A. Bergeron, William F. Leggett, Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, David M. Rockford
  • Patent number: 8846172
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a laminated composite and process for making the same. The laminated composite includes at least one wavelength-converting layer and at least one non-emissive layer, wherein a vertical relief gap pattern defines the composite into a plurality of discrete separable portions, and the discrete separable portions are breakably joined by a non-emissive layer. Separation along the relief gap pattern reduces color variation amongst the discrete portions and processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Toshitaka Nakamura, Hironaka Fujii, Amane Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20140286596
    Abstract: The present invention provides packaging material for making packages, comprising a breakable film; and a substrate on which the breakable film is positioned, wherein the substrate comprises a chemically resistant and non-heat sealable (NHS) layer having a first surface and a second surface, and a heat sealable (HS) layer bonded to the first surface of the NHS layer, and the breakable film is laminated onto the second surface of the NHS layer, and wherein at least one die cut line to define a preformed hole is formed through the NHS and HS layers. The invention also provides a package produced therefrom and a method for constructing the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Yi Xin Chew
  • Publication number: 20140287549
    Abstract: A method for producing a thermoelectric module with a plurality of thermoelectric leg elements, which are electrically connected in series at opposite ends, includes arranging the leg elements on an electrically conducting plate, connecting the leg elements to the electrically conducting plate, and cutting up the electrically conducting plate into a plurality of conductor tracks, which respectively connect two of the leg elements to one another. From a further aspect, a pre-product for the production of a thermoelectric module by such a method includes an electrically conducting plate with a plurality of conductor track regions for the formation of conductor tracks. The electrically conducting plate has a lower mechanical stability in at least one zone of weakness between two conductor track regions than in the conductor track regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Koehne, Franz Wetzl, Boris Kozinsky
  • Publication number: 20140274640
    Abstract: A printable blank sheet includes a sheet with defined separation lines, a first layer with cuts running through the first layer along the defined separation lines, and a second layer attached to a bottom side of the first layer, with perforations running through the second layer along the defined separation lines. A method for creating custom print cards includes running a printable blank sheet through a printer to print on defined print areas, wherein the sheet includes slit-over-perforation lines defining a periphery of an object in the sheet, bending the sheet along the slit-over-perforation lines to weaken and separate the slit-over-perforation lines, and detaching the object from the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: BLANKS USA
    Inventor: Benjamin Todd Carroll
  • Publication number: 20140248459
    Abstract: Collars are provided to facilitate retaining the blades of a broadhead in their in-flight position during flight. Collars can be used in situations where the preexisting use of an O-ring is used to help facilitate maintaining the blades of a broadhead in their in-flight position during flight. Collars can also be used in situations where the preexisting use of an O-ring is not used to help facilitate maintaining the blades of a broadhead in their in-flight position during flight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Out RAGE, LLC
    Inventor: William E. Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20140248456
    Abstract: A method of encapsulating a toxin on a contaminated surface includes providing a plastic air-tight substrate having first and second opposing surfaces. An adhesive substance is disposed on the first surface. The first surface of the plastic substrate is applied to the contaminated surface such that the plastic substrate is adhered to the contaminated surface, and such that the toxin is completely covered by the plastic substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventor: Scot LaVelle
  • Patent number: 8822003
    Abstract: A component having a laser track as a fracture initiation line, said laser track being composed of laser holes formed by a laser beam for preparing for a later separation of the component into individual components. In order to ensure that, upon separation, the fracture always extends along the laser track, fractures deviating from the laser track are avoided, and the fracture edges after fracture are formed evenly and do not have jagged edges, it is proposed that the distance between two adjacent laser holes be less than or equal to the diameter of said laser holes, in each case measured on the surface of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: CeramTec GmbH
    Inventors: Kunibert Reiss, Thomas Karl, Claus Peter Kluge
  • Publication number: 20140242320
    Abstract: Embossed multi-ply fibrous structures and methods for making such embossed multi-ply fibrous structures are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kevin Benson McNEIL, Patrick John BUSCHUR, Andre MELLIN, Thomas Timothy BYRNE, Mark Stephen CONROY
  • Patent number: 8814218
