Patents Examined by Herbert F. Ross
  • Hollow wall tray and cover closure lock arrangement
    Patent number: 4341339
    Abstract: A closure arrangement for a hollow wall tray including a lid hinged to the rear wall and having depending therefrom a flange engagable with the inside of the front wall of the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1982
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Frank E. Zore
  • Container with infolded bottom closure
    Patent number: 4341340
    Abstract: This disclosure illustrates and describes a bottom closure structure for a liquid carrying, thermoplastic coated paperboard carton or container wherein the shapes of the four main bottom panels of the blank from which the carton is formed are such that they provide bottom panel side score lines which are sufficient in length to support the panels during the folding and tucking operation changing the flat blank into a finished carton bottom closure. In one embodiment of the invention, complete interdigital nesting or overlapping of adjacent blanks is provided for. As such, the cutting operation on a paperboard roll may be accomplished with an uninterrupted cut, without any resultant paperboard scrap being produced therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1982
    Assignee: Ex-Cell-O Corporation
    Inventor: Robert E. Lisiecki
  • Take out carton and blank for forming same
    Patent number: 4341341
    Abstract: A take out carton and a blank for forming the same is disclosed having a flat top portion and unique locking closure which provides additional stability for the carton. More particularly, a carton is disclosed having a tubular side wall and an auto-erecting lock bottom. The subject carton further includes a pair of opposed top panels, each having a pair of tab receiving apertures disposed adjacent the side edges thereof. A pair of opposed closure panels are provided each including two triangles. Each triangle further includes a central fold line defining a pair of minor triangular portions. The carton may have a generally inverted truncated pyramidal configuration to permit stacked nesting of the plurality of cartons. In the closed condition of the carton, the top edges of the top panels are in abutting relationship to define the flat top configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1982
    Assignee: Champion International Corporation
    Inventor: Harry I. Roccaforte
  • Disposable razor package
    Patent number: 4341306
    Abstract: An internally hollow package includes front, rear and side panels. A pair of aligned openings are cut in the front and rear panels leaving corresponding flaps contiguous with an end panel. The flaps and the end panel abut and secure the heads of a set of razors. The razor handles are positioned between the front and rear panels and extend toward an opposite end panel having an opening formed therein through which the razor handles pass and remain secured. Two sets of razors are oppositely positioned in symmetrical relation to each other thus permitting the package to be hung straight from a central mounting hole located equidistant from the end panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1982
    Assignee: American Safety Razor Company
    Inventor: Martin F. Lightsey
  • Collapsible tray
    Patent number: 4340169
    Abstract: A paperboard tray and a blank therefor is disclosed which is collapsible to form a carton. More specifically, the subject tray may be collapsed and sealed to hold a product and may then be subsequently opened and reformed into a tray for use in serving or cooking. A pair of handle flanges are provided defining carrying handles when the tray is opened and for structurally rigidifying the tray and preventing its inadvertent collapse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1982
    Assignee: Champion International Corporation
    Inventor: George P. Webinger
  • Unitary knockdown file box
    Patent number: 4339069
    Abstract: A box for use as a file container or the like characterized by a single piece, corrugated cardboard blank that is foldable into a completed configuration with lockable top panels that are openable and closable to allow access to the interior. The end portions of the sides have locking tabs so as to be locked into position and facilitate folding the rest of the box into place. The ends have two outer portions that fold over the end portions of the sides to make a triple strength end with vertical corrugations for stack strength. Hand holes are provided to facilitate lifting the box. The locking tab on one of the top panels is provided at each end of a foldable flap that folds over the other top panel. The locking tabs lock into locking aperture at each end by simply folding down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1982
    Assignee: O'Grady Containers, Inc.
