Patents by Inventor Homer W. Forrer

Homer W. Forrer 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: 4034852
    Abstract: An open ended wraparound type carrier for packaging at least one row of articles comprises a top panel, a pair of top sloping panels foldably joined respectively to the sides of the top panel, a pair of side walls foldably joined respectively to the top sloping panels remote from the top panel, a pair of bottom panels foldably joined respectively to the bottom edges of said side wall panels, a pair of hand gripping panels struck from the top panel and from the top sloping panels and joined to the top panel respectively along a pair of spaced substantially parallel fold lines, and each end edge of each of said hand gripping panels being disposed in abutting engagement with the adjacent one of said top sloping panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1977
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventor: Homer W. Forrer
  • Patent number: 3975884
    Abstract: A generally rectangular wraparound type blank includes a longitudinal generally medially disposed handle interconnected at its ends with side wall forming panels to the bottom of each of which a bottom forming panel is foldably joined and to the diagonal end edges of which web panels are foldably joined and in turn interconnected with the end edges of end wall forming panels via supplementary side wall forming panels. The handle is held in fixed relation atop a group of articles and the ends of the blank are elevated so as to elevate the end wall forming panels and their associated supplementary side wall forming and web panels following which the end wall forming panels are folded outwardly and downwardly into enveloping relationship relative to the group of articles while the ends of the blank are folded downwardly and underneath the group of articles and secured together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1976
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventor: Homer W. Forrer
  • Patent number: 3955745
    Abstract: A generally rectangular wraparound type blank includes a longitudinal generally medially disposed handle interconnected at its ends with side wall forming panels to the bottom of each of which a bottom forming panel is foldably joined and to the diagonal end edges of which web panels are foldably joined and in turn interconnected with the end edges of end wall forming panels via supplementary side wall forming panels. The handle is held in fixed relation atop a group of articles and the ends of the blank are elevated so as to elevate the end wall forming panels and their associated supplementary side wall forming and web panels following which the end wall forming panels are folded outwardly and downwardly into enveloping relationship relative to the group of articles while the ends of the blank are folded downwardly and underneath the group of articles and secured together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1976
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventor: Homer W. Forrer