Single Self-supporting Folded Blank Forms Container Patents (Class 206/299)
  • Patent number: 11301604
    Abstract: A reinforced shipping container along with method for generating the reinforced shipping container are described herein. A digital model of the shipping container is received and simulated with an expected load. The expected load may represent an expected loading scenario for the shipping container during shipment. A reinforcement profile is determined based on stress data developed from the simulation to increase a strength-to-weight ratio of the shipping container. The reinforcement profile is used to apply a reinforcing agent to a substrate used to form the shipping container in a selective manner to reinforce regions of the shipping container that will experience stresses during shipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimberly Sue Houchens, Vasitha Nihal Obeyesekere, David Joseph Gasperino, Justine Mahler
  • Patent number: 10597218
    Abstract: A glove packaging comprises a container for holding the gloves and a barrier positioned to cover at least a portion of an opening in the container. The barrier protects the gloves from airborne particles and other materials or contaminants that may contaminate the gloves prior to removal from the packaging. The barrier also includes an antimicrobial material for protecting the gloves from microorganisms, pathogens or other materials or contaminants that come in contact with the barrier to further reduce the possibility of contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Min Yao, Samuel T. H. Amdur, III
  • Patent number: 10059497
    Abstract: A packaged mobile device accessory includes a mobile device accessory and a hang card. The mobile device accessory includes a back wall, a top wall, at least two opposing sidewalls, and first and second flanges. Each of the first and second flanges extends from one of the at least two opposing sidewalls to form one of a first side pocket and a second side pocket. The hang card includes a primary panel, two card sidewalls, and a hook panel. The card sidewalls each extend from the primary panel. Each of the card sidewalls is maintained within one of the first and second side pockets of the mobile device accessory. The hook panel extends upwardly from the primary panel and includes a cutout to receive a supporting structure above the top wall of the mobile device accessory such that the packaged mobile device is configured to hang from the supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Rehberg, Timothy Michael Magner
  • Patent number: 8898944
    Abstract: I provide a hang tag, preferably used for a saleable item such as clothing, that is convertible into a storage container. The storage container can then be used to store the purchased item. In a method of use, a user can remove the hang tag from a recently purchased saleable item of clothing, and, through a series of folds and interlocking of panels, create the storage containers in which the user could place the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Inventor: Joyce Michel
  • Publication number: 20140318997
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention provided a garment box comprising a bottom panel and a container portion that includes a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall, and a fourth side wall. In particular embodiments, the garment box further includes a walled enclosure portion contiguous to the first side wall and comprising a first fold over panel, a second fold over panel, and a third fold over panel. In particular embodiments, the first and third fold over panels include holes located proximate a mid-point of the panels and the second fold over panel includes a slot. The holes are configured to support a rod that is inserted into the walled enclosure portion. The rod is configured to support one or more heads of clothes hangers inserted through the slot and hung on the rod to secure clothes placed in the container portion for shipping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Quinto Alessandro Marini, Patrick M. McDavid, Carmichael Salandanan Galang, Briana Marie Wiegele, Matthew James Robke, Stefan Joseph Figurski, Earl Stacey Lee, JR.
  • Patent number: 8579109
    Abstract: A substantially transparent box is constructed and arranged to include a collared shirt and a necktie in arrangement relative to one another and disposed such that these clothing articles are in registry with a hole in the box. The box comprises a single sheet of substantially transparent plastic having a series of first and second panels each being defined by respective folds. Selected first panels are bonded to another to define a hollow central cavity for the box, whereas selected second panels are folded to define peripheral ends for the box. The hollow cavity is sized to receive the shirt and necktie. The shirt and necktie are optionally arranged with bands that maintain a prescribed relative position to each other and to the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Peacock Apparel Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Cin Kim
  • Publication number: 20130270132
    Abstract: A shoe box having opposite sides and opposite ends with the sides longer than the ends is provided with a flexible divider extending lengthwise and dividing the box into two longitudinal sections, said divider anchored only at one end to an end wall intermediate its ends and providing separate compartments for each shoe of a pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Meynard Designs, Inc.
