Patents Examined by Christopher R Demeree
  • Food holder
    Patent number: 11198536
    Abstract: Described herein is a food holder including a multiple-panel, tapered sleeve that may include a forward panel, a rear panel, two front-side panels and two back-side panels that for an irregular shape. The multiple-panel sleeve includes a multiple-panel bottom member connected to the bottom edges of the forward and rear panels. The bottom member includes a foldline that allows the bottom member to project upwards into a space defined by the panels when the space between the forward and rear panels is reduced. The food holder includes a tear-away portion defined by a line of perforations which may be removed by a consumer to allow access to lower portions of the food product. The irregular, tapered shape and proportionality of the bottom member promote the structural integrity of the food holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: BML Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Bridgit Lombard, Michael Lewis, David Fowlkes, Jr.
  • Reinforced package
    Patent number: 11198534
    Abstract: A reinforced package comprising a carton comprising a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels can comprise a front panel and a back panel disposed opposite to the front panel. The carton can comprise a bottom wall foldably connected to the front panel along a first curved fold line and to the back panel along a second curved fold line. The reinforced package further can include a bag at least partially attached to the carton. The bag can be at least partially defining an interior space for holding a product. The carton can be positionable in a non-erect position and in an erect position. At least the bottom wall and the first curved fold line can be configured to retain the carton in the erect position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond S. Kastanek, Kelly R. Fitzwater
  • Retail ready containers
    Patent number: 11198535
    Abstract: A blank for constructing a container includes a front panel, a bottom panel foldably connected to the front panel along a lower front horizontal fold line, and a side panel having a front portion and a rear portion. The side panel is foldably connected to at least one of the bottom panel or the front panel. The blank includes a top panel that is foldably connected to the side panel, and a rear panel foldably connected to the rear portion of the side panel along a rear vertical fold line. The front and rear portions of the side panel are separable from one another along a separation line such that the rear portion of the side panel and the rear panel are configured and adapted for removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: WESTROCK SHARED SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: David G. Couture, Kevin M. Simpkins
  • Reclosable carton and blank therefor
    Patent number: 11192680
    Abstract: The present invention provides an enclosed carton for storing and dispensing a plurality of consumer goods. The carton is reclosable and resealable using an interior tuck tab that is formed from one of the carton panels. The tab has a perimeter defined by a line of weakness for separating the interior tuck tab from the carton panel, a first fold line for hingedly connecting the interior tuck tab to the panel and a second fold line spaced apart from the first fold line; and a pair of notches disposed on the interior tuck tab substantially parallel to the second fold line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Brandon Mark Hokanson, Sydney Leigh Kallenbach, Timothy Scott Burnham
  • Closures for carton board packaging of gable top type and sealing thereof
    Patent number: 11192678
    Abstract: The invention is an improvement of the well-known gable top packaging, commonly seen in milk and juice products. The improvement lies in the opening and closing of such packaging with a pull-to-open type opening. This invention addresses the problem that this type of packaging not is water tight after opening. The invention solves this leaking problem by adding a so called zip lock fastener in the opening area of the package. Zip lock fasteners are characterized by having an interlocking groove and ridge that form a tight seal when pressed together. When the user is folding in the pouring spout the zip lock fasteners meet and form a liquid tight joint. The invention is concerning the type and function of the zip lock and its placement. The invention describes as well how to produce gable-top packaging with this new liquid tight zip lock closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: AB MERCULOR
    Inventors: Babak Fazelinejad, Robert Svanberg
  • Carton having major flap overlap
    Patent number: 11192681
    Abstract: Provided are cartons, particularly cartons for storing and dispensing consumer products and more particularly absorbent consumer products and still more particularly tissue products, such as rolled tissue products, which eliminates plastic packaging while still protecting the carton contents from dirt and grime. The carton contents are protected by providing a carton having a top panel formed from opposing flaps that overlap to some extent. The overlapped portion however, is designed to compress on center and not to add material height to the perimeter of the carton so that multiple cartons may be stacked one on top of another to form a stable unit load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventor: Brandon Mark Hokanson
  • Containers with removable display converting panels
    Patent number: 11186404
    Abstract: A container includes a plurality of panels connected together to enclose an interior space. At least one tear away portion is defined in the plurality of panels. An insert is adhered to the at least one tear away portion for removal from the plurality of panels together with the at least one tear away portion to provide access to the interior space. The insert can extend from a first end of the interior space to an opposite end of the interior space as a load bearing member between two opposed panels of the plurality of panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: WestRock Shared Services, LLC
