Cryovac, Inc.

W. R. Grace Co.-conn.

Sealed Air Corporation (us)

Stephen Floyd Compton

Hubert J Cook

David L Ackerman

Csaba Frank Kiss

Steven T Calvert

Frank Bryan Edwards

Henry G Schirmer

Andrew W Moehlenbrock

H Walker Stockley

Scott W Beckwith

Robert A Odabashian

Richard Keith Watson

Timothy G Caudle

Howard Conner

Sumita Sanjeevi Ranganathan

Mitchell W Smith, Sr

Michael J Rosinski

Joe Milton Bowen

Diana L Huerta

Andrew Boyd Carrouth, Jr

Martin Nelson

Scott C Bossong

Roger J Morrissette

Drew V Speer

William Peyton Roberts

George Dean Wofford

Thomas Duane Kennedy

Nathanael Rustia Miranda

Charles Rice Barmore

Janet W Rivett

Richard M Dayrit

Ronald L Cotterman

Daniel L McKamy

Kenneth Chrisman

Parimal M Vadhar

Brian L Butler

Alan S Weinberg

Joseph M Ramirez

Jason G Verrett

David Wayne Grams

Greg E Harwood

H Dean Conner

William G Kuecker

Greg Grossman

Steve B Garland

Andrew B Carrouth, Jr

Andrew B Carrouth

Mitchell W Smith

Frank B Edwards

Greg Harwood

Scott Bossong

Daniel Mckamy

A heat-shrinkable packaging article has one or more tear initiators for initiating a manual tear that can be propagated to open a package and allow a product to be readily removed therefrom, without the use of a knife or scissors or any other implement. The tear initiators are present in a skirt and/or header of the article. The skirt and/or header has a first side and a second side. In one embodiment, some or all of the first side of the skirt and/or header can be heatset in order to reduce the shrink and curling of the skirt and/or header. This improves identification and utilization of the tear initiators by a consumer upon shrinking the packaging article around the product. In another embodiment, the skirt and/or header has a plurality of pairs of tear initiators to allow portions of the package to be torn off to expose a portion of the product that can then be sliced off while the remainder of the packaged product remains covered by a remainder of the film.

Easy opening packaging article made from heat-shrinkable film exhibiting directional tear

The present invention includes a dispensing system for dispensing a packaged product, e.g. a condiment, onto one or more areas. A package including a pouch having the product therein cooperates with a dispensing gun to dispense a dose of product. In various aspects the invention includes a packaging system that includes a container and a flexible package; a package with a frangible seal, the package including a flexible pouch; a dispensing assembly for dispensing a product from the package; a dispensing gun system; a method of making a package; and a method of dispensing a product. The packaging system includes a container such as a rigid sleeve, and a flexible pouch positioned within the container interior, and also includes a valve that enables the product to exit the pouch interior and be dispensed. An optional diffuser coordinates with the valve to dispense product from one or more product outlets.

Dispensing system, packaging system, package, closure system, dispensing gun system, method of making a package, and method of dispensing a product

The present invention includes a dispensing system for dispensing a packaged product, e.g. a condiment, including a pouch () having the product therein cooperates with a dispensing gun () to dispense a dose of product. In various aspects the invention includes a packaging system that includes a container () and a flexible package () with a frangible seal (), and a flexible pouch (); a dispensing assembly () for dispensing a product from the package; a dispensing gun system; a method of making a package; and a method of dispensing a product. The packaging system includes a container such as a rigid sleeve, and a flexible pouch positioned within the container interior, and also includes a valve that enables the product to exit the pouch interior and be dispensed. An optional diffuser coordinates with the valve to dispense product from one or more product outlets.

Contoured seal and contoured skirt for a flexible package

Contoured seal and straight seal for a flexible package

Contoured top and bottom seals for a flexible package

Flexible package with contoured top and bottom seals

Flexible package with two contoured seals and two seal skirts

Two contoured seals and two seal skirts for a flexible package

Two contoured seals for a flexible package

Flexible package with contoured seal and straight seal

Flexible package with two contoured seals

Flexible package with contoured seal and contoured skirt

A composite assembly useful for resisting the penetration of projectiles. The composite assembly comprises a plurality of ballistic fabric layers and a plurality of distinct films. The plurality of distinct films is adjacent the plurality of ballistic fabric layers. Each distinct film of the plurality of distinct films comprises thermoplastic polymer. Each distinct film of the plurality of distinct films has an elongational strength index of at least 800 psi.

Ballistic-resistant composite assembly

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Spartanburg, SC, United States of America

Stephen Floyd Compton