Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Zipbox License, Llc.

Kraft Foods, Inc.

W. R. Grace Co.-conn.

General Mills, Inc.

Stephen P Belko

Neil J Kozarsky

John A Caporaso

Kenny E McCracken

Eliot M Kozarsky

Frank J Kelly

Eric Paul Plourde

Robert E Hogan

Thomas Tedeschi, Jr

John P Rebhorn

John O De Mars

Pamela A Hodulik

Kevin W Grogan

Eliot Kay

John A Carporaso

Various embodiments of the container of the type with a semi-rigid or rigid container portion and reclosable header are provided.

Enhancement for package with plastic header

A combined box and resealable bag includes a paperboard box having a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of opposed side walls and a plurality of flaps capable of forming a bottom wall. The box walls have upper ends and lower ends, inside surfaces and outside surfaces. The upper end of each of the box walls is folded outwardly and downwardly so that the inside surface of each of the upper ends forms a strip that faces outwardly. The inside surfaces of the box walls, including the outwardly facing strips, have a thermal plastic coating thereon. The combination also includes a bag made of flexible plastic material having a zippered top and downwardly extending front and rear bag walls. While the box is still in its flat blank condition, the lower edge portion of the bag walls are heat sealed to the outwardly facing strips on the box blank. Thereafter, the front, rear and side walls of the box blank are expanded to form a box.

Combined box and resealable bag

Bag-on-container assemblies and bag-in-container assemblies are disclosed. The container may include a paperboard box having a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of opposed side walls, a plurality of flaps capable of forming a bottom wall and a plurality of flaps capable of forming a top wall. The inside surfaces of the box walls, including the outwardly facing strips, may have a thermal plastic coating thereon. The bag component of each type of assembly may include a closure member for to enable resealing of the bag component.

Combination container and bag

Carton with reclosable header with gusset

Carton with reclosable header with side entry

Hourglass-shaped carton with reclosable header

Container with heat seal

Container with zipper closure

A portable, single-use container for separately containing a first and second consumable products. The container includes a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment tapers at an upper portion thereof to form a spout. The spout facilitates dispensing of a contained first consumable product from the first compartment. The second compartment, in turn, tapers at an upper portion thereof to form a mouth. The mouth facilitates dispensing of a second consumable product from the second compartment. The first and second compartments are assembled to one another in a side-by-side fashion such that the spout abuts the mouth. With this configuration, during use, a first consumable product and a second consumable product can be dispensed from the container in close proximity to one another for convenient consumption. In one preferred embodiment, the first compartment contains a volume of milk and the second compartment contains a quantity of cereal.

Portable, side-by-side compartment container and method for separately storing and dispensing two consumable products, especially cereal and milk

Flexible pouch

A closable dispenser and an apparatus for dispensing a flowable product therewith are provided. The apparatus for dispensing includes a collapsible product container. The closable dispenser includes an outlet member having a base and a 3-D tip having a 3-D opening therein. The dispenser also includes a spout member having a hollow main body fixed to the container, a stopper extending from the main body and having a 3-D shape complementary to the 3-D opening of the tip, and a passage between the main body and the stopper. A mounting mechanism movably mounts the base of the outlet member about the main body of the spout member for a relative movement of the outlet member and spout member between (a) an open position allowing flow of the product where the stopper is spaced interiorly from the 3-D opening and dispensing of the product through the passage to the 3-D opening is permitted and (b) a closed position preventing flow of the product where the stopper is complementarily engaged with the 3-D opening of the tip so that most residual product is expelled from said tip and a 3-D surface which is easily cleaned of remaining residual product is provided. Preferably, the 3-D tip of the outlet member has an outer convex shape and an inner concave shape, and the 3-D shape of the stopper is convex. In addition, the 3-D opening of the tip is a plurality of slots radiating away from a central aperture at an apex of the tip.

Closable dispenser and dispensing apparatus

Packaging and dispensing system for fluid and semi-fluid cement

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Blackwood, NJ, United States of America

Stephen P Belko