Patents by Inventor Edward E. Smith, Jr.

Edward E. Smith, 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).

  • Tier sheet
    Patent number: 7089871
    Abstract: A tier sheet for supporting a plurality of containers disposed in rows on the tier sheet and for supporting and separating a plurality of tiers of the containers to provide a tiered stack of the containers. Projections at the edge portions of the tier sheet extend from and above an upper surface and extend from and below a lower surface of the tier sheet sufficiently to impede lateral movement of an outside container disposed at an outside row from displacing the outside container from the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Covalence Specialty Materials Corp.
    Inventor: Edward E. Smith, Jr.