Assembling Of Distinct Members Patents (Class 493/210)
  • Patent number: 11866228
    Abstract: A child-resistant reclosable bag includes a container configured to retain one or more items within a product portion. A zipper is coupled to the container. The zipper is above the product portion. The zipper includes one or more primary seals, and one or more secondary seals at one or more defined locations. The one or more secondary seals at the one or more defined locations identify opening areas on the product portion. The opening areas are configured to be grasped and pulled apart to open the zipper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Plourde
  • Patent number: 11728504
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for assembling electrodes, in order to produce electrical energy storage devices, in particular lithium batteries, the electrodes are placed one after the other at a mutual distance on a separator which advances along a feeding path, then the separator is cut by a pair of counter-rotating blades along a cutting line perpendicular to the feeding direction of the separator, said cutting line being arranged in a separator portion without electrodes and comprised between two adjacent electrodes; the method and apparatus allow the assembly of electrodes of limited length with high productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MANZ ITALY S.R.L.
    Inventors: Pasqualino Alongi, Massimiliano Sale
  • Patent number: 9387957
    Abstract: Trash bags may be formed to include first and second sidewalls joined along a first side edge, an opposite second side edge, and a closed bottom edge to form an outer bag. A second inner bag may be inserted within the first bag to form a “bag-in-a-bag” type configuration in which the inner bag is bonded to the outer bag along side seals. When the outer and inner bags are formed primarily from LLDPE thermoplastic resin using a blown film process, the inventors have surprisingly found that such configurations provide increased and unexpected strength properties while using less material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: The Glad Products Company
    Inventors: Robert W. Fraser, Michael G. Borchardt, Jack A. MacPherson, Robert T. Dorsey, Scott Binger, Shaun T. Broering
  • Patent number: 9357766
    Abstract: A perfusion apparatus including a perfusion circuit that perfuses an organ or tissue has a compartment that supports an organ or tissue during perfusion, an internal cover, and an external cover that closes the apparatus. A wall portion may extend substantially perpendicularly between the internal cover and the external cover to define a document compartment between the internal cover, the external cover and the wall portion. A tamper evident seal will not permit the external cover to open without creating a record of whether the external cover has been opened after the tamper evident seal has been activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: LIFELINE SCIENTIFIC, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher P. Steinman, Robert J. Allen, David Pettinato, Matthew Copithorne, Brian L. Otts, Peter Demuylder
  • Patent number: 9315319
    Abstract: Trash bags may be formed to include first and second sidewalls joined along a first side edge, an opposite second side edge, and a closed bottom edge to form an outer bag. A second inner bag may be inserted within the first bag to form a “bag-in-a-bag” type configuration in which the inner bag is bonded to the outer bag along side seals by a continuous process. The bags may also be bonded together along the hem and the draw tape. When the side seals of the inner bag and the outer bag are sealed together by a continuous rather than a reciprocating process, the inventors have surprisingly found that such seals require carefully controlled process conditions to prevent inadequate seals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: The Glad Products Company
    Inventors: Jason R. Maxwell, Robert W. Fraser, Michael G. Borchardt, Jack A. MacPherson, Robert T. Dorsey, Scott Binger, Shaun T. Broering
  • Patent number: 9136286
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a display panel and an electronic book which are manufactured with high yield and have high reliability. A display panel is provided which includes, a flexible display portion in which a scan line and a signal line intersect with each other over a substrate, a signal line driver circuit for outputting a first signal to the signal line adjacent to a first side of the flexible display portion over the substrate, and a scan line driver circuit for outputting a second signal to the scan line adjacent to a second side of the flexible display portion. In the display panel, the mechanical strength of a portion provided with the signal line driver circuit or the scan line driver circuit is improved as compared to the mechanical strength of other than the portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satohiro Okamoto, Takafumi Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 9039590
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing a bag having an internally reinforced header. A reinforcing material is combined with a bag material to provide strength to the reinforced header. The reinforcing material and the bag material are aligned during manufacturing such that the reinforcing material is positioned in a header area of a bag formed by folding the bag material. A seal that passes through both the reinforcing material and the bag material retains the reinforcing material within the bag header. A bag handle may then be punched into the header through the bag material and the reinforcing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Inteplast Group Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Daughtry, Gary Howard, Fred Daughtry
  • Publication number: 20150083629
