With Closure For An Access Opening Patents (Class 229/124)
  • Publication number: 20140346219
    Abstract: A package made from sheet material made from a plurality of panels, including a first panel on an external face of the package and adhesively attached to another panel. A corner on an outside surface of the first panel is provided with a nearby perforation or line of weakness to discourage peeling of the corner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Steven P. Jones, Joe Billy Oakes
  • Publication number: 20140339294
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide cartons that they are designed and shaped to hold product, such as ice cream, that are made from a single, one-piece blank. The one-piece blank can be folded by the food product manufacturer on-site to create a container or carton, without having to be shipped in a pre-glued configuration. The cartons generally do not require polyethylene in order to maintain their shape. Some embodiments are designed so as to have a slight outward taper of the left and right side walls and the back wall, which provides a pleasing shape to consumers, potentially increasing marketing opportunities and sales.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Rock-Tenn Shared Services, LLC
    Inventor: David W. Northrup
  • Publication number: 20140231496
    Abstract: A reusable plastic container is provided. The container includes a plastic container body having opposing side panels and opposing end panels. The container body also includes top side panel flaps attached to a top portion of each side panel, and bottom side panel flaps attached to a bottom portion of each side panel. The container body has top end panel flaps attached to a top portion of each end panel, and bottom end panel flaps attached to a bottom portion of each end panel. The top and bottom side panel flaps are each defined with respect to the side panels by a fold line. The fold lines including at least one scored portion and at least one welded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Orbis Corporation
    Inventor: William F. McMahon
  • Patent number: 8733626
    Abstract: There is herein described a disposable clamshell food service package which includes a novel flex-hinge panel between the lid and bottom of the package. This construction permits the package to open easily when the lid is pushed upwardly resulting in a flat tray like configuration devoid of the typical upstanding wall or divider and which may be used as a serving plate by the consumer. The container may be easily snapped closed and locked to allow later consumption of any uneaten food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Pactiv Packaging, Inc.
    Inventor: Angela E. Learn
  • Publication number: 20130161379
    Abstract: A lunch box includes a main body having a bottom portion, two side portions, a front portion and a back portion to define a receiving space, and a cover that covers upper portion of the main body extending from the back portion. Two side portions extend from bottom part of the junction of the front portion and back portion to form first shaping lines, and a retracting portion is formed between two side portions and two first shaping lines, and an expanding portion is formed at the junction of first shaping lines and the front portion. When the cover is bended down to cover the main body, the front portion is restored when the retracting portion rebounds, and the expanding portion is outwardly against the junction of the front cover and side covers to form a restricting position, so the box can be closed securely without external securing components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventor: Hsin-Chieh Li
  • Publication number: 20130087607
    Abstract: A blank of sheet material for forming a container is provided. The blank includes a tray panel assembly, a cover panel assembly, a fold line connecting the tray panel assembly and the cover panel assembly, and an anti-buckling mechanism interrupting the fold line. The anti-buckling mechanism includes a series of cuts positioned at least partially below the fold line in the tray panel assembly. The series of cuts extends more than half a length of the fold line. Each cut of the series of cuts is substantially straight. The anti-buckling mechanism further includes an upper cut line defined in the cover panel assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventor: Angela Elizabeth Learn
  • Publication number: 20120298733
    Abstract: A hermetically-sealed paperboard container is disclosed that may be produced using a conventional converting machine but at a converting temperature of at least 93° C. lower than a conventional converting temperature. The formation of pin holes or rupture on the barrier structure during the converting process can be significantly reduced, resulting in the hermetically-sealed paperboard container with enhanced barrier performances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Qihua Xu, Todd Huffman, Timothy McLaughlin, Zhiquan Q. Yan
  • Publication number: 20120241509
    Abstract: A collapsible cardboard box including, in an erected state, a back wall, an opposing front wall, a first side wall and an opposing second side wall. In its collapsed state, the box includes a first through hole in the front portion and a second through hole in the back portion. In the collapsed state, the box has been unfolded in such a way that the first and second through holes are in line with each other forming a handle for allowing a person to carry the collapsed box by use of the first and second through holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Claes Pettersson, Kristian Grennfelt, Jan Kolehmainen, Lennart Wernersson, Marcus Hansson, Mateus Cander, Patrik Thonfors, Peter Andersson, Susanne Gungner
  • Publication number: 20120037691
