Patents by Inventor Edwin John Fox

Edwin John Fox 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).

  • Carton and carton blank
    Patent number: 6726088
    Abstract: The top of a carton, with opposite main panels and opposite side panels, has an inner and outer major flap hinged to opposite main panels. The outer major flap has a fold line extending along its length in parallel to a hinge line joining the outer major flap and a main panel. At each side panel, an ear has an ear portion hinged to the side panel and an ear portion hinged to the outer major flap. With this arrangement, the carton may be re-closed by pressing the ears down against the outer major flap so that the outer major flap folds about fold line into a concave V-shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Cascades Boxboard Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Waldburger, Andre Odilon Bernatchez, Jamie Alan MacLean, Edwin John Fox, Gregory Nathaniel Kimmett
  • Carton, method of forming same, and carton blank
    Patent number: 6520404
    Abstract: The top of a carton, with opposite main panels and opposite side panels, has an inner and outer major flap hinged to opposite main panels. At each side panel, an ear has a lower portion hinged to the side panel and two upper ear-halves, one hinged to each of the major flaps. To seal the top, adhesive is applied to an outer face of the inner major flap and to the ear-halves extending from either end of one of the major flaps, usually the inner major flap. Then the inner major flap is folded down and the ear-halves extending therefrom are folded down and out. The outer major flap with extending ear-halves is folded on top in overlapping relation so that the adhesive bonds. In one aspect, each ear has a notch between the ear-halves to facilitate overlapping of the ear-halves. With the carton blank coated with an impermeable coating, the resulting carton is air tight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Somerville Packaging Systems, a division of Paperboard Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Waldburger, Andre Odilon Bernatchez, Jamie Alan MacLean, Edwin John Fox, Leon Michael Brzezinski, Gregory Nathaniel Kimmett
  • Carton and carton blank
    Publication number: 20020179700
    Abstract: The top of a carton, with opposite main panels and opposite side panels, has an inner and outer major flap hinged to opposite main panels. The outer major flap has a fold line extending along its length in parallel to a hinge line joining the outer major flap and a main panel. At each side panel, an ear has an ear portion hinged to the side panel and an ear portion hinged to the outer major flap. With this arrangement, the carton may be re-closed by pressing the ears down against the outer major flap so that the outer major flap folds about fold line into a concave V-shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Peter Waldburger, Andre Odilon Bernatchez, Jamie Alan MacLean, Edwin John Fox, Gregory Nathaniel Kimmett
  • Carton
    Patent number: D482279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Cascades Boxboard Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Waldburger, Andre Odilon Bernatchez, Jamie Alan MacLean, Edwin John Fox, Gregory Nathaniel Kimmett