Patents by Inventor Jason R. Frankenberg

Jason R. Frankenberg 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: 12054313
    Abstract: A tote with a drainage system for evenly distributing water through all four sides is provided. The tote includes a first end wall, a second opposing end wall, a first side wall, a second opposing side wall, and a bottom wall. A bumper extends outward around the periphery of the tote. A plurality of D-shaped drain holes are positioned a first distance above the upper surface of the bottom wall which allow liquid in the tote to drain evenly out of the tote through the bumper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: ORBIS Corporation
    Inventor: Jason R. Frankenberg
  • Publication number: 20230182963
    Abstract: A tote with a drainage system for evenly distributing water through all four sides is provided. The tote includes a first end wall, a second opposing end wall, a first side wall, a second opposing side wall, and a bottom wall. A bumper extends outward around the periphery of the tote. A plurality of D-shaped drain holes are positioned a first distance above the upper surface of the bottom wall which allow liquid in the tote to drain evenly out of the tote through the bumper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: Jason R. Frankenberg
  • Publication number: 20230182959
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a container with divider panels that lock to prevent flexing or bulging. The container includes end to end divider panels and side to side panels that include aligned slots where the panels intersect. The panels include grooves or channels for holding the edges of the slots of the intersecting panel to hold the upper or lower portion of the intersecting panel in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: Jason R. Frankenberg
  • Publication number: 20220194657
    Abstract: A top frame with locking features is provided. The top frame includes four legs having a top surface and a bottom surface. The top frame includes a first interlocking feature in the form of a plurality of protrusions and a second interlocking feature in the form of indented receptacles on the top surface. The plurality of protrusions can be provided proximate a corner of the top frame and the plurality of indented receptacles can also proximate the corner but spaced from the plurality of protrusions. Each corner of the top frame can include a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of indented receptacles. Each occurrence of the plurality of protrusions and the plurality of indented receptacles can alternate about the top surface of the top frame. The bottom surface can also include the same pattern of locking features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventor: Jason R. Frankenberg
  • Publication number: 20190359382
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a stacking efficient dry flow bin. The bin can be configured in a nested configuration for transport and in an expanded configuration for use in holding and dispensing a flowable material. The bin is configured to stack with other like bins so that a stack three bins high will fit in the compartment of a standard shipping truck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventor: Jason R. Frankenberg
  • Patent number: 10486860
    Abstract: A container with dividers is provided. The container includes a container body having a bottom with ribs extending upward, a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall and a second end wall. An upper portion of the side walls and/or end walls include matching slots. A divider is provided having upper tabs for securing the divider in a set of slots, and rib slots in a bottom portion for securing the divider to the ribs in the bottom of the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: ORBIS Corporation
    Inventors: Jason R. Frankenberg, Paul Mans
  • Patent number: 10029846
    Abstract: A molded plastic drum configured to hold wire. The drum includes a plastic interior cone. The cone can include ribs or other similar structure to simulate an outer cylindrical shape (or any other desired shape) to wrap the wire around. The cone is integrally formed with the rest of the container. The drum includes windows to determine the amount of wire in the drum. The drum can also include drain holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ORBIS Corporation
    Inventor: Jason R. Frankenberg
  • Publication number: 20170225877
    Abstract: A molded plastic drum configured to hold wire. The drum includes a plastic interior cone. The cone can include ribs or other similar structure to simulate an outer cylindrical shape (or any other desired shape) to wrap the wire around. The cone is integrally formed with the rest of the container. The drum includes windows to determine the amount of wire in the drum. The drum can also include drain holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventor: Jason R. Frankenberg
  • Publication number: 20160236808
    Abstract: A tote style container having enhanced stability on a racking system is provided. The tote includes a container body having a bottom portion, a first side wall, an opposing second side wall, a first end wall and an opposing second end wall. The bottom portion is configured to include one or more grooves to accommodate one or more rails of a racking system. The groove(s) fit over the rail(s) and prevent slipping of the tote.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Jason R. Frankenberg, Paul Mans, Andrea M. Nottestad
  • Publication number: 20160176577
    Abstract: A container with dividers is provided. The container includes a container body having a bottom with ribs extending upward, a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall and a second end wall. An upper portion of the side walls and/or end walls include matching slots. A divider is provided having upper tabs for securing the divider in a set of slots, and rib slots in a bottom portion for securing the divider to the ribs in the bottom of the container body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Jason R. Frankenberg, Paul Mans
  • Publication number: 20110303691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reusable plastic container. The container comprises a container body having side walls, end walls, and a bottom. It further includes a hinged lid with lid sections, each section having a hinged edge and at least one free edge. A hinge connects the hinged edge of a lid section to a side wall of the container body. The lid section includes a snap element engageable with a container body end wall. The snap element is configured such that inward pressure applied to an end or side wall of the container body causes the snap element to have greater engagement with the container body to increase the lid's resistance to opening when subjected to an impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: ORBIS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jason R. Frankenberg
