Patents by Inventor Carl M. Noland

Carl M. Noland 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: 6581772
    Abstract: A container has a bottom panel, side walls, and end walls, with the bottom panel having recesses for accepting stacking tabs The side walls are provided with stacking tabs which are tapered inwardly so as to align with the recesses in the bottom panel of a second container. The inwardly tapered tabs allow for easy stacking without the tabs being deformed when containers are stacked atop one another. To improve strength, the side and end walls are disposed approximately at right angles to the bottom panel. Multiple plies of material are used along the container walls to increase container strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventor: Carl M. Noland
  • Publication number: 20020179481
    Abstract: A container has a bottom panel, side walls, and end walls, with the bottom panel having recesses for accepting stacking tabs The side walls are provided with stacking tabs which are tapered inwardly so as to align with the recesses in the bottom panel of a second container. The inwardly tapered tabs allow for easy stacking without the tabs being deformed when containers are stacked atop one another. To improve strength, the side and end walls are disposed approximately at right angles to the bottom panel. Multiple plies of material are used along the container walls to increase container strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventor: Carl M. Noland
  • Patent number: 4953782
    Abstract: A corrugated fiberboard shipping container for fresh produce the container having a tubular body, a bottom closure which is formed by four bottom flaps, and a re-openable and re-closable top closure at the top of the container. The top closure is formed by four top flaps, each top flap being folded inwardly with respect to the body panel to which it is attached to extend transversely therefrom. Each of an opposed pair of top flaps has a pair of spaced apart elongate slots therein which extend, respectively from the juncture of each such top flap with its body panel partly to the free edge thereof. Each of the other opposed pair of top flaps has a pair of spaced apart cuts therein extending from the free edge partly to the juncture of such top flap with its body panel. The cuts form a spaced apart pair of locking tabs in the free edge of each of the other opposed pair of top flaps with an intermediate tab therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: Nekoosa Packaging Corporation
    Inventor: Carl M. Noland