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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 |
| 7815098 | Self-sealing reclosable carton A resealable carton, having a product-containing bag liner, is constructed such that the liner bag is positively held in the folded, sealed condition by the incorporation of a fold support ledge which extends inwardly from an end wall of the carton. The bag is held ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7357277 | Cap assembly and container used therewith A container assembly having a container, a fitment and a cap assembly. The container has at least one panel and at least one seal sealing the at least one panel to define a cavity. The fitment is coupled with the container, comprising a body having a first end and a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7285082 | Airtight box with manufacturing method and apparatus A method, apparatus for practicing the method, and article manufactured by the method in which a block is cut out with side wall and end wall panels, the end wall panels attached to the side wall panels via end wall fold lines. The box includes a pour opening. Reces... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275679 | Multi-ply corrugated containers, such as bulk bins, and fitment retainers, such as drain fitment retainers usable with bulk bins Corrugated container assemblies, such as bulk bins, that include corrugated container bodies and drain fitment retainers. In one embodiment, a corrugated container assembly includes a rectangular corrugated container body having a bottom portion and a top portion. A... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7210612 | Carton blank, carton and method of forming the carton A carton blank having an outer layer of a relatively rigid material, a first inner layer of a relatively rigid material superposed over a portion of the outer layer and a second inner layer of a relatively flexible layer of a fluid impervious material is provided wi... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7201714 | Paperboard cartons with laminated reinforcing ribbons and method of printing same A method of making reinforced cartons comprises the steps of advancing a length of carton material along a path and progressively laminating at least one ribbon of reinforcing material to the advancing length of carton material. The ribbon of reinforcing material ge... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7172108 | Multi-ply corrugated containers, such as bulk bins, and fitment retainers, such as drain fitment retainers usable with bulk bins Corrugated container assemblies, such as bulk bins, that include corrugated container bodies and drain fitment retainers. In one embodiment, a corrugated container assembly includes a rectangular corrugated container body having a bottom portion and a top portion. A... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7140773 | Method and apparatus for packaging perishable goods An improved method and apparatus for packaging perishable goods comprises an inner insulating container that is quickly and easily formed from a flat sheet of metalized bubble pack material to a finished state that very closely approximates the size and dimensions o... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7111442 | Flexible container made of film material and filling method for filling such a container with a fluid substance The application relates to a flexible container (3) made of film material for containing drinks, comprising a fin opening as well as film storage means which delimit a first compartment and a second compartment (17, 18, 19) of the container and which r... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7107934 | Litter box apparatus A transportable litter box has a container body and a lid removably received over an open end of the container body. The container body has wheels rotatably connected thereto at an end opposite the open end. The lid has an opening therein suitable for allowing an an... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7097092 | Package for food products A package for a flowable dry food product includes an outer rectangular box with a removable portion for forming an opening in a portion of the top, and a bag inside the box, having a reclosable portion extending substantially the length of the opening, but less tha... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7086579 | Boxes with a tissue insert A tissue-lined box is formed from a carton blank having a generally rectangular bottom panel with a width W, the carton blank having integral side walls and end walls connected with the bottom panel at creased fold lines. Four corner panels, one corner panel positio... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7036714 | Carton blank, carton and method of forming the carton A carton blank having an outer layer of a relatively rigid material, a first inner layer of a relatively rigid material superposed over a portion of the outer layer and a second inner layer of a relatively flexible layer of a fluid impervious material is provided wi... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021524 | Method and apparatus for packing perishable foods An improved method and apparatus for packaging perishable goods comprises an inner insulating container that is quickly and easily formed from a flat sheet of metalized bubble pack material to a finished state that very closely approximates the size and dimensions o... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6932214 | Disposable car fast food box A disposable fast food box/container with a pair of semi-circular handles for convenient carrying and a drink holder therein. The handles include strap portions that are attached to the lid that allow a vehicle seat belt to be passed thereunder and serve to hold the... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6740346 | System for packaging, storing and transporting agricultural produce A system and method for packing agricultural produce including functionality for: providing a container having at least one communications aperture formed in a wall thereof; providing at least one flexible controlled permeability bag within the contain... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6637646 | Preformed bag-in-a-box container A shipping container having an internal plastic bag is described, as is the method of forming the container. A flat container blank if first formed. This differs from a conventional blank only in that it has blind score lines centered vertically on each o... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6519436 | Toner powder container for storing toner applicable to an electrographic image forming apparatus, a method at assembling the same, and a method of reducing the volume of the same A powder container of the present invention is made up of a flexible or deformable bag storing powder therein and a box for accommodating the bag. A seal valve is fitted in an outlet portion formed in the bag while a cap removably closes the outlet portio... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6416221 | Thermoplastic bag with offset fastener A reclosable thermoplastic bag having an offset fastener. The bag includes first and second sidewalls, each having a top, a bottom and two opposing side edges, the first and second sidewalls being attached together along the respective bottom and side edg... