Patents Examined by Christopher Demeree
  • Packaging material
    Patent number: 9725223
    Abstract: A packaging material as a formed integral includes a lower plate, a first side plate connected to a first side of the lower plate, and a second side plate connected to a second side of the lower plate. The first side plate includes a first plate body, a first bending line formed on the first plate body and for connecting the first side, and a first assembly portion disposed at one side of the first plate body. The second side plate includes a second plate body, a second bending line disposed at one side of the second plate body, and a first connecting portion disposed at one side of the second plate body. The first plate body and the second plate body are bent towards the lower plate, and the first assembly portion is locked and fastened with the first connecting portion to complete the packaging material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: LI JAW INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kun-Hsiang Chang
  • Bulk box dampening systems
    Patent number: 9718596
    Abstract: A packaging assembly comprises a bulk box having a shock absorber to dampen a kinetic energy of product being dispensed from a conveyor system. The shock absorber may be a rectangular sheet shock absorber disposed diagonally in the bulk box, a shuttle tray shock absorber disposed in an opening of the bulk box, a deflector net disposed in an opening of the bulk box, or a inflatable bag shock absorber disposed in the bulk box, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Grady Russell, Jeffrey A. Henderson, Lona Phitsamay, Joselito T. Crespo
  • Containers with rollover side walls and reinforced corners
    Patent number: 9718578
    Abstract: A blank of sheet material for forming a container includes a bottom panel and two opposing bottom end panels. The blank also includes two opposing side panel assemblies. Each side panel assembly extends from a side edge of the bottom panel. Each side panel assembly includes an outer side panel extending from a side edge of the bottom panel. Two opposing side end panels each extending from an end edge of the outer side panel. A rollover panel extending from a side edge of the outer side panel, two opposing rollover miter panels each extending from an end edge of the rollover panel, and two opposing end rollover panels each extending from an end edge of one of the two opposing rollover miter panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: WestRock Shared Services, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth C. Smith
  • Container and blank
    Patent number: 9718576
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container. In particular the invention relates to a container for receiving a food product which container is formed from a folded blank. The body of the container is formed from panels of the container blank and at least one flange section is provided at an edge of an opening of the container body. The flange section comprises two overlapping flange panels of the container blank, which are bonded together to maintain the shape of the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: COLPAC LIMITED
    Inventor: Samantha Moore
  • Sealing device for paper-based container
    Patent number: 9714112
    Abstract: The sealing device for a paper-based container has an elongated release base member with a double-sided adhesive layer on a major side along the length of the release base member. The release base member is adhered to a front portion of a flap of the container by the double-sided adhesive layer so that the flap may be used to seal the container. To open the container, a pull strip of the release base member is pulled off and the flap is separated. To reuse the container, a second sealing device is applied to another flap of the container so that the container may be reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Inventor: Shih-Fong Lin
  • Packaging sheet for box or wrapping
    Patent number: 9708111
    Abstract: A packaging sheet for wrapping an article or object, providing structure around the article or object, or forming a box. The packaging sheet includes first, second, third, fourth, and fifth flaps connected to first, second, third, fourth, and fifth panels along first, second, third, fourth, and fifth edges, respectively. The second panel is connected to the first panel, the third panel is connected to the first panel opposite the second panel, the fourth panel is connected to the second panel opposite the first panel, and the fifth panel is connected to the third panel opposite the first panel. The second and third flaps each define a distal edge extending at an angle relative to the second and third edges, respectively. The second and third flaps each define a first triangular shape or a first trapezoidal shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Inventor: Jennifer Prince
  • Applications of oxy-fuel combustion technology into gas turbine combustors and ion transport membrane reactors
    Patent number: 9702300
    Abstract: Experimental and numerical investigations on an atmospheric diffusion oxy-combustion flame in a gas turbine model combustor are conducted. The combustor is fuelled with CH4CH4 and a mixture of CO2 and O2 as oxidizer. The stability of the oxy-combustion flame is affected when the operating percentage of oxygen in the oxidizer mixture is reduced below 25%. A new 3D reactor design is introduced for the substitution of ITM reactors into a gas turbine combustor. A new oxygen permeation equation model has been developed by fitting the experimental data available in the literature for a LSCF ion transport membrane. The monolith structure design ITM reactor is capable of delivering power ranging from 5 to 8 MWe based on cycle first law efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Medhat Ahmed Nemitallah, Mohamed Abdel-Aziz Habib
  • Foldable liquid retaining bowl
    Patent number: 9701435
