Patents Examined by Christopher Demeree
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Patent number: 9889962Abstract: The invention relates to a precut blank (1) consisting of a foldable material such as corrugated cardboard, paperboard or carton for producing automatically erectable packaging, in particular, a tray. The precut blank has a bottom (3) and hinged to it, two lateral panels (4), a rear panel (6) and a front panel (5), as well as two connecting flaps (7, 8) hinged to the front panel (5) and two hinged to the rear panel (6). According to the invention, an unstressed elastic element (15) is fastened at the connecting flaps (7) that are hinged to the front panel. Further, the invention relates to packaging erected from the precut blank (1).Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: DS Smith Packaging Deutschland Stifung & Co. KGInventors: James McDonald, Gert De Smedt, Fredrik Jacobsson
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Patent number: 9884712Abstract: An improved container blank of foldable material and resulting structure to hold a fluid filled carton is provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Southern Champion Tray, L.P.Inventors: George Coogan, Jason Ray, Stokes Smith, Bill Jones, Ron Couvillon
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Patent number: 9884713Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a packing box in the field of outer packing technique in view of problems that the existing thick packing box occupies large space in transporting and storage and cannot be reused after disassembled due to adhering connections.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2014Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL DESIGN PACKAGING CO., LTD.Inventor: Wentai Yen
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Patent number: 9878818Abstract: A tamper resistant box includes: a front panel; a side panel attached to the front panel at a first fold line; a back panel attached to the side panel at a second fold line; a side top flap attached to the side panel at a third fold line; and a front top flap attached to the front panel at a fourth fold line. In some examples, the side top flap can define a tapered slot extending towards the third fold line from an edge of the side top flap at a location distal from the third fold line, and a widest portion of the tapered slot can define a tapered slot width. In further examples, the front top flap can define a top slot having a top slot width that is less than the tapered slot width.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Iron Mountain IncorporatedInventors: Rene Grajales, Fred Dowd, Sandy Freeman
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Patent number: 9873543Abstract: A storage container includes a bottom panel that has a parallel front edge and rear edge, and a parallel first and second side edge. A front panel is connected to the bottom panel along the front edge and is further connected with a front locking section. A first side panel is connected to the first side edge of the bottom panel and is further connected to a first side locking section. A second side panel is connected to the second side edge of the bottom panel and is further connected to a second side locking section. A rear panel is connected to the rear edge of the bottom panel and is further connected to a rear locking section. The rear panel has four deltoidal sections. The container is configured for rapid assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Connecticut Container Corp.Inventor: Gerald C. Earnshaw
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Patent number: 9873544Abstract: A beverage container to enable the manufacture and packaging of two flavors of juice or other liquid drinks. At present, the preference and favorite flavor of an individual consumer is not accommodated unless two or more products are purchased. This invention provides a cardboard or plastic divider panel that is incorporated into any existing cartons that overcomes these limitations by enabling a carton to be divided into two flavors. Each side of the beverage container has a spout for separate pouring the contents of that particular side.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Fully Focused Inc.Inventor: Amanee Muhammad
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Patent number: 9873541Abstract: A storage container includes a bottom panel that has a parallel front edge and rear edge, and a parallel first and second side edge. A front panel is connected to the bottom panel along the front edge and is further connected with a front locking section. A first side panel is connected to the first side edge of the bottom panel and is further connected to a first side locking section. A second side panel is connected to the second side edge of the bottom panel and is further connected to a second side locking section. A rear panel is connected to the rear edge of the bottom panel and is further connected to a rear locking section. The rear panel has four deltoidal sections. The container is configured for rapid assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Connecticut Container Corp.Inventor: Gerald C. Earnshaw
