Patents Assigned to Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLC
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Publication number: 20160207660Abstract: A container has a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration. The container may include a top, a bottom, and a plurality of sides to form an interior when in the folded configuration. The top may be formed of one or more panels and may include one or more tabs. The tabs may be positioned on the top at a location spaced from lateral edges of the top and/or lateral edges of the sides adjacent the top. The tabs may extend from or be formed from one or more panels forming the top, may be folded over an edge connected to the top, and engaged with a panel of the top. The container may include one or more openings in and/or through the bottom of the container, where the openings may be configured to receive tabs when containers are stacked to create stability in stacks of the containers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLCInventors: Michael Joseph Paiva, Ernest Barfield Widner, William Walter Letson
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Publication number: 20160068298Abstract: The present application provides a reinforced carton. The reinforced carton may include a number of first panels, a number of adjoining second panels, and with the first panels including one or more strength enhancing features. The one or more strength enhancing features may include a vertical fold line extending across the first panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2014Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLCInventors: John Leigh Westney, Ernest B. Widner, Theodore Andrew Samotis, Yavuz Aksan
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Patent number: 9187205Abstract: The present application thus provides a tray for use with a number of products. The tray may include a base and a lid enclosing the base. The base may include a first wall and a second wall. The lid may include a first lid tab and a second lid tab such that the first lid tab of the lid is attached to an exterior of the first wall of the base and the second lid tab of the lid is attached to the exterior of the second wall of the base.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLCInventors: Yavuz Aksan, Wayne P. Gasior, Ernest B. Widner
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Patent number: 9056694Abstract: The present application provides a stacking tray for use with a number of products. The stacking tray may include a floor, a wall extending from the floor, and a subpanel. The subpanel may extend from the wall at an angle towards the floor.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2012Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLCInventors: Yavuz Aksan, Wayne P. Gasior, Ernest Widner
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Publication number: 20150041481Abstract: The present application provides a multi-piece box. The multi-piece box may include a body blank with a number of body panels and a number of second blanks with a second blank panel. The second blanks may be attached to the body blank. One or more of the body panels may include a first dimension along a first direction, the second blanks may include a second dimension along the first direction, and the second dimension may be greater than the first dimension such that the second blank panels may create a protruding end with respect to the one or more body panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLCInventors: Christopher Evan Dean, Yavuz Aksan, Wayne P. Gasior, Ernest Barfield Widner, Khurram Ramzan Ali
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Publication number: 20140353204Abstract: The present application provides a shipping container for a number of paper reams. The shipping container may include an over-shipper carton base, a telescoping over-shipper carton lid, an inner carton with the number of paper reams positioned therein, and a thermoplastic wrapper surrounding each of the number of paper reams.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLCInventors: Julie Ann Wachler, Christopher Dean, Yavuz Aksan, Wayne P. Gasior, Eric Mohnort, Jonathan Balcos
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Patent number: 8851362Abstract: A container includes a plurality of panels integrally arranged with respect to each other and with respect to a set of orthogonal x, y and z axes, the z-axis defining a direction line in which the container is configured to support a stacking load. The plurality of panels include a first panel having a first planar surface, and a second panel having a second planar surface, wherein the first panel and the second panel form a contiguity with a fold line disposed therebetween, and wherein the first planar surface is disposed parallel to the x-z plane or the y-z plane. The container further includes a compression reinforcement feature having a planar edge oriented orthogonal to the first planar surface and perpendicular to the z-axis, the planar edge being disposed a distance away from the fold line but at a distance no greater than half a thickness of the first panel, the first panel having a void between the fold line and the planar edge.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLCInventors: Yavuz Aksan, Ernest Barfield Widner, Wayne P. Gasior
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Publication number: 20140048589Abstract: The present application provides a carton. The carton may include a first pair of opposed panels and a second pair of opposed panels. The first pair of opposed panels and the second pair of opposed panels may define a closure feature. The closure feature may include a horizontal fold line and a pair of diagonal lines positioned on each of the second pair of opposed panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLCInventor: Chester Denny Lee Garner
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Patent number: 8556278Abstract: Embodiments of Various packaging assemblies for moving a product in a carton are provided. In this regard, a representative packaging assembly, among others, includes a carton that is designed to contain the product, and a tray that is placed below the carton. The tray has at least one caster that facilitates moving the carton.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2008Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLCInventor: Jody S. Brittain
