258 85 http://www.patentstorm.us/ http://www.patentstorm.us/images/logo.gif http://www.patentstorm.us/rss/class/applications/rss-383.xml Recent patent applications filings in USPTO Class 383 Flexible bags. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:01:47 patents@patentstorm.us en http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120039550/description.html

Application Number:  20120039550

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Dorsey, Robert T.; Fraser, Robert W.; Borchardt, Michael G.; MacPherson, Jack A.; Binger, Scott; Cisek, Ken; Broering, Shaun T.

Incrementally-stretched adhesively-laminated films include two or more film layers adhesively bonded together. At least one of the two or more film layers is incrementally stretched. The incrementally-stretched adhesively-laminated films can have maintained or increased strength parameters despite a reduction in gauge. The incrementally-stretched adhesively-laminated films can be formed into bags for use as trash can liners or food storage. Methods of forming incrementally-stretched ...
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Application Number:  20120039549

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Borchardt, Michael G.; Maxwell, Jason R.

The bag includes a draw tape that may be used to cinch closed the opening of the bag. The draw tape is multilayer with a polypropylene core and propylene-ethylene copolymer or other suitable polymers in the outer ...
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Application Number:  20120037623

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  LUCAS, Nancy Joy; Lucas, James Michael

A method and apparatus for containing leftover foods to bring home from a restaurant. The present invention comprises of a carrying device and a containing device for holding left over foods. The method of using the present invention will reduce the usage of Styrofoam containers used by restaurants and replace it with a environmentally friendly ...
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Application Number:  20120037527

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  FAY, James E.; FAY, Christina E.

A carry and deploy bag system according to embodiments of the present invention includes a holster for housing a controlled descent device and an anchor; a rope pouch for receiving a rope that is securable to the controlled descent device and the anchor; and a connecting gooseneck extending between the holster and the lumbar pouch that protects the rope as it runs through the connecting gooseneck from the lumbar pouch to the holster; wherein the holster comprises a tear-away cover flap that can ...
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Application Number:  20120034031

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  Henry, Brian D.; Armstrong, Lance J .

A storage device for retaining an extended length of floating oil boom therein and a method of using the same. The storage device is made from a sheet of material that is foldable to define and surround an interior cavity in which the oil boom is received. A closure mechanism is engaged to secure the folded storage device about the oil boom. A lifting mechanism on the storage device is engaged with a cable extending from a suspension assembly mounted on a vessel for use on a large body of ...
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Application Number:  20120033903

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  Lisek, Eduard; Schulte, Gerhard; Dyckerhoff, Wilhelm; Köster, Michael; Stamm, Jens; Rahrbach, Uwe; Merschmann, Michael

The disclosure relates to a paper bag for packaging of bulk material, having a standing bottom (2) and a valve bottom (3), a front wall (4) and a rear wall, the front wall and the rear wall being glued to each other in overlapping relationship, the paper bag further comprising cover sheets (5, 5′) for closing the standing bottom (2) and the valve bottom (3), wherein the cover sheet (5) of the standing bottom (2) and/or of the valve ...
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Application Number:  20120033902

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Sabounjian, Azad

A combined storage apparatus comprises a vacuum storage bag and a storage container is provided. The bottom of the vacuum storage bag forms a stiffened surface. A flexible walled container with sidewalls has pockets formed in two opposing sidewalls and stiffening panels placed into the pockets to stiffen the sidewalls during use while folding flat for shipping. The stiff bottom of the vacuum bag cooperates with the stiffened sidewalls to form a container that can be stacked. After the vacuum ...
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Application Number:  20120033901

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Votaw, Brian E.

A packaging container comprising an outer layer of machine direction oriented polyethylene (1) bonded to an inner layer of polyethylene (2) by a bonding layer such as adhesive (3). The machine direction oriented polyethylene (1) serves to stiffen the package and provide resistance to heat when the inner sealant layers of polyethylene (2) are heat sealed together. The resulting package (4) simplifies recycling due to the substantial polyethylene composition. Further, additions of degradable ...
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Application Number:  20120033900

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  Dorsey, Robert T.; Fraser, Robert W.; Borchardt, Michael G.; MacPherson, Jack A.; Binger, Scott; Broering, Shaun T.

