Rib And Groove Patents (Class 383/63)
  • Patent number: 11882908
    Abstract: A tape includes, in a cross-sectional shape: a first and a second portion which are configured to be at least partially in opposition. The first portion includes: thick portions provided in corresponding one of a first and a third region, out of the first, a second, and the third region in a width direction of the tape; a first and a second thin portion provided at respective both end portions, in the width direction, of the second region positioned between the first and the third region; and at least one intermediate portion provided between the first and the second thin portion. The second portion includes: thick portions provided in corresponding one of the first and the third region and extending beyond end portions, in the width direction, of the second region; and at least one third thin portion provided in the second region and opposed to the intermediate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: IDEMITSU UNITECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi Todaka, Ryo Katada, Takuto Ogawa, Tomoyuki Kitajima
  • Patent number: 11753211
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a safeguard zipper bag, and more particularly, to a safeguard zipper bag that has a dual opening part in order to disperse force applied to the zipper bag, such that the safeguard zipper bag is difficult to open by outer opening parts and easy to open by inner opening parts, and the safety of the safeguard zipper bag is improved. A safeguard zipper bag according to the present invention may include: an envelope in the form of a bag; and a male zipper part and a female zipper part attached to inner surfaces of the envelope, in which one portion or the other portion of at least one of the male zipper part and the female zipper part, which is spaced apart, at a predetermined interval, from a portion where the male zipper part and the female zipper part are coupled by male/female engagement, is attached to the inner surface of the envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventor: Jong-Soon Lee
  • Patent number: 11572219
    Abstract: A zipper closure for use in a package includes first and second closure strips. Each of the first and second closure strips includes at least one closure profile and a flange. The flange of the first closure strip includes outer and inner flange portions. The outer flange portion of the first closure strip encompasses and is integrally connected to the inner flange portion of the first closure strip at a bending point. The inner flange portion of the first closure strip includes the at least one closure profile. The inner flange portion of the first closure strip has a length less than the length of the outer flange portion of the first closure strip. The closure profile of the first closure strip is located between an open end of the inner flange portion and the bending point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Elplast Europe Sp. Z O.O.
    Inventor: Marcin Pawelak
  • Patent number: 11351749
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a versatile storage bag and methods of making same. The versatile storage bag may have first and second sidewalls, a double-locking closure mechanism with a first closure element extending along the first sidewall and a second closure element extending along the second sidewall, each closure element having a channel and an elongated member configured for interlocking with one another. A double-seal along three sides of the first sidewall and the second sidewall form a gusset between two seals, leaving an opening through the double-locking closure mechanism. Corner seals may be formed at the corners of the first and second sidewalls, further reinforcing the double-locking closure mechanism for an airtight and hence waterproof seal. The versatile storage bag may be made of a food-grade polyethylene vinyl acetate blend, approximately 90% or less ethylene vinyl acetate and approximately 10% or less polyethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: BLUEAVOCADO, CO.
    Inventors: Alain R. Denis, Amy George
  • Patent number: 11305916
    Abstract: A zipper tape includes a pair of belt-shaped bases bondable to a film of a bag body, and mutually engageable engagement portion each integrally provided to corresponding one of the belt-shaped bases. One of the belt-shaped bases includes at least two portions having different bonding strengths to the film on a side opposite a side provided with the engagement portion and between an edge of the one of the belt-shaped bases in a width direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction to a point at which the engagement portions are provided. A bonding strength of a first portion of the at least two portions to the film may be larger than a bonding strength of a second portion to the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: IDEMITSU UNITECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takumi Todaka
  • Patent number: 11299326
    Abstract: A reclosable pouch in combination with an elongate closure mechanism. The pouch has a mouth defining an opening into an interior space. The elongate closure mechanism includes a first base member disposed along a first sidewall. A pair of interlocking members extends from a first surface of the first base member. The interlocking members are parallel to each other with a space therebetween. A plurality of partial indentations is disposed along a second surface of the first base member, extending longitudinally between the opposite ends of the elongate closure mechanism, and being visible between the opposite ends of the elongate closure mechanism. The interlocking members extending from the first base member occlude and deocclude with a pair of interlocking members extending from the second base member, in order to resealably close the mouth. The plurality of partial indentations remains visible during the occluding and deoccluding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan L. Ackerman, James C. Pawloski
  • Patent number: 11292638
    Abstract: A reclosable zipper pouch includes a reclosable zipper with interlocking profiles. At least one of the profiles has a grasping flange with a free end positionable both above and below the interlocking profile, and an attachment flange below the interlocking profile and attached to the wall of the pouch at an anchored portion on the attachment flange. The grasping flange is unattached to the first wall between opposite sidewall edges of the pouch. The complementary interlocking profile is attached to the opposite pouch wall. Some pouches can also include an opening in a side wall of the pouch to provide access to a portion of the grasping flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Reynolds Presto Products Inc.
