Patents by Inventor Ellsworth E. Sanders

Ellsworth E. Sanders 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: 4211327
    Abstract: A container adapted to either stack or nest with another similarly oriented container of identical construction. The container has a plurality of feet along each side adjacent the bottom. The container side walls each have a lower section and an upper section spaced outwardly from the lower section and joined thereto by a ledge providing nesting saddles directly above the feet. The container also has a plurality of stacking saddles along the upper edge of each side wall likewise postioned directly above the feet. There are inclined ridges in the upper and lower sections of each side wall which guide the container down to a nested position within a lower container of identical construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1980
    Assignee: Pinckney Molded Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward L. Stahl, Ellsworth E. Sanders, George C. Blair
  • Patent number: 4183491
    Abstract: A plastic pallet having an elongated downwardly opening channel molded into the undersurface of its bottom wall. The channel extends through the midpoint of the bottom wall from one side edge to the other and may be provided with ribs for added reinforcement. A plastic reinforcing strip is fused along substantially its full length to the channel flanges to close the space within the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1980
    Assignee: Pinckney Molded Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ellsworth E. Sanders, Edward L. Stahl
  • Patent number: 4093071
    Abstract: The container disclosed herein is adapted to nest in a similarly oriented lower container of identical construction when turned 90.degree. with respect thereto. The container is also adapted to stack at a higher level in the lower container when similarly oriented or when turned 180.degree.. The container has a substantially square bottom wall, side walls extending substantially vertically upwardly from opposite sides edges of the bottom wall, an open front, and a nesting support bar extending across the rear of the container in spaced relation above the bottom wall to define an open space between the bottom wall and the support bar. The container is nested with the lower container by engaging the support bar over the upper edge of one of the side walls of the lower container and resting the front portion of the container on seating means provided on the other side wall of the lower container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1978
    Assignee: Pinckney Molded Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward L. Stahl, Ellsworth E. Sanders
  • Patent number: 4000817
    Abstract: An open top container adapted to stack with another container of identical construction at any one of three different levels. The container has stacking feet near the bottom. It also has saddles at three different levels for supporting the feet of an upper container. The container in its preferred form also has guiding means to permit it to be slid over the top of a lower container into a stacked position either at the upper level or at an intermediate level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1977
    Assignee: Pinckney Molded Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ellsworth E. Sanders, Elsmer W. Kreeger
  • Patent number: 3952903
    Abstract: A closed container composed of identical separable parts each of one-piece plastic construction. Each part has a rectangular base, an upright rear wall, and upright side walls cut diagonally or on the bias. The top and front of each part is substantially open so that it may be used independently of the other part for display purposes. When one of the parts is turned end for end, superposed over the other part and lowered relative thereto, snap-type connectors engage to hold the two parts in assembled relation to form the closed container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Pinckney Molded Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ellsworth E. Sanders, Elsmer W. Kreeger