The Procter Gamble Company

Anthony Ogg

Joseph Craig Lester

Susana E Borrero

Benjamin G Hesford

Jun You

Jason M Earl

Gregory Scot Miracle

Kenneth Stephen McGuire

Philip Andrew Sawin

Lee Mathew Arent

Marc Andrew Mamak

William R Myers

Joseph Henry Nurre

Stephen Michael Truesdell

Victoria Anne Borchert

Adam James Viel

Kevin Joseph Wood

Nathan William Valentine

A measuring cup including a bottom end and an open end opposite the bottom end; a sidewall extending from said bottom end to the open end, wherein the sidewall has an interior surface; and a dosing indicium integral with the interior surface, wherein at least a portion of the dosing indicium includes a bitmapped pattern of chemically or structurally modified bits of the sidewall, wherein the bitmapped pattern includes at least two rows of bits.

Measuring cup having a bitmapped pattern

A measuring cup including a bottom end and an open end opposite the bottom end; a sidewall extending from said bottom end to the open end, wherein the sidewall has an exterior surface; and a dosing indicium integral with the exterior surface, wherein at least a portion of the dosing indicium includes a bitmapped pattern of chemically or structurally modified bits of the sidewall, wherein the bitmapped pattern includes at least two rows of bits.

An inflation feature for a shipping package, an inflation rig assembly for inflating a shipping package, and a method of inflating a shipping package. The method includes providing an inflation feature and an inflation rig assembly with corresponding alignment features, positioning the inflation feature of a shipping package, in an uninflated state, on to the inflation rig assembly in a first position, moving the inflation rig assembly to a second position, such that the shipping package is in fluid communication with an expansion material source, and inflating the shipping package to an inflated state.

Inflation feature for package, inflation rig assembly, and method of inflating

Package having a flexible inner sheet having a first surface and a second surface. The package has an article reservoir for accepting an article to be shipped. The expansion chambers can be inflated or otherwise expanded to provide structure to the package and to protect the article in the article reservoir. The inner sheet of the package includes a shrinkable material that can be activated to immobilize articles disposed in the article reservoir.

Flexible package and method of manufacture

Package

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West Chester Township, OH, United States of America

Anthony Ogg