    Abstract: A sterilization package includes a first package layer and a second package layer coupled to the first package layer with a perimeter seal extending around a portion of the sterilization package to define a pouch having a proximal end and a distal end. A first sterilization indicium is disposed on the second package layer exterior of the pouch and a second sterilization indicium is disposed on the second package layer interior of the pouch. The first and second sterilization indicia are multi-parameter sterilization indicia configured to be responsive to a sterilization process such that the first and second sterilization indicia undergo a visual change to a desired ending color when the package is subjected to complete multi-parameter sterilization conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: CROSSTEX INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew G. Whitehead, Mitchell V. Steinberg, Charles A. Hughes
  • Publication number: 20150033671
    Abstract: Methods of forming flexible containers, the methods comprising joining together a first flexible material and a second flexible material, to form a joined material, using the joined material, at least partially forming a structural support volume and an expansion port in communication with the structural support volume, and by joining a third flexible material to the joined material, at least partially forming a product volume and a fill port in communication with the product volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Scott Kendyl Stanley, Marc Richard Bourgeois, Benjamin Jacob Clare, Tadayoshi Ishihara, Joseph Craig Lester, Andrew Paul Rapach
  • Publication number: 20150038309
    Abstract: A method for applying a lubricant to a pressure relief valve during the process of applying the pressure relief valve to packaging. The method includes temporarily separating layers of the valve with a vacuum applicator when the lubricant is applied. A pressurized nozzle sprays or atomizes the lubricant into the valve opening. Graphite suspended in liquid silicone is used as the lubricant; it is recirculated in a reservoir to keep the graphite in suspension. Optical sensors check for valves before the entrance to, and after exit from, the vacuum applicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Karl K. Hoffman, Steve Kaganovich, Thomas J. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20150028049
    Abstract: An assembly of a recipient for in a using state of the assembly receiving objects of different kinds and of a retainer for in a resting state of the assembly retaining the recipient. The retainer is formed as a case and the recipient is, before being assembled with the case, formed as a tube which has a first and second end part and in the resting state of the assembly has been folded up in a predetermined way into at least nearly parallel folds and, which are placed close to and/or are abutting each other. The assembly forms, when being in use, a desirable large bag for containing objects of different kinds and when not being in use a small case which is comfortable to store and handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: ALL IN ONE BAG APS
    Inventor: Bjørn Karlo Larsen
  • Patent number: 8905258
    Abstract: A flexible cover (1) for a food container (4) comprising a flexible film (2) and an elastic thread (3) is presented. The elastic thread (3) is attached to the peripheral edge (8) of the flexible film (2) by a channel (5) formed of the flexible film (2) around the elastic thread (3). The channel (5) exerts a circumferential, compressive force on the elastic thread (3), whereby the elastic thread (3) is fixed to the flexible film (2) by friction between the flexible film (2) and the elastic thread (3), and the elastic thread (3) forms a loop around the peripheral edge (8) of the flexible film (2), the loop having two ends (6, 7) overlapping and abutting in a longitudinal direction of the elastic thread (3). A method for manufacturing a flexible cover (1) is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: EAZ PAC AB
    Inventors: Hassan Moghaddam Javid, Ove Axelsson
  • Publication number: 20140314340
    Abstract: Bags having reinforcement tabs are disclosed along with methods of their manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Hilex Poly Co. LLC
    Inventor: Harry B. Wilfong
  • Publication number: 20140270578
    Abstract: A deployable foldable fluid collection bag is provided which may be selectively deployable as desired by a user. The bag includes a first panel having a first edge and an opposing second edge. The first panel defines a base region, a first sidewall region, and a second sidewall region. The bag additionally includes a second panel having a second panel peripheral edge coupled to the first edge to define a fluid-tight seam between the second panel and base region, the first sidewall region and the second sidewall region. A third panel having a third panel peripheral edge is coupled to the second edge to define a fluid-tight seam between the third panel and the base region, the first sidewall region and the second sidewall region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Emmett J. Ebner, Brian J. Huffer
  • Publication number: 20140270586
    Abstract: A reclosable zipper pouch includes a flange in covering relation to a portion of a first wall panel extending between a first zipper profile member and a mouth, when viewed from the open mouth, to provide difficulty to a child to open the pouch, and remain easy for an adult or senior citizen to open the pouch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Reynolds Presto Products Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory L. Petkovsek
  • Publication number: 20140270585
    Abstract: A reclosable zipper pouch includes a zipper-operable section and a zipper-non-operable section to provide difficulty to a child to open the pouch, and remain easy for an adult or senior citizen to open the pouch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Reynolds Presto Products Inc.