    Abstract: A sticker includes a backing layer, a sticker body including a top layer and an adhesive layer, and a security arrangement cutting through the top layer only and being stopped at an adhesive layer to ensure the sticker body being completely removed from the backing layer without tearing the top layer apart. The security arrangement includes a plurality of lead edge notches evenly provided along the outer flange of the top layer, and a cutting line structure formed at the top layer. After the sticker body is completely removed from the backing layer and is applied for sticking on an object surface, the sticker body becomes a self-destructive layer by the security arrangement to be torn apart at the time when the sticker body is removed from the object surface so as to ensure the sticker body being unable to be removed completely from the object surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Inventors: An-Hsia Liu, Wen-Shueh M. Liu, Victor D. Liu, Alexander D. Liu
  • Publication number: 20140234564
    Abstract: A shaped trim part configured to cover an airbag for a motor vehicle, and which includes at least one support which is weakened along an opening line which delimits an opening cover, and a decorative layer composed of leather and arranged on and/or over the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Decoma (Germany) GmbH
    Inventor: Anton TOMAJ
  • Patent number: 8802211
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a web of sheet product, with a discontinuous perforation arrangement such that manufacture of a web of sheet product provides for an increase in the breaking strength of the web of sheet product while feeding the web in a machine direction, thereby reducing the risk of breaking and maintaining the yield and throughput of the production of the perforated web as an intermediate product, yet providing a low breaking force for individual strips produced from the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Gilles Cattacin, Pierre Laurent, Julien Marietta-Tondin, Remy Ruppel, Ann M. Andres, Abby C. Case
  • Patent number: 8800182
    Abstract: Disclosed is a plastic film with concealed tearable strip, which includes a film body; at least one first tearable strip having two sides respectively forming first and second joint sections; and at least one second tearable strip having two sides respectively forming a third joint section and an internal tear line. The first and second tearable strips each have one side connected to the film body. The first joint section has two sides each forming a tear line. The third joint section has one side forming at least one tear line. The third joint section and the internal tear line have inside faces respectively coupled to the first and second joint sections, whereby the first and second tearable strips are respectively located at outside and inside of the film body and the second tearable strip is concealed at the inside of the film body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Inventor: Tzu-Chin Hung
  • Patent number: 8794837
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventor: John P. Hanus
  • Publication number: 20140212617
    Abstract: A pair of cut-to-fit universal vehicle floor mats have bodies which, as untrimmed, have margins which are neither identical to each other nor mirror images of each other. Each mat body has peripheral cells defined by indented trim lines. A consumer may selectively trim away these cells to fit a particular vehicle. Some of the cells in the driver's side mat are not present in the passenger's side mat, or vice versa. For example, only the driver's side mat may have a deadpedal array of cells and/or a gas pedal array of cells. Conversely, only the passenger's side mat may have arcuate wheel well trim lines and/or arcuate transmission tunnel trim lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: MACNEIL IP LLC
    Inventors: Quin GIFFORD, Judd C. KAUFMAN, Scott A. VARGO, Allan R. THOM, Frederick W. MASANEK, Jr., David F. MACNEIL
  • Publication number: 20140212615
    Abstract: A multi-purpose form with a plurality of label types on a single business form includes an adhesive-backed label, a label with a front-facing exposed adhesive, and labels which can form laminated water-resistant tags. The business form has a plurality of layers. The form includes die cuts which allow for layers to be peeled away from the form, exposing adhesive layers and forming the different label types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Larry David Norgaard, Susan Schiller Norgaard
  • Publication number: 20140212616
    Abstract: A composite part including a resin matrix and fibers reinforcing the resin matrix in a first portion of the matrix. A second portion of the resin matrix is substantially devoid of fibers. The fibers may be in the form of a woven mat that defines an opening. Alternatively, the fibers may be loose fibers that are deposited in a mold that includes predetermined areas that are shielded from the deposit of the loose fibers. A method of making the composite part is disclosed in which a woven mat having an opening is filled with resin. Another method is also disclosed in which loose fibers are shielded from being deposited in a portion of the mold that is subsequently filled with resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Aindrea McKelvey Campbell
  • Publication number: 20140202642
    Abstract: A label for a container may include a planar body comprising a first edge and a second edge, the first and second edges disposed at opposite sides of the body from each other; a cut-out portion of the planar body disposed between the first and second edges; and first and second tear lines extending from the cutout portion to respective first and second termination locations at or proximate to the first and second edges, respectively. The first and second tear lines may diverge at an angle away from each other in a direction from the cut-out portion to the respective first and second termination locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL MILLS, INC.
