Daniel D Evert

US Patent:

56646844, Sep 9, 1997

Filed:

Aug 30, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/521216

Inventors:

Daniel Don Evert - Vernon Hills IL

Assignee:

H.J. Heinz Company - Pittsburgh PA

International Classification:

B65D 2500

US Classification:

206769

Abstract:

A shrink wrapped package which provides improved aesthetics in the shrink wrapping of a stack of articles. A stack of articles are received within a sleeve which surrounds the stack of articles and maintains them in stacked relation. One of the end articles in the stack has sidewalls which are spaced from the sleeve. The end of the sleeve adjacent the end article has pivotable panels dependent therefrom, which are moveable from a position spaced from the sidewall of the end article into abutment with the sidewall of the end article. The articles are received in the sleeve with the panels spaced form the article sidewall, and the sleeve is then wrapped in a sheet of shrinkable material. Upon shrinkage of the shrinkable material, the material pulls the flaps into contact with the article sidewall, and the shrinkable material conforms smoothly to the contour of the sleeve without inward bending or warping of the sleeve.

US Patent:

59968869, Dec 7, 1999

Filed:

Oct 21, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/954958

Inventors:

Daniel D. Evert - Vernon Hills IL

Assignee:

Kraft Foods, Inc. - Northfield IL

International Classification:

B65D 1700

US Classification:

229243

Abstract:

The invention comprises a container, preferably of paperboard or other packaging materials, with an easy open feature including an opening tab in a wall or panel of the container for providing a dispensing aperture in the container. The opening tab is formed by a first cut line located in the inner surface of a wall or panel of the container and a second cut line located in the outer surface of the wall or panel container, offset a predetermined distance from the first cut line. The first and second cut lines create a frangible area in the wall or panel, which allows the opening tab to separate from the container wall. The frangible area further is provided with restraining portions to control and resist the inadvertent or unexpected separation of all or part of the tab from the container wall.

US Patent:

54720923, Dec 5, 1995

Filed:

Mar 30, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/220238

Inventors:

Daniel D. Evert - Vernon Hills IL

Assignee:

H. J. Heinz Company - Pittsburgh PA

International Classification:

B65D 6500

US Classification:

206497

Abstract:

A shrink wrapped package which provides improved aesthetics in the shrink wrapping of a stack of articles. A stack of articles are received within a sleeve which surrounds the stack of articles and maintains them in stacked relation. One of the end articles in the stack has sidewalls which are spaced from the sleeve. The end of the sleeve adjacent the end article has pivotable panels dependent therefrom, which are moveable from a position spaced from the sidewall of the end article into abutment with the sidewall of the end article. The articles are received in the sleeve with the panels spaced form the article sidewall, and the sleeve is then wrapped in a sheet of shrinkable material. Upon shrinkage of the shrinkable material, the material pulls the flaps into contact with the article sidewall, and the shrinkable material conforms smoothly to the contour of the sleeve without inward bending or warping of the sleeve.