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Patent number: 8512850Abstract: A method of making a corrugating linerboard includes supplying a web of coated linerboard having a first side, a second side and a thickness defined by a distance between the first side and the second side, the first side being coated with a moisture-repellant material; and impregnating the coated linerboard with a hydrophobic material from the second side such that the hydrophobic material penetrates into the thickness of the coated linerboard.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2009Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLCInventors: Charles R. Kersnick, Rodney T. Barron, Sandeep Kulkarni, Brian J. Reilly, Ernest Widner
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Publication number: 20130092588Abstract: The present application provides a stacking tray for use with a number of products. The stacking tray may include a floor, a wall extending from the floor, and a subpanel. The subpanel may extend from the wall at an angle towards the floor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2012Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLCInventors: Yavuz Aksan, Wayne P. Gasior, Ernest B. Widner
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Patent number: 8220633Abstract: Embodiments of various stacking cartons that can be erected from a one-piece blank are provided. In this regard, a representative carton, among others, comprises a bottom wall, side walls and end walls. The side walls are foldably attached to left and right edges of the bottom wall. The end walls are foldably attached to top and bottom side edges of the bottom wall such that the side walls are located between the end walls. Each end wall is foldably attached to an end panel that is designed to fold and engage the inner surface of the end wall. The end wall is foldably attached to first reinforcing side panels at side edges of the end wall. Each first reinforcing side panel is foldably attached to a second reinforcing side panel that is designed to fold and engage the inner surface of the first reinforcing side panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLCInventor: Phil W. Weideman
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Publication number: 20120055922Abstract: A container includes a plurality of panels integrally arranged with respect to each other and with respect to a set of orthogonal x, y and z axes, the z-axis defining a direction line in which the container is configured to support a stacking load. The plurality of panels include a first panel having a first planar surface, and a second panel having a second planar surface, wherein the first panel and the second panel form a contiguity with a fold line disposed therebetween, and wherein the first planar surface is disposed parallel to the x-z plane or the y-z plane. The container further includes a compression reinforcement feature having a planar edge oriented orthogonal to the first planar surface and perpendicular to the z-axis, the planar edge being disposed a distance away from the fold line but at a distance no greater than half a thickness of the first panel, the first panel having a void between the fold line and the planar edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLCInventors: Yavuz Aksan, Ernest B. Widner, Wayne P. Gasior
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Patent number: 8087569Abstract: A tray includes a bottom panel having first, second, third and fourth edge portions. The tray further includes at least one end wall that extends perpendicularly outward from one of the first, second, third and fourth edge portions of the bottom panel, and at least one side wall that extends perpendicularly outward from another of the first, second, third, and fourth edge portions of the bottom panel. The at least one side wall is perpendicular to the at least one end wall. At least one corner extends between the at least one side wall and the at least one end wall. The at least one corner includes an outer member and an inner member. The inner member is folded onto the outer member to reinforce the at least one corner.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2009Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLCInventor: Larry Ledvina
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Publication number: 20110315749Abstract: The present invention is a corrugated wrapper for a water heater folded to form a plurality of panels. Inserts attached to an interior face of some of the side panels of the corrugated wrapper provide cushioning for the water heater. The configured corrugated wrapper provides better product protection, reducing damage that may occur during shipping and handling thereafter.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLCInventor: Jody S. Brittain
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Patent number: 8056798Abstract: A reinforced fiberboard bulk materials container is provided that has low-fiber content and is humidity resistant. According to one embodiment, a fiberboard bulk materials container includes a plurality of fiberboard sidewalls forming a storage cavity and having a compression strength of 4 to 5 times the combined weight of cartons expected to be stacked above the bulk materials container, and a moisture-resistant polymer film wrapped around the outside of the sidewalls. The polymer film may substantially cover the sidewalls and extend from the top of the container to the bottom of the container along the sidewalls.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2010Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLCInventor: Scott Clohessy
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Publication number: 20110259947Abstract: A Retail-Ready Packaging container having a substrate capable of forming panels with fold lines therebetween includes a first container portion defined by the panels of the substrate and a second container portion defined by the panels of the substrate. The first container portion and the second container portion are joined at a common region of the substrate that defines a fold line location of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLCInventor: Jody S. Brittain
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Patent number: D680425Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2012Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLCInventor: Tony J. Boswell
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Patent number: D765978Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2015Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLCInventors: Ernest B. Widner, Yavuz Aksan, Wayne P. Gasior
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Patent number: D766575Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2015Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLCInventors: Ernest B. Widner, Yavuz Aksan, Wayne P. Gasior