Patents by Inventor James A. Engstrom

James A. Engstrom 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).

  • Trash can formed with sidewall engagements
    Patent number: 9150352
    Abstract: A receptacle includes a base panel and a sidewall having first and second sets of opposed side panels. First and second retention assemblies are formed through the first and second sets of side panels, and the first retention assembly is vertically offset from the second retention assembly. The first and second retention assemblies each include a plurality of tiered engagements, which engagements have a hole and a rigid finger projecting downwardly into the hole. Bags are applied to the receptacle and retained by the engagements in a tiered, nested fashion. The receptacle is collapsible from an assembled condition to a disassembled condition or a storage condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Inventor: James A. Engstrom
  • Trash can formed with sidewall engagements
    Patent number: 8827103
    Abstract: A receptacle includes a base panel and a sidewall having first and second sets of opposed side panels. First and second retention assemblies are formed through the first and second sets of side panels, and the first retention assembly is vertically offset from the second retention assembly. The first and second retention assemblies each include a plurality of tiered engagements, which engagements have a hole and a rigid finger projecting downwardly into the hole. Bags are applied to the receptacle and retained by the engagements in a tiered, nested fashion. The receptacle is collapsible from an assembled condition to a disassembled condition or a storage condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Inventor: James A. Engstrom
  • Trash can
    Patent number: D709661
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Inventor: James A. Engstrom