Multi-layer bags may be formed to include first and second sidewalls joined along a first side edge, an opposite second side edge, and a closed bottom edge. The first and second layers may be non-continuously laminated together to include bonded regions in which the layers are bonded and unbonded regions in which the layers are not bonded. Such a bag may be described as a “bag-in-a-bag” type configuration in which the inner bag is non-continuously bonded to the outer bag. The inventors have ...
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Application Number:  20120033899

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Takamura, Ikuo

A zipper tape includes a male member and a female member that bite each other. The male member has a head, a projection at the tip of the head, and a recess located at a connecting portion between the projection and the tip of the head. The female member has first and second claw members facing each other, a valley between the first and second claw members, and a pair of protrusions located at the top of the valley. When the male member and the female member bite each other, at least a part of ...
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Application Number:  20120033898

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Barron, Dan

A two-piece dosing cap (10) comprised of a base part (2) and a closure part (3). Both parts (2 and 3) can be displaced in relation to one another in the axial direction by means of suitable threads (20, 30). Above a cylindrical part (22), the base part (2) has a head part (23) comprising an outer wall (24), which is closed on top by a top surface (25). A plurality of outlet orifices (21) is integrally formed in ...
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Application Number:  20120033897

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Lahr Yoder, Suzanne M.

A gift bag topper which, in one embodiment, includes a substantially planar die cut piece of material such as cardboard or paperboard which is attached to one or more handles of a conventional gift bag such that the topper adds an additional entertainment element to the gift bag and may complete the artwork or picture printed on the outer surface of the gift bag. In another embodiment, one or more die cut components are inserted via narrow slots or openings contained thereon onto the top edge ...
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Application Number:  20120031943

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  Koutouras, Jennifer Lynn; Cunningham, Kendra Christine

A utility bag having shoulder straps which allows the bag to be used as a backpack to carry clothing, shoes, wet items, personal grooming items, etc. to a gym. At the gym the utility bag can be hung up on one or more of the locker hooks and, when the front panel of the utility bag is opened, all items in the utility bag can be easily accessed without removing the bag from the locker. The bag has a number of separate internally located compartments where each compartment can have a see thru mesh ...
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Application Number:  20120031448

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  Brensinger, Cam; Turell, Suzanne

The present invention features a lightweight compact pump design, a cloaking pouch to block wireless signals, a rescue enclosure for a litter basket, a sliding mechanism for a tent, a shoulder strap for a sleeping bag, a holding device for a tent pole, an interchangeable fly or cover for a tent and a modular sleep ...
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Application Number:  20120031142

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  Marton, Robert; Katz, Anthony

A system simultaneously applies compression and cooling to a body part. An ice bag has a removable cap for inserting ice and removing water. An air release valve in the cap allows release of air from the ice bag without removing or loosening the cap. A compression wrap is a unitary sheet of elastic material having a central body with straps extending therefrom. A hole in the central body receives the neck of the ice bag, which is positioned over the body part. The unitary body and straps of the ...
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Application Number:  20120031055

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Weder, Donald E.

Packaging containers for packaging various materials, including granular, flowable and food materials, are described herein. The packaging containers include conformation induction member(s) that are involved in controlling the contour of the filled ...
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Application Number:  20120029458

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventors:  Roe, Donald Carroll; Norman, Joshua James; Wei, Jie

A bag has a first, water resistant configuration and a second, water permeable configuration. The bag may contain liquid and/or solid soils in the first configuration, and be permeable to wash liquor in the second configuration. The bag may be adapted to hold a clean article against the exterior of the bag. The bag may be rolled for storage. A method for using the bag to store and launder one or more articles and a kit comprising the bag and one or more reusable absorbent article components are ...
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Application Number:  20120027324

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventors:  DeCoste, David; Morrissey, Martin

The present invention consists of a closed presterilized bag having a disposable mixing element within it, a drive mechanism outside of the bag for rotating the mixing element without voiding sterility and a vortex breaker in the form of one or more plastic sheet materials that are attached to various inner surfaces of the bag and disrupt the formation of vortices within the bag. Preferably the sheet(s) are formed of the same material as the bag and are sealed to the bag surfaces. More ...
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Application Number:  20120027323

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventors:  Vitallo, Nugent; Hasenberg, Mark; Monaghan, Peter

A one way valve for exhaling or evacuating air from containers, such as storage bags for preserving food and other items. The one way valve device is attached or sealed airtight to the body of the bag's outer surface wherein the one way valve is centrally positioned over a hole created on the surface of the bag. The hole forms a passage for the air to be evacuated from the interior of the bag to be led to the one way valve device. The one way valve device is made of a composition that remembers ...
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Application Number:  20120027322

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Ackerman, Bryan L.

