Patents by Inventor Ernest B. Widner

Ernest B. Widner 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: 10183776
    Abstract: The present application provides a reinforced carton. The reinforced carton may include a number of first panels, a number of adjoining second panels, and with the first panels including one or more strength enhancing features. The one or more strength enhancing features may include a vertical fold line extending across the first panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLC
    Inventors: John Leigh Westney, Ernest B. Widner, Theodore Andrew Samotis, Yavuz Aksan
  • Patent number: 9815585
    Abstract: A plurality of integrally arranged panels include a first panel and a second panel with a fold line therebetween. A compression reinforcement feature has a planar edge oriented orthogonal to a first planar surface of the first panel and perpendicular to a z-axis that defines a stacking load direction, the planar edge being disposed at a distance away from the fold line of half a thickness of the first panel, the first panel having a void between the fold line and the planar edge. The compression reinforcement feature is formed by at least four cut lines that define at least a portion of a closed perimeter of a cutout. One of the cut lines defines a location of the planar edge of the compression reinforcement feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLC
    Inventors: Wayne P. Gasior, Ernest B. Widner, Yavuz Aksan
  • Patent number: 9481487
    Abstract: The present application provides a multi-piece box. The multi-piece box may include a body blank with a number of body panels and a number of second blanks with a second blank panel. The second blanks may be attached to the body blank. One or more of the body panels may include a first dimension along a first direction, the second blanks may include a second dimension along the first direction, and the second dimension may be greater than the first dimension such that the second blank panels may create a protruding end with respect to the one or more body panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Evan Dean, Yavuz Aksan, Wayne P. Gasior, Ernest B. Widner, Khurram Ali
  • Publication number: 20160068298
    Abstract: The present application provides a reinforced carton. The reinforced carton may include a number of first panels, a number of adjoining second panels, and with the first panels including one or more strength enhancing features. The one or more strength enhancing features may include a vertical fold line extending across the first panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLC
    Inventors: John Leigh Westney, Ernest B. Widner, Theodore Andrew Samotis, Yavuz Aksan
  • Patent number: 9187205
    Abstract: The present application thus provides a tray for use with a number of products. The tray may include a base and a lid enclosing the base. The base may include a first wall and a second wall. The lid may include a first lid tab and a second lid tab such that the first lid tab of the lid is attached to an exterior of the first wall of the base and the second lid tab of the lid is attached to the exterior of the second wall of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLC
    Inventors: Yavuz Aksan, Wayne P. Gasior, Ernest B. Widner
  • Publication number: 20150321786
    Abstract: A plurality of integrally arranged panels include a first panel and a second panel with a fold line therebetween. A compression reinforcement feature has a planar edge oriented orthogonal to a first planar surface of the first panel and perpendicular to a z-axis that defines a stacking load direction, the planar edge being disposed at a distance away from the fold line of half a thickness of the first panel, the first panel having a void between the fold line and the planar edge. The compression reinforcement feature is formed by at least four cut lines that define at least a portion of a closed perimeter of a cutout. One of the cut lines defines a location of the planar edge of the compression reinforcement feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Wayne P. Gasior, Ernest B. Widner, Yavuz Aksan
  • Publication number: 20130341383
    Abstract: The present application thus provides a tray for use with a number of products. The tray may include a base and a lid enclosing the base. The base may include a first wall and a second wall. The lid may include a first lid tab and a second lid tab such that the first lid tab of the lid is attached to an exterior of the first wall of the base and the second lid tab of the lid is attached to the exterior of the second wall of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Yavuz Aksan, Wayne P. Gasior, Ernest B. Widner
  • Publication number: 20130092588
    Abstract: The present application provides a stacking tray for use with a number of products. The stacking tray may include a floor, a wall extending from the floor, and a subpanel. The subpanel may extend from the wall at an angle towards the floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLC
    Inventors: Yavuz Aksan, Wayne P. Gasior, Ernest B. Widner
  • Publication number: 20120055922
    Abstract: A container includes a plurality of panels integrally arranged with respect to each other and with respect to a set of orthogonal x, y and z axes, the z-axis defining a direction line in which the container is configured to support a stacking load. The plurality of panels include a first panel having a first planar surface, and a second panel having a second planar surface, wherein the first panel and the second panel form a contiguity with a fold line disposed therebetween, and wherein the first planar surface is disposed parallel to the x-z plane or the y-z plane. The container further includes a compression reinforcement feature having a planar edge oriented orthogonal to the first planar surface and perpendicular to the z-axis, the planar edge being disposed a distance away from the fold line but at a distance no greater than half a thickness of the first panel, the first panel having a void between the fold line and the planar edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLC
    Inventors: Yavuz Aksan, Ernest B. Widner, Wayne P. Gasior
  • Patent number: D765978
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLC
    Inventors: Ernest B. Widner, Yavuz Aksan, Wayne P. Gasior
  • Patent number: D766575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLC
    Inventors: Ernest B. Widner, Yavuz Aksan, Wayne P. Gasior
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    Patent number: D784806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORRUGATED LLC
    Inventors: Wayne P. Gasior, Ernest B. Widner