Patents by Inventor Joseph P. Schomisch

Joseph P. Schomisch 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: 9540133
    Abstract: A box structure comprises an inner display box and an outer box. Detachable connections are provided between adjacent outer box and inner box wall panels. In one form, attaching inner box handle opening overlays to outer box handle overlays at the respective end wall panels of the box structure, one or more outer box back wall overlays to the inner box back wall panel, and a display panel portion of an inner box front wall panel to an outer box front wall panel assist in maintaining the integrity of the box structure. Outer box corners can have tear lines and walls disconnected at one corner to reduce bending stresses on the inner box walls during manufacture and erection of the box structure, while also facilitating the removal of the outer box from the inner display box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventor: Joseph P. Schomisch
  • Patent number: 8998074
    Abstract: A container includes a first blank and a second blank. The first blank includes a first plurality of panel and a plurality flaps. The first plurality of panels includes a first side panel, a second side panel opposing the first side panel, a back panel, and a front panel of the container, the first plurality of flaps defines a bottom of the container and a first exterior portion of a top of the container. The front panel includes a first breakaway portion. The second blank includes an insert front panel and a top flap. The top flap defines a second exterior portion of the top of the container. The insert front panel includes a second breakaway portion that is attached to the first breakaway portion of the front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventor: Joseph P. Schomisch
  • Patent number: 7080736
    Abstract: A container for distribution and display of goods is convertible from a first configuration for distribution into a second configuration for display. The conversion is accomplished by removing a front cover panel. The front cover panel may be attached to the container using a variety of methods, including a perforated score line, a tear-away strip, adhesives, tapes, or a combination of these methods. When the front cover panel is removed for retail display, an access opening is uncovered, allowing users to easily view and access the contents of the container. The front cover panel may further cover graphics and text provided along the front of the container so that the graphics and text are not marred or otherwise damaged during distribution. In addition, the front cover panel may be provided with distribution information thereon, which is unimportant to an end user such as a retail customer and is easily removed for display of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Packaging Corporation of America
    Inventors: Keith A. Jackson, Joseph P. Schomisch
  • Publication number: 20030226783
    Abstract: A container for distribution and display of goods is convertible from a first configuration for distribution into a second configuration for display. The conversion is accomplished by removing a front cover panel. The front cover panel may be attached to the container using a variety of methods, including a perforated score line, a tear-away strip, adhesives, tapes, or a combination of these methods. When the front cover panel is removed for retail display, an access opening is uncovered, allowing users to easily view and access the contents of the container. The front cover panel may further cover graphics and text provided along the front of the container so that the graphics and text are not marred or otherwise damaged during distribution. In addition, the front cover panel may be provided with distribution information thereon, which is unimportant to an end user such as a retail customer and is easily removed for display of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventors: Keith A. Jackson, Joseph P. Schomisch
  • Patent number: 5161699
    Abstract: A collapsible display stand which comprises a plurality of boxes and a base structure. Each box has an end wall, top and bottom walls, and a pair of side walls. These walls of each box define an internal space for accommodating products. The end wall of each box closes a first end of the box. Each box has a second end opposite the first end. The boxes are fixedly stacked one on top of another to form a stair structure wherein each box is secured at its botttom wall near the first end thereof to the top wall of the lower adjacent box near the second end of the lower adjacent box. Each box has at least one opening for permitting access to its internal space. The base structure is separably engaged with one or more of the boxes, and supports the stair structure in a tilted manner such that the first end of each box is lower than the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: James Hanna, David C. F. Stoddard, Ladd M. Orr, Jeffrey J. Jarmuz, Donald R. Jones, Joseph P. Schomisch