Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3958390 | Packaging The method of and apparatus for packaging units in flexible sheet material which is heat-sealable at least on one side, in which a web of the material is formed into a tube with an inside-face-to-inside-face longitudinal seam by bringing the side margins ... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3956867 | Method of producing a package In the present method a package is produced by forming a pouch in a first foil thereby stretching the material thus creating latent shrinking forces. The package is sealed using a second flat foil or a foil having a pouch extending to the opposite directi... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3950919 | Apparatus and process for vacuum skin packaging The invention disclosed is directed to a new improved apparatus for vacuum skin packaging an article between two flexible web layers. The apparatus includes two molds, each having an inner wall defining a generally concave open cavity and terminating to a... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3938659 | Frangible bonding using blush lacquer and packaging bonded therewith A frangible bonding system utilizes blush lacquer as the frangible link in a system for bonding a substrate to a surface, such as the surface of a cover layer. The system is particularly adapted for packaging sterilized products. A substrate, such as pape... | 02/17/1976 |
| 3938298 | System for inflation and sealing of air cushions A system providing an improved inflatable cushion of the type comprising two films of a thermoplastic fused together to provide a plurality of inflatable chambers between the films, with each chamber communicating with a central inlet opening through an i... | 02/17/1976 |
| 3930350 | Packaging assembly and process The invention disclosed is directed to a packaging assembly including a body having an open channel for supporting a trough-shaped web having a product disposed therein; a cover cooperable with the body and the web to form a substantially air-tight chambe... | 01/06/1976 |