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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186881 | Reservoir closure system and method A system for sealably closing a reservoir is disclosed. The system can have a container and a slider. The container can have an orifice and catches and lips surrounding the orifice. The slider can be translatably attached to the container over the orifice. The slide... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8043005 | Reservoir closure system and method A system for sealably closing a reservoir is disclosed. The system can have a container and a slider. The container can have an orifice and catches and lips surrounding the orifice. The slider can be translatably attached to the container over the orifice. The slide... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7503696 | Pack sealing method and device A pack sealing method and device in which a slit tubular member (16) is slidably fitted around a wrapped portion of a pack (8) (a bag or envelope made of a diverse material while having a diverse size and a diverse shape) formed as a portion of the pac... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7255477 | Lockable bag with plastic zipper closure and zipper closure clip A locking bag includes an envelope with a single opening defined between a pair of side wall edges. A pair of plastic zipper portions are disposed on opposite sides of the single pair of side wall edges. A zipper closure clip is slidably attached to the single pair ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7210848 | System for opening/closing a packaging bag, and packaging bag equipped with this system System for opening/closing a packaging bag, comprising an opening formed in one of its walls, delimited by edges of this wall. Furthermore, this system comprises a flat base piece at least partially delimiting an opening through it and comprising the two long... | 05/01/2007 |
| 6896950 | Composite web for making resealable packages and reclosable seals A novel continuous web of composite packaging film for making packages having improved openable and reclosable interlocking seals, the seal having male and female portions of arrowhead shape in cross section, snap detents, and being formed transversely to the direct... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6464394 | Handle-pour spout closure for flexible packages, flexible packages including the same and method of making such flexible packages A flexible package having a handle-pour spout closure including two strip sections and a slidable clamp. The clamp can be slid to one position to hold the sections closed, and to another position to enable them to be pulled apart and opened, and vice vers... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6296420 | Fluid control bag assemblies and method of using the same Elongated flood control bags are filled with pillows filled with liquid or inflated with air, the pillows being arrayed in each bag, typically end to end and stacked. The bags are deployed at ground level for control of liquid flow to protect property and... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6074094 | Safety locking for a bag A bag with a security closure having two opposing main segments corresponding to the bag front panels, and a pair of side segments at each end of the opposing main segments which are foldable about a crease line, the upper edges of the front panel segment... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6059456 | Reclosable profile arrangement using slidable closure strip A closure arrangement for a flexible package includes two base strips having channels and film-attachment portions, and a closure strip inserted within and slidably engaging the channels of the base strips. The closure arrangement includes shoulders on th... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5765264 | Bag closure A pair of confronting limbs, which have mutually meshing jaws, clasp the open top of a bag therebetween when a grooved bar slides upon the limbs. The limbs have external rails, and the bar has trackways formed therein to receive the rails slidably therein... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5462222 | Sealing closure clip for gable top container A narrow, elongated, hard plastic, U-shaped sealing clip for an opened gabled container, providing repeated sealable air tight, leak-resistant closure of the container. Each leg of the U-shaped clip embodies an elongated longitudinally extending bead faci... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5400929 | Slide-on closure for containers such as beverage cartons A slide-on closure for containers such as beverage cartons is in the form of a tubular body with a longitudinal slit having a divergent section at one end to facilitate sliding of the closure onto the container. The tubular body further includes reinforce... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5354132 | Fluid containment bag A containment and disposal bag for human bodily fluids is disclosed which includes a bag having a hollow interior and a top at least partially open to receive the bodily fluids; preferably a funnel structure within the bag to channel said bodily fluids in... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5123896 | Apparatus for parallelepipedically shaping an aquacultural enclosure A device intended for parallelepipedical shaping an aquacultural enclosure made from a tube of relatively flexible material, characterized by the fact that the device comprises a rigid U-shaped bar exhibiting a slit-shaped opening whose length is approxim... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5116139 | Fluid containment bag A containment and disposal bag for human bodily fluids is disclosed which includes a bag having a hollow interior and a top at least partially open to receive the bodily fluids; preferably a funnel structure within the bag to channel said bodily fluids in... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4979668 | Leak-proof closure for cardboard container A reclosure device adapted for installation on a cardboard container having side walls and end walls that fold together at the upper end of the container to allow the upper edges of the side walls to be positioned adjacent each other. An elongated track m... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4722614 | Sealable tamperproof container and method of manufacture A container is provided that will minimize the possibility of tampering by unauthorized persons. The container is formed of a one-piece, thermoplastic material, preferable a transparent material, that would make any unauthorized entry in the container mor... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4576307 | Separable elements held together by a sliding latch A molded plastic container has first and second portions which are relatively movable between open and closed configurations; and the two portions have first edges which are juxtaposed when the portions are closed. A T-shaped rail is fixed to the first ed... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4541117 | Sealing closure for a flexible container A sliding closure device for flexible plastic containers provides a strong closure with an effective vapor and moisture barrier, still allowing the container to be collapsible.... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4498585 | Denesting paperboard container A container of generally truncated prismatic form and adapted to hold potable liquids and other foodstuffs. The container is fashioned from a single piece of paperboard coated with a layer of polyethylene on at least one surface and preferably both surfac... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4428098 | Bag clamp A closure device adapted for clamping a flexible bag has a pair of hinged jaws including slideably mounted extension pieces adjustably retained in pre-selected positions of extension. The jaws are movable between a closed position to grip a bag and an ope... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4120433 | Hanger for supporting pants and the like A pants hanger is formed with parallel spaced first and second elongated support portions depending from a third support portion having a hook adapted to engage a horizontal clothes bar. The second support portion is cantileveredly positioned above the fi... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4040562 | Plastic bag and carrier handle A plastic bag of flat, frusto-conical form has an open upper end formed to receive a filling nozzle and to serve as a funnel when the bag is being emptied, and a carrier handle has three arms for receiving the upper end of the bag with the bag forming a l... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4026669 | Variable capacity reservoir assembly A variable capacity reservoir assembly for use in a blood oxygenation system which includes a collapsible reservoir and an elongated unitary clamp. The reservoir is of fluid-impermeable flexible material and includes an expandable portion capable of holdi... | 05/31/1977 |
| 3958693 | Vacuum X-ray envelope An opaque vinyl envelope having facing polished inner surfaces and an open edge into which an intensifier screen and X-ray film are inserted. The other three edges are completely sealed except for a valve at one edge. Reinforcing strips are attached along... | 05/25/1976 |
