Patents by Inventor Charles R. Helms

Charles R. Helms 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).

  • Composite carded display package
    Patent number: 4351436
    Abstract: A composite carded display package including a paperboard advertising panel having at one end thereof an integral, hollow, paperboard and plastic pocket member for holding a packaged article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1982
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Charles R. Helms
  • Lid dispensing arrangement
    Patent number: 4331256
    Abstract: A dispensing arrangement for a composite plastic and paperboard lid which includes a pivotal tab for forcing a portion of the paperboard away from the plastic rim to provide a dispensing opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1982
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Charles R. Helms
  • Hermetically sealed container
    Patent number: 4289252
    Abstract: A container body and lid arrangement wherein the body rim is of harder less flexible material than that of the lid and has a sharp peripheral edge adapted to bite into the material of the lid and effect a seal therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1981
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Charles R. Helms
  • Composite closure member
    Patent number: 4238047
    Abstract: A reusable, composite, container closure having a central panel formed of sheet material and a rim formed of molded thermoplastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1980
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Charles R. Helms, Donald A. Addison
  • Container closure
    Patent number: 4211336
    Abstract: A closure secured to the end of a container body has a rim made of resinous material secured to the container body. A closure panel, made of fibrous material is molded to the rim. A tear strip is provided for easy opening of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1980
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Charles R. Helms
  • Partition structure for separating grouped articles such as containers
    Patent number: 4209125
    Abstract: A partition separator for containers sold in the trade generally as multi-packs is disclosed. The separator is formed from a cut and scored blank of paperboard or the like having foldably joined separator elements extending in a vertical plane inclined to a vertical plane extending between rows of said containers and transversely extending separator elements foldably joined to the first named separator elements, the transverse elements extending in a vertical plane between containers of a row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1980
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventor: Charles R. Helms
  • Carton partition arrangement
    Patent number: 3971468
    Abstract: A folding carton for packaging a plurality of articles arranged in one or more rows having one or more transverse partition elements hingedly attached to both a horizontal and vertical wall of the carton by a gusset member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1976
    Assignee: Container Corporation of America
    Inventors: Charles R. Helms, William D. Patrick