Patents by Inventor Steve L. Hutchinson

Steve L. Hutchinson 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).

  • Bulk-storage bin for peanuts
    Patent number: 6189777
    Abstract: A container includes a bin including a floor and a bin wall coupled to the floor and arranged to define a carton-receiving region above the floor. The bin wall is made of a corrugated material and includes a top edge positioned to lie in spaced-apart relation to the floor and formed to include top edge openings exposing flutes contained in the corrugated material. The container further includes a first carton positioned to occupy a first portion of the container-receiving region and a second carton positioned alongside the first carton to occupy another portion of the container-receiving region. Each of be cartons includes carton panels arranged to lie adjacent to the bin wall and top flaps appended to the carton panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Inland Paperboard and Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve L. Hutchinson, Troy M. Franklin