    Inventor: Michael B. McLeod
  • Dual compartment dispensing box with lateral slide openings
    Patent number: 11180281
    Abstract: A dual compartment box features slides which move sideways to uncover openings for dispensing two different types of solid pourable products. It is made from a single cardboard blank having a plurality of panels extending lengthwise and connected together. The box is formed by folding the panels into a pair of adjacent compartments, with a top panel folding over to encapsulate the slides. The slides are detachable from the front panel and moveable sideways to uncover openings which form dispensing paths for the two types of solid pourable products. The slides preferably remain attached to side panels of the box, and then can be moved back to close off the dispensing paths if all the product is not immediately used. A bottom portion of the box is configured with conventional flaps and the box can be filled from the bottom or the top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventor: David T. Hengami
  • Three-dimensional body, container, and method for manufacturing container
    Patent number: 11180277
    Abstract: A body portion (120A) that is a cylindrical body has one end portion, such as a lower end portion or the body portion (120A) or a first part (126) of a body portion (120), that is folded back inwardly. The body portion (120A) has at least one planar-shaped flat section, such as a second flat section (122) or a fourth flat section (124). A notch, such as a notch (K1) or a notch (K2), is provided at one end, such as a lower end, of the flat section. The one end portion includes a portion provided with the notch, such as by providing the notch (K1) or (K2) at a lower end of the lower end portion of the body portion (120A) or at a distal end of the first part (126A) of the body portion (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOKAN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhisa Tamura
  • Food box container and method
    Patent number: 11174066
    Abstract: The invention is a food box container and a method for operating same, the food box container comprises an open top box body pivotally connected to double-hinged top, the open top box body further defining a hollow interior configured to receive and hold food; the double-hinged top has a first hinge and second hinge that have a spaced-apart and parallel orientation to one another, the first hinge pivotally sections the double-hinged lid into a support panel and a top lid, the second hinge pivotally connects the support panel to the open top box body; the support panel further defines one or more removable caps which when opened from the support panel reveal support apertures to receive other containers of drinks, condiments and the like; and the top lid controls a second access to the hollow interior that is smaller than an access as provided by the double-hinged top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventor: Adam R Houghton
  • Container including tamper proof closure
    Patent number: 11174067
    Abstract: A container for consumer goods is provided, including a box to house the goods and having a box front wall, a box back wall, a box bottom wall, and box side walls, a top face of the box providing an access opening providing access to the goods; and a lid flap hingedly connected to the box back wall and including lid top and front walls, such that in a closed position of the flap the lid top and front walls overlie the access opening and the front wall, such that prior to a first opening of the container, the front wall is connected to each of the side walls along a line of weakness extending along a front edge of the respective side wall, and such that upon separation of the flap along the line, the flap is movable into an open position uncovering the access opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Vincent Antonellini, Bryan Foster, Luiz Andre Rodrigues, Onesio Luis Thesing
  • Shelf ready containers with bird-feeder dispensor
    Patent number: 11174068
    Abstract: A container includes a plurality of panels connected together at fold lines to extend at least partially around an interior space. A plurality of end flaps are each foldably connected to a respective one of the panels. The end flaps are overlapped with one another to enclose an end of the interior space. One of the end flaps is a main bird-feeder flap. A side bird-feeder flap foldably connected to the main bird-feeder flap. The main bird-feeder flap and the side bird-feeder flap are configured to deploy from a closed position cooperating with the plurality of end flaps to enclose the end of the interior space, to an open position with the main bird-feeder flap hinged outward from the interior space to form an opening in the end of the interior space, and with the side bird-feeder flap forming a side of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: WESTROCK SHARED SERVICES, LLC
    Inventor: Ryan T. Beavor
  • Carton with impact-resistant features
    Patent number: 11174064
    Abstract: A carton for holding one or more articles, the carton including a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton and at least partially forming a body portion of the carton, a plurality of impact-resistant panels foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, and a plurality of end flaps for forming a closed end of the carton. The plurality of end flaps includes a first end flap foldably connected to an impact-resistant panel of the plurality of impact-resistant panels and a second end flap foldably connected to a panel of the plurality of panels, a lateral edge of the second end flap is a folding edge about which the first end flap is folded to at least partially form the closed end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Graphie Packaging International, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew R. Kearns, Aaron Lee Bates
  • Fastner
    Patent number: 11173618