  • Patent number: 6431394
    Abstract: A plastic tote box of the type having a lid. The lid is a two-piece hinged lid, with each piece of the lid being hinged along the top of opposite sides of the box. Each of the lid pieces has at least one hollow channel formed therein. The hollow channels improve the structural integrity of the lid pieces without adding additional lid material. In a box top lid having a substantially planar central area surrounded by a raised peripheral edge, a cut out is formed in the peripheral edge providing a drainage path for fluid which has collected in the central area to flow off the lid without entering the box. A mail slot is formed in a box side for insertion of a packing slip or the like into the box without opening the box lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventor: Jason R. Frankenberg
  • Patent number: 6357366
    Abstract: A rackable pallet having improved structural integrity without adding material to increase the pallet weight. The pallet has a deck having a top and a bottom, a number of feet are formed extending downwardly from the deck, reinforcing members inserted in the deck top, and a lid having a top and bottom joined to the deck top and enclosing the reinforcing members. Ribs define an open grid pattern in the deck and lid, and hollow channels are formed in the deck and lid, which increases the strength of the pallet, without disproportionately increasing the volume or weight of material used. The hollow channels are formed at strategic locations in the lid top and the deck bottom. Foot straps mounted to the deck feet further improve the pallet structural integrity. Each foot strap is mounted to the feet with releasable shearable fasteners to simplify foot strap replacement and minimize foot strap damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventor: Jason R. Frankenberg
  • Publication number: 20020008114
    Abstract: A plastic tote box of the type having a lid. The lid is a two-piece hinged lid, with each piece of the lid being hinged along the top of opposite sides of the box. Each of the lid pieces has at least one hollow channel formed therein. The hollow channels improve the structural integrity of the lid pieces without adding additional lid material. In a box top lid having a substantially planar central area surrounded by a raised peripheral edge, a cut out is formed in the peripheral edge providing a drainage path for fluid which has collected in the central area to flow off the lid without entering the box. A mail slot is formed in a box side for insertion of a packing slip or the like into the box without opening the box lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventor: Jason R. Frankenberg
  • Patent number: 6318586
    Abstract: A plastic tote box of the type having a lid. The lid is a two-piece hinged lid, with each piece of the lid being hinged along the top of opposite sides of the box. Each of the lid pieces has at least one hollow channel formed therein. The hollow channels improve the structural integrity of the lid pieces without adding additional lid material. In a box top lid having a substantially planar central area surrounded by a raised peripheral edge, a cut out is formed in the peripheral edge providing a drainage path for fluid which has collected in the central area to flow off the lid without entering the box. A mail slot is formed in a box side for insertion of a packing slip or the like into the box without opening the box lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventor: Jason R. Frankenberg
  • Patent number: 6216609
    Abstract: A structural channel pallet having improved structural integrity without adding material to increase the pallet weight. The pallet has a deck having a top and a bottom, and a number of feet are formed extending downwardly from the deck. Ribs define an open grid pattern in the deck, and hollow channels are formed in the deck, which increases the strength of the pallet, without disproportionately increasing the volume or weight of material used. The hollow channels are formed at strategic locations on the top and the bottom of the deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventor: Jason R. Frankenberg
  • Patent number: 6047853
    Abstract: A 180.degree. stackable, nestable plastic tote box has ledge supports and foot supports with a combination of vertical and angled surfaces for guiding an upper box relative to a lower box to a stacked position and resisting the tendency of the upper box to collapse into the lower box when it is heavily loaded. The box also has orientation buttons received in recesses at its rim which give the box an easily visible asymmetric appearance. A drainage collector is molded into each box end wall which underlies a lid of the box and collects drainage from the lid to channel the drainage to the outside of the box, and is formed in walls which help support an upper box on a lower box when it is laterally slid onto it for stacking. The box can be provided with a one-piece lid or a two-piece hinged lid. The one-piece lid has wedge structures depending downwardly from its rim which snap into holes in the top of the box. A padlock hole is formed in an angled wall at the end of the box for locking the lid shut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventor: Jason R. Frankenberg
  • Patent number: 5860527
    Abstract: A 180.degree. stackable, nestable plastic tote box has ledge supports and foot supports with a combination of vertical and angled surfaces for guiding an upper box relative to a lower box to a stacked position and resisting the tendency of the upper box to collapse into the lower box when it is heavily loaded. The box also has orientation buttons received in recesses at its rim which give the box an easily visible asymmetric appearance. A drainage collector is molded into each box end wall which underlies a lid of the box and collects drainage from the lid to channel the drainage to the outside of the box, and is formed in walls which help support an upper box on a lower box when it is laterally slid onto it for stacking. The box can be provided with a one-piece lid or a two-piece hinged lid. The one-piece lid has wedge structures depending downwardly from its rim which snap into holes in the top of the box. A padlock hole is formed in an angled wall at the end of the box for locking the lid shut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Menasha Corporation
    Inventors: Jason R. Frankenberg, Randall H. Hafemeister
  • Patent number: D804769
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: ORBIS Corporation
    Inventor: Jason R. Frankenberg