Patents Assigned to Container Corporation of America
  • Feed mechanism for carton blanks
    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
  • Self erecting partition
    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
  • Partition arrangement
    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
  • Flap arrangement for a carrier carton
    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
  • Cushioning insert
    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
  • Partition arrangement
    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
  • Apparel hanging receiving element
    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
  • Apparatus for detecting leaks in composite packages
    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
  • Carton with reclosable inspection flap
    Patent number: 4116378
    Abstract: A folding carton having a partially detachable, reclosable panel section for viewing contents of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Richard L. Bell, Patricia A. Josephs, Francis A. Chidsey, Jr.
  • Interlocking cover and tray
    Patent number: 4114798
    Abstract: A collapsible interlocking cover arrangement for a two-piece telescoping container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Gardner
  • Tubular carton
    Patent number: 4109848
    Abstract: A tubular carton is formed from a blank of paperboard and has a side wall interconnected to a bottom wall by intermediate panels. The intermediate panels are joined to the bottom wall along convex/concave score lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Michael A. Kipp, Arne H. Brauner
  • Carton with transverse partition and method of assembling same
    Patent number: 4103770
    Abstract: A carton is provided for enclosing a pair of container groups and comprises a main panel having side panels foldably connected to side edges thereof together with at least one bottom panel foldably connected to one of the side panels, all of the panels being connected at the distal portions thereof and joined to define a tube on the erection of the panels. A partition extends transversely of the main panel and between the main panel and the bottom panel, the partition being foldably connected to the blank and movable into position upon formation of the tube to divide same into two portions whereby each portion can receive a container group by end loading into the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: A. M. Brandenburger, C. R. Helms, D. F. Barker
  • Leakage resistance carton
    Patent number: 4102484
    Abstract: A tubular paperboard carton has a side wall, a bottom wall, and gussets foldably attached to said walls. The side wall is formed from a pair of panels at least one of which has a recess on its edge. The recess is interposed between a gusset and an edge of the other of said side wall forming panels when the carton is erected. A spot of adhesive is applied at the juncture of the gussets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Michael A. Kipp, Richard T. Walter
  • Container with integral hanger bar
    Patent number: 4098399
    Abstract: A garment container formed of paperboard and having an integral hanger supporting bar extending between opposed walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Billy R. Bethune, Larry M. Balkin
  • Internal partition arrangement
    Patent number: 4096984
    Abstract: An internal partition formed of a unitary blank of paperboard for providing a plurality of cells within an outer package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Gardner
  • Flanged container
    Patent number: 4091920
    Abstract: A container formed of a unitary blank of paperboard and including integral base and cover portions with interlocking flange portions for packing a flanged article such as a sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Harry E. Young
  • Self-locking tray
    Patent number: 4091985
    Abstract: A paperboard tray has slots and slit extensions formed in the end wall. A lock tab hinged to an end closure flap foldably attached to a side wall is received through said slot and slit extension to interlock the walls of the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Jay J. Holzinger
  • Hanger supporting arrangement
    Patent number: 4089411
    Abstract: A hanger support arrangement for a garment box which includes a positioning pad having cut therefrom a pair of elements which are folded together to form a hanger supporting strut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Gardner
  • Seal end carton corner construction
    Patent number: 4088263
    Abstract: A seal end paperboard carton having a corner construction wherein the inner closure flaps are cut to permit their deflection to provide a substantially flat plane between panel surfaces which underlie the outer closure flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Louis C. Michetti
  • Garment hanger box
    Patent number: 4085842
    Abstract: A garment hanger box formed from a unitary sheet of foldable paperboard and comprising a pair of telescoping sections, one of which has a hollow top wall section with an enlarged portion forming a hanger hook receiving pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1978
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Robert E. Beck