S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

Dow Brands Inc.

S.c. Johnson Home Storage, Inc.

The Dow Chemical Company

Jose Porchia

Brian C Dais

Imtiaz A Musaliar

Keegan E Burggren

Charles Peter Althoff

Erica Eden Cohen

Neil Joseph Kwiatkowski

Steven Michael Dibdin

Jeffrey J Wolf

Albert Kwak

Daniel Grossman

Forrest Milburn

John O McCree

Bunlim Ly

Meghan McGuire

Jonathan David Horn

Pamela J Weisenberger

Raymond R Rydman

Scott D Walter

Timothy D Stark

Barry T Calpino

Rene Maurice Beland

Frederick H Martin

Kenneth A Toney

Bertha R Vaughn

Jeramy M Dubay

Julie M Grissmeyer

Paul E Furner

Brian T Davis

Bryan L Ackerman

Simon M Conway

Chris A Kubicek

Thomas A Helf

Cory J Nelson

Mary Beth Adams

David C Belongia

Juan M Garces

Sanjay Dhall

David A Tomkins

Hermann Neumann

Saleem Qureshi

Rajarajan Ravichandran

Andrew S Weiss

Jamie M Woods

Jennifer Shcherban

Robert R Steele

D Lyn Farrelly

Karen E McBride

Pedro Emanuel Vasconcelos De Queiroz Vieira

Judi R Welsh

Therdsak Chalermwattananon

Stacey M DeCarlo

William R Kissner

Kara J Mackey

Scott W Demarest

Nathan R Westphal

James R Crapser

Mark E Wefler

Matthew Abbondanzio

Thomas Jaworski

David A Smith

Edward L Paas

Edward J Martens, Iii

William D Price

Brent G Anderson

William E LeBoeuf

Mark Niederberger

Michael J Banco

Thomas Froehlich

Daniel P Zimmerman

Meghan Marie McGuire

Larry M Zieke

Imre J Dancs

Darren K Robling

Leland J Smith

Marilyn M Johnson

Heather R Schramm

Thomas P O'Connor

Patrick M Russell

Douglas P Gundlach

Michael J Colucci

Arnold M Bartz

James W Burke

Jeffey J Zettle

Raechell Maria Thuot

Roger K Pihlaja

Pamela J Taylor

Kevin J Wagers

William A Kirksey

Richard L Norwood

George J Dietz

Bradley Keith Lohrding

H Fisk Johnson, Iii

Zain E Saad

Martin S Payne

Gary A Douglass

Francis D Biel

James R Hendershot

James C Cummins

James R Wigle

A container made entirely from an elastomer includes a body with a front wall and a rear wall that is connected to the front wall along a peripheral edge. The container further includes a closure system comprising a front side having a male closure profile that includes a male closure element and a rear side having a female closure profile. The female closure profile includes a female closure element and defines a cavity. A centerline extends through the cavity such that the female closure element is symmetrical about the centerline. The male closure element includes a head portion that has a primary profile and a secondary profile that extends from the primary profile. A height of the secondary profile measured in a direction that is perpendicular to the centerline is greater than a height of the primary profile measured in a direction that is perpendicular to the centerline.

Closure system for pouch or container

A container or pouch made entirely from an elastomer includes a body having a front wall and a rear wall that is connected to the front wall along a peripheral edge, and a closure system that includes a front side having a front sealing profile that includes a male closure element that extends from a thickened region and a rear side having a rear sealing profile that includes a female closure element and defining an opening into a cavity. A centerline extends through the opening, the cavity, the male closure element, and the thickened region when the closure system is in a closed configuration. The closure system includes a left tab and a right tab that each extend in an outward direction.

Container

A storage bag has a first closure profile attached to a first side surface, with the first closure profile forming a lip between an interlocking member and an edge of the first closure profile. The bag also includes a second closure profile attached to the second side surface, with the second closure profile forming a lip between an interlocking member and an edge of the second closure profile. The lips of the first and second closure profiles are visually distinct colors or different shades of a color in order to aid the user in locating the lips.

Storage bag with colored lips

A process for making a container includes the step of providing at least one of a slider, sticker, textured surface, pattern, or embossed surface along a folded web of thermoplastic material that comprises a plurality of container templates. The process also includes the step of picking up, with a turner, each container template. The turner includes one or more rotator assemblies that include a rotatable shaft and a bag-contacting surface connected to an end of the rotatable shaft. The bag-contacting surface is configured to engage a top exterior side of each container template. Additionally, the process includes the step of reorienting, with the turner, each container template. The rotatable shaft is configured to horizontally translate and rotate each container template.

System and process for making a pouch or container

A container or pouch made entirely from an elastomer includes a body having a front wall and a rear wall that is connected to the front wall along a peripheral edge, and a closure system that includes a front side having a front sealing profile that includes a male closure element, and a rear side having a rear sealing profile that includes a female closure element and defining a cavity, wherein a centerline extends through the cavity. The rear side includes an inner portion that includes the entire cavity and an outer portion. A thickness of the thickened region measured in a direction parallel to the centerline is less than 35% of a total thickness of the closure system in a closed configuration measured in a direction parallel to the centerline.

A storage bag includes first and second side surfaces that form an interior of the bag with an opening to the interior. A first closure profile connected to the first side surface and positioned adjacent to the opening has a top edge and includes an interlocking member that extends between first and second sides of the first closure profile forms a lip between the interlocking member and the top edge. A second closure profile connected to the second side surface and positioned adjacent to the opening of the bag has a top edge and includes an interlocking member. A first portion of the lip of the second closure profile smoothly transitions into a third portion of the lip of the second closure profile, and the third portion of the lip of the second closure profile smoothly transitions into a second portion of the lip of the second closure profile.

Storage bag with features that facilitate sealing and unsealing of the bag

A storage bag has first and second closure profiles adjacent to an opening of the bag. The first and second closure profiles are each provided with a closure member that extends along the length of the respective closure profile, with the closure member of the first closure profile being configured to engage with the closure member of the second closure profile to form a seal for the opening of the bag. The first closure profile further includes (a) a plurality of gripping ridges that extends from the closure member to the top edge of the first closure profile, and (b) a texture that extends in an area between the closure member and the top edge of the first closure profile, with the texture extending continuously (i) in the area between the closure member and the top edge of the first closure profile, and (ii) between each gripping ridge of the plurality of gripping ridges.

Storage bag with improved gripping features

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Greenfield, WI, United States of America

Jose Porchia