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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7340807 | Pouch and resealable closure mechanism therefor including a plurality of interlocking closure elements A resealable closure mechanism includes first and second closure strips. The first closure strip includes a plurality of discontinuous closure elements and the second closure strip includes a plurality of discontinuous closure elements. One or more of the discontinu... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7316052 | Closure profile and die plate for extruding same A reclosable pouch includes interlocking male and female closure elements having elongate hollow closure profiles. The male closure profile has a hollow shaft section, and the female closure profile has a channel with at least one hollow side. A set of pleated grip ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 6995124 | Methods for laundering delicate garments in a washing machine A product and process for laundering delicate or dry-clean only garments in a conventional home washing machine. The process represents a home version of the commercial wet-cleaning processes for cleaning of delicate garments. The product comprises a liquid combinat... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6913389 | Metallic laminated gusseted insulated bag A metallic laminated gusseted insulated bag includes a front and rear wall each having two lateral edges, a top edge, and a bottom edge; first and second side walls; a bottom member; and a means for hermetically closing the bag; wherein the front and rear walls are ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6367976 | Multi-gusset for pinch closure bag A multiple ply freight shipping bag having multiple side gussets. The bag being of the type having pinch closeable upper and lower ends. The side gussets and the bag plies all being stepped in incremental distances to form an elongated sealable stepping p... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6338572 | Easy open industrial bag An easy open industrial bag includes a tab member secured to a front wall on the exterior of the bag. The tab member is secured between the front wall and a flap formed on a back wall of the bag and folded over and secured to the front wall for closing th... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6328471 | Pinch bottom bag with easy open feature A pinch bottom bag construction, for a multiwall bag, incorporating an easy open feature, which permits the controlled opening of a portion of the mouth opening of the bag, to create a spout-like opening, without requiring the use of an implement or an em... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6315448 | Multiwall bag with peelable opening A multiwall bag having a fold closeable end combined with a peelable opening assembly adapted to be held within the folded closure, that when opened, provides a pour spout for dispensing of the contents of the package, and optionally, means for reclosing ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6149305 | Waterproof container and method A waterproof bag having three layers, namely inner and outer layers made of a rather durable non-waterproof fabric, and an intermediate layer that is positioned between the inner and outer layers so as to be protected from sharp objects and the like. The ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6126009 | Portable, soft pack facial tissue dispensing system This invention is directed to a facial tissue dispensing system which is a portable, flexible pack for dispensing tissues. The portable, flexible pack container is thin yet contains large tissues for cleaning when paper towels or rags are not available. E... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6048100 | Resealable closure for a bag A resealable closure for a bag is described wherein the bag has upper and lower ends and including a front wall member, a back wall member, and opposite side wall members. The lower end of the bag is sealed in conventional fashion. The upper ends of the w... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5816709 | Leak-proof personal travel bag A leak-proof travel bag for carrying items containing liquids, such as personal toiletry products, is provided with a ziplock seal towards the top of the bag. The bag also has one fastener for retaining the top of the bag in a once folded position, and a ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5638661 | Method and packaging system for packaging a sterilizable item A method and a packaging system for packaging a sterilizable item for aseptic presentation onto a sterile field are disclosed. The packaging system for the sterilizable item includes a sterilizable flexible elongate tubular member having an outside, a clo... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5562238 | Device for supporting items for use by a law enforcement officer The present invention relates to a device for supporting items for use by a law enforcement officer. The device comprises a central container formed of a flexible material in a box-like configuration. The container has large rectangular parallel front and... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5540366 | Waterproof money belt A waterproof money belt characterized by an access opening in the pouch having a first sidewall and a second sidewall. A first peripheral edge of the first sidewall extends past a second peripheral edge of the second sidewall such that a flap portion is f... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5399366 | Perforated package of a composite integral sheet material A perforated package of a composite integral sheet material which includes a first layer of absorbent material, a second layer of printable material and an impermeable pigmented polymer layer interposed between the first and second layers. The composite m... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5287571 | Sleeping bag carrying and storage enclosure with automatic closure means A sleeping bag carrying and storage enclosure (10) is disclosed and has as its two main components a sleeping bag cover (11) and automatic closure system (21). Sleeping bag cover (11) is configured to receive a standard rectangular sleeping bag (1) in its... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5267795 | Carryout food bag with closure and means of order verification A paper bag particularly adapted for the packaging of carryout food items such as hamburgers and chicken. The bag is of a unitary construction and includes two inwardly folded bellows panels on its sides, each bellows joining respective sides of the bag. ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5114243 | Package A package having an openable end, and a closure structure for closing the openable end. The closure structure comprises at least one aperture-set which includes a respective aperture in each of at least two sheet segments of the package. Each aperture has... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5057268 | Method and composition of matter for detecting large quantities of paper currency Paper notes used as a monetary currency are deuterated. The level of deuteration while not complete, is high. For U.S. currency the level of deuteration is at least 0.1 mg of deuterium for each one dollar in value of the currency note, and preferably at l... