Patents Represented by Law Firm Carpenter & Ostis
  • Patent number: 4148428
    Abstract: A paperboard partition arrangement which may be selectively used to form either four or eight cells within an external package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1979
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Gardner
  • Patent number: 4144994
    Abstract: A closure structure for a container having end closures, one of the end closures being arranged to facilitate opening by a conventional type cutter, the closure being characterized by a diaphragm having an annular area therein with a thickness less than the thickness of the closure material, so that the annular area may be readily pierced and severed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1979
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Robert W. Brickeen, Sr.
  • Patent number: 4143766
    Abstract: The device protects a corner of an article, such as a sheet of glass, by receiving and cushioning the corner during shipment or storage of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1979
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: David W. Goulde
  • Patent number: 4143804
    Abstract: A paperboard partition for forming a plurality of cells in separated tiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1979
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Pranas Visvydas
  • Patent number: 4138051
    Abstract: A container has a dispenser bin at one of its ends. The side wall of the bin is formed with a retaining tab which is received in a slot in the container to restrict opening of the bin at an angle of less than 90.degree..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1979
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: James A. Zicko
  • Patent number: 4138053
    Abstract: A paperboard, bulk bin type container having an external bottom flange for use with push-pull handling equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1979
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Gardner
  • Patent number: 4136815
    Abstract: A paperboard partition arrangement which may be selectively used to form either six or eight cells within an external package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1979
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Gardner
  • Patent number: 4136816
    Abstract: A self-locking container formed of a unitary blank of foldable paperboard having integral cover and reclosing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1979
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Gardner
  • Patent number: 4134533
    Abstract: A shipping container having stacking tabs projecting upwardly from certain walls thereof for receipt within openings in lower portions of similar containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: William D. Heavner
  • Patent number: 4134496
    Abstract: A device for protecting a corner of an article has a pair of main panels and a hollow internal member of substantial L-shape. The panels and the internal member are formed from a single blank of paperboard, or the like, and are interlocked to close the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Richard A. Smith
  • Patent number: 4134532
    Abstract: A one-piece, open top, tray type container having flanges on the end walls which engage upper portions of the side walls to form an interlocking connection therebetween which does not require outside securing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Onis A. Knight, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4131208
    Abstract: A feed mechanism for packing material such as carton blanks is disclosed. Blanks are arranged in a hopper where they are stacked between a pair of vertical members having their lower edges spaced above a support table for advancement of the bottommost blank by a shuttle into the feeding means. The spacing between one of the vertical members above the support is greater than the thickness of the blank and less than twice the thickness thereof and during feed movement a roller is biased against the feed blank to urge it against the bottom of a member. Thus a gate is provided between the bottom of a vertical member and the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Ralph O. Vuilleumier
  • Patent number: 4127304
    Abstract: A self erecting interior partition structure formed of a unitary blank of foldable paperboard adapted to form two adjacent cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Gardner
  • Patent number: 4124158
    Abstract: An internal partition formed from a paperboard blank adapted to nest with a similar blank on a rectangular sheet of paperboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Robert E. Beck
  • Patent number: 4121757
    Abstract: A partial interior end wall of a carton is formed from a pair of flaps, one of which has a projection which is sealed to the other flap providing improved wall structure in a carton formed from a nestable blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: John R. Hamlin
  • Patent number: 4120443
    Abstract: A paperboard structure for forming an air cell within an outer container to protect the contents thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Gardner, Robert E. Beck
  • Patent number: 4120442
    Abstract: An internal partition device formed of a unitary blank of paperboard for providing six cells within a package or container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Boyd T. Skaggs
  • Patent number: 4119522
    Abstract: An improved nozzle for electrophoretically coating the interior surface of a workpiece, such nozzle having an electrically conductive linear portion corresponding to a selected linear dimension of the workpiece, an electrically conductive head portion connected and disposed substantially normal thereto and corresponding to a closed bottom end of the workpiece, inlet tubing connected to a discharge orifice in the head portion of the nozzle for delivery of electrophoretic material onto the interior surface of the workpiece, and wherein associated means are provided for moving the workpiece and the nozzle relative to one another about an axis fixed relative to the workpiece and the nozzle and in a direction lateral to the selected linear dimension of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1978
    Assignee: Standard T Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Loyd R. Brower, Jr., Leonard P. Madsen, Chesley L. Zutaut
  • Patent number: 4119197
    Abstract: A separate apparel hanger receiving element removably engages certain wall of an outer shipping container to retain a hook portion of an apparel hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: William M. Pilz
  • Patent number: 4118972
    Abstract: Apparatus for testing leakage of composite packages is disclosed. The apparatus includes a hollow arbor for supporting a composite package to be tested for leakage, the open end of the composite package being sealed to a support for the hollow arbor, the interior of the latter being connected to means for placing pressure on the interior of the composite package at a value less than ambient, and being subsequently connected to means for measuring leakage in the container while being supported on the arbor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Ronald R. Goeppner, William M. Kuehne, Timothy D. Russell