    Abstract: A foldable liquid retaining bowl made from a single sheet of bamboo pulp and a pair of standard fastening devices. The sheet of material is capable of being folded into a bowl form with a base and four side walls without needing to be cut or otherwise modified. The side walls are held together on each end by the fastening device such as a glued joint. The sheet of material is treated on at least one side with a water resistant coating. The folded bowl form is capable of being folded flat for storage and or transport. A preferred embodiment includes the sheet of material being made of Kraft paper coated with Polylactide acid (PLA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Inventor: Carol Jean Piechocinski
  • Easily openable box
    Patent number: 9701434
    Abstract: A box sealed by fixing a surrounding area of a mating portion of outer flaps and an end face plate by an adhesive tape made of a film as a base material. Information showing a forming position of a cut to function as a trigger to unseal the box is preliminarily indicated on the box. According to the information, the cut is formed on the adhesive tape only at a portion facing to the mating portion in a state that the outer flaps are sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Inventor: Kotaro Kuninobu
  • Bulk bin
    Patent number: 9694934
    Abstract: A bulk bin has a perimeter wall and first and second floor panels hingedly joined to the perimeter wall. Each floor panel is selectively foldable from a stowed position to a deployed position. In some embodiments, the first floor panel has a first tab and a first hole and the second floor panel has a second tab and a second hole. The first tab is configured for being selectively received in the second hole for interlocking engagement with the second floor panel, and the second tab is configured for being selectively received in the first hole for interlocking engagement with the first floor panel to secure the first and second floor panels in the deployed position. In certain embodiments, the perimeter wall includes multiple wall portions foldably joined together. At least two of the wall portions are joined at a fold joint of at least three spaced apart vertical creases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Inteplast Group Corporation
    Inventors: David Olds, Jacob Brewer
  • Packaging system
    Patent number: 9682794
    Abstract: A packaging system for a corrugated cardboard shipping container. The system uses two vertical compartmented inserts divided by a horizontal insert. The compartmented insert can be configured by a packer to consist of four to two rectangular compartments. The horizontal insert can be folded in half or have a quarter section folded away in order to accommodate a loading plan that requires items to protrude above the height of the bottom vertical compartmented insert. An optional diagonal divider and dunnage may be used prior to sealing the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Max W. Chesser, David A. Hampton, David G. Lothian, John Stanley Phillips, Andrew T. Smith, Harold Smith
  • Triangular shipping container
    Patent number: 9682792
    Abstract: Disclosure is directed to a preconfigured planar container template (“container template”) that can be assembled into a triangular shipping container (“container”). The container template is a substantially planar panel/flat sheet having a specified number of fold lines at specified positions in the planar panel, and which can be assembled into the container by folding at the fold lines. While not only assembling the container template into the container is very easy, making or manufacturing the container template is also very easy. The making or the manufacturing of the container template can include cutting a planar panel, e.g., made of some preferable material, into a container template of a specified shape and size and making a specified number of fold lines on the container template. The container template can be manufactured without using any securing products, such as glue and staple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: ART.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Warren Lee Shoff, Steven Mathew Farmer, Brett Raymond Stone
  • Container having a divider, a lid, foldable supports, and inwardly folding panels
    Patent number: 9676510
    Abstract: Unitary blank can include a first body portion, a second body portion joined to the first, a third body portion joined to the second, and a fourth body portion joined to the third. A first flap can extend from the fourth body portion and can have a first engagement portion adjacent to the fourth body portion, a second engagement portion opposite the fourth body portion, and a central portion defined therebetween. At least one inwardly folding panel can be disposed between adjacent body portions along a corresponding body fold line. First, second, third, and fourth base portions can extend from the first, second, third, and fourth body portion, respectively. Food containers and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Pactiv LLC
    Inventor: Angela E. Learn
  • Sustainable packaging system and method thereof
    Patent number: 9669958
    Abstract: A sustainable packing system is provided comprising a first fiberboard having a substantially flat surface for accepting a first item and at least one scored line for facilitating folding of the first fiberboard, the first fiberboard adapted to form a closed wall; and a second fiberboard adapted to be frictionally secured within the closed wall of the first fiberboard, having a substantially flat surface for accepting a second item and at least one scored line for facilitating folding of the second fiberboard to form a closed wall. A packaging method is also provided comprising the steps of providing a fiberboard having a substantially flat surface; scoring lines in the fiberboard to facilitate folding; wrapping a first item around the fiberboard; and folding the fiberboard forming a closed wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: FRANCO MANUFACTURING CO. INC.
