Patents Examined by Davis T. Moorhead
  • Hinged cover carton
    Patent number: 4170327
    Abstract: A hinged cover carton formed from a sheet blank section comprising: a cover means, the cover means comprising a top panel and a side wall integrally attached thereto, the side wall extending the entire perimeter of the top panel. The hinged cover carton also comprises a base assembly including a base section having a raised, beveled area along a portion thereof, the base section being hingably attached to the side wall of the cover means. Additionally, a guide means is attached along a portion thereof to the beveled area, and attached along an opposing portion thereof to the inside of the cover means, wherein the guide means is adapted to alternatively urge the cover means towards a closed and opened position and retain the cover means in a plurality of partially opened positions when said cover means is at an appropriate angular position with respect to the base assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1979
    Inventor: Norman A. Bruml
  • Dressing change kits
    Patent number: 4170300
    Abstract: A kit for aseptic changing of a dressing such as a catheter dressing includes a disposable tray made of a light plastic sheet material and having a cover sheet adhering thereto and closing depressions in the tray. This cover sheet is removable from the tray so as to render the depressions thereof accessible. In these depressions there are a number of items including packettes of antiseptic germicide solution and ointment, cleansing swabs, and the like, as well as a number of swabsticks, gauze pads, and adherent tape. These items also may include a sheet of drape material, a plastic bag for receiving a previously applied dressing which is removed, and plastic gloves. One of the items included in the tray is a suitable cutting tool, such as a disposable scissors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1979
    Assignee: The Purdue Frederick Company
    Inventor: Ernest W. Pick
  • Box construction with strengthened lid closure
    Patent number: 4169553
    Abstract: A heavy duty box and blank for forming the box includes structure to increase the strength of the corner regions of the box so that they may provide direct and additional support for the downwardly depending skirt of the cover for the box. The box includes, at each corner, an outwardly projecting tab which is located to provide additional support for the lower edge of the corner region of the skirt of the cover. The invention avoids the necessity of using a cover having a full length skirt and results in a box which better withstands vertical loads, as when other boxes are stacked on top of it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1979
    Inventor: Selwyn H. Cain
  • Packaging container
    Patent number: 4169540
    Abstract: There is disclosed a package or wrapping for powderized material such as ground coffee. The package consists of a substantially rigid outer container and an inner liner or liner made of plastic or other pliable material. The goods to be packaged are placed in the inner liner, the shape of which is so that it substantially fits the container when filled. The container has on one side an opening which can be closed by a cover and the inner liner when placed in the container has on its side facing the container opening a flat closure. The liner may be secured to the container along a flange adjacent to the container opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1979
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget Platmanufaktur
    Inventors: Lars-Goran Larsson, Bertil S. O. Murne
  • Shipping box for coats
    Patent number: 4168028
    Abstract: A large box of sufficient size to carry a coat is cut and folded with the use of a conventionally sized standard die from a single piece of sheet-form material and has side panel structures formed by having an exterior side panel, an integral hinge, and an interior side panel with latching tabs to interlock with the bottom of the box. The exterior and interior side panels have a reduced total height due to the hinged side panels being formed with a bias cut so as to reduce the effective height of the panels to be less than the total height of the completed box while still providing closure integrity and structural stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1979
    Assignee: Mack-Chicago Corporation
    Inventor: Richard J. McCall
  • Box composed of pressed materials for shipping fruits, vegetables
    Patent number: 4167232
    Abstract: A box for shipping fruits, vegetables, etc. is composed of[a] two pairs of substantially square or rectangular generally flat side panels of generally equal shape;[b] the longitudinally upper edges of the panels being turned outwardly and the longitudinal lower edges being turned inwardly so as to mesh with each other upon storage of the boxes in piles,[c] abutting corner sections of each panel being turned outwardly at an obtuse angle along most of their vertical length, the upper ends of the corner portions thus forming an enlarged base when the boxes are piled up upon each other, and[d] a continuous straight channel extending parallel to and above the lower edges of the box adapted to receive a bottom member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1979
    Assignee: J. F. Werz Jr. KG Werzalit-Prssholzwerk
    Inventors: Edmund Munk, Gerd Weinberg, Hermann Henke
  • Package with handle
    Patent number: 4166570
    Abstract: A carton having a carrying handle attached to ears projecting from opposite edges of a closure flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1979
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Jean Lazerand, Andre Risbec
  • Carton with integral retractable spout
    Patent number: 4166566
    Abstract: A rectangular, tube like carton having four upstanding sidewalls, a base portion, and a top closure includes an improved reclosable pour spout. The top closure and spout include a pair of contiguous, triangular shaped segments which form portions of the top closure, each segment having one edge thereof extending along one half the width of a first sidewall of the carton. A second edge of each of the triangular shaped segments extends along the longitudinal axis of the top closure. The third edge of each triangular segment is hingedly connected to the top closure. An insertable tab member is hingedly attached to the one sidewall of the carton, the insertable tab being generally triangular in configuration. The top closure and spout further include two minor tabs, each being hingedly connected intermediate the insertable tab and one of the triangular shaped segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1979
    Assignee: Champion International Corporation
    Inventor: Gordon A. Hamilton
  • Polygonal container
    Patent number: 4166568
    Abstract: A polygonal container having a container sides assembly and a separate container bottom assembly, which is adapted for interlocking engagement with the container sides assembly at a lower portion thereof thereby to form the container bottom. The container sides assembly is foldably formed from a unitary blank of relatively rigid but foldable material and has a plurality of generally rectangular side panels hingedly interconnected to form an enclosure defining the sides of the polygonal container. A plurality of lower edge flaps are hingedly connected to the lower edge of the rectangular side panels and are adapted for folding upwardly and inside the enclosure to interlockingly receive corresponding elements of the container bottom assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1979
    Inventor: Walter B. Swan
  • Air freshener carton
    Patent number: 4166565
