Patents Examined by Latrice Byrd
  • Patent number: 7597242
    Abstract: The present invention is a container for use in baking and shipping food items. The container is formed of a paperboard material and includes a heat-resistant coating applied to all of the interior surfaces of the container. The coating enables a number of food items to be positioned within the container in contact with the coating such that the container and food items can be baked to properly prepare the food items therein. After baking, the container and food items can then be wrapped or otherwise packaged for shipment without transferring the food items to a separate shipping container. The container also includes a pair of end walls that are movable with respect to the container between retaining and dispensing positions to enable the container to be configured as serving tray for the items contained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Innovative Fiber, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey S. Covelli
  • Patent number: 7540405
    Abstract: A paper container for fluid including a spout plug, in which the spout plug is formed of a spout positioned on a spout hole part for cutting and opening and incorporates a rotary opening blade and a cap. The spout plug is fitted to a top panel, which includes the spout hole part for cutting and opening in which a spout hole is formed in a paper base material and is sealed by a sealing layer. The contained further including a cut and opened piece fall prevention mechanism produced when the sealing layer is cut and opened by the rotary opening blade of the spout plug and capable of preventing a part of the cut and opened piece of the sealing layer from being cut off and giving hinge function to the uncut part of the cut and opened piece in the spout hole part for cutting and opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Nippon Paper-Pak Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Sase, Susumu Onodera, Kenji Tanaka, Shigekazu Miyagawa, Eiichi Asoi