Patents by Inventor Linda Susan Matthews

Linda Susan Matthews 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: 5657872
    Abstract: The present invention provides a shipping/display container which includes a tray portion having a bottom panel, two opposed end panels, and two opposed side panels One of the side panels comprises a float side panel and the other of the side panels comprises a rear side panel. The container further includes a cover portion attached to the container and disposed so as to engage the end panels and the side panels. More particularly, the front side panel includes a line of weakness defining a severable portion of the front side panel which extends in at least an intermediate portion downward to the lowermost edge of the front side panel. The severable portion includes a preformed aperture located adjacent to the lowermost edge of the front panel for initiating removable of the severable portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignees: The Procter & Gamble Company, Stone Container Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Blake Leftwich, Linda Susan Matthews, Timothy Paul Burda