Patents Examined by Johanny D. Cherry
  • Patent number: 6488322
    Abstract: An article carrier and blank for forming an article carrier for accommodating a plurality of articles, for example, bottles having a trapezoidal cross section. The carrier comprises a top, a base and opposed sides interconnecting the top and the base wherein one or more of the side walls are placed in an acute angular relationship with respect to the base. The carrier is collapsible along a supplemental hinged connection formed in the base thereby to enable the carrier to move between flat collapsed and set up conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventor: Martinus C. M. Bakx
  • Patent number: 5320363
    Abstract: A post hole digger having a bracket plate, a first shaft assembly and a second shaft assembly, each shaft assembly with a first end and a second end. The first ends of the shaft assemblies are connected to the bracket plate. A pair of handles are pivotally attached to the first ends, and a pair of digging blades are pivotally attached to the second ends of the shaft assemblies. As the handles are rotated with respect to one another, the first shaft assembly moves axially with respect to the second shaft assembly to open and close the digging blades. The shaft assemblies are held in spaced relation to one another during operation of the digger so that the hole has an approximately constant diameter. A detent mechanism is provided for indicating when the digging blades are oriented approximately parallel to one another for insertion into the ground. Extension rods increase the operating length of the shafts to allow digging deeper holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Inventor: Francis L. Burnham