Patents by Inventor Laura G. Humphrey

Laura G. Humphrey 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).

  • Convertible case with deployable ventilation panels for shipping and displaying food products
    Patent number: 9738413
    Abstract: A convertible case for shipping and displaying packages of a food product includes a body formed from a first blank of a cardboard material and a hood formed from a second blank of a cardboard material. The first blank is foldable into a six-sided rectangular body and filled, using automatic or manual production processes, into a shipping configuration assembly having a front with a partially open region and a removable portion with a glue area, a back having a partially open region and a removable portion having a glue region, a left side, a right side, a top having a left panel and a right panel that are each shaped to provide a logo area and defining a partially open region between the logo areas, and a bottom having one or more selectively removable vent panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
    Inventors: Laura G. Humphrey, Amelia S. Presher, Christopher W. Dunkle, Walter D. Keefe, Jr., Joseph Stallings
  • CONVERTIBLE CASE WITH DEPLOYABLE VENTILATION PANELS FOR SHIPPING AND DISPLAYING FOOD PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20170021961
    Abstract: A convertible case for shipping and displaying packages of a food product includes a body formed from a first blank of a cardboard material and a hood formed from a second blank of a cardboard material. The first blank is foldable into a six-sided rectangular body and filled, using automatic or manual production processes, into a shipping configuration assembly having a front with a partially open region and a removable portion with a glue area, a back having a partially open region and a removable portion having a glue region, a left side, a right side, a top having a left panel and a right panel that are each shaped to provide a logo area and defining a partially open region between the logo areas, and a bottom having one or more selectively removable vent panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
    Inventors: Laura G. Humphrey, Amelia S. Presher, Christopher W. Dunkle, Walter D. Keefe,, JR., Joseph Stallings