Robert Ray Hebert

US Patent:

7717620, May 18, 2010

Filed:

Apr 5, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/098872

Inventors:

Robert Charles Hebert - Cockeysville MD, US
Scott William Huffer - Hartsville SC, US
Barry Roland Reese - Hartsville SC, US
John A. Prizzi - Southbury CT, US

Assignee:

Sonoco Development, Inc. - Hartsville SC

International Classification:

B65D 65/32

US Classification:

383203, 383116, 383207, 383211

Abstract:

A flexible packaging laminate is formed to have a built-in opening and reclose feature by forming the laminate as a two-part structure having an outer structure joined in face-to-face relation with an inner structure. Score lines are formed in both structures to enable an opening to be formed through the laminate by lifting an opening portion (e. g. , a flap or the like) of the two structures out of the plane of the laminate. The score line through the outer structure defines a larger opening than the score line through the inner structure, such that a marginal region of the outer structure extends beyond the edge of the opening portion of the inner structure. A pressure-sensitive adhesive is used to re-adhere the marginal region to an underlying surface of the inner structure adjacent the opening through the laminate.

US Patent:

8262830, Sep 11, 2012

Filed:

Sep 9, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/556292

Inventors:

Robert Charles Hebert - Cockeysville MD, US
Scott William Huffer - Hartsville SC, US
Barry Roland Reese - Hartsville SC, US
John A. Prizzi - Southbury CT, US

Assignee:

Sonoco Development, Inc. - Hrtsville SC

International Classification:

B32B 38/04

US Classification:

156268, 156269, 156254, 156253

Abstract:

A flexible packaging laminate is formed to have a built-in opening and reclose feature by forming the laminate as a two-part structure having an outer structure joined in face-to-face relation with an inner structure. Score lines are formed in both structures to enable an opening to be formed through the laminate by lifting an opening portion (e. g. , a flap or the like) of the two structures out of the plane of the laminate. The score line through the outer structure defines a larger opening than the score line through the inner structure, such that a marginal region of the outer structure extends beyond the edge of the opening portion of the inner structure. A pressure-sensitive adhesive is used to re-adhere the marginal region to an underlying surface of the inner structure adjacent the opening through the laminate.

US Patent:

8262832, Sep 11, 2012

Filed:

Feb 21, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/031469

Inventors:

Robert Charles Hebert - Cockeysville MD, US
Scott William Huffer - Hartsville SC, US
Barry Roland Reese - Hartsville SC, US
John A. Prizzi - Southbury CT, US

Assignee:

Sonoco Development, Inc. - Hartsville SC

International Classification:

B32B 38/04

US Classification:

156268, 156269, 156254, 156253

Abstract:

A flexible packaging laminate is formed to have a built-in opening and reclose feature by forming the laminate as a two-part structure having an outer structure joined in face-to-face relation with an inner structure. Score lines are formed in both structures to enable an opening to be formed through the laminate by lifting an opening portion (e. g. , a flap or the like) of the two structures out of the plane of the laminate. The score line through the outer structure defines a larger opening than the score line through the inner structure, such that a marginal region of the outer structure extends beyond the edge of the opening portion of the inner structure. A pressure-sensitive adhesive is used to re-adhere the marginal region to an underlying surface of the inner structure adjacent the opening through the laminate.

US Patent:

20120267386, Oct 25, 2012

Filed:

Jul 6, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/542998

Inventors:

Robert Charles Hebert - Cockeysville MD, US
Scott William Huffer - Hartsville SC, US
Barry Roland Reese - Hartsville SC, US
John A. Prizzi - Southbury CT, US

Assignee:

SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. - Hartsville SC

International Classification:

B65D 51/04

US Classification:

220810

Abstract:

A flexible packaging laminate is formed to have a built-in opening and reclose feature by forming the laminate as a two-part structure having an outer structure joined in face-to-face relation with an inner structure. Score lines are formed in both structures to enable an opening to be formed through the laminate by lifting an opening portion (e.g., a flap or the like) of the two structures out of the plane of the laminate. The score line through the outer structure defines a larger opening than the score line through the inner structure, such that a marginal region of the outer structure extends beyond the edge of the opening portion of the inner structure. A pressure-sensitive adhesive is used to re-adhere the marginal region to an underlying surface of the inner structure adjacent the opening through the laminate.