    Inventors: Ali EL-AFANDI, Jeremy R. MARINCEL
  • Publication number: 20140199509
    Abstract: A decoupling sheet as a support for a covering that is to be mounted on a substructure, comprising at least two interconnected layers that include a foil-type bottom layer for disposition on the substructure, and a support layer for receiving the covering. The support layer is disposed on, and connected to, the bottom layer, and is comprised of an open-pore water resistant, and non-deformable foam material that is provided with apertures that extend from the bottom layer to the opposite, free surface of the foam layer, and which are distributed over the surface of the foam layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventor: Heinz Dusar
  • Patent number: 8778475
    Abstract: A patch covers a hole created on a fabric when a wire of an underwire bra breaks through, poking the delicate skin around the breast of a woman. The patch includes an outer layer made of a laminate material, an inner layer made of a close knit material. The outer layer may completely encase the inner layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventors: Lesa Michelle Joyce, Fredericka Lee Goldstein
  • Patent number: 8778480
    Abstract: A vehicle floor mat includes cutting grooves for severing and removing at least one section of a peripheral portion of the mat. The cutting grooves are arranged to define a plurality of distinct outer contours so that the vehicle floor mat is compatible with a plurality of different vehicle models. The vehicle floor mat can further include apertures arranged to receive the anchors of each of the different vehicle models. Each of the different vehicle models can be selected from different models of a particular vehicle manufacturer. The vehicle floor mat can be compatible with at least five different vehicle models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Koolatron Corporation
    Inventors: Benoît Bouchard, Arun Kulkarni, Mario Primeau
  • Publication number: 20140193602
    Abstract: The precompressed sealing tape for sealing a joint has an elastically reexpandable foam strip, a wrapping, which at least partially surrounds the foam strip, and a strip-shaped element, which is made of stiff foam. The strip-shaped element is arranged in an area of the first transverse surface of the foam strip. A fastening means for attaching the strip-shaped element to a building component is arranged in an area of the strip-shaped element. A first section of the wrapping is arranged between the first transverse surface of the foam strip and the strip-shaped element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: ISO-Chemie GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Deiss
  • Publication number: 20140191023
    Abstract: A printable sheet material includes a panel having an integral separable portion and a starting mechanism formed on the separable portion. At least one tearable line is formed in the panel permitting the separable portion to be at least partially separated from a remaining portion of the panel. The tearable line includes a plurality of open “V” channeling cuts spaced along the line, each of the channeling cuts formed by a converging pair of cuts having a wider spaced end and a narrower spaced end. The channeling cuts are oriented with the wider spaced ends facing toward the starting mechanism to point in a tearing direction extending away from the starting mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventor: Gary G. Emmott
  • Publication number: 20140186568
    Abstract: A method of producing a roll of a continuous web of an optical film laminate, usable in a process of laminating an optical film sheet including a polarizing film and formed to a size corresponding to that an optical panel to a surface of the optical panel being fed to a lamination position, is disclosed. The polarizing film is prepared by subjecting a laminate including a thermoplastic resin substrate and a PVA type resin layer formed on the substrate, to uniaxial 2-stage stretching to reduce a thickness of the PVA type resin layer to 10 ?m or less, and causing a dichroic material to be absorbed in the PVA type resin layer. A carrier film is releasably attached to the continuous web of optical film laminate including the polarizing film, through an adhesive layer. A defect inspection is performed for the optical film laminate and the adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeharu KITAGAWA, Takuya NAKAZONO, Shusaku GOTO, Minoru MIYATAKE, Tomohiro MORI, Takashi KAMIJO
  • Publication number: 20140186567
    Abstract: The method relates to a trim part with an airbag cover, in particular for use in a motor vehicle, comprising a carrier and a haptics layer which are weakened along a tear line delimiting the airbag cover, and a decor layer of leather which covers the carrier and the haptics layer, wherein additionally a reinforcement layer is arranged between the haptics layer and the decor layer. According to the invention, the decor layer and the reinforcement layer have a constant thickness. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such a trim part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Walter, Wolfram Bühler
  • Publication number: 20140173954
    Abstract: Disclosed is a plastic film with concealed tearable strip, which includes a film body; at least one first tearable strip having two sides respectively forming first and second joint sections; and at least one second tearable strip having two sides respectively forming a third joint section and an internal tear line. The first and second tearable strips each have one side connected to the film body. The first joint section has two sides each forming a tear line. The third joint section has one side forming at least one tear line. The third joint section and the internal tear line have inside faces respectively coupled to the first and second joint sections, whereby the first and second tearable strips are respectively located at outside and inside of the film body and the second tearable strip is concealed at the inside of the film body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Tzu-Chin HUNG
