Patents by Inventor Heidi Rickabaugh

Heidi Rickabaugh 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: 5755327
    Abstract: A decorative package for a product, the package including a container for releasably holding the product. A sheet-like decorative collar is mounted on the container, and the container and collar are held within the box. The collar has a central opening with edge segments that conform to the container, and the collar is mounted on the container by interposing the container between the conforming edge segments of the central opening. At least two portions of the box operatively contact the collar so that the container is held within a substantially predefined region within the box. The collar extends outwardly from the container in a single plane that substantially bisects the container. The bisection of the container by the single plane is visually perceivable from outside the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Ruth Saltzman, Heidi Rickabaugh