Patents by Inventor Eric D. Linvill

Eric D. Linvill 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).

  • COATED PAPERBOARD CONTAINER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COATED PAPERBOARD CONTAINER, AND CUP BOTTOM FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20220135275
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a coated paperboard container includes: providing a coated paperboard bottom blank, the coated paperboard bottom blank comprising a paperboard substrate and a first barrier coating layer on a first outermost surface of the paperboard substrate; heating the coated paperboard bottom blank; shaping the heated coated paperboard bottom blank, thereby forming a peripheral skirt portion about a periphery of a bottom wall portion of the coated paperboard bottom blank; and sealing a coated paperboard sidewall to the first barrier coating layer of the peripheral skirt portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Eric D. Linvill, Jiebin Pang, Natasha G. Melton, James M. Taylor, Steven Parker
  • Coated paperboard container, method of manufacturing a coated paperboard container, and cup bottom forming apparatus
    Patent number: 11174063
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a coated paperboard container includes: providing a coated paperboard bottom blank, the coated paperboard bottom blank comprising a paperboard substrate and a first barrier coating layer on a first outermost surface of the paperboard substrate; heating the coated paperboard bottom blank; shaping the heated coated paperboard bottom blank, thereby forming a peripheral skirt portion about a periphery of a bottom wall portion of the coated paperboard bottom blank; and sealing a coated paperboard sidewall to the first barrier coating layer of the peripheral skirt portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: WESTROCK MWV, LLC
    Inventors: Eric D. Linvill, Jiebin Pang, Natasha G. Melton, James M. Taylor, Steven Parker
  • CARTON AND BLANK THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20210284413
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a carrier (90) for packaging one or more articles (B). The carrier comprises a main panel (12) having first (A1) and second (A2) adjacent apertures, arranged side by side, each for receiving a portion of an article. The main panel further comprises an annular series of tabs (16,18,20) formed around each of the first and second apertures. The tabs of each annular series are hingedly connected to the main panel such that at least some of the tabs yield out of the plane of the main panel when an article is received in the respective aperture so as to bear against the article. The main panel comprising a first layer (CL) comprising a paperboard substrate and a second layer (PL) providing a tear resistant layer wherein the tear resistant layer is disposed above the paperboard substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen G. Simmons, Casey P. Grey, Bradford Walling, Matthew E. Zacherle, Eric D. Linvill, Linh L. Kooc
  • COATED PAPERBOARD CONTAINER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COATED PAPERBOARD CONTAINER, AND CUP BOTTOM FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190329928
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a coated paperboard container includes: providing a coated paperboard bottom blank, the coated paperboard bottom blank comprising a paperboard substrate and a first barrier coating layer on a first outermost surface of the paperboard substrate; heating the coated paperboard bottom blank; shaping the heated coated paperboard bottom blank, thereby forming a peripheral skirt portion about a periphery of a bottom wall portion of the coated paperboard bottom blank; and sealing a coated paperboard sidewall to the first barrier coating layer of the peripheral skirt portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Eric D. Linvill, Jiebin Pang, Natasha G. Melton, James M. Taylor, Steven Parker