Patents by Inventor Manfred Bruno Kobbe

Manfred Bruno Kobbe 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: 9399545
    Abstract: A modular package having a container encompassing two or more modules, one of which includes a personal article visible from the outside of the modular package. The container includes a window making the personal article visible to a consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: BRAUN GMBH
    Inventors: Thinh Nguyen Ha, Martin Jay Marotti, Hauke Schormair, Manfred Bruno Kobbe
  • Publication number: 20150307226
    Abstract: A package unitarily formed from a cardboard blank for storing a product has a back wall, a first hinged lid section and a second hinged lid section to set the package in an open or a closed position. The first and the second hinged lid sections are opposite the back wall when the package is set in the closed position. Further, the package has a first pair of side walls which are arranged opposite each other and extend from the back wall. The first hinged lid section extends from one of the side walls of the first pair and the second hinged lid section extends from the other side wall of the first pair. Further, the package has a second pair of side walls which are arranged opposite each other and extend from the back wall. Each of the side walls of the second pair comprises an extension that forms a stiffening member. The stiffening members are U-shaped and have a base, a first leg and a second leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventor: Manfred Bruno Kobbe
  • Patent number: 8631943
    Abstract: A package component for holding a personal care device is described. The package component has a first section and a first section cover with a first fold line therebetween. The package component also has a second section and a second section cover with a second fold line therebetween. An eccentric cover is configured to allow the first section and the first section cover to be folded with respect to the second section and the second section cover, the eccentric cover being disposed between the first section and the second section or between the first section cover and the second section cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Bruno Kobbe, Hauke Schormair, Thinh Nguyen Ha, Martin Jay Marotti
  • Publication number: 20130313155
    Abstract: A modular package having a container encompassing two or more modules, one of which includes a personal article visible from the outside of the modular package. The container includes a window making the personal article visible to a consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Thinh Nguyen Ha, Martin Jay Marotti, Hauke Schormair, Manfred Bruno Kobbe
  • Publication number: 20130299372
    Abstract: A packaging system for a powered oral care device is disclosed. The packaging system includes a first module having at least one powered oral care accessory contained within an interior space of the first module; a second module having a powered oral care device contained within an interior space of the second module, the powered oral care device including a handle section and a cleaning section coupled to the handle section; and a container encompassing the first module and the second module, wherein the container includes two or more windows through which the powered oral care device is visible to a consumer. The packaging system has a height of not more than about 255 mm and a tip angle of about 9 degrees or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Thinh Nguyen Ha, Martin Jay Marotti, Hauke Schormair, Manfred Bruno Kobbe
  • Publication number: 20130299364
    Abstract: A package component for holding a personal care device is described. The package component has a first section and a first section cover with a first fold line therebetween. The package component also has a second section and a second section cover with a second fold line therebetween. An eccentric cover is configured to allow the first section and the first section cover to be folded with respect to the second section and the second section cover, the eccentric cover being disposed between the first section and the second section or between the first section cover and the second section cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Bruno Kobbe, Hauke Schormair, Thinh Nguyen Ha, Martin Jay Marotti