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5048692 | Bag closure structure in which a single resealable closure acts as both the primary and secondary closures A sealed multi-ply bag capable of being resealed including sides, a bottom, and front and back panels. A resealable closure is mounted across the top edges of the front and back panels as the secondary closure. The front and back panels are folded one or ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5022530 | Modified zipper elements for easy open containers An easy open, recloseable flexible container having interlocking zipper elements and a tear strip for opening the container along the upper edge, wherein the bases of the zipper elements are extended upward towards the tear strip to limit the area of tear... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4848929 | Volatile emitting container Containers are disclosed which include an adhesive composition sealing a component part. The adhesive contains a volatile, environment affecting compound for slow release to the atmosphere.... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4790670 | Bag with closeable flap and method of manufacturing same A bag having a closeable flap portion, and a method of manufacturing same, are disclosed. The bag includes first and second panel portions, and a top flap portion extending from and integral to the second panel portion along a fold line adjacent to an ope... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4759643 | Self-sealing envelope A self-sealing envelope in which the opening is defined between a taller flap and a shorter flap and the height of the shorter flap is such that when a protective peal-off tape is removed from a band of pressure sensitive material extending across the tal... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4680185 | Infusion package An infusion package, such as a tea bag, having porous side panels and an open mouth through which material may be inserted. Edges of the package at the mouth are foldable over each other to close the mouth. A string on the folded over portions is extended... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4512479 | Container with easy opening closure A bag for containing a flowable product comprises a plurality of panels hingedly coupled along fold lines, an opening at one end of the bag, and a flap hingedly coupled to one panel along a fold line for overlapping an opposite panel and closing the openi... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4483445 | Bag with easy opening closure and handle A bag for containing a flowable product comprises a plurality of panels hingedly coupled along fold lines, an opening at one end of the bag, and a flap hingedly coupled to one panel along a fold line for overlapping an opposite panel and closing the openi... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4471875 | Bag having easy opening closure A bag for containing a flowable product comprises a plurality of panels hingedly coupled along fold lines, an opening at one end of the bag, and a flap hingedly coupled to one panel along a fold line for overlapping an opposite panel and closing the openi... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4441613 | Container with resealable closure A resealable bag for containing a flowable product comprises a plurality of panels hingedly coupled along fold lines, an opening at one end of the bag, a flap hingedly coupled to one panel along a fold line for overlapping an opposite panel and closing th... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4358015 | Pressure sensitive closure pouch with insertable sterilization indicator A sterilizable pouch is provided with first and second opposing webs which are initially sealed together except for a region defining an open mouth. At least one of the webs has a strip of adhesive adjacent the mouth with a peelable release strip superpos... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4276982 | Pressure sensitive tape closure pouch A sterilizable pouch comprising first and second opposing webs sealed together along two peripheral side edges. An unsealed edge of the first web extending beyond the opposing lip edge of the second web to form a flap. One of the webs having sealing means... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4260061 | Bag with opening and reclosing feature A paper bag having an inner ply and an outer ply with lines of perforations in the outer ply defining a flap adapted to be pulled back to open the bag, the inner ply having a transverse line of perforations underneath the flap, the plies being releasably ... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4216900 | Collapsible bag with enlargable opening The collapsible bag is provided with bellows type folds along two opposed sides of the substantially rectilinear bag and a third side of the bag is connected to the two opposed sides by a pair of foldable gussets to allow for an extra large opening at one... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4142667 | Sealable longitudinal sleeveless valve bag A bag of tubular form closed at one end and partially closed at the other end by a first rear wall portion being folded over and sealed to a front wall. The opening between a second rear wall portion and opposed front wall forms the valve which is sealed ... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4117934 | Reclosable bag The back wall of a plastic bag formed of heat sealable film-type material is folded over a stiffener strip and is sealed to itself. The stiffener strip is intermediate at least two plies formed from the overfolded back wall and a bag mouth portion is loca... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4008850 | Gusseted pinch bottom bag A sift-proof, leak-proof bag formed from a gusseted, multi-walled tube of paper having stepped plies and bag walls at each end of the tube for attachment to the bag side walls to provide closed bag ends.... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3990626 | Gusseted pinch bottom laminated plastic valve bag A bag of tubular form comprising at least two plies of molecularly oriented plastic film, laminated together with their directions of orientation angularly disposed to each other and to the longitudinal direction thereof, said bag having at each end there... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3966115 | Stepped and angle-cut, pinch closure An end construction for forming a pinch closure over the opening in an end of a multi-ply, tubular bag, which includes a stepped and angle-cut flap on the portion of each ply on one side of the opening in the end of the bag, and a stepped and angle-cut cu... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3958749 | Gusseted pinch bottom breakaway pouch bag The invention comprises a multiwall bag for the sift proof, leak proof and sanitary packaging of particulate and also of moisture containing materials, and also a package thereof, adapted for the subsequent uncontaminated withdrawal of the packaged produc... | 05/25/1976 |
