Patents Assigned to Ivy Hill Corporation
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Patent number: 6634495Abstract: A modular storage system for recording media, includes a plurality of folders and a plurality of slipcases for storing at least one folder. Each folder has orthogonal outer dimensions in common with each other folder, and each individual folder is formed from a single paperboard blank and capable of storing therein at least one recording media. Each folder defines a plurality of panels, at least one of the panels being capable of storing a recording media, and the panels being laterally turnable like the pages of a book. Each folder is characterized by the absence of any additional member joining together the panels.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2001Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventor: Janice B. Hass
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Patent number: 5819926Abstract: A method of assembling a paperboard package blank, a plastic hub and a substantially plastic recording medium includes the step of forming a sub-assembly of the package blank and the hub by mounting the hub on a first segment of a sheet from the rear thereof until the first segment of the sheet extends intermediate the back and intermediate flanges adjacent the hub central core and mounts the hub on the first segment of the sheet for movement therewith, with the hub central core front in front of the first segment of the sheet. Glue is then applied to the surface of the first segment of the sheet adjacent the hub back flange, and the first segment of the sheet and the hub are folded over an adjacent second segment of the sheet to form a panel and thereby trap the back flange within the panel intermediate the glued together first and second segments of the sheet.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 1997Date of Patent: October 13, 1998Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventors: Patrick O'Brien, Arthur Kern
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Patent number: 5816394Abstract: An ecologically acceptable package for a recording medium includes a pair of easily separable paperboard and plastic components. The paperboard component defines a hollow box with a front face defining a large central aperture, and a front flap pivotal between a closed orientation wherein the front flap overlies the box front face to block access thereto and an open orientation wherein the front flap exposes the box front face to enable access thereto. The plastic component is thermoformed and defines a tray and optionally a locking mechanism. The tray includes a downwardly extending recess disposed at least partially within the front face central aperture for receipt of a recording medium, and an outwardly extending margin. The tray also includes a plurality of depressions about the recess for releasably securing the plastic component to the box front face without the use of glue.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 1997Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventors: Patrick J. O'Brien, Arthur Kern
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Patent number: 5709300Abstract: A slide tray package has, in combination, a slide tray for holding a recording medium (such as a compact disc or audio cassette) and a housing therefor. In the slide tray a receiving area is disposed between the ends and sides thereof for receiving the recording medium for horizontal movement therewith. The slide tray leading end is adapted for automated loading of the slide tray into the housing by being both horizontally tapered and vertically beveled to facilitate telescopic insertion of the slide tray leading end through a leading end of the housing and into a trailing end of the housing. The slide tray trailing end defines a vertically protruding lip configured and dimensioned as a stop for engaging a leading end of the housing to limit the telescopic insertion of the slide tray into the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1997Date of Patent: January 20, 1998Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventors: David Bolognia, Arthur Kern, Patrick O'Brien, George Rufo, Jr., Veronica Ann Buffington
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Patent number: 5701997Abstract: A storage package for an article and a booklet includes a pair of panels secured together and movable between a closed storage orientation, wherein the panels are substantially overlying with at least an article and a booklet supported by the article disposed intermediate the pair of panels, and an open use orientation, wherein the panels are not substantially overlying and the article and booklet are accessible. A fixed base formed of plastic defines a cavity with a bottom face mounted on one of the panels and an open top face. A floating holder formed of rigid plastic is disposed within the cavity intermediate the faces for receiving and maintaining thereon the article and booklet, the holder being movable between a plurality of positions variably spaced above the cavity bottom face. A spring secured to one of the base and holder biases the holder above the cavity bottom face, thereby to accommodate booklets of varying thickness.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1996Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventors: Patrick J. O'Brien, Alvin Thomas, George Rufo, Jr., Larry Durham, Anthony L. Gelardi
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Patent number: 5562207Abstract: An optionally glueless storage package for an article includes a plurality of panels, the plurality of panels being movable between an open orientation enabling access to the contents of the package and a collapsed orientation for storage purposes. A holder formed of plastic is disposed on one of the end panels for receiving and maintaining an article thereon. The holder has a far end thereof, remote from the other of the end panels when the plurality of panels is in the open orientation, and an upwardly projecting end wall thereon defining a central recess. An end cap formed of plastic has a near end directly pivotally secured to the holder far end, the end cap far end being a free end.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 1994Date of Patent: October 8, 1996Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventors: Patrick J. O'Brien, Larry Durham
