Patents Examined by Stephan Castellano
  • Patent number: 8308015
    Abstract: The present invention provides a collapsible container for holding product therein during shipment and being returned for reuse that has a collapsible body, tracks attached to opposite sides of the collapsible body, and a plurality of support members extending between the tracks. Sliders are located at the ends of flexible supports, the sliders being slidable in the tracks to move the support members. The support members support dunnage for supporting products for storage or shipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Bradford Company
    Inventors: Judson A. Bradford, Mark J. Feenstra
  • Patent number: 7086556
    Abstract: An adjustable two-piece juice box holder used for holding juice boxes and the like and preventing spillage when the box is opened and a straw is inserted into an opening in the top of the box and the liquid contents therein is consumed. The holder includes a bottom housing having an open top, a closed bottom, a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side. A top portion of the first and third sides includes an outwardly extending push button. A pair of vertical, parallel slits are disposed on opposite sides of the push buttons. The slits provide for forming a pair of flexible tabs in the top portion of the first side and the opposite third side. The flexible tabs with push buttons are used for releasably securing the bottom housing to a top housing. The top housing includes an open bottom, a semi-open top with a frame therearound, a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side. The first side and the opposite third side include a lower button hole and an upper button hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Inventor: Whitney A. Trulove-Cranor