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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7159717 | Packaging design with separate compartments A gum packaging design that utilizes two separate compartments, an upper compartment and a lower compartment. Each of the compartments may be formed from a separate paperboard blank. The blanks are folded to form the compartments and then the lower compartment is ad... | 01/09/2007 |
| 5928749 | Resealable package, and apparatus for and method of making same The invention provides tape graphics printed on a longitudinally extending strip of packaging film simultaneously with the printing of the rest of the packaging film, the tape graphics strip being subsequently slit away from the rest of the film and appli... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5591468 | Method of shrinking film to apply lidstock and package made therefrom A package and a method for making a package which allows for the central processing of fresh red meat is disclosed which includes a tray, a first film enclosing the product within the tray and a second film, which is removed at retail, enclosing the first... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5088617 | Package for food products A package for food products which includes, in combination, a clear container having recloseable means for retaining the food product until it is consumed, and a unitary blank folded to envelope the container which is configured to have first and second e... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5024538 | Packaging bag, especially for cooked ham, provided with drain valve A packaging bag, in particular for cooked ham, made of thermoweldable material and provided, on at least one of its walls, with a drainage hole. The inside of the bag also includes a drainage valve secured at the wall of the bag. The drainage valve compri... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4869362 | Positive seal package The invention provides an improved package and packaging method for products that contain moisture. In the preferred embodiment, the product to be packaged is placed in a tray and the product and the tray are wrapped with a transparent film. The film is s... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4857342 | Ovenable package for bacon and the like A microwavable package for storing and cooking a food product such as bacon, includes an absorbent bed enclosed within a sealed plastic sleeve. During microwave cooking, the corrugated bed collects oil or grease released by the food product and maintains ... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4575000 | Food wrapper package A wrapper for a food product such as a hamburger which is defined by an outer layer of paperboard and an inner layer of glassine type of paper. The outer and inner layers are of generally rectangular form, the glassine type of paper extending beyond the s... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4453628 | Bacon package inner pad An inner pad for holding slices of bacon within an outer package and having a window opening and protrusions extending from the underside thereof adjacent the opening.... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4419373 | Method of heating contents in a self venting container A sealed package, and a method of heating a sealed package of material are disclosed wherein the material is capable of generating vapor from a substance contained therein when the temperature of the material is raised. At least a portion of the packaging... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4375482 | Package including product support insert An improved bacon package is disclosed. The stiffening packaging element, commonly known as a bacon board, has full width top and bottom panels which support the bacon from the bottom and cover it over the entire top. Cover flaps on the ends of the top pa... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4373661 | Carton with inspection flap and easy opening features and blanks therefor A paperboard carton with improved tear resistance and blanks therefor for packaging a product such as bacon, said carton having an inspection flap for viewing the contents and scoring lines which provide easy opening of the carton. The tear resistance of ... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4371553 | Package including product support insert New bacon packaging is disclosed. The stiffening packaging element, commonly known as a bacon board, has full width top and bottom panels which support the bacon from the bottom and cover it on the top. Special cover flaps on the ends of the top panel are... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4352844 | Thermoplastic film having improved handling and sealing characteristics and receptacle formed therefrom Disclosed is a multi-layer, heat shrinkable, thermoplastic packaging film which will produce heat seals having improved strength both in the presence of and absence of grease at elevated temperatures, e.g., at shrink temperatures. The layer providing the ... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4247584 | Composition comprising a blend of EVA polymers having differing VA contents; films and laminates made therefrom by extrusion; and heat-sealed food bags made from the laminates Molecularly oriented films, and compositions used therein, comprise blends of a first EVA copolymer having a relatively low VA content, and a second EVA copolymer having a relatively high VA content. The blend exhibits a balance of properties which permit... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4173655 | Poultry tray A tray for shipping and displaying dressed poultry for sale is disclosed. The rear end wall of the tray forms an acute angle with the tray bottom and contains an aperture through which the ends of the legs of the poultry are inserted so as to prevent hock... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4141487 | Disposable food package The disposable package comprises an upper layer composed of a thin film plastic material having a sealed pleated section extending from opposite parallel sides intermediate the ends thereof and an elongated vent disposed within the pleated section. The se... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4125633 | Bacon or like container, blank therefor, bacon package and method of packaging bacon therein A generally rectangular window container, i.e., folder, comprising a bottom wall, end walls in the form of a isosceles trapezoid or two of the same abutting each other along their major base to form a flattened hexagon, side walls connected to the bottom ... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4116378 | Carton with reclosable inspection flap A folding carton having a partially detachable, reclosable panel section for viewing contents of the carton.... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4097611 | Sliced food package with side windows A folding paperboard carton having an improved window construction in an elongated rectangular side panel. A preferred embodiment is a rhomboidal carton for sliced and shingled bacon. The side window construction comprises an elongated rectangular piece o... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4081580 | Paper wrapper for wrapping refrigerated meat A paper wrapper is provided for wrapping refrigerated meats, which is characterized by a paper board for prevention of strength loss due to moisture pick-up during usage, and also for prevention of drying for good preservation and for easy separation of t... | 03/28/1978 |
| 3960315 | Carton with inspection flap and blank therefor A paperboard carton and blank therefor for displaying a product such as bacon having a top panel with a cut-out viewing area and hinged inspection flap adjacent a reinforced edge portion formed by a glue flap overlapping the edge section of the top panel.... | 06/01/1976 |