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Patent number: 5531321Abstract: A storage package for an article and a booklet includes a pair of panels secured together and movable between a closed storage orientation, wherein the panels are substantially overlying with at least an article and a booklet supported by the article disposed intermediate the pair of panels, and an open use orientation, wherein the panels are not substantially overlying and the article and booklet are accessible. A fixed base formed of plastic defines a cavity with a bottom face mounted on one of the panels and an open top face. A floating holder formed of rigid plastic is disposed within the cavity intermediate the faces for receiving and maintaining thereon the article and booklet, the holder being movable between a plurality of positions variably spaced above the cavity bottom face. A spring secured to one of the base and holder biases the holder above the cavity bottom face, thereby to accommodate booklets of varying thickness.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1993Date of Patent: July 2, 1996Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventors: Patrick J. O'Brien, Alvin Thomas, George Rufo, Jr., Larry Durham, Anthony L. Gelardi
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Patent number: 5425448Abstract: A storage package for an article and a booklet includes a pair of panels secured together and movable between a closed storage orientation, wherein the panels are substantially overlying with at least an article and a booklet supported by the article disposed intermediate the pair of panels, and an open use orientation, wherein the panels are not substantially overlying and the article and booklet are accessible. A fixed base formed of plastic defines a cavity with a bottom face mounted on one of the panels and an open top face. A floating holder formed of rigid plastic is disposed within the cavity intermediate the faces for receiving and maintaining thereon the article and booklet, the holder being movable between a plurality of positions variably spaced above the cavity bottom face. A spring secured to one of the base and holder biases the holder above the cavity bottom face, thereby to accommodate booklets of varying thickness.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1993Date of Patent: June 20, 1995Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventors: Patrick J. O'Brien, Alvin Thomas, George Rufo, Jr., Larry Durham
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Patent number: 5379894Abstract: An ecologically-acceptable and easy-to-open package formed exclusively of paperboard for the display and sale of a plurality of cylindrical articles (such as batteries) as a unit. The package includes a base for maintaining a plurality of cylindrical articles upright and parallel in a compact, horizontally-aligned configuration. The base includes a base top, a base bottom, and a base sidewall connecting the base top and the base bottom. A header extends upwardly from the base top. Where there are two such articles in the package, the base sidewall is trapezoidal; where there are four, hexagonal.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1993Date of Patent: January 10, 1995Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventors: Janice Haas, Patrick J. O'Brien, Larry D. Durham
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Patent number: 5372253Abstract: A storage package for compact discs and the like has a plurality of non-plastic panels including a pair of end panels and optionally at least one panel intermediate to and connecting the pair of end panels. The plurality of panels is movable between an open orientation enabling access to the contents of the package and a collapsed orientation for storage purposes, each of the panels having a pair of opposed lateral sidewalls, and the plurality of panels in the collapsed orientation defining at least one spine. A holder formed of plastic is disposed on one of the panels for receiving and maintaining a compact disc thereon. An end cap is disposed on one of the end panels or pivotally on the holder, the end cap being adapted to releasably engage the holder when the plurality of panels is in the collapsed orientation, thereby to preclude accidental movement of the plurality of panels out of the collapsed orientation.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1992Date of Patent: December 13, 1994Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventors: Patrick J. O'Brien, Herbert Friedman
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Patent number: 5366074Abstract: In a storage package for a recording medium having a plurality of non-plastic panels (including a pair of end panels) and a holder formed of plastic disposed on one of the panels for receiving and maintaining a recording medium thereon, the improvement wherein (A) a given panel configured and dimensioned to removably receive printed matter therein, (B) the one panel additionally defines at least one lateral spine visible when the plurality of panels is in a collapsed orientation, and (C) the holder is releasably secured to the one panel and easily removable therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1993Date of Patent: November 22, 1994Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventors: Patrick J. O'Brien, Herbert Friedman, Donald R. Ford, Larry Durham
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Patent number: 5333728Abstract: A double-walled paperboard jacket for a compact disc and the like includes a front panel, a back panel, a front inner liner panel, a back inner liner panel, and a pair of glue flaps. One of the front panel ends is contiguous and folded relative to one of the back panel ends, the front inner liner panel is contiguous to and folded relative to the other end of the back panel. Each of the glue flaps is contiguous to and folded relative to a respective side of the front panel, and each of the glue flaps is glued to the back panel. The front, back and front inner liner panels are of generally the same configuration and dimensions, and the back inner liner panel and the pair of glue flaps are cooperatively configured and dimensioned to define a composite back inner liner panel of generally the same configuration and dimensions as the other panels.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1993Date of Patent: August 2, 1994Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventors: Patrick J. O'Brien, Ronald W. Womack
