Patents by Inventor John J. Curran

John J. Curran 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: 4516717
    Abstract: A container divider for separating bottles in a box or the like, is provided. The divider has a number of panels, cross members, and extensions of some of the foregoing, so that the divider can be cut from a single unitary sheet of material and placed and retained in an erected position without the use of glue. In one embodiment of the divider, a tab is hingedly connected to the remainder of the divider so that the remainder of the divider can be positioned in an upper end of a box and later in a lower end of it, when the bottles in the box are in an inverted and upright position respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Inventor: John J. Curran
  • Patent number: 3980223
    Abstract: A cellular structure for use in cartons having first and second parallel wall sections which are movable longitudinally relative to each other and away from each other during erection of the structure, outer dividers flaps cut from and hinged to the wall sections and extending longitudinally thereof and swingable outwardly therefrom, and inner flaps cut from the wall sections connected to and extending away from the outer flaps, opposed inner flaps being connected to each other so as to swing inwardly and cause the outer flaps connected thereto to swing outwardly when said wall sections are moved longitudinally relative to each other to form cells at the wall sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1976
    Inventor: John J. Curran