  • Patent number: 8757432
    Abstract: A pop-up type dispenser is provided for paper towels, in which a specially sized and shaped hole in the dispenser top cooperates with a stack of paper towels housed in the dispenser. The towel stack has at least two interfolded webs of perforated absorbent sheet material in which the perforations of one web are not aligned with the perforations of an adjacent web. The towels may be withdrawn through the opening one sheet at a time, by a user pulling on a first sheet of said one web protruding through said opening without needing to touch a next sheet on the adjacent web or a subsequent sheet on the one web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: SCA Tissue North America LLC
    Inventors: Janne Muntzing, John S. Formon
  • Publication number: 20140171895
    Abstract: Laminates are described that contain a frangible layer adhered to at least one extensible layer, such as an elastic layer. In one embodiment, a frangible layer is positioned between two opposing elastic layers. The frangible layer includes lines of separation that generally extend in a first direction. The lines of separation allow the elastic layers to stretch and recover in a direction perpendicular or skew to the lines of separation. In one particular embodiment, the lines of separation comprise lines where the frangible layer has been weakened. The lines of separation can be formed after the laminate is made using groove rolls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Oomman P. Thomas, Peter J. Allen, Vasily A. Topolkaraev, Jenny Day, Francis P. Abuto, Jerome J. Schwalen
  • Publication number: 20140157638
    Abstract: A label includes a first section and a second section that is attached to the first section. The first section includes a panel. The panel includes one or more sides that are detachable from the first section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Emerald City Label, Inc.
    Inventors: Ted Shanley, Dan VanWaveren
  • Patent number: 8741410
    Abstract: A roll includes a succession of sheets of single-use absorbent paper, the succession of sheets includes a first sheet partially defined by a first line of perforations and a first cut arrangement partially defined by a first cut, a second cut, and a connecting region arranged between the first cut and the second cut and a second sheet partially defined by the first cut arrangement, and a second line of perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Gilles Cattacin, Yves Enggasser, Jean-Louis Neveu
  • Publication number: 20140147612
    Abstract: A shipping document comprises a first printable portion and a second printable portion attached together by a connecting strip comprising at least one detachable chad, and at least one detachable border strip removably attached to at least one free edge of the first printable portion. When the second printable portion is folded against the first printable portion the border strip extends beyond the second printable portion. When an adhesive is applied to the removable chad and the border strip, the shipping label can be secured to a surface by the adhesive and subsequently removed from the surface by detaching the border strip and the chad from the sheet, while the first and second printable portions remain attached along the connecting strip. The invention includes a method and apparatus for applying the shipping document to a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventor: John Panunto
  • Publication number: 20140138025
    Abstract: A hand-tearable masking tape, comprising a plastic backing with a low adhesion backsize on the first major side of the backing and a pressure-sensitive adhesive on the second major side of the backing; wherein the second major side of the backing comprises a microstructured hand-tear pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventors: Joseph T. Bartusiak, Ramesh C. Kumar
  • Publication number: 20140138277
    Abstract: A shipping label is operable to be applied to a package and includes a single label ply. The single label ply presents longitudinally spaced ends, opposite top and bottom faces extending between the ends, and a generally transverse fold line of weakness spaced between the ends. The label ply is foldable about the fold line to define upper and lower label sections, with the upper label section overlying the lower label section when the label ply is folded, and the top face of the upper label section being operable to receive package address indicia thereon. The upper label section includes a separation line of weakness defining a border portion and a separable central portion. The upper label section includes adhesive applied to the bottom face along at least part of the border portion. The lower label section includes a dividing line of weakness defining a connecting portion and an end portion, with the connecting portion extending between the fold line and dividing line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Premier Print & Services Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce Raming
  • Publication number: 20140134376
    Abstract: A stack of interfolded hygiene products (100), including a first web (1) divided into individual hygiene products by means of lines of weakness (12); a second web (2) divided into individual hygiene products by means of lines of weakness (22); the first web and the second web being interfolded with one another in a nested configuration, wherein the lines of weakness of the first web and the lines of weakness of the second web are offset with respect to one another along the webs; the first web and the second web are joined to one another at a leading portion (4) and/or at a trailing portion (4?) of the webs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventor: Björn Larsson