    Inventor: GREGORY S. HECKMAN
  • Patent number: 8834024
    Abstract: A self-standing bag (1) including a barrel portion (10) having a front surface portion (11) and a back surface portion (12); and a bottom portion (20) formed by a bottom member folded in half, wherein each side edge of the bottom member is folded back at edges (14, 15) of the barrel portion (10), each side edge area of the bottom member is attached on an inner surface of the back surface portion (12) of the barrel portion (10), the entire circumference of a lower end of barrel portion (10) is adhered to a lower end (10c) of the barrel portion (10), and the attachment of the side edges of the bottom member to the inner surface of the barrel portion (10) is performed by adhesive members (41, 42) so as to cover the edges of the bottom member. Also, Disclosed are a production method of the self-standing bag (1) and a self-standing bag having content in the self-standing bag (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Hosokawa Yoko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Umenaka
  • Publication number: 20140233869
    Abstract: A belt-shaped base of a male member of a zipper tape attached on an inner surface of a bag body includes a main body provided with an engagement portion, a thin portion connected to an opening-side of the main body, a thick portion connected to an opening-side of the thin portion and a projecting portion provided on the thick portion. A female member is also provided with the same arrangement. When the zipper tape is fused with the bag body, a gap is provided between the thin portion and a film of the bag body and between the thin portion and a film of a bag body, so that the thin portions are easily bent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: IDEMITSU UNITECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori NANBA, Kenichi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20140233870
    Abstract: A system may include a bag including a side and an opening. The system may also include an attachment joined to the side of the bag where the attachment is manipulated by a hand inserted into the opening of the bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventor: Aaron Matthew Ohama
  • Publication number: 20140217119
    Abstract: A package bag having: a flexible main package bag body formed by fusion-joining a sealant layer of a packaging film of laminated structure including a base film layer and the sealant layer; and a one-way pouring nozzle having a self-sealing function, which is constructed by a planar laminated film having thin thickness including sealant layers on front-back both sides. The one-way pouring nozzle is projected laterally from the flexible main package bag body by fusion-joining a base end portion of the one-way pouring nozzle to an inner surface of a side portion of the main package bag body, including: a projection portion extending continuously from the flexible main package bag body, with which whole one-way pouring nozzle is covered from both of front surface side and a back surface side; and a tear-inducing flaw extending across a center portion in a projection direction of the one-way pouring nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: YUSHIN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsunori Futase
  • Publication number: 20140212078
    Abstract: An expandable food storage bag is provided having gusseted sides so that larger food or other items may be inserted therein before vacuum heat sealing. The bag includes first and second sidewalls having a first thickness and a first oxygen transmission rate. The bag further includes first and second gusseted sidewalls having a second thickness less than the first thickness and a second oxygen transmission rate substantially equal to or less than the first oxygen transmission rate. The first pleated sidewall interconnects one side of the first and second sidewalls. The second gusseted sidewall interconnects an opposite side of the first and second sidewalls. The thinner gusseted sidewalls allow the bag to be heat sealed with the first and second sidewalls that may be otherwise too thick with gusseted sidewalls of the same thickness as the first and second sidewalls while maintaining a substantially equal or less oxygen transmission rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SUNBEAM PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Elif Caputa, Vikki Slavin
  • Publication number: 20140198999
    Abstract: A bulk bag includes at least first, second, third, fourth and fifth panels. The first panel forms a first sidewall, a first bottom wall and a first opposite sidewall. The second panel is attached to the first panel and forms a second sidewall adjacent to the first sidewall, a second bottom wall adjacent to the first bottom wall and a second opposite sidewall adjacent to the first opposite sidewall. The third panel is attached to the first panel and forms a first end wall attached to the first sidewall, the first bottom wall and the first opposite sidewall. The fourth panel is attached to the second panel and forms a second end wall attached to the second sidewall, the second bottom wall and the second opposite sidewall. The fifth panel is disposed between and attached to the first and second panels to form a first compartment and a second compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Bobby Glen Brown, Krystavel Zulaica
  • Publication number: 20140185963
    Abstract: A foldable organizer bagging system. Plurality of pieces durable fabrics are seamed to form a flat sheet with a zipping mechanism mounted at two opposing sides and allows use as a picnic tote. On these plurality pieces of durable fabrics, multiple slotted pockets are attached to hold dishware, glassware and napkin and utensils. With a zipping motion, two side pieces fold into the bottom piece and the flat sheet forms a bagging system with a internal spacing for containing an anchored and separate bag for containing food and other items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicants: LIFETIME BRANDS, INC, BUILTY NY, INC.