    Inventors: William Bradford Hansen, Andrew R. Austreng
  • Patent number: 11279527
    Abstract: A bag body includes a bag main body and a zipper tape heat-sealed to an inner surface of the bag main body. The zipper tape comprises a pair of belt-shaped bases and two pairs of mating portions configured to be mated with each other. One of the belt-shaped bases is attached to the bag main body only at a widthwise side near an opening. First one of the mating portions includes a pair of hooks provided to each of the belt-shaped bases and respectively having nails at ends of the hooks that are configured to be meshed with each other. The second mating portion includes a concave female mating portion provided to the belt-shaped base and a male mating portion having the same shape as the hook and configured to disengageably mate with the female mating portion. The nail of the hook protrudes toward the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: IDEMITSU UNITECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Goto, Ryo Katada, Takumi Todaka
  • Patent number: 11090897
    Abstract: A web of first or second material is provided with the spout, and a plastic bag is made from side gusset materials in addition to webs of the first and second materials. An aperture is formed in the web of the first or second panel material, and the spout is inserted into and positioned with the aperture, whenever the webs of the first and second panel materials are fed intermittently. After the webs of the first and second panel materials are superposed on each other, whenever the webs of the first and second panel materials are fed intermittently, the webs of the first and second panel materials are heat sealed with each other in a longitudinal direction thereof by a longitudinal seal device, and the webs of the first and second panel materials are heat sealed with the side gusset materials in a width direction thereof by a cross seal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Totani Corporation
    Inventor: Mikio Totani
  • Patent number: 10974871
    Abstract: A reclosable pouch in combination with an elongate closure mechanism. The elongate closure mechanism includes a first base member disposed along a first sidewall. A pair of interlocking members extends from a first surface of the first base member, and are parallel to each other with a space therebetween. A plurality of partial indentations is disposed along a second surface of the first base member, extending longitudinally between the opposite ends of the elongate closure mechanism, and being visible between the opposite ends of the elongate closure mechanism. The pair of interlocking members extending from the first base member occlude and deocclude with a pair of interlocking members extending from the second base member, in order to resealably close the mouth. The plurality of partial indentations remains visible during the occluding and deoccluding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan L. Ackerman, James C. Pawloski
  • Patent number: 10618697
    Abstract: A reclosable pouch includes a first bag wall. A second bag wall opposing the first bag wall is joined to the first bag wall to form an interior of the pouch with an opening to the interior. A male closure element coupled to one of the bag walls defines a plurality of deformed segments and a plurality of normal segments along a length thereof. The plurality of deformed segments alternate with the plurality of normal segments, with (i) first transitions on one side of the male closure element and (ii) second transitions on another side of the male closure element. A female closure element coupled to the other bag wall engages with the male closure element to seal the opening of the pouch, with the deformed segments of the male closure element generating a sound when the female closure element engages with the male closure element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Price, Richard R. Dawkins
  • Patent number: 10287064
    Abstract: A plastic bag comprising a welded segment at its closure which comprises sealing projections and interlocking projections to form a high integrity seal at the closure edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Inteplast Group Corporation
    Inventors: Garth Bielke, Natee Tasadoug
  • Patent number: 10266308
    Abstract: A reclosable pouch in combination with an elongate closure mechanism. The elongate closure mechanism includes a first base member disposed along a first sidewall. A pair of interlocking members extends from a first surface of the first base member, and are parallel to each other with a space therebetween. A plurality of partial indentations is disposed along a second surface of the first base member, extending longitudinally between the opposite ends of the elongate closure mechanism, and being visible between the opposite ends of the elongate closure mechanism. The pair of interlocking members extending from the first base member occlude and deocclude with a pair of interlocking members extending from the second base member, in order to resealably close the mouth. The plurality of partial indentations remains visible during the occluding and deoccluding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan L. Ackerman, James C. Pawloski
