Patents by Inventor David R. Card

David R. Card 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: 4192445
    Abstract: A rectangularly shaped container having opposed end walls, opposed side walls, a bottom wall and spaced apart top wall sections forming a display opening therein is maintained in a rigid erected state by lock forming structure interconnecting various walls of the container at the corners of the latter. Each end of the top walls is provided with an integrally formed foldable flap that includes a tab which is inserted into a corresponding diagonal slot in the side walls as the container is folded during set-up thereof to securely hold the several walls in fixed relationship to each other without the need of gluing, taping or stapling. The container is formed from a blank comprising a single sheet of cardboard or the like and is suitable for shipping and displaying articles contained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1980
    Assignee: Champion International Corporation
    Inventor: David R. Card
  • Patent number: 4171763
    Abstract: A display carry container having first and second opposed side wall panels, first and second end wall panels and bottom closure panels for closing the bottom of said container, and an improved top closure comprising a first flap integrally formed with said first side wall panel and having a handle integrally formed therein, second and third flaps integrally formed with said first and second end wall panels respectively for overlapping said first flap and forming an elongated slot through which said handle protrudes, a fourth flap integrally formed with said second side wall panel and having an elongated slot therein through which said handle protrudes when said fourth flap overlaps said second and third flaps, and means removably retaining said fourth flap in its overlapped position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1979
    Assignee: Champion International Corporation
    Inventor: David R. Card
  • Patent number: 4127192
    Abstract: A corner pad to absorb shock and prevent movement of a door frame or the like in a shipping carton. The pad is made from a unitary corrugated paperboard blank having a first and second rectangular panel provided with side flaps hingedly connected to opposite edges of each panel. The rectangular panels are hingedly connected to each other and folded into perpendicular planes relative to each other to define a corner opening to receive the frame. The side flaps on each panel are folded into parallel planes 90.degree. to its respective rectangular panel, one of the side flaps connected to each rectangular panel overlapping and abutting one of the side flaps of the other panel. A corner of one of the two abutting side panels is folded over the other and locked to the other by tabs received in a cutout to rigidify the construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1978
    Assignee: Champion International Corporation
    Inventor: David R. Card
  • Patent number: D255992
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1980
    Assignee: Champion International Corporation
    Inventor: David R. Card
  • Patent number: D257830
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1981
    Assignee: Champion International Corporation
    Inventor: David R. Card