Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

Dow Agrosciences LLC

Ddp Specialty Electronic Materials Us, LLC

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Marc S Black

Chad V Schuette

Christopher J Siler

Daniel R Schroer

Brian W Walther

Jeffrey E Bonekamp

Matthew J Turpin

Fabrice Digonnet

Edward Gerard Beistle

Phillip J Howard

Richard V Baxter, Jr

Douglas K Brune

Liangkai Ma

Uriel Kluk

Peter J Schulz

Todd A Hogan

Sam L Crabtree

Daniel Ramirez

Wenbo Xu

Simon Tage Jespersen

Muhammad Ali Siddiqui

Jorge Caminero Gomes

Nicolas Cardoso Mazzola

Haley A Lowry

Jeffrey D Black

Pavan K Valavala

Piyush Soni

Mark Mirgon

Mark O Labonville

Cory M Saylor

Leigh Anne A VanSumeren

Hieu Truong

Matthew J Heath

Bin Li

Kaoru Aou

Sheng Li

Laura J Dietsche

Siddharth Ram Athreya

Kumar N Sanketh

Yibei Gu

Douglas A Brune

Amanda Craig

Jazmine Gosey

Mark H Mirgon

Leigh Anne VanSumeren

Douglas Brune

Simon Jespersen

The present disclosure provides a flexible container (). In an embodiment, the flexible container includes a front panel (), a rear panel (), a first gusseted side panel (), and a second gusseted side panel (). The gusseted side panels adjoin the front panel and the rear panel along peripheral seals () to form a chamber. The panels form (i) a top portion, (ii) a body portion, and (iii) a bottom portion. The top portion comprises a neck () and a fitment () in the neck. The front panel comprises a front handle () extending therefrom and the rear panel comprises a rear handle () extending therefrom. The front handle and the rear handle are in opposing relation to each other, the front handle and the rear handle extending over the first gusseted side panel.

Flexible container with handles

A flexible container () is disclosed. The flexible container () includes four panels (), each panel comprising a flexible multilayer film. Each flexible multilayer film is composed of a polymeric material. The four panels form (i) a body, (ii) a neck, and (iii) a handle. The handle () has an upper handle portion () and a pair of spaced-apart legs (). The legs extend from the upper handle portion to the body on opposing sides of the neck. The flexible container includes a fitment () sealed to the neck. The flexible container includes a dispensing pump () attached to the fitment. The flexible container can provide a metered dose from a dispensing pump and the dispensing pump can also function as a handle to hand-carry the flexible container.

Flexible container with dispensing pump

The present disclosure provides a flexible container. In an embodiment, the flexible container includes (A) a front panel, a rear panel, a first gusseted side panel, and a second gusseted side panel. The gusseted side panels adjoin the front panel and the rear panel along peripheral seals to form a chamber. Each peripheral seal has (i) a body seal inner edge (BSIE) with opposing ends, (ii) a top tapered seal inner edge (t-TSIE) extending from a top end of each BSIE, (iii) a neck seal inner edge (NSIE) extending from a top end of each t-TSIE, (iv) a neck arc extending between each NSIE and t-TSIE, and (v) a plane (N) extending through each neck arc. Each NSIE forms a neck angle with the plane (N), and the neck angle is from 45&#xb0; to less than 90&#xb0;.

Flexible container

A bag-in-box assembly includes a box and a flexible container filled with a flowable material. The flexible container includes a front panel, a rear panel, and gusseted side panels adjoining the front panel and the rear panel along peripheral seals. Each peripheral seal having an arcuate body seal inner edge (ABSIE) and a tapered seal inner edge extending from each end of a body seal. The ABSIE has a radius of curvature from 1.0 mm to 300.0 mm. The bag-in-box assembly includes a top perimeter, a center perimeter, and a bottom perimeter as well as an aggregate contact length (ACL) at each perimeter. A top ACL is from 50% to 90% of the top perimeter, a center ACL is from 5% to 50% of the center perimeter, and a bottom ACL is from 50% to 90% of the bottom perimeter.

Bag-in-box assembly

The present disclosure provides for a coated flexible open-cell polyurethane foam structure. The coated flexible open-cell polyurethane foam structure includes a flexible open-cell polyurethane foam having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. The coated flexible open-cell polyurethane foam structure further includes a flexible heat conductive material covering 30 to 90 percent (cov., expressed in %) of a surface area of the first major surface of the flexible open-cell polyurethane foam in a predefined shape to provide one or more gaps exposing the flexible open-cell polyurethane foam between defined edges of the flexible heat conductive material, where each gap of the one or more gaps has a gap width according to Formula I: gap width (mm)&#x2264;&#x2212;0.196&#xd7;cov. (%)+20.6 (Formula I) where a total surface area of the one or more gaps provides 70 to 10 percent of the surface area of the first major surface of the flexible open-cell polyurethane foam.

Coated open-cell polyurethane foam structures with thermal absorption capabilities

The present disclosure provides a flexible container (). In an embodiment, the flexible container includes: a front panel (), a rear panel (), a first gusseted side panel (), and a second gusseted side panel (). The gusseted side panels adjoin the front panel and the rear panel along peripheral seals () to form (i) a top portion, (ii) a body portion, and (iii) a bottom portion. The top portion comprises a neck () and a fitment () in the neck. The top portion comprises a top handle () extending above the fitment, the top handle having a reciprocal attachment member (). The bottom portion comprises a bottom handle () and a tether () extending from the bottom handle. A distal end of the tether has an attachment member (), the attachment member adapted to secure to the reciprocal attachment member.