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Patent number: 9873540Abstract: A container (10) consists of a substantially planar blank having a plurality of regions, the regions including a base (18), side walls (14), end walls (16) and a lid (12). Each of the regions is connectable to at least one of the other regions by a hinge (20) formed within the blank. The blank is able to be converted into a first unassembled configuration in which regions of the blank are pivoted around the hinges (20) connecting the regions in relation to other regions, to form a rectangular slab in which compact mode blanks are able to be stacked, and a second configuration in which the blank is erected to form the container (10), which has a cuboidal structure of substantially uniform cross-section, for the storage of articles.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2014Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: ICEE HOLDINGS PTY LTD.Inventor: Leslie John Skinner
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Patent number: 9868562Abstract: A bulk bin assembly formed from a plurality of blanks material is provided. The bulk bin assembly includes a container portion including a plurality of side walls, wherein at least one side wall has a ventilation opening defined therein. The bulk bin assembly further includes a ventilation insert including a plurality of side panels and at least one insert opening defined in at least one side panel. The ventilation insert is positioned within a cavity of the container portion such that an air flow channel defined by the plurality of side panels is in air flow communication with the ventilation opening of the container portion to permit ambient air to flow through the ventilation opening and through the insert opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: WestRock Shared Services, LLCInventors: William T. McDonnell, Kenneth John Shanton, M. Scott Bryll, Timothy McCarthy
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Patent number: 9869250Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a core engine section which includes a compressor section and a core turbine section. The core engine is configured to rotate about a core axis. A drive turbine is configured to rotate about a drive turbine axis. A bypass passage connects an intake to the gas turbine engine directly with an exhaust of the drive turbine.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Paul R. Hanrahan, Daniel Bernard Kupratis
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Patent number: 9868563Abstract: A carton for holding a product is disclosed. The carton comprises a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels comprises a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. The carton further comprises a hinge in at least one of the plurality of panels and a reclosable lid pivotably attached to the carton. The reclosable lid comprises a first intermediate panel foldably connected to at least one of the plurality of panels and a second intermediate panel foldably connected to the first intermediate panel. The first intermediate panel is positioned in face-to-face contact with the second intermediate panel. The reclosable lid is pivotable at the hinge between a closed position preventing access to the interior of the carton and an open position allowing access to the interior of the carton.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.Inventor: Felicia A. Pinkstone
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Patent number: 9862521Abstract: Dual handle box designs, blanks for forming boxes by folding, collapsible and non-collapsible boxes formed thereby, and manufacturing methods therefor are disclosed. Preferably each handle is located on an opposite end of the box; is two-ply; defines an elongate hand opening for receiving fingers of a hand; defines an elongate tab opening for receiving a tab of a center handle, and that intersects the hand opening; and defines a recess for receiving and retaining a lid panel of the box. Furthermore, the boxes preferably have a waterproof or water-resistant coating applied and are used as ice coolers for beverages and food items.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: THATBOX DESIGN, LLCInventor: Donn J. Costanzo, Jr.
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Patent number: 9861219Abstract: A system and method for reducing manufacturing costs of patterned constructible utensils and improving their constructability. One constructible utensil includes a set of scores (e.g., a quad of scores including an outer pair and an inner pair, a single such pair, or other number of scores) that are shaped to converge when moving from a bowl-region towards the handle portion. The scores do not intersect but stop and produce various alterations in the converging score pattern. These alterations in the converging pattern help with propagation of a bowl-forming fold responsive to a constructing manipulation of the handle portion (e.g., folding, bending, and other operation on the handle portion and one or more scores on the handle portion).Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: EcoTensil Inc.Inventor: Peggy V. K. Cross
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Patent number: 9862161Abstract: Blank for display packages containing a cartomizer blister pack include a top panel and a bottom panel connected to a back panel, a front panel connected to the bottom panel, a first glue panel connected to the back panel, a second glue panel connected to the back panel front, a first side panel connected to the front panel, a second side panel connected to the front panel, a first bottom side panel connected to the first glue panel, a second bottom side panel connect to the second glue panel, and a plurality of first cut lines separating the first and second bottom side panels from the bottom panel and the first and second side panels.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES, LLCInventor: Scott A. Fath
