Patents by Inventor Lawrence A. DePaolis

Lawrence A. DePaolis 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).

  • Article shipping and/or storage container and a shipping and/or storage container having articles
    Patent number: 7658285
    Abstract: A sheet shipping and storage container includes a base supporting a stack of glass sheets in a vertical orientation, and a pair of telescoping end caps mounted on each side of the stack in facing relationship to one another. A first endless strap has its course around the end caps to bias the end caps toward one another about the stack; a second endless strap has it course around back end of each end caps and the back side of the stack to bias the back surface of the stack and the end caps downward toward the front of the base, and a third endless strap around the opposite end of the end caps and the front side of the stack to bias the end caps and the front side of the stack downward toward back side of the base to unitize the plurality of sheets, end caps and base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis M. Hagan, III, Lawrence A. DePaolis, John Leo Flick, John P. Marshall, III, Alexander S. Sobkin
  • ARTICLE SHIPPING AND/OR STORAGE CONTAINER AND A SHIPPING AND/OR STORAGE CONTAINER HAVING ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20080264825
    Abstract: A sheet shipping and storage container includes a base supporting a stack of glass sheets in a vertical orientation, and a pair of telescoping end caps mounted on each side of the stack in facing relationship to one another. A first endless strap has its course around the end caps to bias the end caps toward one another about the stack; a second endless strap has it course around back end of each end caps and the back side of the stack to bias the back surface of the stack and the end caps downward toward the front of the base, and a third endless strap around the opposite end of the end caps and the front side of the stack to bias the end caps and the front side of the stack downward toward back side of the base to unitize the plurality of sheets, end caps and base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Francis M. Hagan III, Lawrence A. DePaolis, John Leo Flick, John P. Marshall, Alexander S. Sobkin