IP Library Granted Patent US 8,156,715
Granted Patent B2
US 8,156,715 · App. 11/852,581 · Granted Apr 17, 2012

Method of storing and dispensing paper in a ream wrap

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Patent No.
US 8,156,715
App. No.
11/852,581
Granted
Apr 17, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A packaging for reams of cut paper involving tear tapes made of plastic or paper maternal inserted into the ream wrap. The tear tapes may be pulled to tear off and open one end of the wrapped ream, leaving the remaining packaging intact to serve as a storage and dispenser for partial reams of paper.

Claims (10)

1. A method of storing and dispensing paper in a ream wrap having a tear tape, which comprises:

pulling the tear tape across the ream wrap and tearing an opening in a section of said ream wrap through which the paper is dispensed wherein said section and said ream wrap remain connected together while the paper is dispensable through said opening;

said section and said ream wrap are undivided from each other by either said tear tape or said opening; and

a bottom and four sides of said ream wrap are connected together and are each unopened by either said tear tape or said opening.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein said tear tape comprises a non-coated strip of paper or film that is heat-sealed onto said ream wrap.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 , comprising:

pulling the tear tape located on a top of said ream wrap, and tearing the opening only in the top of said ream wrap.

4. The method as recited in claim 3 , wherein said tear tape comprises a non-coated strip of paper or film that is heat-sealed onto said ream wrap.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 , comprising:

removing said section of the ream wrap from the paper in said ream wrap, without removing said section of the ream wrap from said ream wrap.

