Patents by Inventor Gert De Smedt

Gert De Smedt 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: 10758061
    Abstract: A product tray (20) comprising a product pusher (10), wherein the product pusher (10) is formed from a length of elastically stretchable fabric or material arranged to wrap behind and to the sides of products (22) contained within the tray (20) to apply a resilient bias force to the rear surface of those products (22) contained within the tray (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignees: DS SMITH PACKAGING LIMITED, MONDELEZ UK R&D LIMITED
    Inventors: James McDonald, Gert De Smedt, Fredrik Jacobsson, Andrew Thompson, Erich Kreutzer
  • Patent number: 9889962
    Abstract: The invention relates to a precut blank (1) consisting of a foldable material such as corrugated cardboard, paperboard or carton for producing automatically erectable packaging, in particular, a tray. The precut blank has a bottom (3) and hinged to it, two lateral panels (4), a rear panel (6) and a front panel (5), as well as two connecting flaps (7, 8) hinged to the front panel (5) and two hinged to the rear panel (6). According to the invention, an unstressed elastic element (15) is fastened at the connecting flaps (7) that are hinged to the front panel. Further, the invention relates to packaging erected from the precut blank (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: DS Smith Packaging Deutschland Stifung & Co. KG
    Inventors: James McDonald, Gert De Smedt, Fredrik Jacobsson
  • Publication number: 20160302626
    Abstract: The present application pertains to a dispenser for dispensing tissue paper from a volume defined within a dispenser housing, the dispenser housing being made from a flat material, preferably a cardboard material, the dispenser having at least one handling section which can be folded out from a wall of the dispenser housing, the dispenser housing having at least two layers of the flat material at the location where the at least one handling section is situated, wherein the at least one handling section is present in the outer layers of the flat material only such that at least the innermost layer of the flat material remains intact and seals off the volume defined by the dispenser housing at the location where the at least one handling section is present such that the dispenser can be used as a fully-operational dispenser when the at least one handling section is folded out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventors: Anne D'HIET, Joris SCHEPPERS, Mylene PIERQUET, Marion LIOTARD, Gert DE SMEDT
  • Publication number: 20160296040
    Abstract: A product tray (20) comprising a product pusher (10), wherein the product pusher (10) is formed from a length of elastically stretchable fabric or material arranged to wrap behind and to the sides of products (22) contained within the tray (20) to apply a resilient bias force to the rear surface of those products (22) contained within the tray (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: James McDonald, Gert De Smedt, Fredrik Jacobsson, Andrew Thompson
  • Publication number: 20160297600
    Abstract: A product tray (20) comprising a product pusher (10), wherein the product pusher (10) is formed from a length of elastically stretchable fabric or material arranged to wrap behind and to the sides of products (22) contained within the tray (20) to apply a resilient bias force to the rear surface of those products (22) contained within the tray (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: James McDonald, Gert De Smedt, Fredrik Jacobsson, Andrew Thompson
  • Publication number: 20160280415
    Abstract: The invention relates to a precut blank (1) consisting of a foldable material such as corrugated cardboard, paperboard or carton for producing automatically erectable packaging, in particular, a tray. The precut blank has a bottom (3) and hinged to it, two lateral panels (4), a rear panel (6) and a front panel (5), as well as two connecting flaps (7, 8) hinged to the front panel (5) and two hinged to the rear panel (6). According to the invention, an unstressed elastic element (15) is fastened at the connecting flaps (7) that are hinged to the front panel. Further, the invention relates to packaging erected from the precut blank (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: James McDonald, Gert De Smedt, Fredrik Jacobsson
  • Publication number: 20150166249
    Abstract: A product tray (20) comprising a product pusher (10), wherein the product pusher (10) is formed from a length of elastically stretchable fabric or material arranged to wrap behind and to the sides of products (22) contained within the tray (20) to apply a resilient bias force to the rear surface of those products (22) contained within the tray (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: James McDonald, Gert De Smedt, Fredrik Jacobsson, Andrew Thompson
  • Publication number: 20120217259
    Abstract: A dispenser (1) for dispensing tissue paper from a volume defined within a dispenser housing (10), the dispenser housing being made from a flat material, preferably a cardboard material, the dispenser having at least one handling section (30, 32, 34) which can be folded out from a wall (16, 20, 22) of the dispenser housing, the dispenser housing having at least two layers of the flat material at the location where the at least one handling section is situated, wherein the at least one handling section is present in the outer layers of the flat material only such that at least the innermost layer of the flat material remains intact and seals off the volume defined by the dispenser housing at the location where the at least one handling section is present such that the dispenser can be used as a fully operational dispenser when the at least one handling section is folded out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventors: Anne D'Hiet, Joris Scheppers, Mylène Pierquet, Marion Liotard, Gert De Smedt