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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2004
Applicants:
Michael J. Trezza, Ii, Pittstown, NJ (US);
David A. Szabo, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. Trezza, II, Pittstown, NJ (US);
David A. Szabo, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 47/00 (2006.01); B65B 47/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for manufacturing a foil package from foil laminate sheet stock. The foil laminate has a top foil sheet and a bottom polymeric sheet laminated to the foil sheet. A cavity is molded into the bottom foil sheet, wherein the cavity has a bottom, a depth and a periphery, such that all of the periphery is substantially arcuate at any horizontal cross-section along the depth of the cavity. The top planar sheet is heat sealed to the bottom molded sheet. The molding process substantially reduces or eliminates curling.