Patents Represented by Attorney R. W. Carpenter
  • Patent number: 4360121
    Abstract: An easy-open closure arrangement for a composite plastic and paperboard lid which includes a pull tab for forcing a portion of the paperboard away from the plastic rim to permit complete detachment and removal of the central paperboard panel from the outer plastic rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Charles R. Helms
  • Patent number: 4342389
    Abstract: The invention structure comprehends the provision of a hanger bar formed from flaps extending from the ends of side walls of the container body, the flaps being retained in position between an end wall of the container body and inner locking walls. Portions of the flaps are folded into position to define the hanger bar which extends into the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1982
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Billy R. Bethune, Charles C. Dearing
  • Patent number: 4333600
    Abstract: An internal partition device formed of paperboard for forming six cells within an outer container or wrapper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1982
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Gardner
  • Patent number: 4323188
    Abstract: A collapsible container having releasable locking tabs formed on opposed edges of end cover flaps to maintain the end wall panels in the closed position when the container is set up and in use, the end wall panels being easily openable at either end for dispensing the contents from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1982
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Robert B. Dickerson
  • Patent number: 4320867
    Abstract: A partition structure formed from a single cut and scored blank which is folded and erected to provide cells within a shipping container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1982
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Gardner
  • Patent number: 4316563
    Abstract: A container formed from a cut and scored blank of paperboard and adapted to support on opposed walls thereof a core in turn supporting a wound product which is dispensed from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1982
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Gerald W. Turner, Donald F. Wischoff
  • Patent number: 4313541
    Abstract: A paperboard carton having integral internal structure for retaining a packaged article in a fixed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Joseph J. Hart, John D. Desmond
  • Patent number: 4311100
    Abstract: A multi-shelf display stand formed from a paperboard tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1982
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Gardner, John R. Pieritz
  • Patent number: 4308949
    Abstract: A one-piece folding carton having a well for receiving a plurality of plastic bottles and a pair of inner side wall panels with flaps having notches for receiving necks of the bottles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1982
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Richard F. House
  • Patent number: 4308948
    Abstract: A display stand formed from a unitary blank of paperboard and having integral base, tray and riser portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1982
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: John G. Provost
  • Patent number: 4308957
    Abstract: A folding carton for holding separate products and for dispensing one of the products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1982
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Christine E. Ward
  • Patent number: 4307803
    Abstract: A display structure comprising a base panel with first and second over panels hingedly connected at opposite ends of the base panel and foldable into position over the base panel, one of the over panels being connected to a platform structure consisting of opposed end and side walls with a central panel therebetween spaced above the over panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1981
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Fred J. Johnson
  • Patent number: 4307805
    Abstract: A packaging structure for an article of furniture such as an end frame of a bed is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1981
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Jay V. Welch, Roy L. Miller
  • Patent number: 4305542
    Abstract: An open top tray formed from a one-piece blank of paperboard and adapted to be easily and quickly erected manually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1981
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Steven J. Benzschawel, James F. Nauheimer
  • Patent number: 4305715
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a smooth surface in the side seam area of the end of a convolute paperboard can body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1981
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Michael A. Kipp
  • Patent number: 4305545
    Abstract: A paperboard carton having integral internal structure for retaining a packaged article in a fixed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1981
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Joseph J. Hart, John D. Desmond
  • Patent number: 4304325
    Abstract: A conveyor system comprising a lane conveyor for moving articles in separate lanes with random spacing between the articles, an endless conveyor having article receiving carriers thereon each arranged to receive one or more articles from a lane of said lane conveyor, a second lane conveyor having lanes thereon preferably greater or less in number than the number of lanes in the first lane conveyor, and structure for simultaneously discharging a number of the carriers so as to distribute the articles substantially equally among the lanes of the second lane conveyor. Provision is made to prevent repetition of failure to load a lane in such instances where the number of lanes in the first lane conveyor is equal to the number of lanes in the second lane conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1981
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Kenneth D. May, Peter Agnello, John T. Bell
  • Patent number: 4300687
    Abstract: A packaging structure for hanger supported articles is disclosed. Support of the articles is achieved by panels in partially overlapping relationship and joined by tab panels foldably joined to the panels and erected by overlapping of the panels into facing relationship to form a rail for support of hangers, the tab panels being maintained in locked relationship by the overlapping panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1981
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Gardner, Bennie C. Nelson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4299351
    Abstract: A partition formed of a one-piece sheet of a foldable paperboard which is divided into three sections, and, when folded into erected position, forms six cells within an outer shipping container or wrapper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1981
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Gardner
  • Patent number: 4294397
    Abstract: A tubular carton containing automatically self erecting internal longitudinal and transverse partition structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1981
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Karl A. Kohler