Patents by Inventor Koen De Greef

Koen De Greef 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: 8852067
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a method for making a garment box insert. The method comprises the steps of performing a plurality of folding actions upon a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall, and a fourth side wall so as to form a container portion. Extended flap portions and fold-over panels are further provided and folded so as to enclose and define the container portion. A first walled enclosure portion is further formed by performing steps of folding the second and first fold-over panels such that an elongate slot and at least to apertures are appropriately aligned. The method concludes with inserting one or more tabs of the first walled enclosure portion into one or more oval slots in the first side wall, so as to selectively secure the first walled portion relative to the first side wall during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Gijs Houdijk, Koen De Greef, Frits Stam
  • Publication number: 20130345036
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a method for making a garment box insert. The method comprises the steps of performing a plurality of folding actions upon a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall, and a fourth side wall so as to form a container portion. Extended flap portions and fold-over panels are further provided and folded so as to enclose and define the container portion. A first walled enclosure portion is further formed by performing steps of folding the second and first fold-over panels such that an elongate slot and at least to apertures are appropriately aligned. The method concludes with inserting one or more tabs of the first walled enclosure portion into one or more oval slots in the first side wall, so as to selectively secure the first walled portion relative to the first side wall during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Gijs Houdijk, Koen De Greef, Frits Stam
  • Patent number: 8544641
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a garment box insert comprising a bottom panel; a container portion comprising a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall, and a fourth side wall; and contiguous to the first side wall, a first walled enclosure portion. The walled enclosure portion comprises: a first fold over panel comprising two apertures configured to receive at least an upper portion of a handle portion; and a second fold over panel comprising an elongate aperture positioned such that opposing ends of an elongate aperture are approximately aligned with the two apertures of the first fold over panel and a central portion of the elongate aperture being approximately aligned with the elongate slot located in the first side wall. Such alignment allows one or more clothes hangers to be inserted through the elongate aperture of the second fold over panel and secured on the handle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Gijs Houdijk, Koen De Greef, Frits Stam
  • Patent number: D714643
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Gijs Houdijk, Koen De Greef, Frits Stam
  • Patent number: D769718
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Gijs Houdijk, Koen De Greef, Frits Stam