Patents by Inventor Dean E. Cowles

Dean E. Cowles 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: 5046662
    Abstract: A carton includes a tubular body with a pair of opposed sidewalls and a pair of opposed endwalls. A closure extending from the sidewalls and endwalls includes end panels and side panels joined to the endwalls and sidewalls with hinge lines. The end panels have a discontinuous free edge which extends across a pair of free corners. A recessed edge is located between the free corners and defines a pair of U-shaped locking edge portions on either side of a generally arcuate intermediate portion. A pair of locking recesses are formed in each side panel, each recess including an arcuate edge portion spanning a generally truncated V-shaped edge portion. The recessed edge of the end panels engages the locking recesses of the side panels to lock the carton closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: Inland Container Corporation
    Inventor: Dean E. Cowles