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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7334682 | Pack with overlapping dispensing orifice created by laminated packaging material A pack for products that can be dispensed from the pack, such as a pack for paper handkerchiefs and a method of making such a pack. The pack includes a flexible film material wherein the body of the pack has a first thickness and overlapping portions of film materia... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 6569506 | Oxygen scavenging packaging Oxygen scavenging materials incorporated into or attached to a package such as a gable-top or rectangular carton, used to package foods, beverages or other oxygen sensitive materials, and thereby increase shelf-life by decreasing oxygen in the headspace o... | 05/27/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6194009 | Refrigeration-shelf-stable ultra-pasteurized or pasteurized infant formula Refrigeration-shelf-stable ready-to-feed and concentrated infant formulas can be prepared through a ultra-pasteurization and/or pasteurization process. The ultra-pasteurized and/or pasteurized infant formulas contain complete balanced quantities of nutrie... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6142364 | Opening means for gable top container The invention relates to a boxed end openable container having means whereby a separating force can be applied transversely to the line of a linear ridge seal of the scaled container at or adjacent that portion of the linear ridge seal located intermediat... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6050484 | Convertible-reclosable box/carton with pour spout A package, e.g., carton or box, for a flowable product, e.g., dry cereal. The carton/box has a planar front panel, a planar rear panel, a planar top panel, a planar bottom panel, a pair of planar side panels, and a closure assembly. The upper panel merges... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6039985 | Refrigeration-shelf-stable ultra-pasteurized or pasteurized infant formula Refrigeration-shelf-stable ready-to-feed and concentrated infant formulas prepared through an ultra-pasteurization and/or pasteurization process, comprise per five fluid ounces from about 1.8 to about 6.3 grams of protein; from about 3.3 to about 15.9 gra... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6030650 | Complete nutritional milk compositions and products Complete nutritional milk compositions and products such as unflavored and flavored milks, yogurts, ice creams and frozen yogurts can be prepared through pasteurization, ultra-pasteurization or sterilization processes. By varying the choice and quantity o... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5860586 | Retainable access tab for a flowable material container A retainable access tab for a laminate for a carton blank is disclosed. The retainable access tab may have a predetermined configuration such as keyhole configuration or a hourglass configuration. The retainable access tab extends the length of a roof pan... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5860588 | Stackable gable top carton and corresponding top interlocking carton blank A gable-top carton and a corresponding carton blank are set forth. The upstanding fin of the carton comprises a centrally disposed depressed region that facilitates stacking of the cartons on top of one another in a manner that results in a more even load... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5851608 | Paper container for liquid and process for producing the same A paper container for a liquid including a base material including: a paper layer, a polyolefin type resin layer disposed on one side of the paper layer, for providing an outer surface, and a saturated polyester resin layer disposed on the other side of t... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5848749 | Gable top carton and carton blank with curved side creases and coincident corner creases A gable top carton and its corresponding carton blank are disclosed. The carton includes curved side creases that are defined by curved score lines that divide one or more side panels from a top gabled structure and/or a bottom structure. The gabled struc... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5816487 | Gable top carton A gable-top carton has at least half, if not all, of its spout-forming, folded-in, top sealing panels (33) projecting above an adjacent non-folded-in top sealing panel (32) to permit a user to grasp that projection and pull it forward to open the spout. T... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5803349 | Increased spout angle to assist with opening A gable top carton and its corresponding carton blank are disclosed. The carton includes two indent surfaces near the gable top that are defined by a score line configuration that facilitates controlled deformation of the gabled top to increase the roof a... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5285955 | Cartons with bellows folded tops A carton has an openable bellows folded top comprising opposed side panels (30, 32) and front (34) and rear (28) panels folded in and sealed between the side panels. The panels are sealed together to close the top in a liquid tight manner. The top-forming... | 02/15/1994 |
| 4630733 | Product indicating tab This relates to a device for identifying a product which may be placed within a carton. Most particularly, it relates to cartons for drinks served at a fast food establishment. The carton is formed of a paperboard having a plastic facing both interiorly a... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4099665 | Reclosable carton with tapered top closure A reclosable carton having opposing side and end walls, the upper portions of the end walls being displaceable inwardly so that the uppermost edges of the side walls may be juxtaposed to form a tapered top closure, a closure flap being hingedly connected ... | 07/11/1978 |
