Patents Assigned to Vortex Packaging Niagara, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130101708
    Abstract: A produce container comprises a basket portion and a closure portion, which are hingedly secured to one another to be relatively movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The container can be secured in the closed configuration by at least one tab projecting distally from a front edge of a basket portion peripheral lip or closure portion peripheral lip, which tab is received within a corresponding slot defined inwardly of the front edge of the other peripheral lip. Each slot extends into a collocated recess in the outer surface of that peripheral lip, and each tab has an outwardly extending locking projection which, in the closed configuration, engages a corresponding recess engagement surface. Each locking projection terminates inwardly of the outer surface of the front edge of the respective peripheral lip and each tab terminates below the upper surface of the respective peripheral lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: VORTEX PACKAGING NIAGARA, INC.
    Inventor: Vortex Packaging Niagara, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8328039
    Abstract: A produce container comprises a basket portion and a closure portion, which are hingedly secured to one another to be relatively movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The container can be secured in the closed configuration by way of at least one tab projecting upwardly from a front edge of a basket portion peripheral lip, which is received within a corresponding slot defined inwardly of the front edge of a closure portion peripheral lip. Each slot extends into a collocated recess in the outer surface of the closure portion peripheral lip, and each tab has an outwardly extending locking projection which, in the closed configuration, engages a corresponding recess engagement surface. Each locking projection terminates inwardly of the outer surface of the front edge of the closure portion peripheral lip and each tab terminates below the upper surface of the closure portion peripheral lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Vortex Packaging Niagara, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Raymond Short, Xie Fu Song
  • Patent number: D619889
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Vortex Packaging Niagara, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip R. Short, Xie F. Song
  • Patent number: D630506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Vortex Packaging Niagara, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Raymond Short, Xie Fu Song
  • Patent number: D630507
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Vortex Packaging Niagara, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip R. Short, Xie F. Song
  • Patent number: D632561
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Vortex Packaging Niagara, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip R. Short, Xie F. Song
  • Patent number: D651922
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Vortex Packaging Niagara, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Raymond Short, Xie Fu Song
  • Patent number: D692748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Vortex Packaging Niagara, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip R. Short, Xie F. Song
  • Patent number: D703528
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Vortex Packaging Niagara Inc.
    Inventors: Philip R. Short, Xie Fu Song
  • Patent number: D718619
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Vortex Packaging Niagara, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip R. Short, Xie F. Song
  • Patent number: D723935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Vortex Packaging Niagara Inc.
    Inventor: Philip R. Short