    Inventor: Michel Meynard
  • Publication number: 20130193011
    Abstract: A storage box for a garment such as a graduation gown or keepsake item or other item requiring safe and long-lasting storage is fabricated in one rectangular piece. The storage box in its expanded state may be shipped as a flat rectangular piece approximately 20-40 centimeters wide by 60 to 100 centimeters long. Triangular folding corners join first and second collapsible sides respectively to a binding panel and to an inner folding side panel. An outer folding side panel locks the triangular folding corners joining the respective collapsible side panels with the inner folding side panel to form an inner compartment for receiving a garment for storage. Magnets may be embedded in a magnetic closure panel and at least one folding side panel of corresponding size, shape and location to lock the storage box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: GRADUATIONS SOLUTIONS, LP D/B/A GRADUATION SOURCE
    Inventors: Abby Scanlan, Jesse Alexander
  • Patent number: 8424232
    Abstract: I provide a hang tag, preferably used for a saleable item such as clothing, that is convertible into a storage container. The storage container can then be used to store the purchased item. In a method of use, a user can remove the hang tag from a recently purchased saleable item of clothing, and, through a series of folds and interlocking of panels, create the storage containers in which the user could place the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Inventor: Joyce Michel
  • Publication number: 20130037432
    Abstract: A box package containing stacked disposable absorbent articles is disclosed. The package has a pair of top flaps, and a handle cutout on each flap. In one embodiment a handle reinforcing material may be disposed between the handle cutouts. In one embodiment the handle cutouts may be partial, and attached portions of material forming residual cutout flaps may remain attached within the cutouts. Other structural elements may be present to maximize economy of space while maintaining structural integrity, conserving materials and providing a package that is convenient for consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Jack Cheng Chang, Lucio Frias, Richard Shane Mays, Luke Anthony Snider, Todd Jeffrey Vishnauski
  • Patent number: 8256193
    Abstract: A pet pad storage system having an open frame body having a bottom wall and four sidewalls extending upwards therefrom. One pair of sidewalls, opposite each other, terminates slightly before a centerline that runs across their length; hence, no sidewall extends upwards at a center portion of the bottom layer for two of the four edges. A length of strip runs across the inside edge at a top of the remaining pair of sidewalls. In this manner, a stack of sheets can be laid across the interior portion of the frame body. Two perforated edges run across a length of the bottom wall where the sidewalls terminate. A third perforated edge runs across the centerline between the other two. The outer sidewalls of the frame are pulled upwards towards one another to fold the frame member closed. The sheet is rollably folded therein so that the storage system can stand upright in a closet space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: OurPet's Company
    Inventors: Steven Tsengas, Gerald Sciarini, Konstantine S. Tsengas
  • Publication number: 20110174643
    Abstract: A container comprises a first side with an opening in a center portion. A second side is parallel to the first side. A third side is perpendicular to the first side and the second side, and the third side spans between the first side and the second side. A fourth side is perpendicular to the first side and the second side, the fourth side spans between the first side and the second side, and the fourth side is parallel to the third side. A bottom side has edge portions integrally formed with edge portions of each of the first side, the second side, the third side, and the fourth side. A top side is parallel to the bottom side. And, an edge portion of the top side is integrally formed with second edge portion of the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventor: Tunu Pookrum
  • Publication number: 20100059396
    Abstract: A hosiery display package includes a support panel joined with a base for supporting displayed hosiery, and a sleeve movably coupled to the base. The sleeve is movable between a closed position in which the hosiery is secured within the package, and an open position in which hosiery is removable from the support panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE, INC.
