Patents Assigned to Container Corporation of America
  • Apparatus for making bulk containers from laminated paperboard
    Patent number: 4717371
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for making a bulk container from a pair of outer and inner blanks of foldable sheet material such as paperboard wherein the blanks are laminated to each other to form a multi-ply sheet then scored to provide fold lines, and then glued and folded to provide a tubular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Wayne F. Everman, Randy J. Klug, Raymond L. Russell
  • Manufacturing method for thermoplastic container with integral lifting ring
    Patent number: 4713207
    Abstract: A plastic container with an integral handling ring is formed in a mold having a pair of side sections movable toward each other and a pair of co-planar end sections movable toward each other and toward said side sections, by placing molten extrudate in a mold between the side and end sections, so that a handling ring can be formed and compression joined to the container at the same time the container is being formed by blow-molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1987
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Theodore H. Udell, David R. Koller
  • Combination display tray-connector device
    Patent number: 4708240
    Abstract: A one piece, paperboard, combination display tray-connector device having upwardly extending front and side walls and downwardly extending rear and side walls and being adapted to be used alone on a counter as display tray, for holding articles, or as a connector for interconnecting other containers or similar devices in a vertically stacked display arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1987
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Paul J. McMahon, Heidi A. Sandusky
  • Apparatus and method for forming, inserting, filling and closing a container liner bag
    Patent number: 4698951
    Abstract: Apparatus and method wherein at a single operating station a flexible liner bag can be formed and inserted into an outer bulk container, and then the bag can be filled and its open end closed and sealed automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1987
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Wayne F. Everman, Randy J. Klug
  • Dispensing container
    Patent number: 4673125
    Abstract: An outer container for use with an inner flexible bag in a composite package for holding and dispensing liquids, the container being formed from a unitary blank of foldable paperboard and having a dispensing opening in the bottom wall and having a sloping platform positioned on the bottom wall adjacent the opening to facilitate emptying of the bag held within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1987
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Douglas L. Weaver
  • Container cover forming apparatus and method
    Patent number: 4671046
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for squaring up the sides of a bulk shipping container and for forming a paperboard cover over and securing it to the upper end of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1987
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: D. Michael Lewis, David L. Wolf, Ray L. Russell
  • Carton with reclosable pouring opening
    Patent number: 4650078
    Abstract: A seal end carton, formed from a unitary blank of foldable sheet material and having pairs of major and minor side walls with closure flaps and also having a hinge flap with top and side sections foldably joined to each other with the top section interposed between adjacent top closure flaps and the side section secured to a pouring opening plug cut and in minor side wall of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1987
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: John D. Desmond, Patrick J. O'Brien
  • Animal waste collection arrangement
    Patent number: 4627383
    Abstract: An arrangement for conveniently collecting waste material from pet animals in a household which includes the use of a housing with a detachable cover and containing a receptacle for receiving the waste material which receptacle is filled with water, and oil on top of the water, to prevent unpleasant odors from escaping from the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1986
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Romain Metzger
  • Conductive paper and method
    Patent number: 4606790
    Abstract: A multi-ply, fibrous material-based, conductive structure, and a method of making such a structure, which comprises as an integral structural member thereof at least one ply having an integral, continuous, uninterrupted, electroconductive barrier capable of intercepting and dissipating any electrostatic charges or discharges coming into contact with the structure. The ply provided with the electroconductive barrier can, during manufacture, be preselectively positioned with relation to the other, non-conductive plies comprising the structure to meet the specific performance demands of a user of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1986
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Roger W. Youngs, Robert W. Lewis, Robert N. Kussman, John R. Hurtt
  • Method of making a composite container
    Patent number: 4599782
    Abstract: A method of making a composite container comprising a hollow, molded, plastic body and a liner formed of relatively thin, flexible sheet material, such as paperboard or plastic film, surrounding and reinforcing the body side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1986
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Jerome S. Heisler
  • Rounded corner locking carton lid
    Patent number: 4582247
    Abstract: A generally liquid-tight, one-piece, paperboard carton lid having straight side and end walls joined to each other by rounded corner walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1986
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: John D. Desmond
  • Film tube gusset forming machine
    Patent number: 4578051
    Abstract: A machine for converting tubular plastic film from flat fold to pleated fold cross section which includes self-contained radio controlled inflating capsule positioned within the tube to inflate it as the gussets are being formed by conventional forming or plowing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1986
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Wayne F. Everman
  • Replaceable closure arrangement
    Patent number: 4573605
    Abstract: An externally and internally threaded replaceable closure device adapted to be threadably interposed between a container neck and a closure plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1986
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Theodore H. Udell
  • Tamper-evident carton
    Patent number: 4573634
    Abstract: A one piece tamper-evident paperboard carton having overlapped end flaps secured to each other in such a way that the ends of the carton cannot be opened without tearing the paperboard so that observation of the carton would indicate that it had been previously opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1986
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Karl A. Kohler, Richard F. House
  • Destacking device
    Patent number: 4568076
    Abstract: A device for automatically feeding, one at a time, relatively thin, flat articles, such as paperboard sheets or knocked down boxes, from the top of the stack of articles positioned on an elevating mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1986
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: D. Michael Lewis, David L. Wolf
  • Pallet
    Patent number: D283073
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: John J. Marshall
  • Dial card
    Patent number: D283231
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1986
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Allen M. Bradenburger
  • Packaging container for cassettes
    Patent number: D283303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: James W. Montealegre
  • Expandable food container
    Patent number: D283797
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1986
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: James W. Montealegre
  • Packaging container
    Patent number: D287466
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1986
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Robert B. Gardner