Patents by Inventor Bernard J. Kocon

Bernard J. Kocon 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: 9938037
    Abstract: A package for containing items having a flip-open package closure is provided. In some embodiments, the package includes a rigid package body and a flexible closure flap. The flexible closure flap is coupled to a hangtab portion of the package body such that the flexible closure flap moves from a closed position to an open position with respect to the package body based on a position of the hangtab portion. An upper edge of a front side of the package body engages the lower portion of the closure flap when the package is closed, while the lower edge of the closure flap is released from the upper edge upon pivoting backward of the hangtab portion. Such pivoting of the hangtab portion, and corresponding manipulation of the closure flap, may occur without directly contacting the closure flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Crayola, LLC
    Inventors: Bernard J. Kocon, Francisco Rivera
  • Publication number: 20170355482
    Abstract: A package for containing items having a flip-open package closure is provided. In some embodiments, the package includes a rigid package body and a flexible closure flap. The flexible closure flap is coupled to a hangtab portion of the package body such that the flexible closure flap moves from a closed position to an open position with respect to the package body based on a position of the hangtab portion. An upper edge of a front side of the package body engages the lower portion of the closure flap when the package is closed, while the lower edge of the closure flap is released from the upper edge upon pivoting backward of the hangtab portion. Such pivoting of the hangtab portion, and corresponding manipulation of the closure flap, may occur without directly contacting the closure flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: BERNARD J. KOCON, FRANCISCO RIVERA
  • Patent number: 9694933
    Abstract: A package for containing items having a flip-open package closure is provided. In some embodiments, the package includes a rigid package body and a flexible closure flap. The flexible closure flap is coupled to a hangtab portion of the package body such that the flexible closure flap moves from a closed position to an open position with respect to the package body based on a position of the hangtab portion. An upper edge of a front side of the package body engages the lower portion of the closure flap when the package is closed, while the lower edge of the closure flap is released from the upper edge upon pivoting backward of the hangtab portion. Such pivoting of the hangtab portion, and corresponding manipulation of the closure flap, may occur without directly contacting the closure flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Crayola, LLC
    Inventors: Bernard J. Kocon, Francisco Rivera
  • Publication number: 20160052663
    Abstract: A package for containing items having a flip-open package closure is provided. In some embodiments, the package includes a rigid package body and a flexible closure flap. The flexible closure flap is coupled to a hangtab portion of the package body such that the flexible closure flap moves from a closed position to an open position with respect to the package body based on a position of the hangtab portion. An upper edge of a front side of the package body engages the lower portion of the closure flap when the package is closed, while the lower edge of the closure flap is released from the upper edge upon pivoting backward of the hangtab portion. Such pivoting of the hangtab portion, and corresponding manipulation of the closure flap, may occur without directly contacting the closure flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: BERNARD J. KOCON, FRANCISCO RIVERA
  • Publication number: 20030009516
    Abstract: A box for directly displaying a particular attribute of a writing instrument packaged within the box. The box includes a front panel and an opening adjacent the top or bottom edge of the front panel. The box is constructed of a sheet of foldable material, which is pre-scored to define fold lines and sealing flaps that are glued or otherwise fastened to other parts of the sheet to form the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: James A. McGillivray, Bernard J. Kocon
  • Patent number: D389520
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Binney & Smith Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard J. Kocon, Craig R. Bures, Frederick W. Kruger, Jr.
  • Patent number: D391295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Binney & Smith Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard J. Kocon, Kevin P. McMenamy, Richard A. Tarozzi
  • Patent number: D829544
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Crayola, LLC
    Inventors: Bernard J. Kocon, Francisco Rivera