Assignments (12)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2026
From: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION), AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: AMPAC HOLDINGS, LLC; AMPAC HOLDCO, INC.; AMPAC FLEXIBLES, LLC; AMPAC FLEXICON, LLC; AMPAC MOBILE HOLDINGS, LLC; AMPAC PACKAGING, LLC; AMPAC PAPER, LLC; AMPAC PLASTICS, LLC; BONITA PACKAGING PRODUCTS, INC.; CEI HOLDINGS, LLC; COATING EXCELLENCE INTERNATIONAL, LLC; GATEWAY PACKAGING COMPANY LLC; JEN-COAT, INC.; MOHAWK NORTHERN PLASTICS, LLC; POLYFIRST PACKAGING, INC.; PROAMPAC HOLDINGS INC.; PROAMPAC ORLANDO INC.; PROAMPAC PG BORROWER LLC; PROAMPAC PG INTERMEDIATE LLC; PROAMPAC REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LLC; PROAMPAC ROCHESTER LLC; PROLAMINA CORPORATION; PROLAMINA MIDWEST CORPORATION; TRINITY PACKAGING CORPORATION; TULSACK LLC; TWISTED PAPER PRODUCTS, INC.; VITEX PACKAGING, INC.; PAC WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075021/0794 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2023
From: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: AMPAC FLEXIBLES, LLC; AMPAC FLEXICON, LLC; AMPAC HOLDCO, INC.; AMPAC HOLDINGS, LLC; AMPAC MOBILE HOLDINGS, LLC; AMPAC PACKAGING, LLC; AMPAC PAPER, LLC; AMPAC PLASTICS, LLC; APC PAPER COMPANY, INC.; APC PAPER COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.; BONITA PACKAGING PRODUCTS, INC.; CEI HOLDINGS, LLC; COATING EXCELLENCE INTERNATIONAL, LLC; EL DORADO PACKAGING, INC.; GATEWAY PACKAGING COMPANY LLC; JANNEL MANUFACTURING INC.; JEN-COAT, INC.; MOHAWK NORTHERN PLASTICS, LLC; POLYFIRST PACKAGING, INC.; PRAIRIE STATE IMPRESSIONS, L.L.C.; PROAMPAC HOLDINGS INC.; PROAMPAC ORLANDO INC.; PROAMPAC PG BORROWER, LLC; PROAMPAC PG INTERMEDIATE LLC; PROAMPAC REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LLC; PROAMPAC ROCHESTER LLC; PROLAMINA CORPORATION; PROLAMINA MIDWEST CORPORATION; TRINITY PACKAGING CORPORATION; TULSACK LLC; TWISTED PAPER PRODUCTS, INC.; VITEX PACKAGING, INC.
Reel/Frame 065239/0079 →
ASSIGNMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENTS Recorded Oct 6, 2023
From: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS PREDECESSOR AGENT
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR AGENT
Reel/Frame 065165/0919 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2023
From: AMPAC FLEXIBLES, LLC; AMPAC FLEXICON, LLC; AMPAC HOLDCO, INC.; AMPAC HOLDINGS, LLC; AMPAC MOBILE HOLDINGS, LLC; AMPAC PACKAGING, LLC; AMPAC PAPER, LLC; AMPAC PLASTICS, LLC; APC PAPER COMPANY, INC.; APC PAPER COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.; BONITA PACKAGING PRODUCTS, INC.; CEI HOLDINGS, LLC; COATING EXCELLENCE INTERNATIONAL, LLC; EL DORADO PACKAGING, INC.; GATEWAY PACKAGING COMPANY LLC; JANNEL MANUFACTURING INC.; JEN-COAT, INC.; MOHAWK NORTHERN PLASTICS, LLC; POLYFIRST PACKAGING, INC.; PRAIRIE STATE IMPRESSIONS, L.L.C.; PROAMPAC HOLDINGS INC.; PROAMPAC ORLANDO INC.; PROAMPAC PG BORROWER, LLC; PROAMPAC PG INTERMEDIATE LLC; PROAMPAC REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LLC; PROAMPAC ROCHESTER LLC; PROLAMINA CORPORATION; PROLAMINA MIDWEST CORPORATION; TRINITY PACKAGING CORPORATION; TULSACK LLC; TWISTED PAPER PRODUCTS, INC.; VITEX PACKAGING, INC.
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063091/0264 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2021
From: AMPAC FLEXIBLES, LLC; AMPAC FLEXICON, LLC; AMPAC HOLDCO, INC.; AMPAC HOLDINGS, LLC; AMPAC MOBILE HOLDINGS, LLC; AMPAC PACKAGING, LLC; AMPAC PAPER, LLC; AMPAC PLASTICS, LLC; BONITA PACKAGING PRODUCTS, INC.; CEI HOLDINGS, LLC; COATING EXCELLENCE INTERNATIONAL, LLC; GATEWAY PACKAGING COMPANY LLC; JEN-COAT, INC.; MOHAWK NORTHERN PLASTICS, LLC; POLYFIRST PACKAGING, INC.; PROAMPAC HOLDINGS INC.; PROAMPAC ORLANDO INC.; PROAMPAC PG BORROWER LLC; PROAMPAC PG INTERMEDIATE LLC; PROAMPAC REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LLC; PROAMPAC ROCHESTER LLC; PROLAMINA CORPORATION; PROLAMINA MIDWEST CORPORATION; TRINITY PACKAGING CORPORATION; TULSACK LLC; TWISTED PAPER PRODUCTS, INC.; VITEX PACKAGING, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 055139/0731 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT R/F 40997/0052 Recorded Dec 16, 2020
From: ANTARES CAPITAL, LP, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: COATING EXCELLENCE INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 054789/0751 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (FIRST LIEN) Recorded Dec 16, 2016
From: COATING EXCELLENCE INTERNATIONAL, LLC
To: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 040997/0001 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (SECOND LIEN) Recorded Dec 16, 2016
From: COATING EXCELLENCE INTERNATIONAL, LLC
To: ANTARES CAPITAL LP, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 040997/0052 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2016
From: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
To: COATING EXCELLENCE INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 040368/0810 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2016
From: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
To: COATING EXCELLENCE INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 040368/0947 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2015
From: COATING EXCELLENCE INTERNATIONAL, LLC
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS THE COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 037349/0016 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2015
From: COATING EXCELLENCE INTERNATIONAL, LLC
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, AS THE COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 037348/0723 →