Patents by Inventor Eric Lepot

Eric Lepot 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: 9630745
    Abstract: A packaging unit (10) for the storage and/or transport and/or processing and/or support in a suspended vertical position, of objects (20), comprising a tray (30) which can retain a plurality of the objects in a vertical position, and a cover (32) which can cover the tray. According to the invention the cover (32) comprises an upper wall (34) and at least two flanks (24, 24?) which extend downwards on two opposite sides of the upper wall, and are prolonged at their lower ends by fingers which can be placed below a lower surface of the tray (30), thus rendering the tray (30) and the cover (32) integral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Flexiways SPRL
    Inventor: Eric Lepot
  • Patent number: 8708186
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a box (10) for storing, transporting, and protecting vertically suspended containers with an upper opening (11), a rectangular bottom (12), lower side walls (13) connected to said bottom (12), and a step (14) connected to said lower side walls (13) and forming a bearing for supporting a plate (15). Said box (10) includes upper side walls (16) connected to said step (14), and each comprises at least one portion (17; 43) extending to the end of the box, each of said upper side walls also being connected to an upper edge (22) extending outside the box. An edge (20) is positioned on the upper corners (21) of said box (10). The present invention also relates to a container for transporting such boxes and to a method for palletizing and depalletizing said boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Flexiways S.P.R.L.
    Inventor: Eric Lepot
  • Publication number: 20130161225
    Abstract: A packaging unit (10) for the storage and/or transport and/or processing and/or support in a suspended vertical position, of objects (20), comprising a tray (30) which can retain a plurality of the objects in a vertical position, and a cover (32) which can cover the tray. According to the invention the cover (32) comprises an upper wall (34) and at least two flanks (24, 24?) which extend downwards on two opposite sides of the upper wall, and are prolonged at their lower ends by fingers which can be placed below a lower surface of the tray (30), thus rendering the tray (30) and the cover (32) integral.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: FLEXIWAYS SPRL
    Inventor: Eric Lepot
  • Publication number: 20120045311
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a box (10) for storing, transporting, and protecting vertically suspended containers with an upper opening (11), a rectangular bottom (12), lower side walls (13) connected to said bottom (12), and a step (14) connected to said lower side walls (13) and forming a bearing for supporting a plate (15). Said box (10) includes upper side walls (16) connected to said step (14), and each comprises at least one portion (17; 43) extending to the end of the box, each of said upper side walls also being connected to an upper edge (22) extending outside the box. An edge (20) is positioned on the upper corners (21) of said box (10). The present invention also relates to a container for transporting such boxes and to a method for palletizing and depalletizing said boxes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventor: Eric Lepot
  • Publication number: 20100307956
    Abstract: The present invention relates to packaging for storing and/or transporting and/or holding, in a suspended vertical position, articles equipped with flanges, said packaging comprising a plate, said plate comprising a plurality of rails positioned next to one another. Supporting lips are arranged along rails, a lip and a rail thus forming with a lip of an adjacent rail and this rail a groove. A pair of adjacent lips are capable of supporting and sorting said articles. The plate also comprises an upper wall parallel to the plurality of openings for preventing said articles from coming out of said plate when the latter pivots about a horizontal axis. The rails and the lips are free of bumps, thus enabling the articles to slide along the rails. The packaging of the invention may also comprise a box for holding the plate and a collar for surrounding the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Flexiways S.P.R.L.
    Inventor: Eric Lepot