  • Patent number: 10099818
    Abstract: A reclosable child-resistant plastic zipper assembly of indefinite length is disclosed. The assembly has a first zipper strip and a second zipper strip, the zipper strips having complementary reclosure profiles. The zipper assembly lacks upper flanges, but instead terminates at a pair of closure tabs that meet at an opening point when the strips have been mated to provide the closure. The zipper strips each further include a texturized gripping region on the exterior surfaces to enable a user to open the zipper assembly. The assembly may be affixed to the upper end of a bag or other flexible container to provide child-resistant access to the contents therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Com-Pac International, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory S Sprehe
  • Patent number: 10065387
    Abstract: A reclosable pouch that includes a receptacle having a storage chamber and a mouth in communication with the storage chamber, a hermetically sealable closure attached to the mouth, the closure including a first zipper strip and a second zipper strip, the first and second zipper strips being fused together in first and second zones situated at respective ends of the closure, a slider mounted to the closure, and a respective pair of round projections arranged back to back on first and second walls of the receptacle. The round projections are separate and distinct from each other and from zipper terminations of the first and second zippers, and the respective pair of round projections prevents further travel of the slider at opposing ends of the closure upon contact with sidewalls of the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Rod M. Karim, Antonio Peralta, Miguel L. Aguilar
  • Patent number: 9932150
    Abstract: A closure for closing a bag and a die head and method for making the closure. The closure includes two closure members having support walls and mating interlocking profiles. The support walls are resilient and have self-retaining forms in vertical section including middle sections curving outwardly away from one another when mounted on a bag. Top portions of the support walls extend outwardly away from one another to form gripping panels when the closure is closed. A die head for forming a closure member includes a body that defines a slot including a support wall segment for forming the support wall of the closure member. The support wall segment includes first and second portions oriented transverse to one another and intersecting at a vertex. To form the closure member, polymer is extruded through the slot and quenched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Inteplast Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ben Tseng, Hou-Cheng Su, Jyh-yao Raphael Li
  • Patent number: 9790003
    Abstract: Reclosable fastener includes a first track including a first engagement profile having a first hook portion opening in a first direction along a reference axis substantially perpendicular to a burst direction of the fastener and a second track including a second engagement profile having a second hook portion opening in a second direction opposite the first direction along the reference axis and configured to engage the first hook portion in a closed configuration. The first and second hook portions are configured to engage each other when the first and second tracks are urged toward each other along the reference axis, and the first and second hook portions are configured to disengage each other when the first and second tracks are urged away from each other along the reference axis. A reclosable bag having a reclosable fastener and a slider for a reclosable fastener are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventor: James S. Blythe
  • Patent number: 9782530
    Abstract: A package (1) is configured to store a powdery material (2) which is to be mixed with a solvent to form a medical solution, such as a dialysis solution. The package (1) comprises a filled cavity portion (6a) containing the powdery material (2), optionally separated into groups of different composition, and a tab portion (9) integrally formed with the filled cavity portion (6a) and being swept around the filled cavity portion (6a) so as to define a roll-up package. The tab portion (9) forms a protective barrier that shields the powdery material (2), e.g. by counteracting transport of moisture into and out of the package. The tab portion (9) may also stabilize the package. The roll-up package is compact, and simple to manufacture and handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Gambro Lundia AB
    Inventors: Petronella Schroeder, Olof Jansson, Torbjorn Linden
  • Patent number: 9498026
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a one piece multi-rib fastener including at least two groups of ribs, each rib with one or more hooks, wherein the groups are separated by a space less than the width of the maximum number of ribs within one of the groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Jose Manuel Septien Rojas, Martin Offa-Jones, Steven Ausnit
  • Patent number: 9460309
