Patents by Inventor Gerald Weitzel

Gerald Weitzel 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: 3935943
    Abstract: A sealed carton containing lading assembled from a pair of cooperating sheet members comprising a body blank and a cover sheet. The body blank comprises a generally U-shaped formation formed from paperboard or like relatively rigid but foldable material. The cover member is formed from a continuous rectangular sheet member of lightweight, highly flexible material which is substantially thinner than the body blank materail. The body blank has a plurality of hingedly connected flanges folded to positions normal to the panels thereof and the sheet member is folded into a complementary U-formation and matingly engaged over the body blank with marginal edges of the sheet member adhesively secured to said flanges to form the sealed carton around the lading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1976
    Assignee: Stone Container Corporation
    Inventors: Melvin H. Meyer, James L. Vickers, Edmund A. Waycie, Gerald Weitzel