A closure mechanism includes a first elongate closure member that sealing engages with a second elongate closure member and a slider. The slider slides along the first and second elongate closure members to engage or separate the first and second elongate closure members. Further, the first elongate closure member includes a first series of regularly spaced features that interacts with the slider to produce a first feedback at a first frequency and the second elongate closure member includes a ...
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Application Number:  20120027321

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Tan, Danial Brian

Improved merchandise bag with reinforced bag wall is formed of thinner than normal extruded film with a thickened center section. For merchandise bags, the thickened center section provides a stronger bag bottom and a stronger area for the formation of bag handles. Handle bags include soft loop, round die cut oval die cut, wave top, patch and rigid handles. For T-shirt style bags, the thinner plastic in the gusset and handle areas is made up for by multiple layers of film in these regions. ...
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Application Number:  20120024850

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Mazzan, Rebecca L.

A zipper traverses five (5) or seven (7) edges of a container (bag, box, or case), forming a two-sided “lid”, providing visibility and access through two (2) sides simultaneously. Zipper is applied to the edges of the storage area and the “lid” of any container (bag, box, or case) with gusseted corners forming a storage area of any depth or dimension. The zipper extends from the rear corner of one side to the rear corner of the alternate side by traversing along the edges of the first ...
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Application Number:  20120024727

Publication Date:  2012-02-02

Inventor:  Dragan, Marinela Luminita

A combined, flexible and floppy laundry, travel, storage/display bag structure for socks and like small clothing articles, including (a) a machine-launderable/dryable, open-mesh, fabric bag having front and back sides, and spaced top, bottom and lateral edges, (b) located intermediate the bag's top and bottom edges, an elongate openable/closeable closure structure joined to and extending laterally across the bag's front side and between its lateral edges, and furnishing user-selective access to ...
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Application Number:  20120020590

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Tamaoki, Tomohiko

A thin portion is provided near an opening of a bag body to a main body of a belt-like base connected to an engagement portion. The thin portion is provided between a thick first projecting portion and a thick second projecting portion. The thin portion is thinner than the first projecting portion and the second projecting portion. On the thin portion, ribs are provided in plural ...
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Application Number:  20120020589

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Douthit, Theodore Albert

Sports Bag Skid Brace is an aluminum brace designed to replace the existing plastic brace to allow for longer use and better support for, but not limited to, sports bags. Specifically for consumers who do a lot of traveling (planes, trains, and automobiles) with their Bowling/Sports Bags, as they seem to endure a lot more wear and ...
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Application Number:  20120020588

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Katzauer, Jon

The present invention relates to an insert for a carrier such as a bag or a box, and more particularly to an insert for a bag for carrying bottles, cups and the like. The insert is particularly, but not exclusively, for bags made of paper or the like that fold flat for storage and transportation and open out for use. The present invention aims to provide an insert for a bag that allows the user to maximise use of the whole bag, while still allowing for bottles, cups and the like to be ...
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Application Number:  20120020587

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Giro Amigo, Ezequiel

Bag, for packaging fruits and vegetables, which comprises a flexible tubular wrapping that accommodates the product in the central portion thereof, the two end longitudinal portions of the tubular wrapping being empty, closed and mutually and inseparably joined, said join defining a single closure zone of the bag, common to both ends of the tubular wrapping, said end longitudinal portions forming a handle for gripping of the bag and from which, when the bag is gripped, said central portion of ...
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Application Number:  20120020586

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventor:  Gilbert, Jenny

A travel mat having a plurality of activities for young children attached to and distributed thereon is described. The travel mat comprises a fabric panel of an appropriate size to be received on an airplane tray table or on a travel tray intended for use in an automobile. Toys/activities are provided on both the front and back side of the tray wherein the tray can be flipped as desired to change the set of toys with which the child is playing. At least one pair of straps is provided to secure ...
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Application Number:  20120017387

Publication Date:  2012-01-26

Inventors:  Huang, Chien-Ming; Huang, Yu-Kai

A biodegradable net-shaped article includes: a net structure made from a biodegradable plastic composition which includes a major component selected from polybutylene-1,4-succinate, polybutylene succinate adipate, and combinations thereof. A biodegradable filament-shaped article made from the biodegradable plastic composition is also ...
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