    Inventors: AARON LOWN, John Roscoe Swartz
  • Publication number: 20140169705
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for temporarily increasing the resistance to vertical compression of a bag for transporting and holding liquids and quasi-liquids, intended for a bag having the general shape of a cube and including receptacles of each of the corners thereof. The method consists in choosing four inflatable cushioning pouches for each bag, said pouches being elongate and having length, width and extension dimensions corresponding to the length, width and internal volume of the receptacles in the bag. Next, the four cushioning pouches are introduced into the four receptacles and are subsequently inflated, thereby trapping same in a vertical position in which they can resist compression along the vertical axis thereof. The resulting bag is characterized in that the receptacles in the four corners of the bag are each provided internally with a cushioning pouch which is optionally rigidly secured to the bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: CODEFINE S.A.
    Inventors: Piero Schinasi, Stephane Levy
  • Publication number: 20140151442
    Abstract: A vertical file folder system is disclosed in several embodiments. The folder (10) has a plurality of pocket segments 20, 30, 32 which are joined together at their bottom by living hinges 38 which maintain the bottoms edges 16, 116, 216 spaced apart. Port 28 also allow for expansion as do slots 60. An alternative embodiment (FIG. 9-10) show a folder which has a bottom flap 320, side flap 322 and top flap 318 which overlie each other to create a three sided boundary for papers or other contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: David J. Gilbertson, Daniel Seleski
  • Patent number: 8727957
    Abstract: A disposable flexible multi-panel sterilization assembly incorporating an integrated fastening system. The disposable flexible multi-panel sterilization assembly includes a barrier panel configured to be folded around content to be sterilized to form a package. The assembly further includes a fold protection panel having a proximal end adjacent the barrier panel and a distal end such that the distal end covers the one or more panel edges of the barrier panel after the barrier panel is in the folded configuration. The integrated fastening system is a barrier panel attachment means located on a portion of the barrier panel for securing one or more panel edges of the barrier panel in a folded configuration around content to be sterilized. The barrier panel attachment means are configured to secure the one or more panel edges in a folded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Tara Denise Smith, Melissa R. Gaynor
  • Publication number: 20140128236
    Abstract: A folder system with an accordion spine 16, and a method of making same is disclosed. The folder may have a plurality of insert elements 52, 60 either at manufacture or by a stub system which are bound into the spine at the valleys 32 of the web which forms the spine. The web is made of outer zig-zag web 40, with the inner web 42, 44, 46 joining adjacent insert elements and the outer web, to create a strong spine of web and inserts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Duane Christensen, Michael Lasky
  • Publication number: 20140117012
    Abstract: The present invention provides a support structure article having a frame with a top side, bottom side, back side and front side. The front side may include both a straight front side and slanted front side between the top side and the straight front side. The top side and bottom side of the frame may be parallel, and the back side and straight front side of the frame may be parallel. The top side and bottom side of the frame may each be perpendicular to the back side and straight front side of the frame. The article may also have a first set and a second set of crossing members inside the frame that intersect. A bag is also provided having walls that correspond in shape to the sides of the frame. Methods of making and using the bags and/or support structures of the present invention are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventor: Everett Waid
  • Publication number: 20140102581
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided related to a multi-part reusable levee bag. The reusable levee bag includes a top bag section and a bottom portion removably affixed to the top bag section. The combined top bag section and bottom portion define an in interior space within which fillable material may be received to form a levee bag for use in flooding and other installations. The multi-part design allows the levee bag, once filled, to be disassembled and reused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventor: Beau G. Adams
  • Publication number: 20140086512
    Abstract: A bulk bag includes a body having sidewalls, a bottom wall and a pair of opposed lift sleeves adapted to receive lifting members for lifting the bag and contents thereof. Each lift sleeve has a first sleeve end and a second sleeve end attached together and proximate to a bottom of the sidewall to form a loop, and a portion of the sleeve extending from the second sleeve end is attached to an adjacent portion of the sidewall such that the loop maintains a substantially open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Bobby Glen Brown, Krystavel Zulaica
  • Publication number: 20140083061
