Patents by Inventor Larry D. Durham

Larry D. Durham 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: 7117992
    Abstract: A storage package for multiple recording media includes a plurality of paper board panels arranged end to end and separated from each other by spline strips which allow the panels to be folded upon one another to resemble a closed book. First and second plastic, recording medium-holding latching trays are attached to the inside face of the last panel to be folded and to the panel face opposite the inside face in the folded configuration. Upstanding wall portions on one of the latching trays nest within the corresponding wall portions of the other latching tray when the latching trays are assembled together. Additional trays for holding recording media are attached to panel faces which are in the interior of the package in the closed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Meadwestvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Travis Westmeyer, David L. Bolognia, Larry D. Durham, Ken Freitag, George F. Rufo, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7032746
    Abstract: A storage package for a recording medium configured to resemble a book includes a paper board panel releasably attached to first and second plastic, recording medium-holding components, each including a planar surface having means on one face for holding a recording. Upstanding wall portions on one of the components nest within the corresponding wall portions of the other component when the components are assembled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Bolognia, Larry D. Durham, Ken Frietag, George F. Rufo, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6886687
    Abstract: A storage package for a recording medium configured to resemble a book includes a paper board panel releasably attached to first and second plastic, recording medium-holding components, each including a planar surface having means on one face for holding a recording. Upstanding wall portions on one of the components nest within the corresponding wall portions of the other component when the components are assembled together. The paper board panel is uncreased, unscored and unfolded and includes first and second panel areas for adhesive attachment of the plastic components. During assembly, the paper board panel is tautly stretched about and adhesively bonded to the assembled plastic components along the faces of the planar surfaces opposite the recording medium holding faces and along a transverse spline edge of the assembled, the creases defining the spline of the book being formed in the paper board panel during adhesive bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventors: David L. Bolongia, Larry D. Durham, Ken Frietag, George F. Rufo, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20040134807
    Abstract: A storage package for multiple recording media includes a plurality of paper board panels arranged end to end and separated from each other by spline strips which allow the panels to be folded upon one another to resemble a closed book. First and second plastic, recording medium-holding latching trays are attached to the inside face of the last panel to be folded and to the panel face opposite the inside face in the folded configuration. Upstanding wall portions on one of the latching trays nest within the corresponding wall portions of the other latching tray when the latching trays are assembled together. Additional trays for holding recording media are attached to panel faces which are in the interior of the package in the closed configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Travis Westmeyer, David L. Bolognia, Larry D. Durham, Ken Frietag, George F. Rufo
  • Publication number: 20040084337
    Abstract: A storage package for a recording medium configured to resemble a book includes a paper board panel, releasably attached to first and second plastic, recording medium-holding components, each including a planar surface having means on one face for holding a recording. Upstanding wall portions on one of the components nest within the corresponding wall portions of the other component when the components are assembled together. The paper board panel is uncreased, unscored and unfolded and includes first and second panel areas for adhesive attachment of the plastic components. During assembly, the paper board panel is tautly stretched about and adhesively bonded to the assembled plastic components along the faces of the planar surfaces opposite the recording medium holding faces and along a transverse spline edge of the assembled, the creases defining the spline of the book being formed in the paper board panel during adhesive bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: David L. Bolongia, Larry D. Durham, Ken Frietag, George F. Rufo
  • Patent number: 5379894
    Abstract: An ecologically-acceptable and easy-to-open package formed exclusively of paperboard for the display and sale of a plurality of cylindrical articles (such as batteries) as a unit. The package includes a base for maintaining a plurality of cylindrical articles upright and parallel in a compact, horizontally-aligned configuration. The base includes a base top, a base bottom, and a base sidewall connecting the base top and the base bottom. A header extends upwardly from the base top. Where there are two such articles in the package, the base sidewall is trapezoidal; where there are four, hexagonal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Ivy Hill Corporation
    Inventors: Janice Haas, Patrick J. O'Brien, Larry D. Durham
  • Patent number: 5333732
    Abstract: A package for an optical lens blank in the form of a parallelepiped carton includes an internal major side panel connected to a bottom major end panel by a foldline and extending generally parallel and adjacent to the front major side panel and an internal major end flap connected to the internal major side panel by a foldline. A strip of non-abrasive material or a surface coating extending over the facing surfaces of said back and internal major side panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: Ivy Hill Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas F. Budny, Anthony G. Schenna, Larry D. Durham