    Inventor: Wendell A. Poteet
  • Carton having integrally formed supplementary components
    Patent number: 4339070
    Abstract: A supplementary component such as a handle or a pouring spout is provided on a carton formed from a unitary blank. The component is die cut into a flap and retained in position by deformable bridge members. Upon folding of the blank into a carton, access to the component is provided which permits it to be grasped to sever the deformable connections. In the case of a handle, the one flap is folded under another flap and an aperture provided in the other flap to permit access. Restraining means act between the two flaps to prevent separation of the handle from the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1982
    Assignee: Lawson Paper Converters Limited
    Inventor: Frank H. Davies
  • Reinforced half slotted container
    Patent number: 4337887
    Abstract: A half slotted container having side walls formed by outer side walls and reinforcing panels which are extensions from the upper edges of the outer side walls. The extensions fold over, are adhered to and contiguous with the side walls to form a double wall extending the entire height of the container to reinforce the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1982
    Assignee: Weyerhaeuser Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. Gerard, John E. Gillmore, Sr.
  • Bingo card box
    Patent number: 4337861
    Abstract: An adjustable card box to hold a multiplicity of the slide-type bingo cards in an upright viewing position and in a manner such that they can be rapidly flipped through comprises two trays, one of which fits and telescopes within the other. A finger-operable locking means serves to lock the position of one tray with respect to the other to permit expanding and collapsing of the space encompassed by the trays to facilitate storage of the box and to permit a player to accommodate the number of cards he wishes to play. The card box has front and rear upward extending flaps pivotedly mounted to the sidewalls, which in the open position serve to support the cards in the viewing position. The flaps can be folded down into the box flat to permit storage of the box and carrying of a vertical stack of playing cards on the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1982
    Inventor: Calvin R. Smart
  • Pen pill container
    Patent number: 4336882
    Abstract: A container in the form of a pocket pen which is formed with a plurality of compartments for containment of medical pills and is fitted with a container for dispensing of powders such as dietetic salt or sugar substitutes. The device appears to be in the form of a conventional pocket pen fitted with a conventional removable cap section. A pill chamber in the cap section is capped by a removable hollow plug unit at the end of the cap section for containment and dispensing of powder. The plug unit is fitted with an external rotatable cover formed in one radial section of the cover with perforations and with the external cover rotatably joined to an interior cover by a rivet with an opening in the interior cover located so that the exterior cover may be rotated so as to either close the opening of the interior cover or to align that opening with the perforations of the external cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1982
    Inventor: Sydney M. Sakwa
  • Three compartment divider
    Patent number: 4335842
    Abstract: A compartment defining partition member is disclosed for insertion into a rectangular shipping case so as to divide that case into three separated compartments. The partition member comprises a single length blank of fiberboard folded on parallel cut-score and score lines. The folds are such that the inherent tendency of the folded panels to return to the unfolded condition of the blank biases the ends of the blank against diagonally opposed corners of the case to effectively resist displacement of the partition within the case as well as withdrawal of the partition from the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1982
    Assignee: W. J. Bradford Paper Company
    Inventors: Judson T. Bradford, Charles L. Bradford, Jr., Charles J. Shepherd
  • Partitioned stacking crate and blank therefor
    Patent number: 4335843
    Abstract: A composite crate is partitioned into at least two compartments having separate bottom walls, wherein each of the compartments has a pair of opposed double-walled end structures upstanding from its bottom wall, and one of the double-walled ends of each of the compartments is positioned in a back-to-back contact, one with the other, to form a divider structure separating the compartments. Each of the compartments further includes a pair of opposed double-walled sides upstanding from its bottom wall.In the preferred construction, the composite crate can be erected from a single-piece blank of corrugated or solid-fibre paperboard without requiring a conventional manufacturer's joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1982
    Assignee: Stone Container Corporation
    Inventor: Ronald I. Kent
  • Combination support surface and carrier for elongated equipment
    Patent number: 4334612