    Abstract: A food carton includes a substantially triangular bottom panel with a first, second and third edge. A first, second, and third sidewall connect to the first, second, and third edge, respectively, of the bottom panel. A cover is connected to a top edge of the third sidewall. The bottom panel; first, second, and third sidewalls; and the cover define a substantially closed space therein in a closed configuration. In the closed configuration, a first side edge and a second side edge of the third sidewall extend beyond a rear edge of the first sidewall and a rear edge of the second sidewall, respectively, so that the rear edge of the first sidewall and the rear edge of the second sidewall are in frictional contact with an inner surface of the third sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: James A. Hubbard, JR., Matthew R. Cook, Thomas Fu
  • Publication number: 20110315753
    Abstract: There is herein described a disposable clamshell food service package which includes a novel flex-hinge panel between the lid and bottom of the package. This construction permits the package to open easily when the lid is pushed upwardly resulting in a flat tray like configuration devoid of the typical upstanding wall or divider and which may be used as a serving plate by the consumer. The container may be easily snapped closed and locked to allow later consumption of any uneaten food products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventor: Angela E. Learn
  • Patent number: 8006893
    Abstract: A container for packaging a product is provided. The container includes a blank of sheet material including a first panel, and at least one tab identifier wholly defined within the first panel and moveable with respect to the first panel. The at least one tab identifier is configured to cooperate with the first panel. The blank forms the container including a tray portion and a lid portion coupled along a fold line to the tray portion such that the lid portion is moveable about the fold line with respect to the tray portion between an open configuration and a closed configuration. In the closed configuration, the tray portion and the lid portion define a volume for storing the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley John Burke, Rachel K. Mortenson
  • Publication number: 20110095073
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a polygonal container and a blank for making the polygonal container. The ends of the polygonal container are provided with a plurality of pie-shaped triangular sections that can provide unique decorative experience to the user of a consumer product contained and dispensed from therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventor: Jerry Ray Stephens
  • Publication number: 20110083986
    Abstract: A package (10) comprising a tray component (20) and a hood component (30) containing a plurality of products (40). The tray component comprises a bottom panel (21) and at least two opposed outer side panels (22, 23). The hood component (30) is placed within the tray component (20), comprises a top panel (31) and at least two inner side panels (32, 33), wherein said two inner side panels placed respectively in face to face relation with said two outer side panels of said tray component. When no load is applied on the top panel, a gap (G) separates the products from the top panel, and when a load of 1.50 N/cm2 is applied uniformly on the top panel (31), the inner side panels (32, 33) bend inwardly towards the products (40), so that the inner side panels come in contact with the products without the top panel coming in contact with the products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Joerg Zimmermann, Ibrahim Ulas
  • Publication number: 20110057022
    Abstract: A shipping and display carton is provided that may be used for panel filters. The carton preferably has three display positions including horizontally flat, vertically upright, and side filter display positions to provide a retailer with display options. The box has several features such as releasable interlocked retainer flaps to retain filters in one display position, perforated removal portions including a removable card carrying a cover lid, a single glue seam with interlocking bottom panels so as to provide break down without a cut knife, and other features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Clarcor Air Filtration Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Sinclair, LaMonte A. Crabtree
  • Publication number: 20110017814
    Abstract: A combined box and resealable bag includes a paperboard box having a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of opposed side walls and a plurality of flaps capable of forming a bottom wall. The box walls have upper ends and lower ends, inside surfaces and outside surfaces. The upper end of each of the box walls is folded outwardly and downwardly so that the inside surface of each of the upper ends forms a strip that faces outwardly. The inside surfaces of the box walls, including the outwardly facing strips, have a thermal plastic coating thereon. The combination also includes a bag made of flexible plastic material having a zippered top and downwardly extending front and rear bag walls. While the box is still in its flat blank condition, the lower edge portion of the bag walls are heat sealed to the outwardly facing strips on the box blank. Thereafter. the front, rear and side walls of the box blank are expanded to form a box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen P. Belko, Neil J. Kozarsky, Eliot M. Kozarsky
  • Publication number: 20110017813
    Abstract: A packaging and display box (1). The box (1) has a base (2) with a retaining wall (4) adjacent a section of its perimeter. The wall is for retaining a primary package. The box has a lid (3) which extends between two portions of the base. The lid (3) covers at least a part of the primary package. The lid (3) is attached to the retaining perimeter wall such that removal of the lid from the package causes detachment of the perimeter wall from the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventor: Rodrigue DIAS
  • Publication number: 20100301106
    Abstract: A bulk container for storing, shipping and dispensing liquid and semi-liquid fluids comprises a bin having a sidewall, a closed bottom, and an open top. The sidewall comprises a plurality of interconnected sidewall panels extending at an angle with respect to one another. A lid is covering the open top of the bin and having a discharge opening therethrough adjacent one side edge thereof. A fluid-containing bag is supported in the bin and a discharge valve is on an upper end of the bag where the discharge valve is positioned to extend through the discharge opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: International Paper Company
