Patents by Inventor Lauren Mikos

Lauren Mikos 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: 9233515
    Abstract: A carton includes a top portion and a bottom portion. Each portion includes a front wall, a rear wall, and opposing side walls extending therebetween. The top portion and bottom portion include respective top and bottom surfaces. The rear walls of the top and bottom portions are hingedly connected to another along respective outer edges. When closed, the top portion and bottom portion define a cavity for storing an item. The carton also includes a separation region defined on the top and bottom portions that extends from an outside edge of the front wall of the top portion, around the top portion and the bottom portion, to an outside edge of the front wall of the bottom portion. The separation region is configured to facilitate controlled separation of the carton into first and second side portions and to prevent liquid flow through separation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: LBP Manufacturing LLC
    Inventors: Matthew R. Cook, Thomas Fu, James Hubbard, Earle Ellis, Lauren Mikos, Kevin Fultz, Jonathan Smyk
  • Publication number: 20140332584
    Abstract: A carton includes a top portion and a bottom portion. Each portion includes a front wall, a rear wall, and opposing side walls extending therebetween. The top portion and bottom portion include respective top and bottom surfaces. The rear walls of the top and bottom portions are hingedly connected to another along respective outer edges. When closed, the top portion and bottom portion define a cavity for storing an item. The carton also includes a separation region defined on the top and bottom portions that extends from an outside edge of the front wall of the top portion, around the top portion and the bottom portion, to an outside edge of the front wall of the bottom portion. The separation region is configured to facilitate controlled separation of the carton into first and second side portions and to prevent liquid flow through separation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Matthew R. Cook, Thomas Fu, James Hubbard, Earle Ellis, Lauren Mikos, Kevin Fultz, Jonathan Smyk
  • Patent number: 8870018
    Abstract: An adjustable sleeve is disclosed that employs a pivot region which allows rotation of the first end of the sleeve relative to the second end of the sleeve. Rotation about the pivot region allows the sleeve size to adapt to many different sizes and tapers of containers. Rotation results in increasing a diameter of the top of the sleeve and decreasing a diameter of the bottom of the sleeve, and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: LBP Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew R. Cook, Thomas Fu, Kurt M. Wolf, Lauren Mikos, Barry L. Silverstein
  • Patent number: 8820617
    Abstract: A carton including a top and bottom portion adapted to secure an item within the top and bottom portion in a closed configuration. The carton also includes an information tab defined in a first surface of the top portion. The information tab is defined via series of perforated edges. An information tab cover on the carton is defined by a series of perforated edges that enable at least partial separation of the information tab from the carton. When the carton is in an unassembled configuration, a surface of the information tab is exposed to enable placement of information on the information tab. When the carton is in an assembled configuration the information tab cover covers the surface of the information tab so that the information placed on the information tab is not visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: LBP Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry L. Silverstein, Matthew R. Cook, Lauren Mikos, Ivette Morales, James A. Hubbard, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120125987
    Abstract: A container is disclosed for packaging flatbread, a flatbread sandwich or other food item. The container is made from a single, flat piece of paperboard having four sides and a pair of perforated lines formed therein running between two first sides and generally in the middle of the paperboard. The perforated lines come together at end portions thereof to meet at edges of the first sides to facilitate folding the flat paperboard in half along the perforated lines to close the container around a food item placed therein. Scored lines are formed spaced from the first and second sides to facilitate folding to form end and top portions of the container. Diagonal slots may be formed in corners of the flat paperboard that define hook structures capable of mutual engagement for securing closed the second sides around the food item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: LBP Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Hubbard, JR., Lauren Mikos, Matthew R. Cook
  • Publication number: 20100243719
    Abstract: A carton including a top and bottom portion adapted to secure an item within the top and bottom portion in a closed configuration. The carton also includes an information tab defined in a first surface of the top portion. The information tab is defined via series of perforated edges. An information tab cover on the carton is defined by a series of perforated edges that enable at least partial separation of the information tab from the carton. When the carton is in an unassembled configuration, a surface of the information tab is exposed to enable placement of information on the information tab. When the carton is in an assembled configuration the information tab cover covers the surface of the information tab so that the information placed on the information tab is not visible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Barry L. Silverstein, Matthew R. Cook, Lauren Mikos, Ivette Morales, James A. Hubbard, JR.
  • Publication number: 20100219195
    Abstract: An adjustable sleeve is disclosed that employs a pivot region which allows rotation of the first end of the sleeve relative to the second end of the sleeve. Rotation about the pivot region allows the sleeve size to adapt to many different sizes and tapers of containers. Rotation results in increasing a diameter of the top of the sleeve and decreasing a diameter of the bottom of the sleeve, and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Matthew R. Cook, Thomas Fu, Kurt M. Wolf, Lauren Mikos, Barry L. Silverstein