Patents by Inventor Carl Richard Storms

Carl Richard Storms 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).

  • Method of making nestable foamed plastic cups
    Patent number: 3931380
    Abstract: Cups having a sidewall made from foam sheet plastic with a fusion sealed, lapped seam, wherein the lapped seam and the sidewall immediately adjacent the lapped seam are of identical thickness, are provided with additional rigidity per unit wall thickness by compressing the foam sheet either in-line with the foam extrusion operation or up to several months after extrusion. The cup is characterized by a substantial skin on only the outer surface of the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1973
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1976
    Assignee: American Can Company
    Inventors: Ilie Mila Belivakici, Clifford Clayton Goehring, James Alan Wachtel, William Joseph Lahm, Carl Richard Storms