    Abstract: Provided is a pouch for covering a mobile device to block electronic signals and/or provide and antibacterial function. In one example, a pouch includes a shield configured to envelope the mobile device, a covering configured to envelope the shield, and a seal composed of offset rib structures configured to fully encase the mobile device in order to prevent electronic signals from reaching the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: PEELED GROUP LLC
    Inventors: Randy J. Zar, Aaron Zar
  • Patent number: 9174774
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with flexible cooking containers which the user can fill with selected foodstuff and then seal same prior to inserting in the microwave oven for preferably cooking the contents at greater than atmospheric pressure for improved health/hygiene reasons and for improved taste and flavor. The user can thus select the nature of the foodstuffs which are to be cooked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Excelsior Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Mark Peplinski
  • Patent number: 9156593
    Abstract: Reclosable zipper arrangements for bags such as thermoplastic bags are described. The reclosable zipper arrangements are configured to advantageously provide a clicking sensory indicator, in the form of a tactile and/or audible indication of sealing, as zipper closure occurs. Package arrangements using the closure arrangements are described. Also, methods of assembly and use are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Reynolds Presto Products Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Schreiter, Todd Robbins
  • Patent number: 9139340
    Abstract: A reclosable pouch having a resealable mouth and an elongate closure mechanism. The closure mechanism includes a pair of interlocking members extending from a first surface of a first base member that are parallel to each other with a space therebetween. The pair of interlocking members has constant profiles between opposite ends. A plurality of partial indentations extends longitudinally along a second surface of the first base member at positions opposite to the space between the pair of interlocking members. A pair of interlocking members extends from a surface of a second base member and are parallel to each other with a space therebetween. The pair of interlocking members each has constant profiles between opposite ends. The pair of interlocking members extending from the first base member are configured to interlock with the pair of interlocking members extending from the second base member, in order to resealably close the mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan L. Ackerman, James C. Pawloski
  • Patent number: 9133963
    Abstract: A clamp for securing a tubular or hose-shaped object on a support. The clamp includes a clamp jacket having first and second ends, wherein a first leg protrudes from the first end of the clamp jacket and a second leg projects from the second end of the clamp jacket. The first leg has a lug which in the open state protrudes in the direction of the second leg. The second leg includes a fastening section which can be inserted into a gap between the lug and a neighboring portion of the first leg located opposite the lug, wherein, in the closed state of the clamp, the lug is plastically deformed toward the outer side of the fastening section facing away from the first leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: NORMA GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Helmut Geppert, Frank Schmidt, Michael Sommer
  • Patent number: 9126735
    Abstract: A reclosable pouch includes an elongated closure mechanism, at a top portion of the pouch, capable of closing an opening of the pouch. The closure mechanism includes a male closure element having a base, a stem, and an engagement end, and a female closure element that has first and second spaced legs. The male closure element is constructed and arranged to engage the legs of the female closure element in order to close the opening of the pouch. The closure mechanism further includes a plurality of normal segments and a plurality of deformed segments, such that at least one of the male and female closure elements comprises an asymmetric deformation in each of the deformed segments. The asymmetric deformation creates at feast one of a clicking feel and a clicking sound when the male closure element engages the female closure element to close the opening of the pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Price, Richard R. Dawkins
  • Patent number: 9027310
    Abstract: The method and apparatus relates to providing a slit, perforation, line of weakness or similar structure in a flange of a zipper for a reclosable package or bag, including a high-capacity zipper. The slit, perforation, line of weakness or similar structure provides an opening for filling the reclosable package or bag without the need to separate the zipper profiles from each other. After filling, the opening is sealed and the cosmetic appearance of the reclosable package or bag is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Glyn Russell, Charles Greco, Lars Wihlborg, Robert J. Coulton, David Anzini, Brian Ehrhardt, Francis Olajide, Jr., Eric Plourde, David Pritchard
  • Patent number: 9015910
