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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7617623 | Wine badge identification system A system for marking bottles to be stored in horizontal or tilted positions uses durable and reusable components to secure user created labels to the top or bottom of bottles, such as wine bottles. A badge is used for marking insignia helpful to the user in locating... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7594348 | Security label A tamper-indicating label to be applied to a container. The label is longer than the circumference of the container, so that the label can be wrapped around the container and adhered to itself in an overlap area. The label includes a tamper-indicating mechanism in t... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7591092 | Apparatus, a system and a method for labeling a beverage container An apparatus, a system and a method for labeling a beverage container have a first arm and/or a second arm. The first arm is connected to the second arm by a connector. A top end of a beverage container is inserted between the first arm and the second arm. The first... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7448153 | Container label with tear-off part A label for a soft drink bottle or other container. The label is an elongated strip of flexible material having first and second ends, inner and outer surfaces and upper and lower edges. A first quantity of adhesive is applied to the inner surface of the strip adjac... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7413082 | Pharmacy bottle system including label A prescription pharmacy bottle comprises a container and a label. The container includes a generally planar front portion having a generally rectangular shape and a generally planar back portion spaced from the front portion. The back portion has a generally rectang... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7392610 | Portable information sign devices The present invention relates to a portable information sign device. In one embodiment of the invention, a top plate comprises a foundation and three plate coupling ports. A center arm comprises an arm rod axially coupled to the top plate foundation. A sliding plate... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7383650 | Method and apparatus for beverage merchandising A method and apparatus for beverage merchandising including an annular collar for the neck of a beverage decanter, such as a coffee carafe, which is able to display text information or pictures along its outside surface. The display of text information or pictures m... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7367145 | Novelty item A novelty item has a base and a display extending upwardly from the base. The display comprises at least a first segment and at least a second segment each having an outer cylindrical wall and an inner cylindrical wall, the inner and outer walls separated from one a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357267 | Plastic bottle with handle A squeezable plastic bottle with a handle which is bendable by forming a bending deformation portion in the handle. The bending deformation portion of the handle can be a bending portion formed in the middle portion of the longitudinal direction of the handle. Furth... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7341643 | Method of making packaging material A packaging material, a method of making such a material, and a package made from such material, are disclosed. A substrate comprises at least one sheet of plastic material. An energy-curable coating is applied to one side of the substrate, which will be the outside... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7326247 | Method for creating a double bundle ligament orientation in a single bone tunnel during knee ligament reconstruction A method and construct for joint repair in which attachment of a double bundle graft ligament approximates anatomic orientation using interference fixation in a single bone tunnel. The double bundle graft features separable strands. A threaded screw is inserted betw... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311217 | Nestable display crate for bottle carriers A nestable display crate for bottle carriers having a floor and a wall structure with that is designed to reveal the labels on the bottle carriers. The wall structure is of double thickness and comprises a lower wall portion adjacent the floor and a plurality of int... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313245 | Intracanal cap for canal hearing devices An acoustically permeative intracanal cap is adapted to be worn semi-permanently deep in the ear canal for shielding a hearing device positioned deeper within the ear canal against moisture and debris infiltration. The intracanal cap conforms circumferentially to th... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311205 | Pharmacy bottle system including label A prescription pharmacy bottle comprises a container including a generally planar front portion having a generally rectangular shape and a generally planar back portion spaced from the front portion. The back portion has a generally rectangular shape and generally f... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7288163 | Method of forming a sheet of printable media A method of forming printable media including providing a laminate construction which includes (1) a film coated liner having a film layer on a liner and (2) a facestock adhered with an adhesive layer to the film layer of the film coated liner. The facestock, the fi... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7279205 | Packaging material A packaging material, a method of making such a material, and a package made from such material, are disclosed. A substrate comprises at least one sheet of plastic material. An energy-curable coating is applied to one side of the substrate, which will be the outside... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7263790 | Releasable closures for removable display surfaces A precisely measured removable cover for reusable beverage containers with releasable closures. The cover has a flexible sheet with a graphical display imprinted on one side and a cover fastener for removably fastening the cover to a container. The sheet is advantag... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264582 | Pouch containers having advertising media and methods for their dissemination Improved methods of disseminating advertising messages to consumers are provided for. In particular, the subject invention provides for methods for disseminating manufacturer coupons to a target consumer group. The method comprises packaging a product in a pouch con... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7247129 | Outsert-forming method A method and apparatus for forming informational items such as outserts and booklets may include folding a sheet of paper having product information printed thereon by making a plurality of folds in the sheet of paper to form a first folded article; (b) making a fol... