Patents by Inventor Kevin M. SIMPKINS

Kevin M. SIMPKINS 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).

  • Publication number: 20230192379
    Abstract: Techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a bag-in-box container including a plurality of panels, a plurality of lower flaps configured to enclose a bottom of the bag-in-box container, and a plurality of upper flaps configured to enclose a top of the bag-in-box container. The plurality of panels including a support panel, a side panel adjacent the support panel, a back panel adjacent the side panel, another side panel adjacent the back panel, and a front panel adjacent the side panel, wherein adjacent panels are connected with one another. The plurality of upper flaps comprises a side panel flap hingedly connected to the side panel and having an opening configured to receive a dosing cup. A plurality of legs are configured to be erectable from the plurality of lower flaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: KEVIN M. SIMPKINS, JEFFREY S. JAMES
  • Publication number: 20220289447
    Abstract: A blank for a package configured to retain an article therein can be configured to be wrapped around the article to form a circumferential case around the article and have a longitudinal length longer than the article. The blank can be configured to define the circumferential case to include one or more inward protrusions at or near one or more ends of the circumferential case that is configured to extend into the circumferential case above and/or below the article to retain the article longitudinally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Kevin M. SIMPKINS
  • Publication number: 20210339904
    Abstract: A blank for forming a container comprises a plurality of panels connected together at fold lines configured for extending at least partially around an interior space, including a front panel, a first side panel, a back panel opposed to the front panel and a second side panel opposed to the first side panel. A pair of opposed back flaps are foldably connected to opposed edges of the back panel. A pair of opposed first side flaps are foldably connected to opposed edges of the first side panel. A pair of opposed front flaps are foldably connected to opposed edges of the front panel. A pair of opposed second side flaps are foldably connected to opposed edges of the second side panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventor: Kevin M. SIMPKINS
  • Publication number: 20210309411
    Abstract: A container includes a blank having a plurality of panels foldably connected to one another and erected about an interior space, and a plurality of top flaps foldably connected to the plurality of panels to enclose a top end of the interior space, and a plurality of bottom flaps wherein each of the bottom flaps is foldably connected to a corresponding panel of plurality of panels to enclose a bottom end of the interior space. The blank includes a line of weakness pattern configured to allow a user to break the top flaps from a closed configuration enclosing the interior space to an open configuration allowing access to the interior space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Kevin M. SIMPKINS, Jeffrey S. JAMES, Chad REBMANN
  • Publication number: 20190016501
    Abstract: A blank for forming a container is provided. The blank includes a top panel, a first and second side panels, and a bottom panel coupled together in series by a plurality of generally parallel fold lines, wherein the bottom panel includes a free side edge, the first side panel includes a first separation line, and the second side panel includes a second separation line. The blank also includes a first end flap and a second end flap extending from opposing side edges of the first side panel, and a third end flap and a fourth end flap extending from opposing side edges of the second side panel, wherein the second and fourth end flaps are configured for removal with the top panel after the container is formed and the first and second separation lines are separated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Dejan DJOKOVIC, David G. COUTURE, Kevin M. SIMPKINS