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a one piece multi-rib fastener including at least two groups of ribs, each rib with one or more hooks, wherein the groups are separated by a space less than the width of the maximum number of ribs within one of the groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Manuel Septien Rojas, Martin Offa-Jones, Steven Ausnit
  • Patent number: 9011003
    Abstract: A reclosable pouch includes a body portion having first and second opposing sidewalls and a first web having a first portion attached to the first sidewall and a first unattached portion. The first web is disposed on an internal side of the first sidewall. The reclosable pouch further includes a second web having a second portion attached to the second sidewall and a second unattached portion. The second web is disposed on an internal side of the second sidewall. Additionally, the reclosable pouch includes a first closure mechanism having first and second closure profiles with the first closure profile disposed on the first web at the first attached portion and the second closure profile disposed on the second web at the second attached portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson Home Storage, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Pawloski
  • Patent number: 8974118
    Abstract: A zipper for use in a reclosable bag including an elongated groove profile having two arms which form a general U-shape to define an opening to a channel, and an elongated rib profile opposing the groove profile. A plurality of first segments of the rib profile alternate with a plurality of second segments of the rib profile to create a structural discontinuity along a length thereof. The first segments have larger cross-sections and shorter lengths than the second segments such that interlocking the groove and rib profiles creates the audible clicking sound when the groove and rib profiles are engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: James C. Pawloski
  • Publication number: 20150049962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a closure device for bags or the like comprising two complementary profiled elements (110, 210), characterized in that it involves sequential squeezing (300), of the two engaged profiled elements (110, 210), in a direction perpendicular to the support webs (100, 200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: S2F FLEXICO
    Inventors: Henri Bois, Isabelle Moulin
  • Patent number: 8938860
    Abstract: A reclosable zipper is provided having first and second opposing profiles forming at least one pair of opposing flanges. The flanges have cutouts, such as notches or apertures, disposed adjacent to side edges of the profiles so as to define at least one pair of cutouts. When the profiles are sealed to opposing inner surfaces of package panels, portions of the panels seal to each other through the at least one pair of cutouts, providing a reinforcing structure to opposing ends of the zippers, thereby preventing the zipper ends from separating upon opening the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Suckow, Jeffry C. Mauro, Kenny E. McCracken
  • Patent number: 8939642
    Abstract: A pouch includes a seamless body having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, with a substantially flat, planar base at the first end. First and second opposing walls extend upwardly from the planar base to form an elongate mouth at the second end. Each of the opposing walls includes an upper wall portion and a lower wall portion. The upper wall portions extend to the elongate mouth and the lower wall portions extend to the planar base. The first and second opposing walls have a varying thickness. An elongate closure mechanism, adjacent to the elongate mouth, provides a resealable closure for the pouch. The seamless body stands independently in an upright position upon the planar base when the body is in an expanded position. The pouch, being both flexible and collapsible, can be folded into a substantially flat condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan L. Ackerman, Anne C. Moser, Daniel Perez, Abby Sturges
  • Patent number: 8870458
    Abstract: Disposable plastic bags are provided that include multiple internal compartments and methods for making such bags. In one embodiment, a disposable plastic bag includes substantially transparent outer panels attached together to define a main compartment, an opening for accessing the main compartment, a main closure for selectively opening and closing the opening into the main compartment; and a plurality of internal panels attached to one of the outer panels to define a plurality of internal compartments separate from and accessible through the main compartment, the internal panels comprising closures for selectively opening and closing the respective internal compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Inventors: Brian H. La Fuente, Maria G. La Fuente
  • Publication number: 20140314343
