Patents by Inventor Craig EPPERSON

Craig EPPERSON 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).

  • Container with dual position lid portions and system and method thereof
    Patent number: 10336502
    Abstract: Containment systems, containers, and methods can be comprised of first through fourth sidewalls; a bottom wall connected to the first through fourth sidewalls; and first through fourth lid flaps connected to respective first through fourth sidewalls via respective first through fourth hinges. A single sheet of paperboard can make up the sidewalls, the bottom wall, and the lid flaps. In a fully open configuration, the third lid flap can be folded at the third hinge such that a flap body thereof is adjacent to the third sidewall, the fourth lid flap can be folded at the fourth hinge such that a flap body thereof is adjacent to the fourth sidewall, and a flap wing of each of the third lid flap and the fourth lid flap can be under the bottom wall such that each of the flap wings is against the bottom wall and maintained under the bottom wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO WINDSOR, INC.
    Inventors: Koichi Kunishima, Craig Epperson, Masashi Sekine
  • CONTAINER WITH DUAL POSITION LID PORTIONS AND SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190047746
    Abstract: Containment systems, containers, and methods can be comprised of first through fourth sidewalls; a bottom wall connected to the first through fourth sidewalls; and first through fourth lid flaps connected to respective first through fourth sidewalls via respective first through fourth hinges. A single sheet of paperboard can make up the sidewalls, the bottom wall, and the lid flaps. In a fully open configuration, the third lid flap can be folded at the third hinge such that a flap body thereof is adjacent to the third sidewall, the fourth lid flap can be folded at the fourth hinge such that a flap body thereof is adjacent to the fourth sidewall, and a flap wing of each of the third lid flap and the fourth lid flap can be under the bottom wall such that each of the flap wings is against the bottom wall and maintained under the bottom wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO WINDSOR, INC.
    Inventors: Koichi KUNISHIMA, Craig EPPERSON, Masashi SEKINE