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for manufacturing spout-equipped bags in which the lateral sides of a bag are gripped by a pair of grippers, the bag is conveyed along a conveying path, and a spout is attached to the bag mouth during the conveyance. Unloading suction members adheres by suction to a bag in a horizontal orientation and takes out the bag; and then bag suction members adheres to the bag and changes the bag into a vertical orientation, the bag is then rotated through a predetermined angle, making the bag mouth horizontal. A transfer chuck grips the bag and conveys it towards grippers, and the bag is displaced a predetermined distance horizontally and supplied to the grippers. The horizontal displacement distance of the transfer chuck is set in advance such that gripping margins on the bag for the grippers are made substantially equal on the left and right of the bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Toshiharu Ibaraki, Toshiya Nonaka, Masanori Yasuhira
  • Publication number: 20140031186
    Abstract: A bag has a reinforcement that is configured in a predetermined manner for reinforcing at least a portion of the bag. One or more predetermined areas of the bag may be reinforced. The bag may have one or more layers, and may be reinforced by placing and affixing reinforcing media in selected areas. The nature of the reinforcing media—its dimensions and structural properties—may be selected with respect to targeted uses of the bag. The bag may be subjected to one or more types of potentially failure-causing strain (e.g. bending, twisting, puncture, tensile, compression) during the useful life of the bag. For example, the bag may be stressed during filling the bag with product, top sealing, conveying by hand or machine, loading and stacking, transportation, storage, selling and final use by the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriele R. Holmes, Darrel L. Wilhoit, John C. Files
  • Publication number: 20140020337
    Abstract: The outer container 1 presents a series of air-admission orifices in a zone 6. The skirt 12 of the inner pouch 8, between its line 11 of fastening to the outer container 1 and its open end 10, constitutes a valve for closing the series of orifices in the event of manual squeezing being applied on the outer container 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: PUMPART SYSTEM
    Inventors: Jerome Boumnso, Xavier Sutty
  • Patent number: 8622217
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cigarette butt receiving bag of disposable type for receiving and extinguishing glowing cigarettes, which bag (1) comprises a forward sheet (2), a rearward sheet (4), which sheets are sealed to each other along their outer edges (6) leaving an edge portion unsealed so as to provide an opening (8) for receiving a cigarette butt (10), thereby forming a cigarette butt receiving compartment (12) between said forward and rearward sheets (2, 4), and comprising a fluid (14), which is disposed in two heat insulating volumes (16, 18) within the cigarette butt receiving compartment (12). A first heat insulating volume (16) is delimited by the forward sheet (2) and a forward inner layer material (20) which is sealed against the forward sheet (2). A second heat insulating volume (18) is delimited by the rearward sheet (4) and a rearward inner layer material (22) which is sealed against the rearward sheet (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Spinecore AB
    Inventors: Ingela Dunér, Rebecka Dahlén, Stina Axelsson
  • Publication number: 20130320019
    Abstract: Peel-Reclose packaging material formed using an adhesive label in combination with laser scoring technology. The adhesive label is applied over laser scored material before or after the laser score forms a pattern smaller than the adhesive label. The adhesive label and laser scored packaging material can then be opened and resealed. In one embodiment the adhesive label in combination with the packaging material has tamper resistant features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: LaserSharp FlexPak Services, LLC
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Tinoco, Scott Hellquist
  • Publication number: 20130306715
    Abstract: A pocket device including a first major panel and a second major panel coupled together along a major fold line. The pocket device includes a first pocket panel coupled to the first major panel and defining a first pocket with the first major panel, the first pocket panel having an edge positioned adjacent to a mouth of the first pocket. The pocket device further includes a second pocket panel coupled to the second major panel line and defining a second pocket with the second major panel, the second pocket panel having an edge positioned adjacent to a mouth of the second pocket. The pocket device has a first reinforcing material positioned on the first pocket panel adjacent to the mouth of the first pocket, wherein the first reinforcing material is spaced apart from the edge of the first pocket panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: ACCO BRANDS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bobby G. James, JR., Edward P. Busam, Peter M. Bartlett
  • Publication number: 20130281964
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a bag for receiving, preparing and producing dialysis fluid. The invention relates in particular to a bag having a sealing bordering line and a flexurally rigid hard plastic part connected to the film material. The hard plastic part is connected to the film material separately from the sealing bordering line and offers an area for gripping the bag for fastening it without having to act mechanically on the sealing bordering line in a direct manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Franz KUGELMANN, Joern HOERMANN