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Patent number: 5333732Abstract: A package for an optical lens blank in the form of a parallelepiped carton includes an internal major side panel connected to a bottom major end panel by a foldline and extending generally parallel and adjacent to the front major side panel and an internal major end flap connected to the internal major side panel by a foldline. A strip of non-abrasive material or a surface coating extending over the facing surfaces of said back and internal major side panels.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 1993Date of Patent: August 2, 1994Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventors: Thomas F. Budny, Anthony G. Schenna, Larry D. Durham
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Patent number: 5332089Abstract: A storage package for a recording medium defining a central aperture therethrough, includes a plurality of non-rigid panels movable between an open orientation and a closed orientation, each of the plurality of panels being overlapping in the closed orientation, and at least some of the plurality of panels being non-overlapping in the open orientation. A holder for a storage medium is fixedly secured to one of the panels and extends intermediate a pair of the panels when the plurality of panels is in the closed orientation. The holder is formed of an easily but resiliently compressible material and is configured and dimensioned to extend snugly through the central aperture of the recording medium, thereby to retain the recording medium on the holder until the recording medium is forcibly removed therefrom. Preferably the holder is configured and dimensioned for a compact disc.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1993Date of Patent: July 26, 1994Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventors: Jerry J. Tillett, Ronald W. Womack
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Patent number: 5282917Abstract: A wagering, promotional or novelty product having a concealed message includes a sheet having an outer surface, ink visibly disposed on the outer surface in a first pattern, and transparent film overlying at least a portion of the inked outer surface and secured to the ink on the outer surface 8ortion in selected differentially adherent patterns, the first pattern being visible through the film. Removal of the film from the inked outer surface portion also removes the ink in one of the selected patterns to reveal a desired pattern of deinked outer surface and thereby render visible the previously concealed message.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 1993Date of Patent: February 1, 1994Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventor: James J. Danelski
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Patent number: 5248032Abstract: A double-walled paperboard jacket for a compact disc and the like includes a front panel, a back panel, a front inner liner panel, a back inner liner panel, and a pair of glue flaps. One of the front panel ends is contiguous and folded relative to one of the back panel ends, the front inner liner panel is contiguous to and folded relative to the other end of the back panel. Each of the glue flaps is contiguous to and folded relative to an opposed side of the front panel, and each of the glue flaps is glued to the back panel. The front, back and front inner liner panels are of generally the same configuration and dimensions, and the back inner liner panel and the pair of glue flaps are cooperatively configured and dimensioned to define a composite back inner liner panel of generally the same configuration and dimensions as the other panels.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1992Date of Patent: September 28, 1993Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventors: Daphne Sheu, David France
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Patent number: 5219417Abstract: A storage package for compact discs and the like has a plurality of non-plastic panels including a pair of end panels and optionally at least one panel intermediate to and connecting the pair of end panels. The plurality of panels is movable between an open orientation enabling access to the contents of the package and a collapsed orientation for storage purposes, each of the panels having a pair of opposed lateral sidewalls, and the plurality of panels in the collapsed orientation defining at least one spine. A holder formed of plastic is disposed on one of the panels for receiving and maintaining a compact disc thereon. An end cap is disposed on one of the end panels, the end cap being adapted to releasbbly engage the holder when the plurality of panels is in the collapsed orientation, thereby to preclude accidental movement of the plurality of panels out of the collapsed orientation.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1991Date of Patent: June 15, 1993Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventors: Patrick J. O'Brien, Herbert Friedman
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Patent number: 5205405Abstract: A holder for a compact disc includes a tray adapted to releasably receive a compact disc thereon, and a base in telescopic relationship with the tray. The holder is movable from a spanning configuration wherein the base and tray are substantially untelescoped to a telescoped configuration wherein the base and tray are substantially overlying. The holder is used in an ecologically and economically desirable package which is switchable from an extended blank orientation, through an intermediate display orientation, to a collapsed home orientation.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 1991Date of Patent: April 27, 1993Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventors: Patrick J. O'Brien, Larry Durham
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Patent number: D362619Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1994Date of Patent: September 26, 1995Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventor: Janice Haas
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Patent number: D407591Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1996Date of Patent: April 6, 1999Assignee: Ivy Hill CorporationInventors: David L. Bolognia, Patrick J. O'Brien, Arthur Kern, George F. Rufo, Jr.