Patents
US 8490828 B2: Comestible dispensing package
- Granted
- 2013-07-23
- Filed
- 2011-11-23 application 13303995
- Type
- Utility · 16 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A package for product pieces includes a housing having a plurality of walls forming an interior adapter to hold a plurality of product pieces. The housing has a dispensing opening in communication with the interior. A resilient member is disposed in the housing interior and is adapted to urge the product pieces toward the dispensing opening. The housing has an aperture formed in one of the plurality of walls disposed adjacent the dispensing opening to permit the product piece to be engaged and moved out of the interior through the dispensing opening.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg130723.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Foods Global, Inc. 2 patents | US company or organization | Northfield, IL | KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL, INC. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard J. Kaiser | Allentown, PA | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Francis G. Schiro | Doylestown, PA | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Allen Aldridge | South Orange, NJ | 30 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B65D | Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials, e.g. bags, barrels, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, crates, drums, jars, tanks, hoppers, forwarding containers; accessories, closures, or fittings therefor; packaging elements; packages | B65D83/0817 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-02-03 | Name change Change of name | KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLC signed 2013-05-15 | INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC EAST HANOVER, NJ | 32152/215 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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