  • Patent number: 8561844
    Abstract: A container of a flexible material web of weldable plastic. A reinforcing element is attached on the exterior of a wall of the container. The container may be formed by drawing a flat material web of weldable plastic material over a core tube and welding a longitudinal seam for closing the flat material web to form a tube. A reinforcing element is welded on an exterior of the tube while employing the core tube as an internal cooperating support. The tube is divided and separated along transverse seams into cut-off containers to form the containers. A dispensing system for flowable products includes at least one of the containers and a dispenser provided with a container receiving device for holding the container without closure. The container is formed with sliding guide and a displaceable closure, which is preferably opened when the container is placed on the receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Inventor: Hans Georg Hagleitner
  • Patent number: 8544242
    Abstract: When sheets (1, 2) with different sizes are processed to a mail item, sheets (1, 2) with different sizes in conveying direction are supplied along first and second conveyor tracks, gathered into a stack and then folded. The folding of the stacked set (7) takes place with at least one predetermined folding length (a). In response to a difference between the folding length (a) and the size of the sheet (2) of the second size, which is within a predetermined range, the conveyor tracks (5, 6) are controlled by the control structure (9) for combining at least the sheets (1, 2) with leading edges (10, 11) at a mutual distance in the conveying direction (3) and with trailing edges (12, 13) at a mutual distance in the conveying direction (3) to form the set (7). From the combining until the folding, the sheets (1, 2) are mutually fixed and during folding, at least one fold (14) is provided in the sheets (1, 2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Neopost Technologies
    Inventor: Christiaan Antoon Munneke
  • Publication number: 20130192712
    Abstract: The flexible bag includes overlaying first and second sidewalls that provide an internal volume that can be accessed via an opening. To evacuate air from the internal volume after the open top edge has been closed, the bag includes a one-way valve element attached to the first sidewall. The bag is configured to prevent objects from clogging the valve element during evacuation. In one embodiment, the bag may include a plurality of ridges formed along the inner surface of at least one sidewall that can maintain separation of the sidewalls and contents from the valve element. In another aspect, the valve element is beneficially located at a top corner of the bag where the valve element is spaced apart from those locations in the bag where contents are likely to collect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: The Glad Products Company
    Inventor: The Glad Products Company
  • Publication number: 20130156352
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for the production of sacks from tubular pieces (1) which include plastic material in which at least at one end area a bottom rectangle (2) is laid around a fold line (3) to form triangular pockets (6, 7) (6, 7), where said bottom rectangle comprises flaps (4, 5) (4, 5), parts of the flaps (4, 5) (4, 5) of the bottom rectangle (2) are folded back, and a bottom cover sheet (21) is applied at least to areas of the flaps (4, 5) of the bottom rectangle (2) and/or to areas (6, 7) of the triangular pockets and connected to them. According to the invention a bottom rectangle (21) is used which includes at least in part air-permeable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Windmoeller & Hoelscher KG
    Inventor: Uwe Koehn
  • Patent number: 8465404
    Abstract: A container insert, and an apparatus and a method of producing the container insert. The container insert is formed as a deformable pouch adapted to be received in an interior of an associated container. The pouch has a closed lower end, an open upper end, and spaced apart sealed edges. The lower end of the pouch includes two leg portions. The pouch is manipulatable to generally conform to the interior of the contained and form a hollow interior space therein for receiving an object and providing a lining for the interior of the container. The apparatus and the method for producing the insert provides for a substantially automatic and continuous production of the insert from a roll of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Cutting Edge Converted Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Bob Hadley
  • Publication number: 20130119121
    Abstract: An envelope having an envelope wall member including first and second envelope walls that cooperatively enclose a pocket space and define therebetween a pocket opening to the pocket space, the envelope wall including a surface that defines a recess and a sealing strip that includes an adhesive releasably adhering the strip to the envelope wall member within the recess. The adhesive is capable of adhering the strip to the envelope wall to seal the envelope closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: ESSELTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Lauren Cenzano
