Patents by Inventor James B. Rehrig
James B. Rehrig 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).
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Patent number: 5529176Abstract: The stackable low depth bottle case of the present invention includes four side walls and a bottom portion. A plurality of upwardly projecting hollow columns extend upwardly within the side walls. The columns, walls, and bottom portion define a plurality of bottle retaining pockets. The bottle retaining pockets have flat surfaces to permit retention of bottles without base indentations and to permit rotation of petaloid bottles. The columns extend upwardly from the base portion a distance approximately one third of the height of the bottles to be retained. The columns may be hollow to permit empty cases to stack top to bottom. The lower surface of the bottom portion has circular concave portions with central retaining openings to facilitate stacking of loaded cases top to bottom. When a case is disposed on a lower filled case, the bottle tops of the lower case are guided toward the central retaining openings by the circular concave portions.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1992Date of Patent: June 25, 1996Assignee: Rehrig Pacific Company, Inc.Inventors: William P. Apps, James B. Rehrig, John A. Hagan
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Patent number: 4987995Abstract: The stackable low depth bottle case of the present invention includes four side walls and a bottom portion. A plurality of upwardly projecting hollow columns extend upwardly within the side walls. The columns, walls, and bottom portion define a plurality of bottle retaining pockets. The bottle retaining pockets have flat surfaces to permit retention of bottles without base indentations and to permit rotation of petaloid bottles. The columns extend upwardly from the base portion a distance approximately one third of the height of the bottles to be retained. The columns may be hollow to permit empty cases to stack top to bottom. The lower surface of the bottom portion has circular concave portions with central retaining openings to facilitate stacking of loaded cases top to bottom. When a case is disposed on a lower filled case, the bottle tops of the lower case are guided toward the central retaining openings by the circular concave portions.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 1989Date of Patent: January 29, 1991Assignee: Rehrig-Pacific CompanyInventors: William P. Apps, James B. Rehrig, John A. Hagan
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Patent number: 4978002Abstract: The stackable low depth bottle case of the present invention includes four side walls and a bottom portion. A plurality of upwardly projecting hollow columns extend upwardly within the side walls. The columns, walls, and bottom portion define a plurality of bottle retaining pockets. The bottle retaining pockets have flat surfaces to permit retention of bottles without base indentations and to permit rotation of petaloid bottles. The columns extend upwardly from the base portion a distance approximately one third of the height of the bottles to be retained. The columns may be hollow to permit empty cases to stack top to bottom. The lower surface of the bottom portion has circular concave portions with central retaining openings to facilitate stacking of loaded cases top to bottom. When a case is disposed on a lower filled case, the bottle tops of the lower case are guided toward the central retaining openings by the circular concave portions.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 1989Date of Patent: December 18, 1990Assignee: Rehrig-Pacific Company, Inc.Inventors: William P. Apps, James B. Rehrig, John A. Hagan
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Patent number: 4899874Abstract: The stackable low depth bottle case of the present invention includes four side walls and a bottom portion. A plurality of upwardly projecting hollow columns extend upwardly within the side walls. The columns, walls, and bottom portion define a plurality of bottle retaining pockets. The bottle retaining pockets have flat surfaces to permit retention of bottles without base indentations and to permit rotation of petaloid bottles. The columns extend upwardly from the base portion a distance approximately one third of the height of the bottles to be retained. The columns may be hollow to permit empty cases to stack top to bottom. The lower surface of the bottom portion has circular concave portions with central retaining openings to facilitate stacking of loaded cases top to bottom. When a case is disposed on a lower filled case, the bottle tops of the lower case are guided toward the central retaining openings by the circular concave portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 1988Date of Patent: February 13, 1990Assignee: Rehrig-Pacific Company, Inc.Inventors: William P. Apps, James B. Rehrig
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Patent number: 4671411Abstract: A molded plastic and metal case is provided which is designed to be stackable with other cases of the same construction to provide a sturdy display of the products contained therein and which is also nestable with other like cases to provide compact storage of empty cases. The display case is formed primarily of molded plastic and includes two upstanding metal frames on either side which form handles for carrying the case. Along the inside bottom of the case is a metal ring which is welded to the upstanding metal frames. The upper portion of each handle forms a stacking ledge which is received within a channel positioned adjacent and parallel to the side edges along the underside of each case, thus allowing the cases to be securely stacked. Adjacent each channel is a parallel slot which extends through the underside of each case and is used for nesting empty cases. The slot is designed to receive the frames of the next two lower cases thereby permitting a nesting ratio of 3:1 or greater.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 1986Date of Patent: June 9, 1987Assignee: Rehrig Pacific CompanyInventors: James B. Rehrig, John Hagan
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Patent number: 4619371Abstract: A three-sided, open top material handling crate, which includes a first reinforcing member extending around the open top of the crate and a second reinforcing member extending at least partly around and closely engaging the periphery of each of the side walls to provide a crate which is able to withstand considerable vertical stacking pressures.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1984Date of Patent: October 28, 1986Inventor: James B. Rehrig
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Patent number: D285851Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1984Date of Patent: September 23, 1986Inventor: James B. Rehrig
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Patent number: D319129Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 1988Date of Patent: August 13, 1991Assignee: Rehrig-Pacific Company, Inc.Inventors: William P. Apps, James B. Rehrig
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Patent number: D327357Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 1991Date of Patent: June 23, 1992Assignee: Rehrig-Pacific Company, Inc.Inventor: James B. Rehrig
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Patent number: D327972Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1991Date of Patent: July 14, 1992Assignee: Rehrig-Pacific Company, Inc.Inventors: William P. Apps, James B. Rehrig, John A. Hagan
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Patent number: D347095Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 1992Date of Patent: May 17, 1994Assignee: Rehrig Pacific CompanyInventors: William P. Apps, James B. Rehrig
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Patent number: D388577Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 1996Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Rehrig Pacific CompanyInventors: James B. Rehrig, William Pat Apps
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Patent number: D398120Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1997Date of Patent: September 8, 1998Assignee: Rehrig Pacific CompanyInventors: James B. Rehrig, William P. Apps, Roger S. Hsu