Patents by Inventor Christian Esnault

Christian Esnault 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).

  • Patent number: 10005606
    Abstract: A packaging system for immobilizing one or more objects has a box having a bottom and at least four side walls and a wedge in the form of a sheet. The sheet has a central portion of a polygonal shape that is generally square or rectangular. The central portion has dimensions corresponding to the bottom of the box. The sheet has one or more flaps on each of at least two edges of the central portion. The flaps are attached by an articulation to the central portion so as to allow movement of the flaps to conform against the side walls of the box so as to fasten the wedge on the side walls of the box after the wedge has been pushed down into the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: B+ EQUIPMENT
    Inventors: Christian Esnault, Claude Durand
  • Publication number: 20170158405
    Abstract: A packaging system for immobilizing one or more objects has a box having a bottom and at least four side walls and a wedge in the form of a sheet. The sheet has a central portion of a polygonal shape that is generally square or rectangular. The central portion has dimensions corresponding to the bottom of the box. The sheet has one or more flaps on each of at least two edges of the central portion. The flaps are attached by an articulation to the central portion so as to allow movement of the flaps to conform against the side walls of the box so as to fasten the wedge on the side walls of the box after the wedge has been pushed down into the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Christian ESNAULT, Claude DURAND
  • Patent number: 9555945
    Abstract: A wedge used to wedge objects in a box the wedge being a sheet made of a rigid, resistant and foldable material, including a central portion having a polygonal shape and size substantially equivalent to those of the bottom of the box, the sheet including at least one foldable flap, attached to the central portion via folding lines or hinges, wherein the central portion is provided with multiple grooves being segments of a curve or of a straight line, along which the material is crushed and the thickness thereof is reduced, the grooves constituting folding lines inside the central portion, which facilitate the deformation of the wedge, the grooves leading to the periphery or the proximity thereof of the central portion of the wedging sheet and they are not parallel to one another or to the sides of the central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: B+ EQUIPMENT
    Inventors: Christian Esnault, Claude Durand
  • Publication number: 20150353257
    Abstract: A wedge used to wedge objects in a box the wedge being a sheet made of a rigid, resistant and foldable material, including a central portion having a polygonal shape and size substantially equivalent to those of the bottom of the box, the sheet including at least one foldable flap, attached to the central portion via folding lines or hinges, wherein the central portion is provided with multiple grooves being segments of a curve or of a straight line, along which the material is crushed and the thickness thereof is reduced, the grooves constituting folding lines inside the central portion, which facilitate the deformation of the wedge, the grooves leading to the periphery or the proximity thereof of the central portion of the wedging sheet and they are not parallel to one another or to the sides of the central portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Christian ESNAULT, Claude DURAND
  • Patent number: 6643992
    Abstract: Process for the fastening of objects into a box made of a bottom and of at least four lateral sides including introducing, into this box, a sheet of a flexible material, for example, made of cardboard, this sheet consisting of a central part having dimensions that are approximately the same as the bottom of the box, in a manner so as to be able to be displaced in a direction to the bottom of the box and, on at least two opposing sides of this central part, at least one flexible folding panel. The flexible folding panels are folded up to the top. The fastening sheet is shaped, prepared, inserted and pushed into the box until the sheet contacts the upper surface of the objects housed in the box. The folding panels are pushed back, applied and fixed, for example, by gluing, against the internal side of the lateral walls of this box, in a manner so as to create solid fixation of the fastening sheet onto the lateral walls of the box, and, as a result, the fastening of the objects housed in it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: B Plus Development (S.A.)
    Inventors: Christian Esnault, Claude Durand
  • Publication number: 20020062627
    Abstract: Process for the fastening of objects into a box made of a bottom (1e) and of at least four lateral sides (1a, 1b, 1c, . . . ), characterized in that introduced into this box (1) is a sheet (2) of a flexible material, for example, made of cardboard, this sheet consisting of a central part (2k) having dimensions that are approximately the same as the bottom (1e) of the box (1), in a manner so as to be able to be displaced in a direction to the bottom of it, and, on at least two opposing sides of this central part (2k), at least one flexible folding panel (2d, 2e, . . . ), these flexible folding panels being folded up to the top, the fastening sheet (2), shaped and prepared in this way being then inserted and pushed into the box (1) until it contacts the upper surface of the objects (3) housed in the box and its folding panels (2d, 2e, . . . ) being pushed back, applied and fixed, for example, by gluing, against the internal side of the lateral walls (1a, 1b, 1c, . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Applicant: B PLUS DEVELOPMENT (S.A.)
    Inventors: Christian Esnault, Claude Durand