  • Publication number: 20130089275
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing re-sealability to a conventional bag is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first strip of plastic having disposed on one side a first half of a plastic zipper and an adhesive and a second strip of plastic having disposed on one side a second half of a plastic zipper and an adhesive. The adhesive of the first and second strips may be applied to an opening of the conventional bag such that the first and second halves of the plastic zipper align so as to provide a re-sealing opening to the bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventor: Manuel Montoya
  • Patent number: 8414465
    Abstract: Provided is a bag-making machine for manufacturing a plastic bag with a body part and side gusset parts, in which when a bag having a long height is manufactured, it is not required to use a body member with a long width. Side gusset members (14) are folded in two and fed by a side gusset member supply mechanism (16). The side gusset members (14) are disposed in the longitudinal direction of a body member (11) so as to face each other at spaces therebetween in the lateral direction of the body member (11). Each of the side gusset members (14) is divided into predetermined lengths, and the divided side gusset members (14) are disposed at spaces therebetween in the longitudinal direction of the body member (11). The body member (11) and the side gusset members (14) are so heat-sealed by a vertical sealing device (26) in the longitudinal direction of the body member (11) as to form vertical seal parts (27).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Totani Corporation
    Inventor: Mikio Totani
  • Publication number: 20130048165
    Abstract: The application discloses an organizational insert, comprising a plurality of overlapping flaps, for holding substantially flat items such as credit cards, papers and the like, to be built into wallets, folios or other storage articles. The organizational insert is constructed from a heat fusible textile or other material coated with a heat activated adhesive, which enables the insert to be constructed very quickly, with minimal labor costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventor: Jose Xalabarde
  • Publication number: 20130028541
    Abstract: A storage bag for holding objects and materials is disclosed. The storage bag includes a pair of outer sheets and an inner sheet. The outer sheets are coupled by three seams. The storage bag has a cavity between the outer sheets and an opening. The inner sheet is mounted between portions of the outer sheets near the opening. The third sheet extends across the outer sheets between a pair of seams. The inner sheet has three layers that are coupled to each other. A first layer is coupled to one of the outer sheets by another seam and a third layer is adapted to be heat bonded to the other outer sheet. A weak bond area is formed between the third layer and the outer sheet. The weak bond allows the storage bag to be easily opened. A method of manufacturing the storage bag is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventor: Charles Harder
  • Publication number: 20130011085
    Abstract: A self-standing bag (1) including a barrel portion (10) having a front surface portion (11) and a back surface portion (12); and a bottom portion (20) formed by a bottom member folded in half, wherein each side edge of the bottom member is folded back at edges (14, 15) of the barrel portion (10), each side edge area of the bottom member is attached on an inner surface of the back surface portion (12) of the barrel portion (10), the entire circumference of a lower end of barrel portion (10) is adhered to a lower end (10c) of the barrel portion (10), and the attachment of the side edges of the bottom member to the inner surface of the barrel portion (10) is performed by adhesive members (41, 42) so as to cover the edges of the bottom member. Also, Disclosed are a production method of the self-standing bag (1) and a self-standing bag having content in the self-standing bag (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Umenaka
  • Publication number: 20130004593
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container comprising at least a dry concentrate, wherein the dry concentrate is designed such that it forms at least one acid liquid concentrate, or a part of an acid liquid concentrate, which is suitable for manufacturing at least on dialysis solution, on its dissolving in a liquid, preferably in water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Kloeffel, Gerhard Wiesen, Francois Dumont d' Ayot, Philippe Laffay, Benoit Luaire
  • Patent number: 8333684
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method of producing a packaging bag from a multilayered sheet material which can be welded on one side, wherein the packaging bag comprises a front wall, a rear wall, a right-hand side gusset, a left-hand side gusset, a bottom and a head portion, which is located opposite the bottom and has an opening which can be closed by a closure element. The two side gussets, the front wall and the rear wall are of essentially the same length and are welded to one another and therefore, other than in the head portion, the side gussets are connected to the front wall and the rear wall over their entire length. The weldable surface is directed towards the interior of the packaging bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Water Line SA
    Inventor: Tiziano Colla