Patents by Inventor G. Michael Whiteside

G. Michael Whiteside 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: 6039181
    Abstract: A transit packaging having reduced content for straight walled containers includes a paperboard blank. Scores are made along each side of the blank defining side panels for the packaging. The blank includes a retainer having apertures with retaining tabs for engaging each container to prevent sliding movement thereof. Notches are formed at each side of the side panels such that when the panels are folded the notches align laterally. A strap is positioned in the notches and tightened about the blank and containers to form a structural package for palletizing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Inventor: G. Michael Whiteside
  • Patent number: 5607056
    Abstract: A transit packaging having a reduced content includes a blank of a corrugated cardboard having flutes in a longitudinal direction. A first and second transverse score are made at opposite end regions of the blank defining side panels of the packaging. A plurality of longitudinally aligned pairs of notches are at opposite ends of the blank. A retainer releasably retains like containers onto the blank preventing relative sliding movement. A plurality of straps, each positioned in one of the aligned pairs of notches, wraps about the blank when the like containers are retained on the blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Macro-Systems Packaging Ltd.
    Inventor: G. Michael Whiteside