| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 383119000 | Reinforced | 25 |
| 20090154847 | LEAF COLLECTION APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to an apparatus for collecting fallen leaves or other objects. According to various embodiments, the apparatus comprises a mesh, central collection section for lying flat on the ground such that objects may be accumulated onto an upper side of an interior portion of the central collection section. The apparatus also includes an enclosure system connected to the central collection section such that an operator can enclose a peripheral portion of the central collection section around the interior portion. In that way, the objects accumulated onto the central collection section can be easily transported and subsequently emptied. The apparatus may also comprise a plurality of stiffeners connected to a lower side of the peripheral portion of the central collection section. The stiffeners may extend inward from an outer edge of the central collection apparatus and may be made of plastic. In addition, the enclosure system may comprise a plurality of grommets connected to the peripheral portion of the central collection section, a rope passing through eyelets of the grommets, and a handle connected to the rope. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090279812 | TRANSPORTABLE PACKAGE AND SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FORM THE SAME - A system and method to form a transportable package is disclosed. The method includes placing a frame on a suitable base and placing a collapsible bag inside the frame, wherein an open top portion of the collapsible bag is draped over an open top of the frame to support the collapsible bag in an open position. The collapsible bag is then filled with flowable particulate matter and a vacuum is drawn in the interior of the collapsible bag. While the vacuum is being applied, the frame is removed and the collapsible bag is spirally wrapped with a reinforcing material. The open top portion of the collapsible bag is then preferably sealed to form the transportable package. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090317024 | CONTAINER BAG FOR CONTAINING PARTICULATE MATERIAL - Disclosed is a container bag for containing particulate materials, which is prevented from being barreled and retained in a stable erect state when contents fill the container bag, whereby the container bag can maximize the loadage of the particulate materials within a limited space with stability. The container bag includes lateral walls, the particulate materials filling an inner space defined by the lateral walls, a bottom wall formed generally in a quadrangle shape and connected to the bottom ends of the lateral walls, a cover connected to the top ends of the lateral walls, and hoops connected to the top ends of the lateral walls, the cover, the lateral walls and the bottom wall being formed from a flexible material, wherein each side of the quadrangle-shaped bottom wall is recessed at the central area thereof. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100046861 | Bag With Reinforcing Features - A plastic bag with flexible sidewalls defining an interior volume for holding contents includes a reinforcing feature to resist puncture and/or rupture of the bag. The reinforcing feature may include reinforcing the portion of the bag proximate the bottom edge with additional or thicker thermoplastic material. In various embodiments, the reinforcing feature may be a strip of plastic material attached along a bottom edge of the bag, either internally or externally, to provide additional material resistant to puncture. In other embodiments, the sheet material used to produce the bag may be made with varying thicknesses. In addition, methods of manufacturing a bag with such reinforcing features in a high speed automated process are disclosed. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100260444 | REINFORCED BAG - A method of reinforcing a multi-wall bag, such as one used to hold particles or powder using corrugated or fluted cardboard inserts as well as the reinforced bag itself. The inserts are preferably constructed from flat cardboard, but may be constructed from plastic or any other suitable material. The inserts may remain flat, or they may be scored perpendicular to the flute direction in such a way as to bend when pressure is applied along the flute direction. The scoring does not penetrate through the entire depth of the cardboard. The inserts may be inserted either along the sides of the bag or along both the sides and bottom of the bag. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100316310 | Containment Systems - Containment systems are provided. In one example embodiment, a containment system is provided, the containment system comprising: a container; and a skeletal reinforcement comprised of flexible fibers. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110002561 | REINFORCED BAG - A method of reinforcing a multi-wall bag, such as one used to hold particles or powder using corrugated or fluted cardboard supports as well as the reinforced bag itself. The reinforced bags may be stacked horizontally or vertically. The supports are preferably constructed from flat cardboard, but may be constructed from plastic or any other suitable material. The supports may remain flat, or they may be scored perpendicular to the flute direction in such a way as to bend when pressure is applied along the flute direction. The scoring does not penetrate through the entire depth of the cardboard. The supports may be inserted into the bag either along the sides of the bag or along both the sides and bottom of the bag. They may also be attached to the outside of the bag along the sides and bottom in the same manner. A hybrid bag is possible wherein some of the supports appear inside the bag, and others appear outside the bag. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110038567 | Plastic bag with reinforced sides - A plastic bag includes a body having two sides. Each side of the body includes a corrugated portion having a layer unit with more than four layers. The load capacity of the plastic bag is increased due to reinforcement in structural strength at the sides by the corrugated portions. In preferred forms, the layer unit of each corrugated portion is interconnected to a bottom of the body. The layer unit of each corrugated portion has eight layers. The layer unit of each corrugated portion includes a recessed portion located inside of the body and having two sections contiguous to each other. Each section has four layers. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110052106 | Reinforced Bag - A bag has a reinforcement that is configured in a predetermined manner for reinforcing at least a portion of the bag. One or more predetermined areas of the bag may be reinforced. The bag may have one or more layers, and may be reinforced by placing and affixing reinforcing media in selected areas. The nature of the reinforcing media—its dimensions and structural properties—may be selected with respect to targeted uses of the bag. The bag may be subjected to one or more types of potentially failure-causing strain (e.g. bending, twisting, puncture, tensile, compression) during the useful life of the bag. For example, the bag may be stressed during filling the bag with product, top sealing, conveying by hand or machine, loading and stacking, transportation, storage, selling and final use by the consumer. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110069913 | WATERPROOFING DEVICE FOR MOBILE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A waterproofing device for a mobile apparatus, using a thin coaxial cable or an optical cable and capable of being applied to a portable telephone of bi-directionally openable/closable type. A waterproofing device for a mobile apparatus, adapted to connect housings to each other by a linear member. The waterproofing device is provided with seal members consisting of a rubber-like elastic material and sealing a gap between the housings, and also with a connecting member having opposite ends in the vicinities of which the seal members are integrated. The linear member is passed through the inside of the connecting member to electrically interconnect electronic parts of the housings. The connecting member has a circular tube-like shape consisting of a soft resin material. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110085750 | FOLDING COLLAPSIBLE BAG - A folding collapsible bag includes a soft collapsible bag body, a first base member and a second base member bilaterally and separately set in and affixed to the bag body for stretching the bottom side of the bag body into a planar shape, a first supporting element and a second supporting element respectively made by bending a resilient wire rod into shape and bilaterally obliquely set in and affixed to the bag body to support the periphery of the bag body in shape, and a set of matching fastening members fastenable to each other to hold the bag body in a collapsed condition when the first base member and the second base member are respectively upwardly biased toward the first supporting element and the second supporting element. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110142379 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PLASTIC BAG AND PRODUCTION THEREOF - The present invention relates to an insert for reinforcement of bags made of plastic film, comprising a star-like plastic part having at least three jaws, wherein the insert is adapted for insertion and heat-sealing at a junction inside a three-dimensional bag where at least three plastic films meet, so that each jaw extends in a direction between two films. The invention also relates to a three dimensional bag incorporating such inserts and a method of producing such a bag. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110182533 | Apparatus, System, and Method for Containing a Fluid - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for containing and dispensing a fluid. The apparatus includes a fluid receiving sleeve made of a pliable material having a structural integrity that may be overcome by a weight of a fluid when the fluid is located within the fluid receiving sleeve. A support member comprising a substantially rigid rod, having a structural integrity sufficient to support the pliable material of the fluid receiving sleeve, supports the fluid receiving sleeve along the sidewall of the fluid receiving sleeve when the support member is positioned in an engaged position. A support member coupling couples the fluid receiving sleeve with the support member along the sidewall of the fluid receiving sleeve when the support member is positioned in an engaged position. In this manner the support member maintains the structural integrity of the fluid receiving sleeve. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110229063 | Super air permeability and reinforced seams of peanuts bag (APC BAG-SBA) - All bulk bags (FIBC) are formed by U-Panel and Side Panels (if bag is circular design we use Main Body instead of U-Panel and Side Panels), Top and Discharge Spouts, Top Panel and Lifting Loops (Drawing | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110255809 | Bag with Reinforcing Features - A plastic bag with flexible sidewalls defining an interior volume for holding contents includes a reinforcing feature to resist puncture and/or rupture of the bag. The reinforcing feature may include reinforcing the portion of the bag proximate the bottom edge with additional or thicker thermoplastic material. In various embodiments, the reinforcing feature may be a multi-layer strip of plastic material attached along a bottom edge of the bag, either internally or externally, to provide additional material resistant to puncture. The reinforcing feature may be adhesively bonded, heat bonded, or cold bonded to the bag sidewalls. In other embodiments, the sheet material used to produce the bag may be made with varying thicknesses. In addition, methods of manufacturing a bag with such reinforcing features in a high speed automated process are disclosed. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110305409 | Self-Supporting Bladder System for a Double Wall Tank - A self-supporting bladder that can be installed into existing storage tanks, particularly into underground storage tanks and a method of forming a double walled tank using the same. This self-supporting bladder serves as the inner wall, utilizing the existing tank as the outer wall of a double wall system, or can provide a double wall system such as through the use of an insert placed in the bladder. