Patents by Inventor Angela L. Rowland

Angela L. Rowland 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: 7147101
    Abstract: A container apparatus for simultaneously housing a product and a premium, the apparatus comprising a carton and a premium item. The carton includes a front panel, a back panel and two opposing side panels defining an interior region, and a top closure and a bottom closure for enclosing a product within the carton. A recessing flap is formed in an originating panel selected from at least one of the front panel, back panel and two opposing side panels to form a recessed cell in the carton which is at least partially separated from the interior region of the carton. The recessed cell spans the originating panel and at least one adjacent access panel in the container which is positioned adjacent to the originating panel—to allow access to the recessed cell from outside the carton through at least two adjacent sides of the carton. The premium item is received in the recessed cell such that the premium item is likewise accessible from at least two sides of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Dennis Ryan, Angela L. Rowland, Felicia Ann Pinkstone
  • Publication number: 20040256252
    Abstract: A container apparatus for simultaneously housing a product and a premium, the apparatus comprising a carton and a premium item. The carton includes a front panel, a back panel and two opposing side panels defining an interior region, and a top closure and a bottom closure for enclosing a product within the carton. A recessing flap is formed in an originating panel selected from at least one of the front panel, back panel and two opposing side panels to form a recessed cell in the carton which is at least partially separated from the interior region of the carton. The recessed cell spans the originating panel and at least one adjacent access panel in the container which is positioned adjacent to the originating panel—to allow access to the recessed cell from outside the carton through at least two adjacent sides of the carton. The premium item is received in the recessed cell such that the premium item is likewise accessible from at least two sides of the carton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Dennis Ryan, Angela L. Rowland, Felicia Ann Pinkstone
  • Patent number: 6823988
    Abstract: A container apparatus for simultaneously housing a product and a premium, the apparatus comprising a carton and a premium item. The carton includes a front panel, a back panel and two opposing side panels defining an interior region, and a top closure and a bottom closure for enclosing a product within the carton. A recessing flap is formed in an originating panel selected from at least one of the front panel, back panel and two opposing side panels to form a recessed cell in the carton which is at least partially separated from the interior region of the carton. The recessed cell spans the originating panel and at least one adjacent access panel in the container which is positioned adjacent to the originating panel—to allow access to the recessed cell from outside the carton through at least two adjacent sides of the carton. The premium item is received in the recessed cell such that the premium item is likewise accessible from at least two sides of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Dennis Ryan, Angela L. Rowland, Felicia Ann Pinkstone
  • Publication number: 20030155270
    Abstract: A container apparatus for simultaneously housing a product and a premium, the apparatus comprising a carton and a premium item. The carton includes a front panel, a back panel and two opposing side panels defining an interior region, and a top closure and a bottom closure for enclosing a product within the carton. A recessing flap is formed in an originating panel selected from at least one of the front panel, back panel and two opposing side panels to form a recessed cell in the carton which is at least partially separated from the interior region of the carton. The recessed cell spans the originating panel and at least one adjacent access panel in the container which is positioned adjacent to the originating panel—to allow access to the recessed cell from outside the carton through at least two adjacent sides of the carton. The premium item is received in the recessed cell such that the premium item is likewise accessible from at least two sides of the carton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Dennis Ryan, Angela L. Rowland, Felicia Ann Pinkstone
  • Patent number: 6390358
    Abstract: A paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein is convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation. The paperboard container comprises a tubular container member, a bottom member and a top member, with the top member being telescopically received within the container member to seal the top member to the container. The top member is pivotable about the hinge portion and is pivotable to the sealed orientation to substantially reseal the container member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Stone Container Corporation
    Inventors: Noel G. Stewart, L. David Fielder, Joseph J. Hart, Angela L. Rowland, Suzanne Theresa Barker
  • Patent number: 6349866
    Abstract: A paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein is convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation. The paperboard container comprises a tubular container member, a bottom member and a top member, with the top member being telescopically received within the container member to seal the top member to the container. The top member is pivotable about the hinge portion and is pivotable to the sealed orientation to substantially reseal the container member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Stone Container Corporation
    Inventors: Noel G. Stewart, L. David Fielder, Angela L. Rowland, Suzanne Theresa Barker
  • Patent number: 5944183
    Abstract: A carton has an outer box and a liner that is glued to an inner surface of the box during assembly. The outer box includes front and back panels joined by perpendicularly extending side panels, and top and bottom panel that define a chamber therebetween in which can be inserted manuals, literature, documentation or the like. The liner is disposed in the chamber of the box. The liner includes a front panel and a back panel joined by perpendicularly extending side panels. The front, back and side panels have dimensions substantially similar to those of the front, back and side panels of the box, respectively. The liner further including a plurality of cutouts in the front panel that define a retaining panel and sidewalls. Upon assembly of the carton, the cutouts allow the retaining panel to move inwardly into the chamber so that the sidewalls extend substantially perpendicularly between the front panel of the liner and the retaining panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Jefferson Smurfit Corporation
    Inventors: Angela L. Rowland, Larry D. Fielder
  • Patent number: 5720430
    Abstract: A one piece, paperboard, dispensing carton having a dispensing opening in a side wall panel thereof that is covered by a cover panel, foldably and detachably joined to the side wall panel, and also having a pour spout, secured to the cover panel and joined to an upper edge of the carton side wall panel by a connecting member. The pour spout includes hooks for preventing it from being pulled too far out of the carton, recesses for maintaining the pour spout in an open position, and tabs for preventing the pour spout from being pushed too far into the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Jefferson Smurfit Corporation
    Inventor: Angela L. Rowland
  • Patent number: 5660324
    Abstract: A one piece, paperboard, dispensing carton having a dispensing opening in a side wall panel thereof, the major portion of which is covered by a cover panel foldably and partially detachably joined to the side wall panel, and also having a pour spout, secured to the cover panel and joined to a side edge of a glue flap panel by a two-piece connecting member that includes a pair of upper and lower connecting elements, one of which is adapted to cover a remaining portion of the dispensing opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Assignee: Jefferson Smurfit Corporation
    Inventor: Angela L. Rowland
  • Patent number: 4905820
    Abstract: A display carton formed from a one-piece paperboard blank and having a front wall that includes a pair of inner and outer panel sections each with a pair of inclined shadow panels that form a well for holding and supporting a packaged article. The inner shadow panels are spaced from each other and have aligned openings for receiving portions of the article, and the outer shadow panels are interconnected by a cradle member for holding another portion of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1990
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Joseph J. Hart, Angela L. Rowland