    Abstract: A carton for holding an insert of air freshener material includes a front panel with outwardly bowed side edges and a spaced back panel having parallel upper and lower edges and converging side edges. First and second side panels connect the front and back panels. A top closure is formed of a plurality of flaps extending from the upper edges of the panels. The flaps extending from the front and back panels are sealed in overlapping fashion. The carton also includes a plurality of bottom flaps extending from the lower edges of the panels. The flaps extending from the front and back panels are also sealed in overlapping fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1979
    Assignee: Champion International Corporation
    Inventor: George P. Webinger
  • Cosmetic container with cleaning surface
    Patent number: 4165815
    Abstract: A multi-compartment cosmetic container is comprised of an upper and lower case, there being provided an inner container to one case into which a desired cosmetic product can be placed. The container can be used to hold a variety of cosmetic products, preferably those which are applied by means of the finger tips. The other case portion provides a sponge like surface for retaining a suitable cosmetic remover. The individual can drag her finger across the surface and remove any excess make-up or like cosmetic which may have accumulated during application. The first and second case can be attachable together in a suitable fashion which separates the two products, but nevertheless retains them in an individual overall container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1979
    Inventor: Kathryn A. Vetter
  • Tape-mounted electronic component package
    Patent number: 4165807
    Abstract: A package for storing and feeding electronic components having parallel leads mounted equidistantly by the leads on tape is provided. The tape is wound in a spiral and packaged in the box prepared from a box blank. The box has a removable side face which is removed from the box for forming an opening through which the tape and the electronic components mounted thereon can be fed either manually or automatically without opening the package itself. The removable side face has an elongated retainer flap for serving to hold the tape and the electronic components mounted thereon firmly in position within the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1979
    Assignee: Tokyo Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yagi
  • Two cell bulk box
    Patent number: 4165030
    Abstract: A box having inner and outer pieces secured together to form two cells with the ends of the two inner pieces laminated together in hooked relationship to form a center strut tying together the opposite sides of the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1979
    Assignee: Union Camp Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur W. Bunger, Thorne C. Kitchell
  • Blank for boxes
    Patent number: 4164315
    Abstract: A blank formed of cardboard, corrugated board or other sheetlike material for forming stackable boxes. Upon folding, the blank provides wedge shaped end walls which extend above the side walls for engagement within a wedge shaped groove defined at the end edges of the bottom wall of another box similarly formed located in stacked relationship to the first box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1979
    Assignee: Oy Tampella AB
    Inventor: Paavo Pennanen
  • Dual purpose divider
    Patent number: 4164312
    Abstract: A divider for insertion in a box or like container for dividing the container into sections. The divider is formed of a paper product and includes a double thickness primary portion formed of a pair of divider panels joined together along a longitudinal connection with there being an end panel connected to each divider panel at each end thereof and the end panels extending normal to the divider panels. The divider panels in turn have end portions defined by transverse fold lines and the longitudinal connection between the end portions of the divider panels is rupturable, whereby the extent of the divider panels may be reduced and the extent of the end panels may be increased. Thus, a single divider may extend either longitudinally or transversely of a rectangular container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1979
    Assignee: The Continental Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Frederick G. Harned
  • Foldable display container
    Patent number: 4164316
    Abstract: This invention relates to foldable display containers, and more particularly, to such foldable display containers which are inexpensive and convenient to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1979
    Inventor: David O. Gooding
  • Container
    Patent number: 4164313
    Abstract: Corrugated board container with side wall which hinges outwardly for introduction and access to contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1979
    Assignee: New England Envelope Manufacturing Co.
    Inventor: Edward G. Hewitt
  • Single use disposable cat litter package
    Patent number: 4164314
    Abstract: A single use disposable package formed from a corrugated paper or fiberboard or other paperboard blank made into a six-sided box for containing cat litter. The package is used in the open position where the top section of the box is held rigidly by the mutual engagement of tabs and slots formed by perforations in the top sections. One top section is perforated and scored to enable part of that top section to be folded downwards and inwards to make an adjustable-sized opening for the entry and exit of a cat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1979
    Assignee: Mid-Florida Mining Company
    Inventor: Allen C. Edgar
  • Air freshener carton
    Patent number: 4163518
    Abstract: A one-piece carton for receiving an insert of air freshener material or the like includes a front panel and flanking back panels having a continuous curved lower edge. The common side edges of the front panel and back panels are defined by straight fold lines which converge as they extend away from the lower edge. Each of the panels includes a top flap which is shorter than the upper edge of the panel from which it extends. The free edges of the back panels are secured in overlapping relationship by an adhesive strip on one of the panels. The top flaps are folded inwardly and secured in overlapping relationship to form a rectangular top closure. An insert of air freshener material may be loaded into the carton through the generally circular, open bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1979
    Assignee: Champion International Corporation
    Inventor: George Webinger
  • Tubular container
    Patent number: 4163517
    Abstract: The disclosure is of a tamper-proof tubular container, which comprises: a tubular body including a detachable or removable body wall portion contiguous with one end, a plug for the opposite end and a removable closure member mounted on the inner surface of the removable portion. Frangible means permits detachment of the removable portion. The closure member has a threaded portion in contact with the inner surface of the tubular wall, to facilitate removal and replacement of the closure member. The container of the invention is particularly advantageous in that it is lightweight, tamper-proof, secure after opening and replacement of the closure member and is easier to employ for multiple opening and reclosures. The disclosure is also of a self-threading closure member for use in association with tubular-type containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1979
    Assignee: Niemand Bros., Inc.
    Inventors: Hermann Kappler, Norman A. Chezek