    Abstract: A shape-retaining tape and a zipper tape that can be produced only by extrusion molding without using a stretching process, and can retain a prescribed shape by being attached to a package bag formed of a resin film or the like, and a package bag in which these tapes are attached to an opening part. In a zipper tape having an engagement part in which a protruded male part and a recessed female part are engaged with each other, shape-retaining parts formed of a resin composition obtained by adding 0.1 to 40 parts by weight of an inorganic filler relative to 100 parts by weight of a high-density polyethylene resin are provided along the tape-length direction of a male-side belt-like base part and a female-side belt-like base part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: IDEMITSU UNITECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norito Saito, Ryo Katada, Shunichi Ito, Michio Mogami
  • Patent number: 8858077
    Abstract: A reclosable package that includes a pouch of flexible material that includes a reclosable closure secured to the flexible material adjacent an opening to releasably retain the opening of the pouch in a closed state. The closure includes fastenable closure strips that extend along opposite sides of the opening and that are releasably fastenable in multiple relative positions spaced along each of two perpendicular directions. The closure and flexible material of the pouch are configured to provide a maximum stiffness, in resistance to bending about a pouch axis extending along the pouch perpendicular to the closure strips, as determined at a point along the closure with the closure strips fastened, that is more than 10 times the maximum stiffness, in resistance to bending about the pouch axis, of one of the closure strips as secured to the flexible material, as determined at the point along the closure with the closure strips unfastened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Velcro Industries B.V.
    Inventor: William H. Shepard
  • Publication number: 20140294325
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a zipper for a reclosable package (100) wherein the zipper (10) includes fragrance—carrying oil (40) within an internal zipper volume thereby confining the scent while the zipper and the package are closed. When the zipper is opened, the scent is allowed to escape to the consumer and to the storage area of the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: David Anzini, Arthur Bucci, Rusty Koenigkramer, Victor Matias
  • Publication number: 20140294323
    Abstract: A flexible package having a side pour portion is provided. Additionally, one or more of the portions can be shaped and/or manufactured substantially as a gusset. Each of the panel portions comprise two longitudinal sides or edges. The access device can be attached to at least one surface of at least one of the side portions. The device can be manually attached to the side portions, or attached with existing and/or specially designed manufacturing machinery. Attachment of the access device to a side portion of the package is achieved using heat bonding techniques, adhesives, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Mark Steele
  • 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: 8832908
    Abstract: A reclosable zipper is disclosed which includes a first profile containing a first interlocking element and a first product side flange. A second profile is provided which contains a second product side flange and a second interlocking element for reclosably interlocking with the first interlocking element. A sachet is provided on a flange either on the product or consumer side or extending between the first and second flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Rusty Koenigkramer, Robert Hogan
  • Patent number: 8827556
    Abstract: A pouch has an elongate closure mechanism adapted to provide vacuum retention within an interior of the pouch over an extended period of time when sealed. The closure mechanism includes a first pair of interlocking members that resealably mate together, a second pair of interlocking members that resealably mate together, and a pair of sealing members that form an air tight seal separate from the interlocking members disposed between the first and second pairs of interlocking members. The closure members are connected with opposing panels of the pouch in a manner designed to provide differential opening and closing forces. The pouch may include a check valve and air evacuation channels to aid in evacuating air from the interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian C. Dais, Bryan L. Ackerman, James C. Pawloski, Robert R. Turvey, Daniel Zimmerman
  • 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: 20140216969
    Abstract: The invention provides solutions to the problem connected with the difficulties encountered, when trying to open flexible packages, whether they are simple plastic bags with a regular opening mouth, or whether the bags comprise zipper closure strips. Similar solutions can be used with zipper closure strips by themselves, solutions are Also provided to facilitate in the opening of blister packages and the like. Furthermore, similar solutions are proposed for packages containing food items such as cheese slices and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: GABE CHERIAN
  • Patent number: 8789247
