ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,749, issued on April 7, was assigned to AMCOR FLEXIBLES NORTH AMERICA INC. (Neenah, Wis.).
"Recyclable bag" was invented by Melissa Kanzelberger Coolich (Hortonville, Wis.) and Kylie C. Hartford (Appleton, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quad-seal package has a front panel, back panel, first side panel, and second side panel formed from a recyclable packaging film. The recyclable packaging film includes a machine-direction oriented, polyethylene-rich exterior film and a polyethylene-based interior film. The quad-seal package, when containing a granular product, resists rupture when dropped according to ASTM D5276-98 test proced...