Patents by Inventor Deanna Dixon Sievers

Deanna Dixon Sievers 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: 7631800
    Abstract: A clamshell container and sauce holder for receiving a sauce container is constructed from a one-piece carton blank cut and scored to facilitate erection into a clamshell container with top and bottom portions hingedly connected along a common fold line. A bottom portion of the container includes an upper flat section extending inwardly from a bottom side wall, an integral support and a base member including a tuck flap for positioning the upper flat section. In addition, an opening is defined in the upper flat section for holding a sauce container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Dopaco, Inc.
    Inventors: Liming Cai, Deanna Dixon Sievers
  • Publication number: 20090140032
    Abstract: A clamshell container and sauce holder for receiving a sauce container is constructed from a one-piece carton blank cut and scored to facilitate erection into a clamshell container with top and bottom portions hingedly connected along a common fold line. A bottom portion of the container includes an upper flat section extending inwardly from a bottom side wall, an integral support and a base member including a tuck flap for positioning the upper flat section. In addition, an opening is defined in the upper flat section for holding a sauce container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Liming Cai, Deanna Dixon Sievers
  • Patent number: 6047881
    Abstract: A device for use in participating in a contest wherein the device has a first layer integral with and superposed over a second layer having an outer surface on which spaced apart contest indicia are illustrated and a third layer superposed over and secured to the second layer to cover the contest indicia. The third layer is provided with openable cover portions which are located so that, when opened, the contest indicia will be exposed. The device preferably comprises a closed container which may be opened and filled with an edible product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging Corporation
    Inventors: Charlie Clements, Gary Lapnow, Alicia Shelton, Deanna Dixon-Sievers, Weston R. Wilson