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Wisecarver, Michael A. Churvis
  • Publication number: 20100236197
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sealing device for a top fin of a gable-topped carton includes two jaws consisting of a jaw (2) with a planar active face and constituting the outer end portion of an ultrasonic horn (A1) and a jaw (6) constituting an anvil and having an active surface (10) which is planar except for upper and lower linear ribs (12) and (14) each extending the length of the surface (10). The lower rib (14) is linear and horizontal except for an upwardly bowed middle portion (16). The two jaws (2) and (6) serve to render gas-and-liquid tight a top fin of a conventional, plastics-coated paperboard, gable-top carton. The ribs (12) and (14) produce, in the outer surface of one of the outer sealing panels of the fin, corresponding furrows which extend over the whole length of the fin at levels where the inner sealing panels are sandwiched between the outer sealing panels, so as to seal the top fin in a gas- and liquid-tight manner along its whole length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Elopak System AG
    Inventor: Peter Nils Adler
  • Publication number: 20100193575
    Abstract: A carton, package, or container formed from a blank and that include a film or other moisture resistant lining applied thereto are described. The film is adhered to the inside panels of the carton, package, or container. The carton, package, or container are capable of receiving a lid and contents therein when formed. The cartons, packages, and containers include reclosable features and may be sealed against moisture and other environmental factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Alan Fontaine, Norman L. Jesch, Kelly R. Fitzwater
  • Publication number: 20100176188
    Abstract: A package for shipping and displaying bottles of beverage vertically upright. A rectangular box is provided for receiving and holding a bottle therein. The box is formed from a top and bottom panels connecting to side panels and front and back support members at the top and bottom of the box. An additional longitudinal member extending along the top at the rear of the box supports the bottle neck with a moveable bar or rod extending across the body of the bottle through a hole in the side panel abutting and engaging a slot or depression formed in the opposing side panel. A retaining means such as a peg or lock secures the rod from moving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventor: David O. Lindenmayer
  • Publication number: 20100170941
    Abstract: A portable package suitable for storing and dispensing at least one and desirably several travel or satellite packs, each of which contains individual pieces of a consumable product such as a confection like gum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Ujjaini Mitra-Shah, Katie J. Hernandez, James Bougoulas
  • Publication number: 20100147936
    Abstract: A package holds and stores articles such as drug delivery devices. An inner slide card (100) with a tray (110) is loaded with drug delivery devices (116) and inserted into an outer sleeve (200). Receiving slots (114) and apertures (118) secure the drug delivery devices in a tray. Elements such as catches (122) associated with the slide card cooperatively engage elements such as catches (240) associated with the outer sleeve (200). The cooperative engagement of the respective catches provides a child-resistant feature and a spill-resistant feature. A release button (224) disengages the child-resistant feature. The horizontal orientation of the injectables provides easy access for a user who has limited dexterity as well as sufficient area to apply graphics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Weston, Timothy E. Freeze
  • Patent number: 7708143
    Abstract: A container suitable for storage of food and drink items is disclosed that allows for a quick visual check of whether the container has been properly and completely packed. The container also can be easily and inexpensively constructed from a single sheet of fiberboard. The container includes a base, wall sections, and a lid that is hingedly connected to one of the wall sections. The lid can include a handle and an aperture that allows the top of a drink bottle to extend out of the container. This provides a way to quickly verify the contents of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Arlington Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Sharon Sams Adams
  • Publication number: 20100059582
    Abstract: A box sealing belt includes two sealing bands, a gap band and two fastening ears. The two sealing bands are substantially in parallel with each other. The gap band is interconnected between the two sealing bands to form two opposing concave slots therebetween. The two fastening ears are respectively disposed at two opposite ends of either one of the two sealing bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Yu-Chieh LIANG
  • Publication number: 20100059581
    Abstract: A rigid packet for loose pastilles, sweets or similar items is composed of an outer casing (2), and an inner casing (3) with a small opening (4), accommodated slidably in the outer casing (2). The packet can assume a closed configuration in which the opening (4) is concealed completely by the outer casing (2), or an open configuration in which the opening (4) is at least partly exposed and is furnished with a mechanism (14) designed to lock the inner casing (3) in the closed position; the locking mechanism (14) can be operated from externally of the packet to release the inner casing (3) and allow it to slide toward the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Marco Ghini, Giuseppe Marcante
  • Publication number: 20100044420
