Patents by Inventor Frank J. Craig

Frank J. Craig 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).

  • Apparatus for shipping preformed flower pot covers
    Publication number: 20040112780
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for shipping a plurality of preformed flower pot covers is provided. Each preformed flower pot cover including a base formed into a shape sized to receive a flower pot. The preformed flower pot cover having a closed lower end and an open upper end with an object opening extending therethrough for receiving the flower pot. The apparatus includes a container provided with a top, a bottom, and a plurality of sidewalls cooperating to define an inner packing compartment. Each of the top, bottom and sidewalls have an interior surface and an exterior surface. The apparatus includes at least a first stacking shell configured to receive the base of the preformed flower pot cover. The first stacking shell extending from the interior surface of the bottom of the container. The apparatus further includes at least a second stacking shell configured to be received in the object opening of the preformed flower pot cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Frank J. Craig, Sergio Cerda Garcia, Glen M. Burdick
  • Apparatus for shipping preformed flower pot covers
    Patent number: 6675968
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for shipping a plurality of preformed flower pot covers is provided. Each preformed flower pot cover including a base formed into a shape sized to receive a flower pot. The preformed flower pot cover having a closed lower end and an open upper end with an object opening extending therethrough for receiving the flower pot. The apparatus includes a container provided with a top, a bottom, and a plurality of sidewalls cooperating to define an inner packing compartment. Each of the top, bottom and sidewalls have an interior surface and an exterior surface. The apparatus includes at least a first stacking shell configured to receive the base of the preformed flower pot cover. The first stacking shell extending from the interior surface of the bottom of the container. The apparatus further includes at least a second stacking shell configured to be received in the object opening of the preformed flower pot cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank J. Craig, Sergio Cerda Garcia, Glen M. Burdick
  • Apparatus for shipping preformed flower pot covers
    Publication number: 20020121452
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for shipping a plurality of preformed flower pot covers is provided. Each preformed flower pot cover including a base formed into a shape sized to receive a flower pot. The preformed flower pot cover having a closed lower end and an open upper end with an object opening extending therethrough for receiving the flower pot. The apparatus includes a container provided with a top, a bottom, and a plurality of sidewalls cooperating to define an inner packing compartment. Each of the top, bottom and sidewalls have an interior surface and an exterior surface. The apparatus includes at least a first stacking shell configured to receive the base of the preformed flower pot cover. The first stacking shell extending from the interior surface of the bottom of the container. The apparatus further includes at least a second stacking shell configured to be received in the object opening of the preformed flower pot cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Frank J. Craig, Sergio Cerda Garcia, Glen M. Burdick
  • Apparatus for shipping preformed flower pot covers
    Patent number: 6405871
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for shipping a plurality of preformed flower pot covers is provided. Each preformed flower pot cover including a base formed into a shape sized to receive a flower pot. The preformed flower pot cover having a closed lower end and an open upper end with an object opening extending therethrough for receiving the flower pot. The apparatus includes a container provided with a top, a bottom, and a plurality of sidewalls cooperating to define an inner packing compartment. Each of the top, bottom and sidewalls have an interior surface and an exterior surface. The apparatus includes at least a first stacking shell configured to receive the base of the preformed flower pot cover. The first stacking shell extending from the interior surface of the bottom of the container. The apparatus further includes at least a second stacking shell configured to be received in the object opening of the preformed flower pot cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Southpac Trust Int'l. Inc.
    Inventors: Frank J. Craig, Sergio Cerda Garcia, Glen M. Burdick
  • Method of forming a flower pot or flower pot cover with controlled pleats
    Patent number: 5501039
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming a sheet of material into a flower pot or flower pot cover comprising means for engaging portions of the sheet of material and forming pleats in predetermined portions of the sheet of material having a predetermined shape whereby the formed flower pot or flower pot cover has pleats in predetermined portions and of predetermined shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Highland Supply Corporation
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, Frank J. Craig
  • Method of forming a flower pot or flower pot cover with controlled pleats
    Patent number: 5228934
    Abstract: A method of forming a sheet of material into a flower pot or flower pot cover comprising means for engaging portions of the sheet of material and forming pleats in predetermined portions of the sheet of material having a predetermined shape whereby the formed flower pot or flower pot cover has pleats in predetermined portions and of predetermined shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Highland Supply Corporation
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, Frank J. Craig
  • Apparaus of making a flower pot or flower pot cover with controlled pleats
    Patent number: 5073161
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming a sheet of material into a flower pot or flower pot cover comprising means for engaging portions of the sheet of material and forming pleats in predetermined portions of the sheet of material having a predetermined shape whereby the formed flower pot or flower pot cover has pleats in predetermined portions and of predetermined shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Assignee: Highland Supply Corporation
    Inventors: Donald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter, Frank J. Craig