Richard Dale Watson

Address:

3127 Atlantic Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32207

VIN:

1J4GA39198L579213

Make:

JEEP

Model:

WRANGLER UNLIMITED

Year:

2008

US Patent:

6682825, Jan 27, 2004

Filed:

Jun 6, 1994

Appl. No.:

08/254345

Inventors:

Thomas Duane Kennedy - Simpsonville SC
Richard Keith Watson - Simpsonville SC

Assignee:

Cryovac, Inc. - Duncan SC

International Classification:

B32B 2732

US Classification:

428517, 428213, 428515, 428516, 428523

Abstract:

Films containing a sealant layer composition comprising: (1) polyethylene homopolymer, and ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, and ethylene/acrylate copolymer; and (2) elastomer, plastomer, ionomer, and carboxyl-modified polyethylene; when sealed to another outer film layer comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of ionomer, ethylene/acid copolymer, ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer and ethylene/acrylate copolymer, have been discovered to provide a seal strength comparable to an ionomer to ionomer seal.

US Patent:

7056593, Jun 6, 2006

Filed:

Aug 27, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/649538

Inventors:

Thomas Duane Kennedy - Simpsonville SC, US
Richard Keith Watson - Simpsonville SC, US

Assignee:

Cryovac, Inc. - Duncan SC

International Classification:

B32B 27/32

US Classification:

428516, 428520

Abstract:

Films containing a sealant layer composition comprising:.

US Patent:

7611770, Nov 3, 2009

Filed:

Apr 21, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/408584

Inventors:

Thomas Duane Kennedy - Simpsonville SC, US
Richard Keith Watson - Simpsonville SC, US

Assignee:

Cryovac, Inc. - Duncan SC

International Classification:

B32B 7/12
B32B 27/08
B32B 27/30
B32B 27/32

US Classification:

428335EN, 428347, 428349, 428355 R, 428355 AC, 428500, 428515, 428516, 428520, 428522, 428523

Abstract:

Films containing a sealant layer composition comprising:.

US Patent:

20080292821, Nov 27, 2008

Filed:

May 16, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/152686

Inventors:

Richard M. Dayrit - Simpsonville SC, US
Robert A. Odabashian - Greer SC, US
Janet W. Rivett - Simpsonville SC, US
Thomas D. Kennedy - Simpsonville SC, US
Diana Huerta - Moore SC, US
Tom Bonner - Springdale AR, US
Rodney R. Hodgson - Greenville SC, US
Mendy W. Mossbrook - Woodruff SC, US
H. Walker Stockley - Spartanburg SC, US
Richard K. Watson - Simpsonville SC, US

International Classification:

B65B 53/02

US Classification:

428 349, 53442

Abstract:

A packaging article has 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 packaging article is made from a heat-shrinkable multilayer film having at least one layer containing an incompatible polymer blend, and/or a layer containing an inorganic filler, and/or a layer having a high Young's modulus. The film also has a Peak Load Impact Strength of at least 50 Newtons per mil, The tear initiators can be used to generate a manual machine direction tears to open the package, with the manual machine direction tear being capable of propagating in the machine direction to the opposite edge of the packaging article. A process for making a package and manually opening the package is also disclosed.

US Patent:

20090116768, May 7, 2009

Filed:

Nov 20, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/313396

Inventors:

Diana L. Huerta - Duncan SC, US
Robert A. Odabashian - Greer SC, US
Stephen F. Compton - Spartanburg SC, US
Sumita Ranganathan - Simpsonville SC, US
Michael J. Rosinski - Woodruff SC, US
H. Walker Stockley - Spartanburg SC, US
Scott C. Bossong - Greer SC, US
Richard K. Watson - Simpsonville SC, US

International Classification:

B65D 65/28

US Classification:

383207

Abstract:

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.

US Patent:

20130077899, Mar 28, 2013

Filed:

Sep 28, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/247747

Inventors:

Robert A. Odabashian - Greer SC, US
Richard K. Watson - Simpsonville SC, US

Assignee:

CRYOVAC, INC. - Duncan SC

International Classification:

B65D 65/28
B65D 33/16
B65D 65/32

US Classification:

383205

Abstract:

Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to an easy opening packaging article, such as an end-seal bag or the like, having a tear initiator and one or more grip assisters. According to various embodiments, the tear initiator and grip assisters are configured to assist a user in opening the packaging article. In particular, the grip assisters are configured to reduce the likelihood that a loose piece of plastic is generated during the opening process, and to reduce the likelihood that undesired tears in the packaging article are generated during the opening process.

US Patent:

20130156900, Jun 20, 2013

Filed:

Dec 20, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/331375

Inventors:

Sumita S. Ranganathan - Simpsonville SC, US
Rodney R. Hudgson - Greenville SC, US
Michael J. Rosinski - Woodruff SC, US
Richard Keith Watson - Simpsonville SC, US
Terry Lee Troutt - Moore SC, US
David Michael Finley - Simpsonville SC, US
Diana L. Huerta - Duncan SC, US

Assignee:

Cryovac, Inc. - Duncan SC

International Classification:

B65D 75/64
A23B 4/10

US Classification:

426123, 426125

Abstract:

A packaged product has an easy-open packaging article surrounding and adhering to a cooked meat product. The packaging article comprises a multilayer film having a first layer that is a seal layer which is an inside layer of the package and a second layer that bonds to the first layer with a bond strength of at least 36 grams per inch. The second layer, or a third layer with the second layer being between the first layer and the third layer, comprises a tear-enhancing component comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of an inorganic filler and an incompatible polymer blend. The layer comprising the filler and/or incompatible polymer blend allows the package to be torn open without delamination occurring between the seal layer and the tie layer.

US Patent:

58373586, Nov 17, 1998

Filed:

Jun 1, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/457892

Inventors:

Frank T. Bauer - Greenville SC
Thomas D. Kennedy - Summerville SC
Ram K. Ramesh - Greer SC
Paul J. Satterwhite - Simpsonville SC
John S. Sczesny - Simpsonville SC
G. Vincent Sharps - Greer SC
Richard K. Watson - Simpsonville SC

Assignee:

W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. - Duncan SC

International Classification:

B32B 702

US Classification:

428213

Abstract:

A packaged product has a cooked meat product, within a film, adhered to a meat-contact surface of the film. An anhydride functionality is present on the meat-contact surface of the film. Upon extraction in ethanol, the anhydride is extractable from the cook-in film to a level of less than 50 parts per billion. A packaged product is prepared by packaging a meat product in the cook-in film and cooking the meat product within the film so that the meat-contact surface of the film adheres to the meat product.