Rachel L Conrad

US Patent:

20060027637, Feb 9, 2006

Filed:

Jan 25, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/041730

Inventors:

Rachel Conrad - Gilbertsville PA, US
Josephine Forman - Pennsburg PA, US

International Classification:

B65D 65/26

US Classification:

229087050

Abstract:

Novel package wrappers made of humidity resistant plastic, utilizing a teartape disposed proximate to, but spaced inward from, one edge of the package, extending substantially linearly continuously about three adjacent sides. The teartape in one form of the invention is a separate tape adhered to the package wrapper, and in another form of the invention is integral with and formed from the package wrapper itself. The package is completely sealed but does not require the use of any tool to open it. After the teartape has been removed, fingers or a thumb may be inserted beneath the revealed torn edge of the wrapper and the wrapper torn downward through slits in the then exposed portions of the ends of the package wrapper which had been previously overlaid by the teartape ends, such slits being concealingly disposed and sealed beneath the overlying ends of the intact wrapper before removal of the teartape. By locating the teartape fairly closely to one edge of the package and providing the underlying tear down slits in the package wrapper ends, the intact upper corners of the opened package are able to slide smoothly over and down around the corners of the contained product without exerting any substantial pressure thereon, so that no corner curling force is exerted on the sheets sufficient to cause corner distortion. The wrapper is quickly and easily removable from the contents, so that the dry undistorted paper may be quickly loaded into a copy machine.

US Patent:

20190071220, Mar 7, 2019

Filed:

Mar 9, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/917351

Inventors:

Josephine Anne Forman - Gilbertsville PA, US
Rachel Conrad - Gilbertsville PA, US
Joseph Corcoran - Conshohocken PA, US
Jacob Greth - West Lawn PA, US
Lisa Oberholtzer - East Greenville PA, US
Paul Nedwick - Landsdale PA, US

International Classification:

B65D 33/20
B65D 75/70
B65D 75/58

Abstract:

A tamper-evident package utilizes a transparent resealable adhesive structure such as a tape or a label to cover the closure opening. Upon a first opening of the package frangible portions of the package front between adjacent disconnected arcuate cuts are torn. This results in a package which is visually tamper-evident after a first opening. A series of disconnected arcuate cuts comprising an apex and two free ends are arranged in laterally extending opposing top and bottom rows. In one case the cuts have portions of their distal free ends which overlap vertically and are parallel and aligned with the longitudinal axis of the package. The cuts are preferably centered laterally and are flanked on the right and left sides by two continuous wavy slits. One row of the cuts can comprise cup shaped cuts with a flat linear portion of each cut lying along its apex.

US Patent:

20190071221, Mar 7, 2019

Filed:

Sep 6, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/696492

Inventors:

Josephine Anne Forman - Gilbertsville PA, US
Rachel P. Conrad - Gilbertsville PA, US
Joseph Corcoran - Conshohocken PA, US
Jacob Greth - West Lawn PA, US
Lisa Oberholtzer - East Greenville PA, US
Paul Nedwick - Landsdale PA, US

International Classification:

B65D 33/34
B65D 33/00
B65D 33/20
B65D 77/30

Abstract:

A tamper-evident package utilizes a transparent resealable adhesive structure such as a tape or a label to cover the closure opening. Upon a first opening of the package frangible portions of the package front between adjacent arcuate cuts and slits defining the opening are torn. This tearing distorts the packaging film so that re-registration of the opposing lateral edges upon reclosing is not possible. This results in a package which is visually tamper-evident. The tamper-evident condition can be enhanced by graphics or other printing on the front of the package in the area of the closure to make the misalignment of a resealed closure viewed through the transparent structure more visually apparent. In one embodiment of the invention a series of arcuate cuts are centered laterally and are flanked on the right and left sides by two continuous wavy slits which form a portion of the closure opening.