Patents by Inventor Edward Thayer Elliott

Edward Thayer Elliott 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).

  • Tapered octagonal tray
    Patent number: 4054241
    Abstract: A nestable octagonal tray having tapered, glued side walls of low height. The tray has an octagonal bottom panel, four trapezoidal side walls each attached at its shorter parallel edge to the bottom panel, four trapezoidal side flaps each attached at its longer parallel edge to the bottom panel, and eight substantially rectangular glue flaps each attached along its base to one of the non-parallel sides of the trapezoidal side walls. The side flaps and glue flaps are adhered in overlapping relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1977
    Assignee: American Can Company
    Inventors: George Leroy Meyers, David Charles Mueller, Edward Thayer Elliott