    Inventor: James Lindars
  • Patent number: 7621393
    Abstract: A substantially transparent box is constructed and arranged to include a collared shirt and a necktie in arrangement relative to one another and disposed such that these clothing articles are in registry with a hole in the box. The box comprises a single sheet of substantially transparent plastic having a series of first and second panels each being defined by respective folds. Selected first panels are bonded to another to define a hollow central cavity for the box, whereas selected second panels are folded to define peripheral ends for the box. The hollow cavity is sized to receive the shirt and necktie. The shirt and necktie are optionally arranged with bands that maintain a prescribed relative position to each other and to the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Peacock Apparel Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Cin Kim
  • Patent number: 7540377
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a unitary body that includes a front section with planar front and rear surfaces. A rear section is spaced from the front section and extends parallel thereto. The body also includes a shoulder portion monolithically formed with the front and rear sections, which is provided with perforations. The body is articulatable along the perforations such that same can be adapted between folded and unfolded positions. The body further includes a finger portion monolithically formed with the front section that is provided with perforations. The finger portion is laterally registered with one of the openings such that same can be inserted therethrough. Another one of the openings receives a fastening member therethrough and supports the body at an elevated position. At least one sock is intercalated between the front and rear sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Inventor: Travis M. Krisher
  • Patent number: 7441678
    Abstract: A hanger for displaying a necktie includes a main panel made from a flexible sheet material. The panel includes a front portion and a rear portion. The top edge of the front portion is disposed against a fold portion and the two side edges of the front portion each have a tab extending adjacent to the fold portion, the tabs being parallel to the fold portion. The side edges each have a flap. The rear portion includes a top edge, two side edges and a bottom edge. The top edge of the rear portion is disposed against the fold portion. The two side edges of the rear portion each have a tab extending therefrom at a point opposite to the fold portion where the tabs are generally parallel to the fold portion. The fold portion has an aperture for receipt of a hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Reborn Products, Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Ford, Allan L. Ford
  • Patent number: 7311197
    Abstract: A foldable garment display package for displaying garments such as intimate apparel comprises a back panel, a bottom panel, and a front panel. The back panel includes a top, two sides, a bottom, a securing flap integrally formed as part of the back panel, a hanging tab integrally formed at the top of the back panel, and a closing slot formed proximate one side of the back panel. The bottom panel is foldably connected to the bottom of the back panel and upwardly foldable into juxtaposed relationship with the back panel. The front panel comprises an innermost edge foldably connected to the side of the back panel opposite the side on which the closing slot is located. The front panel also includes an outermost edge having a closing tab corresponding to the closing slot foldably connected to the outermost edge. At least one garment to be displayed is wrapped around the bottom panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Jeanne Wilkinson, Alan Pamell, Melanie Moore
  • Patent number: 6905027
    Abstract: A container is described, in particular a container for keeping and transporting shoes, which can be used in various relative positions of two preferably equal part volumes of the container, at least one of these positions having a form that is striking and particularly suitable for presentation purposes. The container can preferably be folded up from a flat blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Inventor: Siegfried Galter
  • Publication number: 20040211822
    Abstract: A shoe box includes a base, a first side wall formed adjacent to the base and being perpendicular to the base, a second side wall formed adjacent to the base and opposite to the first side wall, the second side wall being perpendicular to the base. A third side wall is formed with the base and sandwiched between the first and second side walls and has a first extension extending out therefrom. A fourth side wall is formed with the base and sandwiched between the first and second side walls. The fourth side wall has a second extension extending out therefrom, wherein a free end of the first extension is securely connected to a free end of the second extension to form a baffle across a long side of the shoe box to separate a pair of shoes to be received in the shoe box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventor: Mao-Chia Lin
  • Patent number: 6749060
    Abstract: A display package for holding a wrist-watch and a wallet or billfold. The package is formed of a generally planar strip of foldable material having a first and second fold lines forming a front panel, a rear panel, and an intermediate panel. The panels are disposed with respect to each other and foldable along respective fold lines to form an interior space into which the wallet/billfold can be inserted. The rear panel includes a pair of openings through which the band of the wrist-watch can be extended to surround the package with the wallet/billfold therein. At least one of the front and rear panels includes advertising indicia and the front panel includes an opening to suspend the display package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Reborn Products, Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Allan L. Ford
  • Patent number: 6622858
    Abstract: A foldable garment display package for displaying garments such as intimate apparel comprises a back panel, a bottom panel, and a front panel. The back panel includes a top, two sides, a bottom, a securing flap integrally formed as part of the back panel, a hanging tab integrally formed at the top of the back panel, and a closing slot formed proximate one side of the back panel. The bottom panel is foldably connected to the bottom of the back panel and upwardly foldable into juxtaposed relationship with the back panel. The front panel comprises an innermost edge foldably connected to the side of the back panel opposite the side on which the closing slot is located. The front panel also includes an outermost edge having a closing tab corresponding to the closing slot foldably connected to the outermost edge. At least one garment to be displayed is wrapped around the bottom panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventors: Jeanne Wilkinson, Alan Parnell, Melanie Moore
