US 12,330,825 B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for creating an enclosure, a regulated atmosphere, and functional treatments for perishable products
R. Craig Bowden, Honolulu, HI (US); Dung Doan, Morgan Hill, CA (US); John Williams, Hollister, CA (US); and Robert Herdeman, Loveland, OH (US)
Assigned to RLMB GROUP, LLC, Honolulu, HI (US)
Appl. No. 17/790,098
Filed by RLMB Group, LLC, Honolulu, HI (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/067731
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/138602, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,969, filed on Dec. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0059420 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B65B 1/00 (2006.01); B65B 11/04 (2006.01); B65B 31/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 31/04 (2013.01) [B65B 11/045 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for creating a treatment atmosphere in a sealed enclosure, the apparatus comprising:
a stabilizing support bar configured to be placed on or adjacent to a top sheet or a bottom sheet of the sealed enclosure that is placed on a first package side of the package; and
at least one nozzle attached to the stabilizing support bar at an angle such that, when the stabilizing support bar is placed on or adjacent to the top sheet or the bottom sheet, the at least one nozzle extends along a second package side of the package that is adjacent to the first package side, the at least one nozzle being configured to be disposed between the second package side and a wrap sheet of the sealed enclosure and to connect to a gas source to inject gas into the sealed enclosure through the at least one nozzle.