    Abstract: A fastener for fixing a pair of opposing flaps of a box in a closed state includes a receiving part extending along a first direction, with a flap abutting part configured to abut surfaces of the flaps being arranged on at least one side of the receiving part, the flap abutting part constituting a tab part for which at least a portion is curvable or bendable upward, a linking part having a rod shape and extending from a center portion of the receiving part, and a pressing part having a rod shaped that extends outwardly from an end of the linking part along the first direction, the pressing part being configured to be inserted into a gap at a juncture of the flaps so that spaces on both sides of the linking part between the receiving part and the pressing part constitute insertion areas into which the flaps are inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: KOIZUMI FACTORY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiro Koizumi
  • Packaging box sheet
    Patent number: 11167879
    Abstract: A packaging box sheet capable of transporting without consuming space, assembled to obtain a box. The box sheet includes: a mounting board; and a decorative paper on the mounting board surface; where the mounting board includes: a bottom board; and first and second side boards connected to two sides sharing one apex at the bottom board; where the decorative paper includes: a first paper portion affixed to the bottom board; a second paper portion corresponding to the second side boards, where the second paper portion is connected to the first paper portion, and where the second paper portion is separated from the second side boards; and a third paper portion connected to the first paper portion and where the third paper portion projects from the first side boards toward the second side boards; and wherein the second and the third paper portion have an adhesive layer and a release paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventor: Noriyuki Hisamitsu
  • Presentation container apparatus
    Patent number: 11167876
    Abstract: A presentation container comprising a sheet of material comprising a base panel, a wall panel foldably connected to each edge of the base panel, and a lid tab foldably connected to an outer edge of each wall panel, and one or more ribbons attached to the sheet of material. Each wall panel is foldable perpendicular to the base panel such that a side edge of each wall panel is next to each adjacent wall panel, and each lid tab is foldable perpendicular to the associated wall panel to place the container in a constructed form for housing an object in an interior thereof. At least two ends of the ribbons are securable to each other to hold the container in the constructed form, and the container is moveable into a presentation form by unsecuring the at least two ends of the ribbons to display the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventors: Julie Marie France Fillion, Sheldon David Smith
  • Perforated collapsible box
    Patent number: 11167878
    Abstract: A collapsible box includes a top panel; a front panel hingedly attached to the top panel; a first side panel hingedly attached to the top panel and the front panel; a second side panel hingedly attached to the top panel and the front panel; a rear panel hingedly attached to the top panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel; and a bottom panel hingedly attached to the front panel, the rear panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel; and wherein a lateral hinge is defined extending at least partially across the front panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, and the rear panel, and wherein the lateral hinge is configured to collapse the collapsible box when a user presses inwards on the first side panel and the second side panel along the lateral hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Pratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Greg Sollie, Shifeng Chen
  • Insulated box assembly with overlapping panels
    Patent number: 11167877
    Abstract: A box assembly includes an exterior piece including a middle portion; a connecting segment coupled to the middle portion by a fold line; and a end segment coupled to the connecting segment by a fold line, the connecting segment positioned substantially perpendicular to the middle portion and the end segment; an interior piece positioned within the exterior piece, the interior piece including a side panel, a space defined between the middle portion and the side panel, the interior piece defining a cavity, the end segment extending into the cavity, the end segment coupled to the side panel; and an insulator positioned at least partially within the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Pratt Retail Specialties, LLC
    Inventors: Greg Sollie, Jamie Waitermire, Shifeng Chen
  • Box with interior lift mechanism
    Patent number: 11161646
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a box for use in packaging, storing and displaying items. The box has a one-dimensional configuration before it is formed and a three-dimensional configuration after it is formed. The three-dimensional configuration is formed from a blank which lies flat and with a plurality of fold lines. The three dimensional configuration of the box includes a base portion, four side portions, two lid portions and a platform within the interior of the box that is capable of moving in a vertical manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Bryan Parrish, Jason Landis
  • Interlocking stackable containers
    Patent number: 11161643
    Abstract: An interlocking container formed from one piece of material, comprising, a base panel having a first, second, third, and forth edge; a first side foldably connected along a first edge to the first edge of the base panel, a second side foldably connected along a first edge to the second edge of the base panel, a third side is foldably connected along a first edge to the third edge of the base panel, a fourth side is foldably connected along the a edge to the fourth edge of the base panel, wherein when folded a container with interlocking tabs is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Jan Aziz