    Abstract: A carton for containing a plurality of articles. The carton has panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the carton. The panels comprise a top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. At least two end flaps are respectively foldably attached to respective panels of the plurality of panels, wherein the end flaps are overlapped with respect to one another and thereby at least partially form a closed end of the carton. The carton includes a handle in the closed end of the carton for grasping and carrying the carton. The carton comprises a reinforcing insert attached to at least one of the panels for reinforcing the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Kirsten Laura Brand, Leonard Cooper, Graham Hand, Michael Cerio
  • Publication number: 20100025456
    Abstract: A collapsible container for holding popcorn that is comprised of a front panel, a rear panel, and gusseted side panels. The front and rear panels have pockets mounted at the base of the container. The container also includes carrying handles incorporated into the top of the front and rear panels. The container also contains a releasably sealable opening that maybe sealed by a number of different methods and mechanisms. When the container is open, the user may add a topping, and then seal and shake the container in order to distribute the flavoring agent. Additionally, the user may seal the container, thereby trapping heat so as to maintain an elevated temperature for the popcorn. The resealable opening will also prevent accidental spillage of the popcorn. A fill line is located on the interior of the container in order to allow the user to know how much popcorn to put into the container such that it can still be easily closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventor: James Brent McCann
  • Publication number: 20100019020
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of preparing a web of flexible material for production of receptacles for packaging. The method comprises the steps of feeding a web of flexible material past a succession of stations in which operations are carried out on the web including defining blanks for receptacles having walls and tabs by creating fold lines in the web, and then laminating a film of heat-sealable plastics materials to a face of the web of the flexible material. The film of heat-sealable plastics provides a heat-sealable surface on the web for bonding tabs of each blank together to form seams between adjacent walls whereby the blanks, when severed from the web, can be erected to form receptacles having openings to receive items to be packaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: RAPID ACTION PACKAGING LIMITED
    Inventors: Quang Tien Phung, Fernanda Costa Pereira, Julian David Kyrle Money
  • Publication number: 20090266874
    Abstract: A blank of sheet material for forming a container is provided. The blank includes a series of four generally rectangular panels connected along a plurality of substantially parallel fold lines. The panels include a first spaced-apart pair of panels and a second spaced-apart pair of panels. Each of the second spaced-apart pair of panels is connected to at least one panel of the first spaced-apart pair of panels. The blank also includes a corner panel extending from each side edge of each panel of the first pair of panels, and a lateral flap extending from each side edge of each panel of the second pair of panels, wherein each lateral flap has free side edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventor: Kenneth C. Smith
  • Publication number: 20090152336
    Abstract: A container (2) comprises a bottom part (5) and a lid part (4), wherein the lid part (4) comprises a rectangular lid area (6) connected at three edges (7, 8, 9) with corresponding flanks (10, 11, 12). A fourth edge (3) of the lid area (6) is pivotably connected with the bottom part (5), and the bottom part (5) comprises a rectangular bottom area (17) and four lateral wall areas (22, 23, 24, 25) assigned to a respective edge (18, 19, 20, 21) of the bottom area (17). To improve a container of said type in a manner that said container satisfies all requirements in relation to the transportation and consumption of a corresponding food with means that in terms of construction are as simple as possible, at least one of the lateral wall areas (22, 23, 24, 25) of the bottom part (5) is pivotable about the edge (18, 19, 20, 21) of the bottom area connecting this lateral wall area and the bottom area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventor: Gianfranco D'Amato
  • Publication number: 20080308111
    Abstract: A finger fitting plastic disposable sleeve, giving the user's finger and nail protection while inserting a tampon, fitted in a small container holding multiple sleeves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventor: Jean-Paul Aronson
  • Publication number: 20080169338
    Abstract: A versatile packaging box for products, which can be folded into a book cover or an envelope for the contained book, is disclosed. On its front, rear, left and right vertical panels a folding line whose position is adapted to the thickness of the contained book is respectively provided. The front, rear, left and right vertical panels are provided with foldable end panels. The height of the part of the left and right vertical panels above the fold line and below the end panel and the length of end panel add up to the length of the front cover of said book. When the end panel is folded onto the inner side of the rear and front vertical panels, the height of the part of the rear and front vertical panel above the fold line and below the end panel is equal to the width of the front cover of said book. The packaging box has the advantages as follows: making full use of the used packaging box, beautifying and protecting the contained book, and reducing waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventor: Yihe Han
  • Publication number: 20080164159
