Patents by Inventor David M. Hanna

David M. Hanna 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).

  • Publication number: 20140332542
    Abstract: A container including a compartment for holding food, such as pizza. The compartment has a bottom wall, side walls and a top wall defining an exterior surface and an interior surface. The compartment is formed of a single piece of paper. The single piece of paper has an outer planar layer, a middle fluted layer, a middle planar layer and an inner fluted layer all fixedly connected together. The outer planar layer forms the exterior surface of the compartment and the inner fluted layer forms the interior surface of the compartment such that the interior surface is fluted. Food can be placed on the bottom wall and on the inner fluted layer to allow moisture and grease to separate from the food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventor: David M. HANNA
  • Patent number: 6685085
    Abstract: A food container formed from a foldable blank of corrugated cardboard into a box-like configuration for transport and/or storage of a food product such as pizza or the like. The container incorporates therein tamper-resistant features adjacent the front corners, including a pair of inwardly foldable locking walls provided on the bottom part of the container which cooperate with upright tabs located on the top part which prevent opening of the container. An additional pair of tabs are provided on the top part of the container which block access to the folded locking walls, which tabs are then removed by the consumer to open the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Arvco Container Corporation
    Inventor: David M. Hanna
  • Patent number: 6685026
    Abstract: A container which is formed from a one-piece blank so as to define a pair of side wall structures which support a fragile article in spaced relation from all external sides of the container. The side wall structures are folded so as to form generally tubular configurations which define respective elongate channels disposed in opposed relation with one another on opposite sides of the container. Opposite edges of the article are inserted into the respective channels so as to be spaced from the top, bottom and all sides of the container to provide protection against impact, for example during storage or transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Arvco Container Corporation
    Inventor: David M. Hanna
  • Publication number: 20030150903
    Abstract: A food container formed from a foldable blank of corrugated cardboard into a box-like configuration for transport and/or storage of a food product such as pizza or the like. The container incorporates therein tamper-resistant features adjacent the front corners, including a pair of inwardly foldable locking walls provided on the bottom part of the container which cooperate with upright tabs located on the top part which prevent opening of the container. An additional pair of tabs are provided on the top part of the container which block access to the folded locking walls, which tabs are then removed by the consumer to open the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventor: David M. Hanna
  • Patent number: 5921466
    Abstract: A food container formed from a foldable blank of corrugated cardboard into a box-like configuration for transport of a food product therein such as pizza. The food container includes upper and lower portions which are swingable towards and away from one another to define closed and open configurations of the box. The lower portion of the container has a generally planar bottom wall from which a pair of elongate side walls and front and rear side walls fold upwardly and angle outwardly relative thereto. The angled orientation of the side walls permits nesting of partially assembled containers one within the other in a vertically stacked configuration. The upper portion of the container includes a generally planar top wall from which a pair of side walls fold downwardly along side edges thereof. Each of these side walls includes an outwardly projecting locking tab which engages within a correspondingly located rear slot formed in the lower portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Arvco Container Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Speese, David M. Hanna
  • Patent number: 5899377
    Abstract: A wrapper-type box for transporting a sandwich. The box is formed from a one-piece flat blank of stiff but foldable cardboard. The blank has a main part with a plurality of parallel fold lines which divide the main part into four adjacent side walls. The main part is folded about the fold lines to assume an elongate tubular body of rectangular configuration. An edge flap and a top wall overlap and have cooperating locking tabs and slots to secure the main part in an assembled condition The edge flap also has a looplike handle formed therein. The one-piece blank also includes a pair of flaps associated with and projecting outwardly from each end. To effect closure of the end of the tubular body, the pair of flaps are folded inwardly into the box interior through a sufficient angle so that a tab on one flap passes over the other flap and projects into a slot provided on the other flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Arvco Container Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Speese, David M. Hanna