Flexible container with tether

The present disclosure is directed to a dosing cap (). In an embodiment, the dosing cap () includes (A) a collar member (). The collar member () has an annular skirt () depending from a base ()(B). An inner surface of the skirt has a securing member for securing the collar member to a neck () of a container (). The base (B) has (i) a top surface () and a bottom surface (), (ii) a valve seat () is present on the top surface of the base. The valve seat has a center channel (), and a radial channel (), the channels extend through the base. The dosing cap includes (C) a plug member (). The plug member is composed of a polymeric material. The plug member has the following components in inter-connected relationship: a head (), a body (), a leg (), an ankle (), and a flexible foot (). The leg extends through the center channel, such that the head opposes the valve seat on the top surface of the base and the foot opposes the bottom surface of the base. The dosing cap further includes (D) a cap member () having an annular sidewall () extending from a dispensing element (). An inner surface of the annular sidewall has an attachment member adjustably attached to a reciprocal attachment member on an outer surface of skirt. The dosing cap includes (E) a metering chamber (). The metering chamber is formed by an enclosed volume between the cap member and the base. The dispensing element (F) permits flow of a fluid from the metering chamber.

Dosing cap with adjustable volume

The present disclosure provides a dosing cap. In an embodiment, the dosing cap includes (A) a collar member having an annular skirt depending from a base. An inner surface of the annular skirt has a securing member for securing the collar member to a neck of a container. The base includes (i) at least one opening with a one-way valve permitting fluid flow in a first direction, and (ii) an air channel with a one-way valve permitting fluid flow in a second direction. The dosing cap includes (B) a cap member having an annular sidewall extending from a dispensing element. An inner surface of the annular sidewall has an attachment member adjustably attached to a reciprocal attachment member on an outer surface of the first sidewall. The dosing cap includes (C) a metering chamber formed by an enclosed volume between the cap member and the base. The dosing cap includes (D) the dispensing element permitting flow of a fluid from the metering chamber.

A pest control device comprising a capacitive sensor array including a plurality of sensor pads, the capacitive sensor array being configured to generate an electrical output signal indicating the state of each sensor pad, and an electronic controller electrically connected to the capacitive sensor array, the electronic controller including a processor and a memory including a plurality of instructions, which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: receive the electrical output signals from the capacitive sensor array, determine a measured capacitance value for each sensor pad based on each electrical output signal, calculate a baseline for each sensor pad based on the measured capacitance value of the sensor pad, determine whether a difference between the measured capacitance value of at least one sensor pad and its corresponding baseline exceeds a first predetermined threshold, update a counter when the first predetermined threshold is exceeded, and record an event indicative of a presence of a pest when the counter exceeds a predetermined limit.

Pest control system and method of operating same

The present disclosure provides a flexible container. In an embodiment, the flexible container include (A) a front panel, a rear panel, a first gusseted side panel, and a second gusseted side panel. The gusseted side panels adjoin the front panel and the rear panel along peripheral seals to from a chamber. (B) Each peripheral seal has (i) an arcuate body seal inner edge (ABSIE) with opposing ends, (ii) a tapered seal inner edge (TSIE) extending from each end of the body seal. (C) The flexible container includes at least one ABSIE having a radius of curvature, Rc, from 1.0 mm to 300.0 mm.

The present disclosure provides a flexible container. In an embodiment, the flexible container includes (A) a front panel, a rear panel, a first gusseted side panel, and a second gusseted side panel. The gusseted side panels adjoin the front panel and the rear panel along peripheral seals to form a chamber. (B) Each peripheral seal has (i) a body seal inner edge (BSIE) with a bottom end and an opposing top end, (ii) a bottom tapered seal inner edge (b-TSIE) extending from the BSIE bottom end, and (iii) a top tapered seal inner edge (t-TSIE) extending from the BSIE top end. (C) The t-TSIE has a length that is at least 1.1 times greater than the length of the BSIE (in mm).

The present disclosure provides a support system. In an embodiment, the support system includes a top plate and a base plate. The top plate and the base plate have a common outer perimeter. The support system includes a support structure. The support structure supports the top plate above the base plate. The support system includes a pair of parallel rails. The parallel rails extend from the top plate outer perimeter to a closed end at a center portion of the top plate. The pair of parallel rails defines a channel. The support system includes a protrusion on each respective rail. Each protrusion extends into the channel in mirror-image relation to each other. The protrusions are located a fitment width distance away from the closed end. The protrusions and the closed end together define a filling position. The support system includes a fitment for a flexible container in the channel.

Support system for filling a flexible container

An article has a can with a valve stem and a dispensing device, the dispensing device includes a cap over the valve stem, a hollow tube extending through a slot in the cap and attached to the valve stem, a sleeve slidably extending over the hollow tube, a lever hingedly attached to the cap and operatively engaging the sleeve, an elastic feature that provides a force or causes a force to be applied to the sleeve in a direction that tries to move the sleeve to a closed position, and a sealing gasket between the sleeve and hollow tube proximate to the exit end of the hollow tube; where the sleeve seals the hollow tube when in the closed position and displacing the lever towards the can simultaneously unseals the hollow tube and tilts the valve stem, and when released allows the sleeve to restore to a closed position.

Dispenser with cap

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Midland, MI, United States of America

Marc S Black