    Abstract: A cigarette box has a V-shaped notch (6) cut in an edge of a top wall thereof, a push-pull wall (8) forming one side wall thereof, and a fin-shaped knob (10) provided on the outer surface of the push-pull wall (8). When the push-pull wall (8) is pulled out of the cigarette box, an upper end thereof is shaped like the letter V forming a rhombic opening (12) in cooperation with the notch (6). On the other hand, when the push-pull wall (8) is pushed into the cigarette box, the upper end thereof coincides with the notch (6), forming an oppositely directed V shape and closing the opening (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Hirobumi Ishii, Tetsuya Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080135606
    Abstract: Taught herein is a package for holding and storing articles such as drug delivery devices. An inner slide card with tray (12, 100) is loaded with drug delivery devices and inserted into an outer sleeve (200). Receiving slots (34, 114) and apertures (36, 38, 118) secure the drug delivery devices in a tray. Elements such as catches (40, 42) associated with the slide card or tray cooperatively engage elements such as catches (240) associated with the outer sleeve (200). The cooperative engagement of the respective catches provides a child-resistant feature and a spill-resistant feature. A release button (224) disengages the child-resistant feature. In addition, the horizontal orientation of the injectables provides easy access for a user who has limited dexterity as well as sufficient area to apply graphics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Weston, Timothy E. Freeze
  • Publication number: 20080093432
    Abstract: A box for packaging objects, said box including a first belt made up of four vertical panels and terminated by a return tab, each vertical panel being extended by two opposite side flaps designed so that, once they have been folded over at right angles, they form a bottom and a first top for said box, each of at least two of the side flaps having a cutout on a fold line parallel to its outside edge, which cutout enables a tongue to be detached from said flap, said box further including a second belt made up of four other vertical panels and terminated by another return tab, each vertical panel being extended by a single other side flap designed to form a second top for the box, each of two other side flaps being provided with at least one opening or at least one notch for receiving said tongues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Guillaume MOENNE-LOCCOZ, Alexandre NISSE, Christophe PEYNET
  • Publication number: 20070267467
    Abstract: A container for packaging a product is provided. The container includes a blank of sheet material including a first panel, and at least one tab identifier wholly defined within the first panel and moveable with respect to the first panel. The at least one tab identifier is configured to cooperate with the first panel. The blank forms the container including a tray portion and a lid portion coupled along a fold line to the tray portion such that the lid portion is moveable about the fold line with respect to the tray portion between an open configuration and a closed configuration. In the closed configuration, the tray portion and the lid portion define a volume for storing the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Bradley John Burke, Rachel K. Mortenson
  • Patent number: 7261231
    Abstract: A folded food carton is formed from a matable, lay flat blank for retaining, transporting and serving hot food such as pizza. The blank includes an arrangement of end panels, side panels and cover panels foldable relative to a bottom panel such that, in the erected carton, the cover panels overlap and are interlocked with the side panels by means of offset locking tabs. The end panels slant upwardly and inwardly from the bottom panel to add rigidity and save material for the carton. The side panels flare upwardly and outwardly from the bottom panel and extend above the cover panels to enhance stackability and prevent shifting of stacked cartons one on top of the other. Several methods of packaging pizza in the folded carton are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: International Paper Company
    Inventors: Wayne H. Kuhn, Frank Pizzitola
  • Patent number: 5190200
    Abstract: An integral recyclable dental floss package/container/dispenser, and a blank therefor, having an integral structure of one-piece, biodegradable material, preferably paperboard, there being a hang tab integral with extending upwardly from, and separable from, the back panel. The top closure has an inner panel extending rearwardly from the fornt panel, having a floss dispensing orifice and cutter, and an outer top cover panel extending forwardly from the rear wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: Ranir/DCP Corporation
    Inventor: Gary M. Hammerlund
  • Patent number: 4826073
    Abstract: A container for safely storing potentially injurious implements such as scalpel blades, hypodermic needles, etc., comprises a plurality of wall panels forming an enclosure. The container includes a top closure panel hingedly attached to one wall panel of the container, the top closure panel extending angularly inwardly into the container toward the opposite wall panel and forming a trough-like receiving chamber with the opposite container wall for initially receiving implements to be stored therein. Stop means are formed on the container for limiting upward angular rotation of the top closure panel to maintain the closure panel at a pre-determined angle. Once received in the trough-like chamber, the implements will drop into the interior of the container by pushing downwardly on the top closure panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Inventor: John Bruno
  • Patent number: 4722472
    Abstract: A container for and medical implements comprises a plurality of wall panels to form an enclosure. The container includes a top closure hingedly joined along a top edge of a wall panel. The top closure includes a distal edge projecting into the hollow interior of the enclosure. The width of the top closure is greater than the width of the corresponding enclosure opening to form a trough-like receiving chamber for initially receiving implements to be stored in. The implements can simply be released into the trough-like receiving chamber and thence cause to drop into the hollow interior by pushing down the top closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Inventor: John Bruno