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US 8,464,898 · App. 10/595,776 · Granted Jun 18, 2013

Moisture-tight edible film dispenser and method thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,464,898
App. No.
10/595,776
Granted
Jun 18, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A film dispenser for dispensing individual strips of film comprising a main housing with an integrally attached hinged lid, wherein the housing and lid are one injection molded part that interfaces with a body and, when the closed, the lid creates a moisture tight seal with the main housing, the lid having a flexible arm attached to an underside of the lid, an opening in a topside of the main housing where a portion of the opening acts as a hinge point for the flexible arm, and, when the lid is opened, the arm assists in pushing or pulling the film out of the package; the body that is attached to the main housing to form a moisture tight seal with the main housing; and an indexing finger composed of an elastomer and attached to the underside of the hinged lid, the finger interacts with the flexible arm to dispense the individual strips.

Claims (1)

1. A method of indexing individual strips of film comprising the steps of: closing a lid of a film dispenser that results in pushing a flexible arm, which is located on an underside of the lid, through a “T” shaped opening in a housing and past a hinging point in the opening; raising the lid that results in the flexible arm being pulled forward as the arm is prevented from moving upwards by the hinging point and, as such, the flexible arm rides in a channel of the “T” shaped opening; and contacting the film strip with the arm so that an individual film strip, which is on top of a stack of film strips in the housing, is dispensed with the flexible arm.

Assignments (14)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2018
From: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: CSP TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA, LLC (F/K/A CV HOLDINGS, L.L.C.); TOTAL INNOVATIVE PACKAGING, INC.; CAPITOL PLASTIC PRODUCTS, L.L.C.; CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; CAPITOL CUPS, INC.; CV PARTNERS
Reel/Frame 046991/0095 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2015
From: CAPITOL CUPS, INC.; TOTAL INNOVATIVE PACKAGING, INC.; CSP TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA, LLC (F/K/A CV HOLDINGS, LLC); CAPITOL PLASTIC PRODUCTS, L.L.C.; CV PARTNERS
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 035421/0366 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 19, 2015
From: CV HOLDINGS, L.L.C.
To: CSP TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA, LLC
Reel/Frame 035225/0593 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2015
From: CYPRIUM INVESTORS IV LP
To: CV HOLDINGS, L.L.C; CAPITOL CUPS, INC.; CAPITOL MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.; CAPITOL PLASTIC PRODUCTS, L.L.C.; CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; CV PARTNERS; TOTAL INNOVATIVE PACKAGING, INC.
Reel/Frame 035105/0796 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2015
From: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
To: CV HOLDINGS, L.L.C; CAPITOL CUPS, INC.; CAPITOL MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.; CAPITOL PLASTIC PRODUCTS, L.L.C.; CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; CV PARTNERS; TOTAL INNOVATIVE PACKAGING, INC.
Reel/Frame 035104/0430 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 10, 2014
From: CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: CYPRIUM INVESTORS IV LP, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 031968/0321 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 10, 2013
From: CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 031200/0894 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN PATENTS Recorded Sep 12, 2012
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: CV HOLDINGS, L.L.C.; CAPITOL PLASTIC PRODUCTS, L.L.C.; CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; CAPITOL MEDICAL DEVICES, INC. (F/K/A CAPITOL INSULATED PRODUCTS, INC.); CAPITOL CUPS, INC.; TOTAL INNOVATIVE PACKAGING, INC.
Reel/Frame 028948/0746 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 7, 2012
From: CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 028912/0316 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 4, 2012
From: CRATOS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
To: CV HOLDINGS, L.L.C.; CAPITOL PLASTIC PRODUCTS, L.L.C.; CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; CAPITOL INSULATED PRODUCTS, INC.; CAPITOL CUPS, INC.
Reel/Frame 028318/0412 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2008
From: CV HOLDINGS, L.L.C.; CAPITOL PLASTIC PRODUCTS, L.L.C.; CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; CAPITOL INSULATED PRODUCTS, INC.; CAPITOL CUPS, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 021701/0037 →
CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC., A DE CORP. AND SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC., AN AL CORP. AND ASSIGNOR UNDER PATENT SECURITY ASSIGNMENT DATED 9/22/06, RATIFIES, CONFIRMS AND CONTINUES AGENT'S SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT COLLATERAL. Recorded Mar 13, 2008
From: CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: CRATOS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Reel/Frame 020645/0061 →
MERGER Recorded Sep 19, 2007
From: CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC., AN AL CORPORATION
To: CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC., A DE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019847/0643 →
PATENT COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 3, 2006
From: CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: CRATOS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 018338/0160 →