Patents by Inventor Ivan E. Garmon

Ivan E. Garmon 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: 4244507
    Abstract: A one piece die cut blank of corrugated paperboard which is foldable into a container of generally rectangular parallelopiped configuration having a bottom wall, a pair of opposed double end walls, a pair of opposed triple side walls and a pair of cover flaps. The container provides exceptional stacking strength and can be used for holding meat products and other items that require great stacking ability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1981
    Assignee: Champion International Corporation
    Inventor: Ivan E. Garmon
  • Patent number: 4219148
    Abstract: A unitary paperboard blank having joined consecutive rectangular panels aligned along a common axis is erected into a six-cell divider device for a carton to separate and protect articles, such as bottles, within the cells (compartments). The divider device has externally directed flaps which, in one embodiment, cooperate with the internal walls of the carton to provide four air cells around the protected articles. Two of the rectangular panels are joined to partition panels by fold lines, with each of the partition panels being erected perpendicularly to the rectangular panels to which it is joined and being inserted through a cut-out in a central divider rectangular panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1980
    Assignee: Champion International Corporation
    Inventor: Ivan E. Garmon
  • Patent number: 4196843
    Abstract: A self-locking, tamper-proof container is made of a paperboard material, and includes a tubular body portion, and a cooperating cover portion. The tubular body portion has a generally rectangular planar base portion, and a side wall formed of two opposed pairs of upstanding panel members. Two locking flaps are respectively hingedly connected to one pair of opposed upstanding panel members, with each locking flap being disposed on the outside surface of the associated panel member and extending downwardly. The cover member is of slightly large plan area than the base portion of the tubular body, and two opposed upstanding panels thereof are formed by side panels and folded-under elongated tab portions. Each tab portion has a U-shaped cut-out such that in the erected condition of the cover member, two locking pockets are disposed on the inside surface of the two opposed upstanding panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1980
    Assignee: Champion International Corporation
    Inventor: Ivan E. Garmon
  • Patent number: 4192444
    Abstract: A single, planar, paperboard blank is disclosed, which when folded, forms a rectangular box construction provided with integral, two ply divider partitions within the interior of the box. The partitions form four individual cells between the side walls of the box for receiving articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1980
    Assignee: Champion International Corporation
    Inventor: Ivan E. Garmon
  • Patent number: 4172550
    Abstract: A single, planar paperboard blank is disclosed, which when folded, forms a rectangular box construction provided with integral divider partitions within the interior of the box. The partitions in conjunction with the side walls of the box define six individual cells or compartments for receiving articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1979
    Assignee: Champion International Corporation
    Inventor: Ivan E. Garmon