Patents by Inventor Earle Ellis

Earle Ellis 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: 9233515
    Abstract: A carton includes a top portion and a bottom portion. Each portion includes a front wall, a rear wall, and opposing side walls extending therebetween. The top portion and bottom portion include respective top and bottom surfaces. The rear walls of the top and bottom portions are hingedly connected to another along respective outer edges. When closed, the top portion and bottom portion define a cavity for storing an item. The carton also includes a separation region defined on the top and bottom portions that extends from an outside edge of the front wall of the top portion, around the top portion and the bottom portion, to an outside edge of the front wall of the bottom portion. The separation region is configured to facilitate controlled separation of the carton into first and second side portions and to prevent liquid flow through separation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: LBP Manufacturing LLC
    Inventors: Matthew R. Cook, Thomas Fu, James Hubbard, Earle Ellis, Lauren Mikos, Kevin Fultz, Jonathan Smyk
  • Publication number: 20140332584
    Abstract: A carton includes a top portion and a bottom portion. Each portion includes a front wall, a rear wall, and opposing side walls extending therebetween. The top portion and bottom portion include respective top and bottom surfaces. The rear walls of the top and bottom portions are hingedly connected to another along respective outer edges. When closed, the top portion and bottom portion define a cavity for storing an item. The carton also includes a separation region defined on the top and bottom portions that extends from an outside edge of the front wall of the top portion, around the top portion and the bottom portion, to an outside edge of the front wall of the bottom portion. The separation region is configured to facilitate controlled separation of the carton into first and second side portions and to prevent liquid flow through separation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Matthew R. Cook, Thomas Fu, James Hubbard, Earle Ellis, Lauren Mikos, Kevin Fultz, Jonathan Smyk
  • Patent number: 7384260
    Abstract: A parison pinching and separating system for attaching to first and second mold halves is disclosed. Each mold half has first and second cavities. The system includes a first pinch bar for attaching to the first cavity of the first mold half, a first pinch bar for attaching to the second cavity of the first mold half, a second pinch bar for attaching to the first cavity of the second mold half, and a second pinch bar for attaching to the second cavity of the second mold half. Each pinch bar has a surface and a protrusion that extends from the surface. The protrusions of the pinch bars associated with first cavity are positioned for pinching a parison when the first and second mold halves close. The protrusion associated with the second cavity are positioned for pinching a parison when the first and second mold halves close.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Dave Humphreys, Earle Ellis, William Richer, Robert Stoolmaker
  • Publication number: 20070269545
    Abstract: A mold mounting system is provided for use with a wheel-type blow mold machine. The system has a first platen; a first mold half having at least one mold cavity for forming a container; a first magnet mounted on the first platen or the first mold half, the first magnet being for releasably magnetically attaching the first mold half to the first platen; a second platen; a second mold half having at least one mold cavity for forming the container; and a second magnet mounted on the second platen or the second mold half, the second magnet being for releasably magnetically attaching the second mold half to the second platen. The first and second mold halves are adapted to interface with each other during a molding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Earle Ellis, Roy N. Krohn, David A. Kesselman
  • Publication number: 20070173423
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improvement in a process for delivering a fabric refreshening active to a fabric. This improvement includes delivering the active to the fabric in a conventional clothes dryer such that the heat and tumbling action provided by the dryer delivers the active to the fabric while damp to thus provide refreshing properties to the fabric. The invention also relates to a product for delivering the active as noted. The active is generally applied to the fabric at a temperature in the range of 125 to 145° F., and comprises hydrogen peroxide. The refreshening active may include a fragrancing agent so that the fabric is fragranced as the refreshening agent is applied. Preferably, the refreshening active is initially placed in a container that is placed in the dryer, wherein the container does not release the agent until a desired temperature is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Robert Vermeer, Elliot Scherr, Robert Fuller, Earle Ellis, Munirhusein Adat, Nicholas O'Leary, Sandra Barvaux
  • Publication number: 20050098922
    Abstract: A parison pinching and separating system for attaching to first and second mold halves is disclosed. Each mold half has first and second cavities. The system includes a first pinch bar for attaching to the first cavity of the first mold half, a first pinch bar for attaching to the second cavity of the first mold half, a second pinch bar for attaching to the first cavity of the second mold half, and a second pinch bar for attaching to the second cavity of the second mold half. Each pinch bar has a surface and a protrusion that extends from the surface. The protrusions of the pinch bars associated with first cavity are positioned for pinching a parison when the first and second mold halves close. The protrusion associated with the second cavity are positioned for pinching a parison when the first and second mold halves close.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Dave Humphreys, Earle Ellis, William Richer, Robert Stoolmaker