Patents by Inventor Arthur R. Slaters, Jr.

Arthur R. Slaters, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Container carrier string
    Patent number: 8418844
    Abstract: A generally continuous string of container carriers typically forming a package of fan-folded container carriers wherein the generally continuous string of container carriers are folded within a carton along a first attachment area and a second attachment area between adjacent container carriers of the plurality of container carriers and perforations are formed at least partially across the first attachment area and the second attachment area and include a series of small cuts and dividing apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur R. Slaters, Jr., George E. Waldo, II, Leslie S. Marco, Robert C. Olsen
  • CONTAINER CARRIER STRING
    Publication number: 20100140121
    Abstract: A generally continuous string of container carriers typically forming a package of fan-folded container carriers wherein the generally continuous string of container carriers are folded within a carton along a first attachment area and a second attachment area between adjacent container carriers of the plurality of container carriers and perforations are formed at least partially across the first attachment area and the second attachment area and include a series of small cuts and dividing apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur R. Slaters, JR., George E. Waldo, II, Leslie S. Marco, Robert C. Olsen
  • Method and apparatus for storing and dispensing container carriers
    Patent number: 6068125
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for packaging planar container carriers. A package of fan folded container carriers having a carton with vertical walls and a moveable platform positioned with respect to a bottom of the carton. Stacks of fan folded planar container carriers are then positioned in the cartons using a method for packaging wherein each stack of fan folded planar container carriers are secured with dividers positioned within the cartons. At least one carton is positioned on a base of the package to accommodate at least one additional stack of container carriers. The method is performed so that the package accommodates successive stacks of container carriers to form a generally continuous strip of container carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur R. Slaters, Jr., Victor I. Deonarine, F. Ronald Seager, Dennis J. Boyd
  • Structural panel
    Patent number: 4612225
    Abstract: A unitary, structural panel of a thermoplastic material and a method of forming same are disclosed. The panel includes planiform webs that traverse the full thickness dimension of the panel and define a plurality of elongated, open channels that are substantially in axial alignment with one another. One or more layers of an expanded blank are pared to form the structural panel of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1986
    Assignee: Signode Corporation
    Inventors: Don E. Graffam, Lawrence L. Lezon, Arthur R. Slaters, Jr.