S.c. Johnson Home Storage, Inc.

Dow Brands Inc.

The Dow Chemical Company

Douglas P Gundlach

Virginia D Karul

Roger D Vrooman

Kevin J Wagers

Michael A Babinec

Claudia J Gerardo

Linda W Allison

Brian C Dais

Jose Porchia

Robert R Turvey

James C Pawloski

David A Smith

William E LeBoeuf

Michael J Banco

John O McCree

Ronald J Weeks

Richard R Dawkins

Michael J Colucci

William A Kirksey

Zain E M Saad

Zain E Saad

Roger V McIntosh

Jeffrey J Christensen

Douglas A Soller

Richard M Remenar

Larry R Erickson

Marvin J Kreh

A recloseable multibag freezer bag including an inner liner bag and an outer support bag. The inner liner bag is a thermoplastic with a thickness of less than 2 mil and a specified secant modulus, has a mouth through which the interior of the inner liner bag is accessible, and is joined by a mouth seal to the throat of the support bag along the entire length of the mouth of the liner bag substantially enclosing an air space between facing walls of the inner liner bag and outer support bag. The outer support bag is a thermoplastic, and has a mouth and a throat. A recloseable mouth seal is affixed to its mouth to provide recloseable access to the interior of the liner bag through the outer bag while maintaining the enclosed air space between the inner and outer bags.

Freezer storage bag

A reclosable fastener assembly includes first and second elongated closure elements that are engageable to form a seal. A slider is slidable relative to the closure elements between an open position and a closed position and is adapted (i) to engage the closure elements to one another when moved across the closure elements toward the closed position and (ii) to disengage the closure elements from one another when moved across the closure elements toward the open position. The slider carries a first partial indicator. A second partial indicator is located relative to the closure elements so as to complement the first partial indicator to form a visual indicator when the slider is in the closed position.

Reclosable fastener assembly with slider closed position indicator

The present invention provides a freezer bag comprising a multibag having at least an inner liner bag and an outer support bag, the inner liner bag having a first sidewall and a second sidewall attached together along respective lateral edges forming edge seals, each sidewall having a top edge, and the liner bag having a folded edge defining the bottom of the liner bag, the outer support bag having two sidewalls attached together along respective lateral edges forming edge seals, each sidewall having top edges defining the opening to the multibag, and the support bag having a folded edge defining the bottom of the multibag, the top edges of the liner bag being attached to an inner surface of each respective sidewall of the support bag wherein the liner is thermoplastic and has a thickness of less than 2.0 mil (50.8 micron).

Functional freezer storage bag

Disclosed is a controlled atmosphere package suitable for delivery of red-ripe tomatoes to the consumer. The package maintains the tomato in a substantially fixed position relative to the package regardless of the orientation of the package, and further maintains a substantially uniform relative humidity inside the package. Further disclosed is a process for packaging a tomato comprising providing a package which maintains the tomato in a substantially fixed position relative to the package regardless of the orientation of the package, and further maintains a substantially uniform relative humidity inside the package.

Controlled atmosphere, controlled humidity package for red-ripe tomatoes

A zipper closure for a reclosable thermoplastic bag includes two opposing interlockable rib and groove profiles, wherein at least a part of one or both of the profiles is divided into segments of materials having different elastic moduli. The zipper provides an audibly and/or tactilely perceptible indication of proper interlocking of the profiles.

Zipper for reclosable thermoplastic bag

A dispensing package for dispensing discrete portions of a vaporizable material in the form of prewetted absorbent pads, wherein the dispensing package broadly comprises a container and a plurality of such absorbent pads. The absorbent pads are closely stacked within the container, and generally comprise an absorbent pad portion with a flexible film backing which is resistant to permeation of the vaporizable material therethrough, and a collapsible tab- or ring-like structure joined to the backing opposite the absorbent pad portion. In other embodiments, the absorbent pad portion is preferably sub-divided into sub-portions having different fluid absorbing characteristics, which sub-portions are separated by the same flexible film as used in the backing, and less than all of the sub-portions are initially prewetted with the vaporizable material or are prewetted with different materials.

Prewetted absorbent pads and dispensing package therefor

A method and apparatus for producing a plastic film having strips of an adhering material embedded in each surface of the film, which film may have an anti-block agent incorporated therein, and a composite plastic film so produced is provided which includes initially providing a first stream of heat plastified extrudable thermoplastic film material to a cast film die. The cast film die has two opposing die lips with each die lip having a plurality of spaced strip channels. The strip channels of one die lip are laterally offset from the strip channels of the second die lip. A heat plastified extrudable adhering material is introduced into the plastified film material from the strip channels and then the composite body of materials is forced from the die lips of the cast film die and cooled to form the plastic film.

Method for the production of composite plastic film

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Midland, MI, United States of America

Douglas P Gundlach