  • Patent number: 6612431
    Abstract: A package for housing and protecting a folded garment has a back and two front foldable flaps. Each front foldable flap has two foldable sections, and each section has a partial side. A top covers the upper edge of the folded garment and is formed into a downwardly extending tab positioned between the folded garment and the front foldable flaps. A pressure-sensitive hanging element is adhesively attached to the back and extends through an opening in the top garment covering portion to accommodate repeated removal and hanging on a display support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventor: Michael E. Faircloth
  • Patent number: 6508357
    Abstract: A fold package formed of a shell has closing members connected to the shell. One of the closing members and the shell have a slot cut in a portion between the one closing member and the shell. A pressure-sensitive hanging element adapted to be adhesively attached to the shell is provided. When the hanging element is adhesively attached to the shell and the one of the closing members is folded against the shell, the hanging element extends through the slot to facilitate hanging the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Faircloth, Reid London
  • Patent number: 6237762
    Abstract: A package for housing and protecting a folded garment has a back and two front foldable flaps. Each front foldable flap has two foldable sections, and each section has a partial side. A top extends partially along the back, covers the upper edge of the folded garment and is formed into a downwardly extending tab positioned between the folded garment and the front foldable flaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Faircloth
  • Patent number: 6126068
    Abstract: A garment display package having a floor, sides and ends connected to the floor with edge covering and corner closing members securing the sides and end in a fixed relationship. A transparent band encircles the package to close the package and enable visual inspection of the packaged product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Faircloth, Reid London
  • Patent number: 6050403
    Abstract: A necktie storage case provides an envelope defining a channel sized to carry a folded necktie. A slide allows convenient manual loading and unloading of a folded necktie into the interior channel of the envelope. The slide provides an elongated body sized for travel within the interior channel of the envelope and through a slide slot defined in the envelope. The elongated body of the slide carries a necktie support panel having a size which prevents passage through the slide slot. The slide is movable between three positions, a transfer position, wherein the necktie may be manually attached or removed from the slide; a retracted position, wherein the necktie is fully retracted within the interior channel of the envelope and the elongated body of the slide is withdrawn from the interior channel; and a storage position, wherein the elongated body of the slide is folded against and attached to an outside portion of the envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Scott Ross
    Inventor: Kent L. Draney
  • Patent number: 6032793
    Abstract: A package for an article of hosiery including a card having a body and a header adjacent the body. Indicia relating to the article is disposed on the header. The body is sized and shaped to receive the article thereabout such that, when the article is mounted on the body, the article conceals the body but not the header, whereby the article is supported by the body while each of the header and at least a portion of the article are displayed. The present invention is also directed to a method of packaging an article of hosiery having an opening. The method includes the step of mounting the article on a package having a body and an indicia bearing header adjacent the body such that the article of hosiery surrounds the body and the header extends outwardly from the opening of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Inventor: Thurman Oakley
  • Patent number: 5915564
    Abstract: A single-piece cardboard sheet into which slots and tabs are strategically cut to permit its folding into a carton for packaging a spur. The top section of the unfolded cardboard carton contains a cutout and an elongated tab projecting upwards; the end of the tab consists of a distal foldable flap separated from the tab by two lateral indentations. The central section of the carton contains a hanging slot suitable for receiving a hook of a display rack and two lower vertical slots spaced apart a distance commensurate with the size of the spur. In addition, a partial cut in the area above and around the upper slot defines a boundary between the upper and central sections of the carton such that the hanging slot is unencumbered when the two sections are folded. Finally, a horizontal slit sized to receive the tab is cut above and between the two vertical slots, the exact position being selected to meet the tab when the upper section of the carton is folded over the central section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Eastwest International (Taiwan) Enterprises
    Inventor: Chang Hsi-Chang
  • Patent number: 5598922
    Abstract: The invention is a printed product hanger construction to be used in packaging fabric products especially multiple pairs of socks. The invention consists of a pressure sensitive band that wraps two pairs of socks on one side of a hanger portion and one pair of socks on the other side of the hanger portion. Pressure sensitive adhesive adheres to the socks, thus securing them to the package. A hanger portion of the band protrudes above the remainder of the band and contains the hanger opening for displaying the socks on a pegboard. The hanging region has an opening for receiving a single or a double wire hanger cut near the top of a billboard region containing printed matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Voxcom, Inc.
    Inventor: David M. Good
  • Patent number: 5529181
    Abstract: A garment display package and method is provided. The package includes a web folded to define a bottom wall and spaced apart front and back walls for locating a garment therebetween. The bottom, front, and back walls collectively form a garment receiving opening having a width greater than its height. A hanger is located on a widthwise dimension of the back wall for hanging the package from a supporting structure for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Kemfast Sportsox, Inc.