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243795 | Identification system for individual containers An identification system distinguishes among a set of individual containers. The identification system has an identifier member associated with each of the containers in the set for facilitating visual discrimination of each of the containers from the others of the ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234254 | Bottle rack retainer leash A seismic anchoring system to prevent damage to wine bottles during earthquakes, including a resilient leash having a ring on a free end and connected at its other end to or proximate to a holding bin. In use, the ring is disposed over the neck of a bottle in a bott... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7225052 | Method for simultaneously preparing pharmacy vial label and drug-specific warning labels A method for preparing both main label and warning label portions for a container useful in dispensing drugs by a pharmacist in which the main label portion contains specific drug or patient information and the warning label portion contains one or more warnings spe... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7207152 | Method for handling, labeling and filling syringes An inventive method, system and apparatus are provided for syringe handling, and more particularly, for syringe labeling, filling and capping operations. To facilitate syringe handling, an inventive apparatus includes a plurality of syringe bodies interconnected in ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201275 | PTP for visually handicapped person A PTP constructed so that when the PTP is divided into a section having one or a plurality of pocket portions, a person can discriminate between the top, bottom, right and left sides of this section in the planar direction and a visually handicapped person can corre... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7185452 | Fingernail holder for fingernail polish bottle A product and method for the display of fingernail polish dried on an artificial fingernail which in turn is attached to a polish bottle containing the polish. In a preferred embodiment a fingernail holder is connected to a bottle cap of the fingernail polish bottle... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185453 | Label having improved aesthetic appearance A label includes indicia disposed on a facestock comprising cellophane. In one embodiment, the indicia are screen printed onto the facestock. In another embodiment, the label may further include layers of tactile coating selectively applied to discrete areas of the ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182723 | Informational item final folding apparatus A method and apparatus for forming informational items such as outserts and booklets may include folding a sheet of paper having product information printed thereon by making a plurality of folds in the sheet of paper to form a first folded article; (b) making a fol... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182214 | Plastic container including an upper grip portion The container includes a hollow body of plastic material having a lower supporting base, a sidewall extending upwardly from the lower base, and an upper portion extending upwardly from the sidewall. The upper portion includes at least one opening therein. An integra... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175586 | Methods of forming outserts A method of forming an outsert having printed information thereon is disclosed in which a plurality of parallel folds are made in a sheet of paper in a first fold direction using a plurality of pairs of folding rollers and stop members to form an intermediate folded... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172220 | Extended text label for a tube container and method of manufacture thereof An extended text label is provided for a tube container, wherein the tube container includes a product dispensing end and a filling end opposite the dispensing end. The filling end is adapted to be sealed by a crimp method, subsequent to filling the tube container w... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172668 | Rotatable label system and method A system and method are disclosed for constructing a rotatable label and attaching the rotatable label to a container. The rotatable label system comprises an inner label attached to the container and a rotatable outer label. The inner label may have adhesive on a r... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168582 | Plastic container having a handle and label panels The container includes a hollow body of plastic material having a lower supporting base, a sidewall extending upwardly from the lower base, and an upper portion extending upwardly from the sidewall. The upper portion includes at least one opening therein. Two label ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163101 | Flexible liquid packet with rigid insert A transparent or partially transparent polymer packet is described containing a hand sanitizing fluid in which floats a printed insert. Inclusion of the message-bearing insert promotes the distribution and use of the hand sanitizing fluid for improving hand hygiene.... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7140135 | Flag label A flag label for attaching to a product has adhesive faced transparent over-laminate and under-laminate layers on opposite sides of a printed layer. This assembly is releasably mounted on a release liner prior to use. The over-laminate defines an pressure sensitive ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7121992 | Informational item forming machine and method A method and apparatus for forming informational items such as outserts and booklets may include folding a sheet of paper having product information printed thereon by making a plurality of folds in the sheet of paper to form a first folded article, the folds in the... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114446 | Extended wrap label and method of making same A method for providing a label being suitable for being adhered about an object having a outer circumference once removed from a release liner, the label having a length greater than the circumference of the object and the release liner providing a mechanical suppor... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113656 | Labeling system and methodology A digitization process and system which involves the use of a novel label, labeling system and labeling methodology. According to the teachings of the present invention, the label is comprised of two parts one of which is transparent and the other of which is opaque... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108906 | Heat shrinkable insulated packaging material An insulating label stock or sleeve formed from such label stock includes a thermal insulating layer, which may a fiberfill batt. The batt is laminated to at least one layer of heat shrinkable material, such as a film. The insulated packaging material may be coated ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7087298 | Rotating label system A system and method are disclosed for constructing a rotatable label and attaching the rotatable label to a container. The rotatable label may have a transparent portion and is temporarily secured to a container or an inner label that is permanently secured to the c... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7086667 | Coloring book for children A coloring book for children including a plurality of page sets bound or stapled wherein a page set includes a pair of background sheets, each having a different background design, and a sharing page placed between the background sheets having basic designs on a fro... | 08/08/2006 |