Patents by Inventor Robert G. Dye

Robert G. Dye 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: 9126721
    Abstract: A pallet skirt for covering a stack of pallets on which product is supported and displayed. The skirt has a shipping configuration wherein the perimeter and height of the skirt are approximately the same as the perimeter and height of the product, and a display configuration in which the perimeter and height of the skirt are expanded to cover the stack of pallets. Pleated folds in two corners of the skirt enable its perimeter to be contracted for the shipping configuration and expanded for the display configuration. A horizontal score in the side walls enables the side walls to be folded to reduce the height of the skirt for the shipping configuration and to be unfolded for the display configuration. A horizontal flange on the top edge of the skirt covers the marginal edge of a pallet on which the product is supported during display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert G. Dye, William Hinch
  • Publication number: 20110226649
    Abstract: A pallet skirt for covering a stack of pallets on which product is supported and displayed. The skirt has a shipping configuration wherein the perimeter and height of the skirt are approximately the same as the perimeter and height of the product, and a display configuration in which the perimeter and height of the skirt are expanded to cover the stack of pallets. Pleated folds in two corners of the skirt enable its perimeter to be contracted for the shipping configuration and expanded for the display configuration. A horizontal score in the side walls enables the side walls to be folded to reduce the height of the skirt for the shipping configuration and to be unfolded for the display configuration. A horizontal flange on the top edge of the skirt covers the marginal edge of a pallet on which the product is supported during display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert G. Dye, William Hinch
  • Publication number: 20070278132
    Abstract: A container for packaging and displaying a product is provided. The container includes a continuous blank of sheet material having a first surface and an opposing second surface. The blank also includes a front panel, a first side panel, an opposing second side panel, a rear panel, a first bottom panel coupled between the front panel and the rear panel, and a second bottom panel extending from the front panel. At least one of the front panel, the first side panel, the second side panel and the rear panel includes a print screen on the first surface thereof. The blank forms the container having a front wall, a first side wall, an opposing second side wall, a bottom, and a display wall defining a compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventor: Robert G. Dye
  • Patent number: 5611438
    Abstract: There is provided a point-of-purchase display which includes a support panel having at least one generally vertical planar forward facing side and at least one horizontal mounting slot and a mounting hole located at a predetermined distance from the slot and a product display hook for mounting to the panel through the slot and the opening. The display hook is easily inserted through the horizontal slot in the support panel and mounted to the panel by securing a portion of the hook mounting mechanism through the opening. The display hook includes a front plate having a forwardly projecting hook shank extending from said plate and preferably inclined slightly upwardly. At or near the top edge for the front panel is a connecting member for mounting the hook to the panel. The connecting member connects the front plate to a rear plate which when mounted to a panel is located at the rear side of the panel. The connecting member extends rearwardly from the opposite side of the front plate from the hook shank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Chesapeake Display & Packaging Company
    Inventor: Robert G. Dye