    Inventor: Marci A. Brier
  • Patent number: 5515966
    Abstract: A carton for holding a variety of products characterized by improved closure construction and display characterized by a back panel with a pair of side panels attached thereto, including a bottom portion for holding a product in place and further characterized by a strap located above the lower front panel adapted to traverse the contained product and latched on the back of the carton to hold the product in place for display and sale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Inventors: Donald C. Hodge, Melanie B. Hodge, Kathryn A. Powell
  • Patent number: 5503269
    Abstract: A device for displaying a pair of articles such as gloves having a sleeve with a front, a back, and sides connecting the front and back to form an opening therein. The back has an upwardly extending top portion with stepped side edges and a clamp receiving opening. A pair of articles engage the sleeve, one extending through the opening of the sleeve and the other article disposed outside the sleeve and adjacent the other article. Means engage the back top portion and the pair of articles and maintain the sleeve and pair of articles in a displayed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventor: Brain F. DeBiasio
  • Patent number: 5469959
    Abstract: There is provided a package for hosiery, such as pairs of socks, for display on the pins of a point-of-purchase display rack so that the lower end portion and upper end portion are visible below the support band. The package includes a hanger support member and an integral hosiery support band formed integrally with the hanger support band. The hanger support band has a pressure sensitive adhesive on at least a portion of the interior of the support band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: Wigwam Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond J. E. Gummer
  • Patent number: 5348148
    Abstract: A container comprises front and rear opposed walls, a pair of opposed side walls, a pair of beveled shoulder walls, and a hanger support panel. The front and rear walls are interconnected by the side walls along generally parallel fold lines to form an upright tubular enclosure. The beveled shoulder walls are arranged adjacent to the tops of the side walls and extend between the front and rear walls. Each shoulder wall is disposed at an obtuse angle with respect to the adjacent side wall. The distance between the upper edges of the shoulder walls is less than the distance between the lower edges of the shoulder walls. The hanger support panel is foldably joined to the top edge of the rear wall. The support panel rests on and bridges between the upper edges of the shoulder walls. The support panel is provided with hanger-engaging slot so that a hanger-supported article to be placed in the tubular enclosure can hang from the support panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventor: Gary D. Lancaster
  • Patent number: 5224499
    Abstract: A portable or pocket ashtray made of a flexible, heat resistant material, which may be die-cut, forming a dihedral receptacle with an aperture for receiving refuse and a cover both to securely cover the receptacle when not in use and to act as a supporting leg for table top use when the cover is backfolded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Inventor: Jesus A. Zayas
  • Patent number: 5058740
    Abstract: The invention is a hexagonal garment box including a novel hanger apparatus formed by flaps of two opposing walls of said box. The hanger apparatus includes a hanger bar formed from a foldable flap, supported by a slot in an opposing wall of said box and another flap from the opposing wall which extends over the hanger bar to secure and hold any hangers placed between the two flaps in position within the garment box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Gaylord Container Corporation
    Inventor: David D. Coursen
  • Patent number: 5044494
    Abstract: A packaging case comprising two boxes or bags can be open right and left or closed like a book. At the time when the packaging case is open, holes or slits provided at the upper surfaces of the boxes or bags are appeared so that a pair of three-dimensional hand coverings stored in the boxes or bags can be taken out one by one. At the time when the packaging case is closed, the holes or the slits are concealed to prevent the boxes or the bags from entering of the dust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1991
    Assignee: Nippon Technics Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinpei Tamura
  • Patent number: 4944395
    Abstract: The invention is a garment box including a novel hanger apparatus formed by flaps of two opposing walls of said box. The hanger apparatus includes a hanger bar formed from a foldable flap, supported by a slot in an opposing wall of said box and another flap from the opposing wall which extends over the hanger bar to secure and hold any hangers placed between the two flaps in position within the garment box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Assignee: Gaylord Container Corporation
    Inventor: David D. Coursen
  • Patent number: 4693367
    Abstract: A corrugated shipping box comprises a tray and a lid and a panel hinged to the lid and foldable within the enclosure formed by the tray and the lid. The panel has a sub-panel extending rearwardly of the rear face thereof and an aperture in the front face for receiving a garment hanger. A garment can be folded over the panel by first inserting the garment hanger in the aperture passing the garment around the free edge of the panel over the back face and through a slot provided in the sub-panel to thereby retain the garment in a draped position and prevent bunching thereof in the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1987