    Abstract: A relatively pliable device upon which equipment may stand when in normal use and to which the equipment may be fastened for transport and storage. The device may comprise a carpet having a substantially skid-proof pile surface and a backing. A water impervious material may be bonded to the backing and a number of fastening straps may be anchored to the carpet. When equipment is fastened to the carpet by the anchor straps, the carpet may be rolled into a cylindrical configuration in which it may be held by a plurality of exterior straps. A moveable shoulder strap may be fastened to the exterior straps for ease in carrying and handling the device. A wheeled cap may be mounted on one end of the carpet so that a person transporting it need not bear the entire weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1982
    Inventor: Fernando J. Beato
  • Six-cell partition
    Patent number: 4333600
    Abstract: An internal partition device formed of paperboard for forming six cells within an outer container or wrapper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1982
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Gardner
  • Storage vial for soft contact lenses
    Patent number: 4332318
    Abstract: A vial for storing soft contact lenses is disclosed in which the vial contains a cap having a concave seating surface connected in the cap. When the vial is stored upside down, the soft lens migrates to be seated in the seating surface in the cap, and when the soft lens is to be removed from the vial, the vial is merely turned rightside up, with the lens adhering to the seating means and being removed from the vial when the cap is removed from the vial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1982
    Inventor: Michael A. Feldman
  • Container with infolded bottom closure
    Patent number: 4332345
    Abstract: This disclosure illustrates and describes a bottom closure structure for a liquid carrying, thermoplastic coated paperboard carton or container wherein the overlapped and sealed areas are formed so as to extend in an "X"-shaped configuration across the bottom, with minimal raw edge exposure on the inside. The shapes of the four main bottom panels of the blank from which the carton is formed are such that they accommodate interdigital nesting or overlapping with respect to the bottom section of an adjacent blank prior to the cutting operation on a paperboard roll, thereby resulting in a narrower roll and, hence, a substantial paperboard savings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1982
    Assignee: Ex-Cell-O Corporation
    Inventor: John P. Moran
  • Package for cosmetics and perfumes
    Patent number: 4331239
    Abstract: A package is provided for cosmetic bottles or the like. The package joins two bottles together one above the other by attachment to the stopper of the lower bottle and the base of the upper bottle. The device comprises a pair of complementary mating bottom shell portions which, when assembled, provide a first cavity for firmly engaging the stopper of the lower bottle and a second overlying cavity for retainably enclosing the base of the upper bottle. The packaging device includes a cap composed of a base element having a cylindrical compartment for receiving the stopper of the upper bottle and a cover plate element enclosing said compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1982
    Assignee: Societe STENDHAL S.A.
    Inventor: Raymond Ortal
  • Packing container
    Patent number: 4331288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a packing container particularly for liquid substances. The packing container includes a sealing fin along which material layers forming the packing container are adjoined to one another. The sealing fin extends both over a wall of the packing container and over a corner lug adjoining the wall which corner lug is adapted to be folded against the wall. A portion of the sealing fin extending over the packing container wall is folded down against the wall in one direction and a portion of the sealing fin extending over the corner lug is folded down in an opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1982
    Assignee: Tetra Pak International AB
    Inventor: Stig A. Lothman
  • Parison for bottle product
    Patent number: 4330579
    Abstract: A parison for producing a bottle by the biaxial orientation. The parison is prepared by injection-molding a synthetic resin into a bottomed tubular shape. The parison has its bottom portion made gradually thicker from the center of the outer circumference thereof such that the bottom portion can be uniformly oriented at a similar orientation rate to that of the drum portion of the bottle product. The bottom portion is made to protrude into such a generally semispherical shape that the radius of the outer spherical surface thereof is made larger than that of the inner spherical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1982
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiho Ota, Yoshiaki Hayashi
  • Abbreviated height partition
    Patent number: 4330078
    Abstract: An improved partition structure for a wrap-around beverage carrier is disclosed. The partition structure comprises an elongated longitudinal structure having at least two hinged butterfly elements formed thereon and the structure has at least one hinged tab formed on the bottom edge of the partition structure. The tab extends on opposite sides of the structure for engagement beneath the bottles contained in the carrier. As a result the partition does not have to be glued to the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1982
    Assignee: Manville Service Corporation
    Inventor: Earl J. Graser