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6386438 | Carton blank, carton and method of forming the carton A carton blank having an outer layer of a relatively rigid material, a first inner layer of a relatively rigid material superposed over a portion of the outer layer and a second inner layer of a relatively flexible layer of a fluid impervious material is ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6318626 | Reclosable packaged food container A reclosable packaged food container, comprising an outer carton and an inner flexible liner. The outer carton has a generally semi-rigid construction, the inner liner is positioned inside the outer carton, and a supply of a food product is disposed in th... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6305600 | Carton having a prefolded interior paper lining and a method of preparing a carton with a prefolded interior paper lining A method of preparing a carton with a prefolded interior paper lining includes feeding carton blanks having a surface, the surface having leading and trailing edges and right and left side edges, feeding a paper web, folding the paper web to have a base p... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6290124 | Beverage container A container including an outer shell, a flexible bag within the outer shell, a mouth and a handle. The outer shell has a top, a bottom and sidewalls. The outer shell also defines an opening. The flexible bag within the outer shell defines an aperture. The... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6227441 | Tubular container having an outer sleeve and an inner storage bag A food storage container has a generally rigid tubular sleeve with a generally constant cross-sectional shape along the length thereof and with first and second open ends. A flexible inner storage bag is located within the generally rigid tubular sleeve f... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6206279 | Expandable, stay-open snack package A reclosable, stackable, standable package for food products such as baked goods easily converts from a parallelepiped form to a widened shape on top for easy access to the snack which is contained within an inner liner bag. The package stays in a widened... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6164453 | Bulk container A bulk container for flowable materials includes flexible inner and outer tubular members. The lower edge of the outer member and the lower edge of the inner member are joined together along a bottom peripheral seam. Vertical support members are inserted ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6095688 | Stabilized, cubic, flexible container A stabilized, flexible, cubic container is provided, in which the stabilization is achieved by a continuous, tubular basic part which includes punched-out or cut-out sections. The basic tube is preferably in the form of a gusseted tube, of which the non-f... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6082613 | Interplant bulk shipment containers An interplant bulk shipment container (10) includes a liner bag (112) of a size for form fitting inside of a tote (12) formed of planar material panels (14, 16, 18, 20) of a rigidity and compressive strength allowing stacking thereof. The liner bag (112) ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6063416 | Procedure and package to enable peg display of food pouch in tent-style paperboard carton Packaging for food products is provided which combines a flexible pouch with a tent-style paperboard carton which effects display of the product in an upright orientation, such as suspended from a merchandiser peg. The flexible pouch has a folded-over mou... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6000549 | Bulk container A container includes a flexible liner for holding fluent material, a plurality of substantially vertical rigid support walls spaced around the periphery of the liner, and a flexible skin interconnecting the walls and encircling the liner so as to laterall... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5958483 | Package for collecting and segregating particulate food debris In a preferred embodiment, a system for collecting and segregating particulate food debris from the whole pieces in a packaged food product, and a system to facilitate and ease the opening of the sealed plastic/cellophane/other packaging material within a... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5794811 | Carton, carton blank and method for forming the carton A carton blank for forming a leakproof carton comprising an outer enclosure formed from a relatively rigid material an openable top a closed bottom and a central body and a leakproof inner liner having a central body portion secured to the central body of... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5794812 | Carton, carton blank and method for forming the carton A carton, formed from a unitary sheet of a relatively rigid material having a sheet of a relatively flexible fluid impervious material secured thereto and wherein a top portion of the sheet of a relatively flexible fluid impervious material extends upward... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5750216 | Bag for bag-in-box A bag accommodated in an outer box of a bag-in-box is made of film-like material to be collapsible to push out the contents such as beverage syrups and liquid foods and comprises a bag body and a mouthpiece provided on the bag body for passing the content... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5627150 | Paperboard container for solid block detergents Disclosed is a container 10, 25 for dispensing of detergents and other solid chemicals, and a method for manufacturing the container 10, 25. The container 10, 25 has a paperboard housing 11, 26 which contains a plastic bladder 21, 27. The exposed surface ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5566851 | Liquid container and mouth thereof A liquid container has a herd outer box, a flexible inner bag and a path forming member for forming a liquid path communicated with a mouth which has a restricted path for permitting the liquid to flow out of the mouth slowly.... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5484077 | Packaging system including small frame with integral lid, bag and external container An improved system for sticking a frame with an integral lid to a flexible bag and to a rigid external container into which the bag is inserted. The improved system includes a frame having a flange and a peripheral groove. The flange has a lower surface a... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5474203 | Paperboard container for fluids having top opening fitment and exposed lip for engagement by handling implements A paperboard container for storing and transporting fluids has a tubular shell formed from interfitting inner and outer shell pieces. The shell is enclosed at its bottom end by a base having projecting flaps which are sandwiched between the shell pieces a... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5464093 | Tobacco package with disposal pouch A package for cigarettes comprising an outer housing and a partitioned pouch fitted into the outer housing so that the front wall of the housing the bottom of the housing and spaced apart end walls of the housing form a forst compartment in which cigarett... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5450998 | Fabricated on demand totes A tote (10) is disclosed in its preferred form including a tubular body formed from four side panels (12-15) preferably of identical construction and including top and bottom panels (16, 18) preferably of construction. The side panels (12-15) each include... | 09/19/1995 |