    Assignee: Dorfin Paper Products (Quebec) Limited
    Inventor: Andre Mathieu
  • Patent number: 4646951
    Abstract: A necktie display holder and the blank therefor is formed which makes it possible to display an individual necktie in more striking fashion to a customer, particularly if the tie is in knotted state. Such a blank has a rear part which is separated by a fold line from a front part. A hanger which is held on the base is stamped out from the rear part. Two arms which protrude laterally from the front part and can be folded towards each other and connected to each other are provided in order to hold the necktie fast. The front part and the rear part are of similar shape. The front part has a triangular cutout so that the necktie and particularly the knot when the tie is knotted are visible. The two arms are provided with complementary incisions so that they can be interconnected to hold the display holder together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: Arthur Gasser
    Inventor: Monika Gasser
  • Patent number: 4571232
    Abstract: A foldable carton having a prefitted interior wrapping liner for wrapping articles. The carton has foldable side walls which secure the wrapping liner in a flattened arrangement. The interior liner is neatly folded and secured by the collapsed side walls so that upon erecting the side walls the properly sized wrapping liner is exposed for immediate use in wrapping an article inside the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1986
    Inventor: Philip A. Diehl
  • Patent number: 4515270
    Abstract: A carton for containing a sterilized surgical glove pair is provided with four collapsible flaps. The flaps are raised by pulling on pull tabs. After the glove pair is removed, the flaps remain upright. The empty carton thus serves as a trash receptacle during the operating procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1985
    Inventor: Alfredo Alvarado
  • Patent number: 4293069
    Abstract: An improved hanger bar support means for the hanger bar of a wardrobe container formed from a paperboard blank. The container body is formed from a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls and a bottom wall joined together with the upper end of said body being open. Each end wall has a closure flap connected thereto and each side wall has a top end flap hingedly connected along the upper edge of the side wall and coextensive with the width of the side wall. Each top end flap includes first and second panels folded into a multiple ply hanger bar support assemblage engaging against the contiguous side wall below said upper edge of the side wall either on the exterior or the interior of the container body. Said first and second panels are hingedly connected together along a double fold line spaced from said upper edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1981
    Assignee: Stone Container Corporation
    Inventor: James H. Partain
  • Patent number: 4258842
    Abstract: A display container for caps having transparent panels. The package frame is constructed from a single blank of sheet material, which has been cut to allow folding into a rectangular box with a protruding vertical rear double panel. The dimensions of the box are designed to accomodate a cap (headwear worn by men and women) such that the bill of the cap fits securely within the rear double panel. A large window space is cut out of the box and rear double panel and is covered with a transparent plastic material. The display package completely contains the cap and also prominantly displays the front and the bill of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1981
    Inventor: Frank B. Falkstein
  • Patent number: 4257522
    Abstract: The package displays hosiery articles, such as pairs of socks, on the horizontal pins of a merchandizing display rack so that they are visible for inspection by prospective buyers. The package includes a hanger support panel (10, 11) and an integral hosiery support band formed of a rear panel (13), a front panel (14), and a pair of side panels (15, 20). The medial portion of a pair of flattened socks is resiliently engaged and supported by the support band with portions of the socks being visible above and below the support band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1981
    Inventor: James L. Thorneburg
  • Patent number: 4099614
    Abstract: A package for a pair of sterilized gloves used for medical purposes and a method of forming such package, wherein the upper and lower ends of a sheet are folded at right angles to the lengthwise direction of the inserted gloves for covering the tips and the cuffs of such gloves. Then two lateral folds are formed substantially parallel to the lengthwise direction of the gloves at both sides of the same, there is then formed a fold at the central region of the sheet perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of the gloves, and then a fold centrally and parallel to the lengthwise direction of the gloves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1978
    Assignee: Semperit Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Oswald Heissenberger
  • Patent number: 4014436
    Abstract: A display container for a folded, belt-like object is prepared by folding from a scored, flat blank. The top and bottom of the container are open and the sides of the container have folded flaps which form front and rear compartments for preventing the folded belt-like object from sliding through said container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1977
    Assignee: Ben Tunis Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Philip Tunis
  • Patent number: D258423
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1981
    Assignee: Burlington Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Teresita E. Alvarez, David J. Frank, Barry G. Carroll