    Inventors: David Louis Franco, Andres Ruiz
  • Product package and related method
    Patent number: 9663266
    Abstract: A package has a tray slidably mounted in a carton. The carton has a front access port and at least one catch. The tray has a pair of stops positioned to successively engage at least one catch in order to restrict outward movement of the tray. The tray can be positioned with the pair of stops located inwardly of, and locked in place by, at least one catch. The catch on the carton can be manipulated to clear one of the pair of stops and allow it to move outwardly past the catch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Charles Schwester
  • Container bottom locking features and related methods
    Patent number: 9663265
    Abstract: Containers, and sheets for forming containers, having bottom locking features, and related methods. In some embodiments, two opposing bottom panels of a sheet may be configured to define at least a portion of a bottom wall of a container. One such bottom panel may comprise a locking tab and the other such bottom panel may comprise a locking aperture configured to receive the locking tab. In a finished configuration, the locking tab may extend at least substantially parallel to the bottom panels within the locking aperture, and the locking tab and locking aperture may be spaced apart from the side walls of the container in the finished configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: INTERPLAST GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: David Olds
  • Method for manufacturing a container body of a tube and container body manufactured by such a method
    Patent number: 9662822
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a container body (20) of a tube, the methods comprising the steps of imprinting a sheet material (10) on one of its surfaces, bending the imprinted sheet material into the shape of the container body (20) of the tube with the imprinted surface on the outside, sealing adjacent edges (15) of the bent imprinted sheet material, and coating the bent imprinted sheet material with a transparent plastics sheathing (17) by extrusion, wherein the material of the plastics sheathing (17) and/or the ink used for imprinting are chosen such that the plastics sheathing (17) does not adhere to the imprint (14), resulting in one or more ventilation areas (18) being formed between the imprinted sheet material and the plastics sheathing (17). The invention furthermore relates to a container body manufactured by such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Hoffmann Neopac AG
    Inventors: Andreas Geiger, Philippe Kern
  • Panel boards and methods for making containers therefrom
    Patent number: 9656778
    Abstract: A panel board can include a main body confined by an upper boundary, a lower boundary, a first side boundary, and a second side boundary. A plurality of folding lines can be disposed on the main body and can extend from the upper boundary to the lower boundary. The folding lines disposed on the main body can provide a plurality of panels. A base having multiple sides can extend from the lower boundary of the main body. One or more locking tabs can extend from one or more sides of the base and one or more locking tabs can extend from the lower boundary of the main body. One or more locking slots can be disposed through the panel board about the lower boundary of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific LLC
    Inventors: John P. Kelly, Ronald C. Norris, Richard D. Jordan
  • Bottle carrier
    Patent number: 9650192
    Abstract: A method of constructing a carrier for bottles (such as two or four craft beer bottles), wherein the layout fits through a digital printer, is disclosed. A flat of beverage board is printed upon (on one side or both, though all exterior surfaces are derived from one side of the board) with individualized and/or short-run graphics. The flat is die-cut and folded into a square or rectangle closed by a tab that is glued on the back of one of side panels, and bottom flaps are folded and glued into place. A riser extends up from each of a pair of opposite sides to support a handle flap, and the handle flaps are glued together across the top of the rectangle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Zoxxbox, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Schindler
  • Insulating packaging
    Patent number: 9648969
    Abstract: A package or container includes a side wall, the side wall having an inner surface and an outer surface. At least one of the inner surface or the outer surface of the side wall may be at least partially coated by a layer of a insulating material. The material may be adapted to be expanded to provide thermal insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: LBP Manufacturing LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Fu, Matthew R. Cook