Patents by Inventor Carmelo Lo Duca

Carmelo Lo Duca 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: 7726549
    Abstract: A box formed from a single piece of cardboard or the like having an internal panel defining within the box an internal pocket for housing an extractable leaflet or the like, this internal panel being situated in proximity to that box main panel which is parallel to but distinct from that from which the box lid extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: GI.BI.EFFE S.r.l.
    Inventor: Carmelo Lo Duca
  • Publication number: 20100089782
    Abstract: A container suitable to house rolls of material in thin foils, the container being produced in cardboard and having an edge or corner thereof along which there extends a continuous series of teeth projecting towards the outside of the box and through which it is possible to tear and remove portions of foil material from the roll. The teeth of the toothed edge are reinforced through an adhesive strip of plastic material with respect to the remaining part of the cardboard, to withstand, without being permanently deformed, the tearing of a large number of portions of foil material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: GI.BI.EFFE S.r.l.
    Inventor: Carmelo LO DUCA
  • Patent number: 7614542
    Abstract: A box formed from a single piece of punched and crease-lined cardboard sheet, the box having an inviolable security seal which is broken when the closed box is opened for the first time. The closed box presents a high resistance to deformation when subjected to external stresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: GI.BI.EFFE S.r.l.
    Inventor: Carmelo Lo Duca
  • Publication number: 20090072018
    Abstract: A box formed from a single piece of punched and crease-lined cardboard sheet, the box having an inviolable security seal which is broken when the closed box is opened for the first time. The closed box presents a high resistance to deformation when subjected to external stresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: GI.BI.EFFE S.r.I.
    Inventor: Carmelo LO DUCA
  • Patent number: 7267261
    Abstract: A box with at least one base is disclosed which is resistant to opening and of which portions become broken off to prevent the base being reclosed after being opened for the first time. The base includes a panel projecting from the box and a tab projecting from and separated from the panel by a folding line in which there is provided a cut through which hook-shaped teeth extend and hook thereonto, these latter projecting from two opposing lateral flaps positioned below said panel in the box when closed. In this base panel there are provided knurlings which extend from each end of said cut as far as the adjacent lateral edge of the panel, to hence define portions which break away from the base of the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: GI.BI.EFFE S.r.l.
    Inventor: Carmelo Lo Duca
  • Publication number: 20070199982
    Abstract: A box formed from a single piece of cardboard or the like having an internal panel defining within the box an internal pocket for housing an extractable leaflet or the like, this internal panel being situated in proximity to that box main panel which is parallel to but distinct from that from which the box lid extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: GI.BI.EFFE S.r.l.
    Inventor: Carmelo LO DUCA
  • Publication number: 20070194091
    Abstract: A box formed from a single cardboard sheet and having a closure panel from which there projects a lip insertable into the box interior between the box front panel and the edges adjacent thereto of two flaps projecting from the box side panels, the lip being separated from the closure panel by a folding line, at each end of which a cut is provided into which a flexible appendix projecting from each flap is inserted, with the free end of the flap making contact with the inner surface of the front panel in the box when closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: GI.BI.EFFE S.r.I.
    Inventor: Carmelo LO DUCA
  • Patent number: 7237678
    Abstract: Display box for housing a cylindrical container with a side portion thereof visible through a window provided in at least one of the side walls of the box, including elements which interfere with the container, to lock the container, protect the container within the box, and to prevent the container from accidentally rotating about an axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: GI. BI. EFFE S.r.l.
    Inventor: Carmelo Lo Duca
  • Publication number: 20070102499
    Abstract: Box formed from a single piece of punched, crease-lined and knurled cardboard and provided with a lid breakable by tearing and shaped to enable the lid to be easily and securely closed again after it has been opened for the first time. The lid is separated from an adjacent panel of the box by a folding line and is fixed to an underlying internal panel of the same box by a thin continuous strip of glue applied in proximity of said lid folding line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: GI.BI.EFFE S.r.I.
    Inventor: Carmelo Lo Duca
  • Publication number: 20060124708
    Abstract: Box with at least one base which is resistant to opening and of which portions become broken off to prevent the base being reclosed after being opened for the first time. The base comprises a panel projecting from the box and a tab projecting from and separated from the panel by a folding line in which there is provided a cut through which hook-shaped teeth extend and hook thereonto, these latter projecting from two opposing lateral flaps positioned below said panel in the box when closed. In this base panel there are provided knurlings which extend from each end of said cut as far as the adjacent lateral edge of the panel, to hence define portions which break away from the base of the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Applicant: GI.BI.EFFE S.r.I.
