Patents by Inventor Alex Ong

Alex Ong has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5797832
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming lightweight pallets from tightly wound single-face corrugated board includes a support for a reel of corrugated board, tensioning apparatus for applying a tensioning force to the corrugated board, slitting and advancing apparatus for slitting the board into narrow strips, an adhesive applicator for applying adhesive to the corrugated medium of said board, a winding reel including a central retractable mandrel about which the strips are initially wound, and further shaped mandrels which are selectively introduced into the winding reel to block the winding of corrugated board in predetermined regions to create shaped openings in the lightweight pallet, and severing apparatus for severing the strips when the winding operation is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Visy Paper PTY Ltd
    Inventors: Alex Ong, Ross Chiodo, John Mammoliti
  • Patent number: 5448956
    Abstract: A pallet comprising a flat top member (1) having depending sides (2, 3, 4, 5,) and a base member comprising eight generally triangular elements (6 to 13, 30 to 33, 40 to 47) each formed from closely packed elements of single-face corrugated paperboard in which the corrugations are perpendicular to the top member (1), and forklift openings (14 to 29) formed in the edges of the base elements. In another form the pallet is formed from a single winding of single-face corrugated paperboard to define a central square opening 52, a pair of opposed generally triangular openings 53, 54, a pair of opposed truncated triangular openings 55, 56 at 90.degree. to the triangular openings 53, 54, a further pair of larger truncated triangular openings 57, 58 located at 45.degree. to the preceding pair, a further pair of slightly larger truncated triangular openings 59, 60 at 90.degree. to the preceding pair, two further opposed pairs of larger triangular openings 61, 62, 63, 64 at 45.degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: Visy Board Properties Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Ong, Ross Chiodo, John Mammoliti
  • Patent number: 4977632
    Abstract: A low-cost sleeping bag comprising a sheet of recycled lining paper formed into overlying loops to define a envelope closed at one end and open at the other, and intermediate layers of corrugated or dimpled paper inserted between the overlying portions of the overlying loops to provide cushioning and insulative properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Visy Board Properties Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: Alex Ong
  • Patent number: D340411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: Visy Board Properties Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: Alex Ong