  • Publication number: 20140134375
    Abstract: An adhesive tape (1) made of silicone is intended for medical applications. The tape (1) has a sheet material (12) based on nonwoven fibers, coated on an internal face (12a) intended to be in contact with the skin, with a barrier membrane (14) which adheres to the sheet material, based on crosslinked silicone polymer, and with a layer (16) of atraumatic and biocompatible silicone adhesive gel, and on an external face (12b), with a layer (18) of a nonstick and waterproof polymer based on a fluorosilicone or fluorocarbon polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Jean-Roger Guillo, Jean-Francois Lecoeuvre, Melanie Guillermin
  • Publication number: 20140130323
    Abstract: The object is to provide a balance correction sheet used for correcting the whole pressure balance of a punching machine. A balance correction die (20) for a punching machine has a configuration in which a plurality of punching blades are disposed on a substrate (21), the punching blades are configured from belt-shaped first blades (25) disposed parallel to each other, and second blades (26) disposed at predetermined intervals in the direction traversing between the first blades (25), the protrusion heights of the punching blades (25, 26) are equal, and by the entry of the edges of the punching blades (25, 26) into the middle of a laminated sheet (10) formed by laminating peelable sheets, cuts are formed in the depth direction of the laminated sheet (10) that serves as a balance correction sheet for the punching machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: MAKE A BOX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuaki Asai
  • Publication number: 20140134374
    Abstract: A rolled absorbent paper product. The rolled absorbent paper product includes an absorbent paper substrate having at least one ply with an emboss pattern comprising two visually distinct emboss design elements disposed in a plurality of predetermined, spaced-apart positions across the ply. The two emboss design elements comprise a first emboss design element occupying all but at least one of the positions in a first repeating pattern, and a second emboss design element occupying the at least one of the positions not occupied by the first emboss design element. The second emboss design element can be a word comprising a line emboss defining line-embossed letters wherein each letter comprises an open area within the line emboss. The first and second emboss design elements can each have an emboss area of from about 7% to about 25% and a difference in emboss area relative to each other of less than about 10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Wen Fei Chu, Lynne Cheryl Hannen, Emma Lynn Sartini
  • Patent number: 8715834
    Abstract: A strip of multiple seals, each seal for sealing around overlying courses of strapping material to form a seal of the strapping material onto itself at the overlying courses includes an elongated strip of ductile metal. The strip has a longitudinal direction having edges and defining a longitudinal axis parallel to the edges, and a transverse direction normal to the longitudinal axis. Each seal defines a respective transverse axis. The strip has a plurality of substantially identical slots formed in the transverse direction to define the respective seals. The slots extend toward, but not to, the edges of the strip and define connecting portions between ends of the slot and the respective edges. The slots are equally spaced from one another in a longitudinal direction to define the respective seals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Hochleutner, Michael J. Gilman, Kenneth Hoffman, Janusz Figiel
  • Publication number: 20140117659
    Abstract: A multiple-ply label roll includes end-to-end labels. Each label is operable to be adhesively applied to a substrate and includes top and bottom label plies. The bottom label ply includes an outer removable border portion defined between interior and outer ply edges and removable from the top label ply in a removal direction. The interior ply edge includes spaced apart side edges that extend along the removal direction to define a pair of spaced apart side sections of the removable portion. The interior ply edge includes a generally transverse end edge interconnecting the side edges to define an end section of the removable portion, with the end section extending between the side sections and being removed generally after the side sections when the removable portion is removed in the removal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: PREMIER PRINT & SERVICES GROUP, INC.
    Inventor: Bruce Raming
  • Patent number: 8709568
    Abstract: A sheet of cellular tie strips, where each strip is composed of a series of unit cell portions connected end-to-end, is formed in a single molding process. Lateral webs join one or more strips side-by-side to form a sheet such that each strip can be readily separated by tearing, stamping, cutting, leaving only a very thin vestige which does not interfere with the tying of the strips in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Inventor: Andrew John Harsley
  • Patent number: 8703833
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to solid surface sheets and methods of making solid surface sheets, wherein the method comprises dissolving post-consumer recycled polystyrene in a first liquid resin precursor to form a blend, solidifying the blend via curing, grinding the solidified blend into recycled particles, adding the recycled particles and filler into a second liquid resin precursor to produce a solid surface precursor, and molding and curing the solid surface precursor to produce the solid surface sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: The Diller Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin O'Brien, Dave Swenson