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Patent number: 9856050Abstract: A box having a base wall having an outer surface defined by a central region of a folded sheet, and one or more side walls forming a closed perimeter and extending from an inner surface of the base wall. Each side wall has spaced apart inner and outer layers being defined by a folded tab of the folded sheet, the folded tab defining an enclosure. A reinforcement ring is received in the enclosure defined by the folded tabs of the side wall(s). The reinforcement ring has a thickness greater than that of the folded sheet. A method of forming a box is also discussed.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: MADOVAR PACKAGINGInventors: Bilal Madwar, Bashar Madwar
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Patent number: 9856074Abstract: A folding baked goods box that has a lower box portion having upstanding walls including a back wall that has a lower window edge. A lid portion of the box is hingedly attached to the lower box at the back wall. The top includes oppositely located lateral window edges that define lateral sides of a window. The lid portion includes a lid front that extends downwardly from the top and has a lower window edge is located within the front. The window in the baked goods box extends continuously from the lower window edge of the back wall across the top of the lid portion, between lateral window edges to the lower window edge of the front of the lid portion. The lid portion is adapted for being fitted over the lower box portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Indiana Carton Company, Inc.Inventors: James C Petty, Brenna D Zbieranski, Matthew W Petty
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Patent number: 9856048Abstract: A package for an electronic device includes an enclosure to hold the electronic device. The package may include a closure flap coupled to a top of the package to close the enclosure. The closure flap may include a tear strip usable to open the package. A sled may be disposed in the package and may include a substantially planar backplane and a sleeve. The electronic device may be held in a gap between the backplane and the sleeve. A portion of a top edge of the package, under the closure flap, may be recessed such that when the closure flap is opened, a pull tab of the sled is exposed. The package may include a hole formed through at least one surface of the package, from which to hang the package.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Paul Grady Russell, Karl Anton Bakker, Joselito Tansingco Crespo, Patrick Dean Lewis, John Harvey Lucas, Kristina Gayle de la Lama, Paul Clayton Marchetti
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Patent number: 9848719Abstract: A paperboard plate such as a paper plate includes a generally planar bottom portion, an upwardly and outwardly extending fluted sidewall, wherein the sidewall comprises a plurality of sidewall flutes substantially around the outer perimeter of the plate to define a fluted perimeter. The flutes are suitably present at fewer than 3.5 flutes per inch; the plate has a radial profile with a single transition; and the diameter/flute length ratio is greater than 6. The plates are formed in a punch-through die cutting and forming tool from a plurality of paperboard web layers at increased productivities as compared with conventional heated press-forming.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: GPCP IP Holdings LLCInventors: Mark B. Littlejohn, Michael A. Breining, Larry A. Mejeur
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Patent number: 9850035Abstract: A package has a rigid package body and a handle for carrying the package. The rigid package body has at least six faces and a reclosable opening on a face of the rigid package body. The handle is positioned over the reclosable opening and has a first strap, a second strap, and a connection portion. The first strap includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the first strap is attached to one face of the package body. The second strap includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the second strap is attached to another face of the package body that is opposite to the face that is attached to the first strap. The connection portion is located on the second end of the second strap and is detachably engaged to the second end of the first strap.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: GPCP IP Holdings LLCInventor: Gregory D. Moore
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Patent number: 9850021Abstract: A substantially paper-based composite container for an off-gassing product includes a paperboard can body having a substantially gas-impervious liner attached to an inner surface thereof, and a pair of substantially paper-based end closures attached to the opposite ends of the can body, each end closure defining a generally cylindrical sealing panel in contact with an inner surface of the can body. Heat-sealable materials are disposed on opposing surfaces of the sealing panel and can body. The sealing panels of the end closures are attached to the can body by heat seals. The heat seal for at least one of the end closures is discontinuous such that at least one vent channel extends through the heat seal so as to establish fluid communication between an interior of the composite container and the environment outside the composite container. The at least one vent channel is operable to vent excess gas pressure from the interior of the container.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.Inventor: Kenan J. Clougherty