Patents by Inventor Scott W. Follansbee

Scott W. Follansbee 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).

  • Tamper evident container with full tab
    Patent number: 10220986
    Abstract: Container includes a base, a cover, and a pull tab. The base has a bottom, a side wall extending upwardly from the bottom, and a rim at an upper edge portion of the side wall. The cover has a closed condition and an open condition and an outer edge portion interengageable with the rim of the base when the cover is in the closed condition. The pull tab extends outwardly from at least one of the base or the cover. The pull tab having a deformable formation to be deformed when the cover is moved from the closed condition to the open condition, the pull tab remaining attached to the at least one of the base or the cover when moved from the closed condition to the open condition. Additional embodiments relate to a tamper evident feature for a container, and a method for containing product in a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: PACTIV CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frank A. Petlak, Scott W. Follansbee, H. Bernard Kirkland, Craig E. Cappel
  • Tamper Evident Container With Pull Tab
    Publication number: 20100224630
    Abstract: Container includes a base, a cover, and a pull tab. The base has a bottom, a side wall extending upwardly from the bottom, and a rim at an upper edge portion of the side wall. The cover has a closed condition and an open condition and an outer edge portion interengageable with the rim of the base when the cover is in the closed condition. The pull tab extends outwardly from at least one of the base or the cover. The pull tab having a deformable formation to be deformed when the cover is moved from the closed condition to the open condition, the pull tab remaining attached to the at least one of the base or the cover when moved from the closed condition to the open condition. Additional embodiments relate to a tamper evident feature for a container, and a method for containing product in a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Frank A. Petlak, Scott W. Follansbee, H. Bernard Kirkland, Craig E. Cappel
  • Container cover
    Patent number: D583657
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Pactiv Corporation
    Inventors: Scott W. Follansbee, Frank A. Petlak
  • Container cover
    Patent number: D583658
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Pactiv Corporation
    Inventors: Scott W. Follansbee, Frank A. Petlak
  • Container
    Patent number: D589789
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Pactiv Corporation
    Inventors: Scott W. Follansbee, Dimitriy Faktorovich
  • Container insert
    Patent number: D608593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Pactiv Corporation
    Inventors: Scott W. Follansbee, Dimitriy Faktorovich