Patents by Inventor James D. Arasim

James D. Arasim 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: 5341923
    Abstract: A premium package having an easily removable premium panel secured thereto and disposed therein, includes a parallelepiped carton defining an interior void and having a pair of opposed major side panels and a pair of opposed minor side panels connecting the major side panels. At one end of the carton, a major end panel is secured to one of the major side panels and defines a tuck flap, the major end panel being movable between a closed position wherein it closes the one end of the carton and an open position wherein it enables access to the carton void. A premium panel is secured to the other of the major side panels by a line of weakness and disposed within the carton void.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: Westerm Publishing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: James D. Arasim
  • Patent number: 5325958
    Abstract: A combination tray and box for storing a plurality of paint colors therein, the apparatus comprising an elongated substantially rectangular housing being generally defined by a planar bottom and four sides, the housing having an open top whereby a storage tray insert may be removably fitted within the interior of the housing, the insert having a plurality of paint storage wells and transverse raised ribs defined along the longitudinal extent of the top surface thereof and juxtaposed between adjacent wells, the insert further having an exterior perimeter less than the interior perimeter of the housing so as to define a channel therebetween for accumulation of excess paint and water residue, the housing further including a cover associated therewith for protecting the tray contents when not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Western Publishing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: James D. Arasim
  • Patent number: 5303863
    Abstract: The invention is an improvement in a carton of the type having a compartment for multiple containers of beverage and means for holding a coolant such as ice in heat exchange relationship to containers, e.g., cans. In the improved carton, the holding means includes a plurality of panels in stacked relationship to one another in a repose position, i.e., when the carton is in the "as sold" configuration. In such configuration, the carton main compartment is of substantially conventional size to hold, for example, twelve or twenty-four 12 oz. cans of beverage. When the user desires to chill the cans (or keep them chilled), the panels are unfolded to a utility position to form an ice bin atop the compartment. Ice is poured into the bin and cans are cooled by direct contact with the ice. By first withdrawing plural cans from the compartment, pouring in ice and then nestling the withdrawn cans back into the bin-contained ice, many or all cans are in direct cooling contact with the ice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Inventor: James D. Arasim