Patents by Inventor L. David Fielder

L. David Fielder 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).

  • Paperboard can with an integrated lid having a hinge on the lid
    Patent number: 6910623
    Abstract: A substantially paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein is convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation. The paperboard container comprises a tubular container member, a bottom member and a top member, with the top member being telescopically received within the container member to seal the top member to the container. The top member is pivotable about the hinge portion and is pivotable to the sealed orientation to substantially reseal the container member. The lid is fabricated in whole or in part, from plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Noel G. Stewart, L. David Fielder
  • Strap apparatus for stacked articles
    Publication number: 20040172794
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for banding a stack of planar articles, including a blank that has an initial length that is less than the circumference of the stack to be banded and a width that is greater than the height of the stack to be banded, wherein the band is a monolithically formed band without seams that is created through advantageous slitting and folding of the blank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: L. David Fielder, Noel G. Stewart
  • Substantially paperboard container with tear-strip opening and reclosure feature
    Patent number: 6644541
    Abstract: A tubular paperboard container having a tear-strip opening and reclosure feature. A lid is insertably received in an open top end of a tubular body portion, with an upturned edge region of the lid being flush against an inner surface of the tubular body portion. Removal of the tear strip exposes a downwardly extending portion of the lid that is insertably receivable, in a plug-like manner, in the remaining, now-open top end of the tubular body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Stone Container Corporation
    Inventors: Noel G. Stewart, L. David Fielder
  • Paperboard can with an integrated paperboard lid having a slide closure
    Patent number: 6471122
    Abstract: A paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein is convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation. The container comprises a tubular body member, a bottom member and a top member, with the top member being telescopically received within the body member to seal the top member to the body member. The top member has a closure member that is repositionable to the sealed orientation to substantially reseal the container member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Stone Container Corporation
    Inventors: Noel G. Stewart, L. David Fielder, Angela Lueders Rowland, Suzanne Theresa Barker, David Lawrence Botterman
  • Substantially paperboard container with tear-strip opening and reclosure feature
    Publication number: 20020084317
    Abstract: A tubular paperboard container having a tear-strip opening and reclosure feature. A lid is insertably received in an open top end of a tubular body portion, with an upturned edge region of the lid being flush against an inner surface of the tubular body portion. Removal of the tear strip exposes a downwardly extending portion of the lid that is insertably receivable, in a plug-like manner, in the remaining, now-open top end of the tubular body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Noel G. Stewart, L. David Fielder
  • Paperboard can with an integrated lid having a hinge on the lid
    Publication number: 20020074387
    Abstract: A substantially paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein is convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation. The paperboard container comprises a tubular container member, a bottom member and a top member, with the top member being telescopically received within the container member to seal the top member to the container. The top member is pivotable about the hinge portion and is pivotable to the sealed orientation to substantially reseal the container member. The lid is fabricated in whole or in part, from plastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Noel G. Stewart, L. David Fielder
  • Paperboard can with an integrated paperboard lid having a hinge on the lid
    Patent number: 6390358
    Abstract: A paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein is convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation. The paperboard container comprises a tubular container member, a bottom member and a top member, with the top member being telescopically received within the container member to seal the top member to the container. The top member is pivotable about the hinge portion and is pivotable to the sealed orientation to substantially reseal the container member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Stone Container Corporation
    Inventors: Noel G. Stewart, L. David Fielder, Joseph J. Hart, Angela L. Rowland, Suzanne Theresa Barker
  • Paperboard can with an integrated paperboard lid having a hinge on the lid
    Patent number: 6349866
    Abstract: A paperboard container for releasably dispensing contents contained therein is convertible from a substantially sealed orientation to a substantially open, dispensing orientation and back to the substantially sealed orientation. The paperboard container comprises a tubular container member, a bottom member and a top member, with the top member being telescopically received within the container member to seal the top member to the container. The top member is pivotable about the hinge portion and is pivotable to the sealed orientation to substantially reseal the container member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Stone Container Corporation
    Inventors: Noel G. Stewart, L. David Fielder, Angela L. Rowland, Suzanne Theresa Barker
  • Flip-top lid
    Patent number: D513175
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: L. David Fielder, Noel G. Stewart
  • Paperboard container with flip-top lid
    Patent number: D485754
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Stone Container Corporation
    Inventors: L. David Fielder, Noel G. Stewart
  • Container with top opening
    Patent number: D487870
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Stone Container Corporation
    Inventors: Noel Stewart, L. David Fielder