    Inventor: Carmelo Lo Duca
  • Publication number: 20060102512
    Abstract: Device for safeguarding a blister strip and enabling a tablet or the like to be dispensed from a respective housing on the blister strip, which is retained and protected within the device. This latter is formed from a single sheet of cardboard folded about the blister strip, the blisters of which extend through holes provided in a part of the sheet, in the other part of which there being provided breakable knurlings defining removable discs which are aligned with said holes to enable said discs to break with consequent detachment of said discs and expulsion of said tablets when the individual blisters of the blister strip are pressed with the finger of one hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: Gl.Bl.EFFE S.r.l.
    Inventor: Carmelo Lo Duca
  • Patent number: 7036715
    Abstract: A box formed from a single piece of cardboard and having internal flaps presenting a folding line in correspondence with one of the edges of the box, to define with those two lateral panels of the box adjacent to it a corner pocket housing an illustrative leaflet or the like which is folded on itself and is housed in correspondence with the edge of the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: GI.Biieffe S.r.l.
    Inventor: Carmelo Lo Duca
  • Patent number: 6923366
    Abstract: A box, particularly suitable for containing packs of pharmaceutical products, which is formed from a single piece of cardboard and defines in its interior a pocket into which an illustrative leaflet or the like is inserted during the box manufacture. The box includes a projecting tab which covers, and is superposed on, the free end of the illustrative leaflet to prevent it interfering with the packs during their insertion into the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: GI.BI. EFFE S.r.l.
    Inventor: Carmelo Lo Duca
  • Patent number: 6923315
    Abstract: A box formed from a single piece of cardboard and having a closure panel which can be folded up about a folding line provided on a side wall of the box in proximity to the free edge of a pocket housing an illustrative leaflet, to enable the leaflet to be gripped and easily extracted from the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: GI.BI.EFFE SRL
    Inventor: Carmelo Lo Duca
  • Patent number: 6913140
    Abstract: A box formed from a single piece of cardboard and defining in its interior a highly stable pocket into which an illustrative leaflet can be inserted during the box manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: GI.BI.EFFE S.r.l.
    Inventor: Carmelo Lo Duca
  • Publication number: 20050121359
    Abstract: A box formed from a single piece of cardboard for containing glass vials or the like. The box comprises a plurality of internally located removable appendices with each of which the neck of a glass vial can be reliably gripped and retained with the user's fingers when the neck is broken off and removed from the vial body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: GI.BI.EFFE S.r.I.
    Inventor: Carmelo Lo Duca
  • Publication number: 20050116016
    Abstract: A box with tamper-proof lid formed from a single peace of punched and crease-lined cardboard or similar flexible material, of the type having at least one closure panel of high resistance to opening with at least one flap positioned below and in contact with said closure panel when this is closed with a tab projecting therefrom inserted into the box. The tab is folded from the panel about a folding line an at its two ends it presents cuts into which said flaps extend to retain the tab in its closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: GI.BI.EFFE S.r.l.
    Inventor: Carmelo Lo Duca
  • Patent number: 6860421
    Abstract: A box formed from a single piece of punched and crease-lined cardboard sheet including at least four consecutive main panels, a flap, two closure panels, at least one tab, and a lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: GI.BI.EFFE SRL
    Inventor: Carmelo Lo Duca
  • Publication number: 20040262195
    Abstract: Display box for housing a cylindrical container with a side portion thereof visible through a window provided in at least one of the side walls of the box, including elements which interfere with the container, to lock the container, protect the container within the box, and to prevent the container from accidentally rotating about an axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: GI.BI.EFFE S.r.l.
    Inventor: Carmelo Lo Duca
  • Publication number: 20040226844
    Abstract: Display box for a cylindrical container from which an annular collar projects, the box having two internal longitudinal walls in which there are provided mutually opposing windows into which respective opposing portions of said collar are inserted and retained, hence impeding rotation of the container about its axis, so that a portion of the cylindrical surface of the container with writing present thereon remains exposed and visible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: GI.BI.EFFE S.r.l.
    Inventor: Carmelo Lo Duca