    Abstract: A zipper in which a male member having a male interlocking section and a female member having a female interlocking section that fits with the male interlocking section are peelable and re-fittable is provided. The male member and the female member are formed by different resins, and at least the male interlocking section and the female interlocking section are peelably adhered or contacted with each other with substantially no gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Unitech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Tanaka, Shuichi Goto
  • Publication number: 20140205216
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging container according to the preamble of claim 1. Packaging containers of this type are in widespread use in the form of side-gusset bags or folded-bottom bags and, in addition to involving low packaging outlay in terms of space, volume and cost, can also be effectively completed, filled and closed in highly developed machine runs. However, a cuboidal (filled-)pack shape, which is usually desired for storage, shipping and display purposes, can only roughly be created for conventional packs since this shape requires the pack to be filled completely, which is difficult to achieve, and, in the case of pourable pack contents, deformation occurs easily overall. If, then, in the customary manner, the packs are brought together at a (head) end to form a removal opening, in the case of which possibly also side gussets run together and possibly also a central bottom transverse seam forms the termination at the other end, incompletely filled packs tend to form variable shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: BISCHOF + KLEIN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter StrĂ¼bbe, Rudolf Haimerl, Johannes Wedi
  • Publication number: 20140205214
    Abstract: A storage bag includes a first side surface and a second side surface connected to the first side surface so as to form an interior of the bag with an opening to the interior. First and second closure profiles are connected to respective first and second side surfaces and positioned adjacent to the opening of the bag. Each closure profile includes a respective interlocking member that extends along the length of the respective closure profile and includes a plurality of dimples provided adjacent to the interlocking member. The plurality of dimples provided on the first closure profile are offset from the plurality of dimples provided on the second closure profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: Brian C. Dais, Imtiaz A. Musaliar, Bunlim Ly, Jose Porchia, Timothy D. Stark
  • Publication number: 20140205215
    Abstract: A storage bag includes a first side surface and a second side surface connected to the first side surface so as to form an interior of the bag with an opening to the interior. First and second closure profiles are connected to respective side surfaces and positioned adjacent to the opening of the bag. Each closure profile includes an interlocking member that extends along the length of the respective closure profile and includes a plurality of dimples provided adjacent to the interlocking member. The plurality of dimples provided on the first closure profile comprise a first shape. The plurality of dimples provided on the second closure profile comprise a second shape. The first shape of the dimples on the first closure profile is dissimilar to the second shape of the dimples on the second closure profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventors: Brian C. Dais, Imtiaz A. Musaliar, Bunlim Ly, Jose Porchia, Timothy D. Stark
  • Patent number: 8753011
    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 the bag body, so that the thin portions are easily bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Idemitsu Unitech Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yoshinori Nanba, Kenichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140161374
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to plastic or polymeric container with reclosable zippers which make the package child-resistant. In one typical embodiment, this is achieved by a zipper with a high internal opening force and a low external opening force, wherein three flanges are sealed to the bag walls, and one external flange is left unsealed. In order to encounter the low external opening force, the user must grab the unsealed external flange while applying an external opening force to the zipper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Jose Manuel SEPTIEN ROJAS, Lars WIHLBORG, Charles GRECO, Jeffry MAURO, Glyn RUSSELL
  • Patent number: 8740457
    Abstract: A paint tray bag is provided. The paint tray bag comprises a bag comprising dimensions for containing a paint tray, and optionally painting tools, therein. The paint tray bag further comprises a sealing apparatus for releasably sealing the bag, the sealing apparatus around at least portion of a perimeter of the bag such that the bag comprises a closed position for containing the paint tray therein when the sealing apparatus is closed and an open position when the sealing apparatus is open, the bag enabled to lay flat in the open position to act as a drop sheet for the paint tray. The paint tray bag further comprises an extended drop sheet which unfolds from the bag to provide an extended area for the drop sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Kovrd Products Inc.
    Inventors: Vance MacDonald, Benjamin Leonard