Patents Assigned to Container Corporation of America
  • Spindle inner packing structure
    Patent number: 4470509
    Abstract: An inner packing structure for supporting a hollow roll in a dispensing package and comprising a pair of end panel sections and a spindle extending therefrom which includes a center panel and pairs of opposed side panels interconnecting the center panel and the end panel sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1984
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Donald F. Wischoff
  • Carton with common tray-cover components
    Patent number: 4470538
    Abstract: A folding carton formed of a pair of identical, nestable, hingeable, interlockable, tray-like body-cover components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1984
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: J. H. Heathcock, G. R. Pfieffer
  • Composite closure having frangible opening means
    Patent number: 4456146
    Abstract: A composite closure comprising a central substrate formed of a thin-gauge, metallic metal and two concentric rings being molded to the central substrate. One of the two concentric rings defines an outer ring adapted for securement to the container body. The other of the two concentric rings defines an inner ring serving as tear strip for removing a central portion of the substrate from the container. The substrate is provided with a peripheral line of tear lying between the two concentric rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1984
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Charles R. Helms
  • Reinforced multi-article carrier
    Patent number: 4453630
    Abstract: A carrier for holding a plurality of articles which includes a shell formed of relatively thin printable sheet material having a molded plastic frame bonded to the underside thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1984
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Charles R. Helms, John V. Bousum, Richard T. Walters, William H. Carr
  • Bacon package inner pad
    Patent number: 4453628
    Abstract: An inner pad for holding slices of bacon within an outer package and having a window opening and protrusions extending from the underside thereof adjacent the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1984
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Richard T. Walter
  • Composite lid
    Patent number: 4448345
    Abstract: A composite lid, for use in a sealable closure arrangement, comprising a plastic rim, a paperboard center panel, and peelable membrane removably attached to the paperboard panel, and a method of forming same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1984
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Charles R. Helms
  • Carton handle arrangement
    Patent number: 4447004
    Abstract: A paperboard carton having a top wall structure with a reinforced handle arrangement for grasping and lifting the carton. The top wall structure and handle arrangement include a pair of overlapping inner and outer panels secured to each other and having thumb and finger receiving openings spaced from each other and separated by three plies of carton material to provide additional strength in the handle area of the carton top wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1984
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Richard F. House, Karl A. Kohler
  • Peelable, sealable closure arrangement
    Patent number: 4442971
    Abstract: A peelable, sealable closure arrangement for a container body and lid adapted to insure integrity of seal when internal pressure increases within the container. The closure arrangement includes a container lid rim having a radially inward projecting lip with a sharp pointed peripheral edge capable of biting into the container body rim to insure a hermetic seal at all times between a sealable membrane and the container rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Charles R. Helms
  • Tamperproof closure
    Patent number: 4438864
    Abstract: In a tamperproof closure arrangement for a cylindrical container having an internal flange, an insertable lid including an outer skirt portion joined to a central portion by an integral hinge which permits the skirt portion to pivot relative to a base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1984
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Charles R. Helms
  • Cushioning carton
    Patent number: 4438848
    Abstract: A folding carton having an integral, internal support structure including a pair of tubular members for receiving portions of a packaged article and cushioning it by preventing it from coming in contact with the exterior walls of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1984
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: James Montealegre, James L. Rader
  • Leak resistant closure
    Patent number: 4429825
    Abstract: A generally, sift-proof or liquid-resistant container formed from a unitary sheet of paperboard having overlapped end portions secured in a single lap joint with the inner end portion presenting an upwardly facing surface for closing the space between the container body and lid in the area of the lap joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Michael A. Kipp
  • Cowboy hat
    Patent number: 4429420
    Abstract: A cowboy hat is formed from a single sheet of paperboard which is cut and scored. The cowboy hat includes a flat top portion having side edges, a generally rectangular-shaped crown section, a generally crescent-shaped crown section, a C-shaped brim section, an arcuate-shaped brim section, a first brim extension and a second brim extension. A first elliptical-shaped crown connecting portion is foldably joined between one side edge of the top portion and the rectangular-shaped crown section. A second elliptical-shaped crown connecting portion is foldably joined between the other side edge of the top portion and the crescent-shaped crown section. Interconnecting panels are foldably joined to ends of the crescent-shaped crown section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Natalie A. Wolff
  • Sift proof liner for outer container
    Patent number: 4428499
    Abstract: A collapsible sift-proof, leak-proof paperboard liner, for an outer shipping container having opposed pairs of side walls interconnected a pair of bellows members. Each of the bellow members includes a pair of first bellows elements and a pair of second bellow elements.The pair of first bellows elements are foldably joined to a lower edge of a second side wall panel on a common fold line and are foldably joined to each other on a fold line extending normal to the common fold line.The pair of second bellows elements are foldably joined to an adjacent edge of a bottom wall on a fold line overlying the common fold line and foldably joined to respective first bellows elements on diagonal fold lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1984
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: James F. Nauheimer
  • Automatically erectable liquid-tight tray
    Patent number: 4428500
    Abstract: A liquid-tight, automatically erectable, self-supported, composite paperboard and plastic tray structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1984
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Karl A. Kohler
  • Food depressor type lid
    Patent number: 4427125
    Abstract: A food depressor type lid for a container comprising a central panel having a plurality of integral, transversely extending, reinforcing ribs projecting upwardly therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1984
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Milton J. Tuitt
  • Self-cleaning valve
    Patent number: 4424917
    Abstract: A self-cleaning valve used at the outlet of a container has an elongated flexible flattenable tube with an inlet end for receiving material to be dispensed from the container and an outlet end for dispensing the material. In the at-rest condition of the valve, a section of the tube extending from the outlet end is supported between a housing surface and a closure-cleaning lever member spring-mounted on the housing so that it pivots about a fulcrum. By pressing down on one end of the lever member, the tube can be opened so that material, forced out of the container, can be dispensed from the outlet end of the tube. After the material has been dispensed, the lever member is pivoted along the outside surface of the tube pressing the tube against the housing surface so that any material remaining within the tube is forced out of the outlet end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1984
    Assignee: The Reseal Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Richard F. Berger, Greg Pardes, Bernard R. Gerber
  • Self-locking container
    Patent number: 4421267
    Abstract: A self-locking paperboard container including opposed pairs of side walls and a locking structure foldably joined to an end of one side wall for holding the container in an assembled and erected condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1983
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Donald F. Wischoff
  • Toy airplane
    Patent number: D271987
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1983
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Richard F. House
  • Gripper bar
    Patent number: D272311
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1984
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: John T. Bell, Charles W. Ashby, Alfred Hamilton
  • Display stand
    Patent number: D274491
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1984
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Gary W. Lietzke