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110317944 | BACKING PLATE FOR STORAGE BAGS AS WELL AS STORAGE BAG AND STORAGE BOX WITH THE SAME - The present invention discloses a backing plate for storage bags as well as a storage bag and a storage box with the same. With this backing plate including a backing plate body, a trapezoid or triangular edge fold is formed as an extension to one end of the backing plate body, and another trapezoid or triangular edge fold as an extension to the other end of the backing plate body. With the backing plate arranged in the storage bag and the storage box, there are no requirements for the two edge folds extended outwards at the bottom of the storage bag. This will not only strengthen the stereoscopic perception of the storage bag, but also save materials and reduce the production cost, better satisfying the users' requirements. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317945 | Bag - A thermoplastic bag may include a sidewall that may have a plurality of first and second ribs formed therein. The first ribs may be longer in length but shorter in height than the second ribs. The second ribs may be arranged in discrete networks that appear superimposed over the first ribs. The second ribs may normally remain in a bent-over configuration. When a force is applied, the second ribs may expand the area of the sidewall so that the bag may easily accommodate large objects. To produce the bag, a thermoplastic web may be directed between opposing first and second rollers. One of the rollers may include ridges that may have first and second segments of differing heights that correspond to the differing heights of the first and second ribs. The formation of the first ribs may increase the width of the web. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120033902 | HOUSEHOLD STORAGE CONTAINER - A combined storage apparatus comprises a vacuum storage bag and a storage container is provided. The bottom of the vacuum storage bag forms a stiffened surface. A flexible walled container with sidewalls has pockets formed in two opposing sidewalls and stiffening panels placed into the pockets to stiffen the sidewalls during use while folding flat for shipping. The stiff bottom of the vacuum bag cooperates with the stiffened sidewalls to form a container that can be stacked. After the vacuum storage bag contains an article and is vacuumed, the vacuum storage bag is then placed into the storage container and helps support the side walls to facilitate stacking of the containers. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120099809 | PROTECTIVE DEVICE FOR A DRAINING VALVE FITTED ON BAGS INTENDED FOR THE TRANSPORT AND HANDLING OF LIQUID OR QUASI-LIQUID SUBSTANCES - The invention relates to a protective device ( | 04-26-2012 |
| 20130028542 | Incrementally Stretched Films with Enhanced Properties and Methods for Making the Same - Methods of enhancing one or more physical properties of a thermoplastic film include incrementally stretching thermoplastic films in the machine direction and/or transverse direction. In one or more implementations, methods of incrementally stretching thermoplastic films include reducing the gauge of the films without reducing the films' machine-direction tear resistance. The methods can involve cold stretching the films and imparting rib patterns into the film. The linear ribs can have alternating thick and thin gauges. Incrementally stretched thermoplastic films can have a machine-direction tear resistance that is approximately equal to or greater than the machine-direction tear resistance of the film prior to stretching. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130259408 | Incrementally-Stretched Thermoplastic Films With Enhanced Look and Feel and Methods for Making The Same - Methods of increasing the perceived thickness and strength of a thermoplastic film include incrementally stretching thermoplastic films in the machine direction. In one or more implementations, methods of incrementally stretching thermoplastic films include reducing the gauge of the films while increasing a loft of at least a portion of the film. The methods can involve cold stretching the films and imparting rib patterns and alternating peaks and valleys into the film. The linear ribs can have alternating thick and thin gauges. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20140169705 | METHOD FOR TEMPORARILY INCREASING THE RESISTANCE TO VERTICAL COMPRESSION OF A BAG FOR TRANSPORTING AND HOLDING LIQUIDS AND QUASI-LIQUIDS, AND RESULTING BAG - The invention relates to a method for temporarily increasing the resistance to vertical compression of a bag for transporting and holding liquids and quasi-liquids, intended for a bag having the general shape of a cube and including receptacles of each of the corners thereof. The method consists in choosing four inflatable cushioning pouches for each bag, said pouches being elongate and having length, width and extension dimensions corresponding to the length, width and internal volume of the receptacles in the bag. Next, the four cushioning pouches are introduced into the four receptacles and are subsequently inflated, thereby trapping same in a vertical position in which they can resist compression along the vertical axis thereof. The resulting bag is characterized in that the receptacles in the four corners of the bag are each provided internally with a cushioning pouch which is optionally rigidly secured to the bag. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140199002 | POUCH ANTI-SAG MEASURES - The flexible pouch includes a first outer panel and a second outer panel. The first panel and the second panel each having an outer peripheral edge and the first outer panel and the second outer panel connected at least partially at the outer peripheral edge of the first panel and at the outer peripheral edge of the second panel. A seal is disposed on at least a portion of an outer peripheral edge of the flexible pouch. A reinforcement is provided positioned adjacent to or on the seal of the flexible pouch operable to support the first outer panel and the second outer panel. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140376834 | Insert Assembly for Beverage Container - An insert assembly (fitment) includes a container mounting element, a spout element carried by the mounting element, at least one support element and a grasp element suspended by the support element(s) below the mounting element. The grasp element provides a skeleton within a pouch-type flexible container, against which a user can grasp and squeeze the flexible container for mixing or drinking Optionally or alternatively, a mixing element is suspended by the support element(s). The mixing element impinge upon at least a portion of fluid within the container to create turbulence, thereby promoting mixing of powdered material disposed within the container. | 12-25-2014 |
