Patents by Inventor Mark Wisecarver
Mark Wisecarver 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).
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Publication number: 20200130926Abstract: A bulk container comprising a plurality of wall panels and a bottom surface and a method of forming the same. The bulk container comprises at least one strip of material extending around an outer perimeter of the bulk container, in which the at least one strip of material comprises a first end and a second end, a portion of the second end overlapping and being adhered to a portion of the first end with an adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventor: Mark A Wisecarver
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Patent number: 9016557Abstract: A container comprises a body having a bottom wall, opposed side walls, and opposed end walls foldably joined with one another for holding and shipping different products contained therein. Each of the opposed side walls includes a respective first and second locking member. Two separate self-locking support panels each of which comprises a respective third and fourth locking members formed therein to be engaged with the corresponding first and second locking members in an overlapping relationship. Each of the first and second locking members is defined by a first locking tab and a first U-shaped slot that is formed by indentation of the first locking tab toward interior of the body of the container.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2011Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: International Paper CompanyInventor: Mark Wisecarver
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Publication number: 20130146651Abstract: A container comprises a body having a bottom wall, opposed side walls, and opposed end walls foldably joined with one another for holding and shipping different products contained therein. Each of the opposed side walls includes a respective first and second locking member. Two separate self-locking support panels each of which comprises a respective third and fourth locking members formed therein to be engaged with the corresponding first and second locking members in an overlapping relationship. Each of the first and second locking members is defined by a first locking tab and a first U-shaped slot that is formed by indentation of the first locking tab toward interior of the body of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANYInventor: Mark Wisecarver
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Patent number: 7748527Abstract: Packaging for one or more shower doors is provided where the doors are displayed to the consumer at the time of sale while associated hardware/header rails are secured from view, vandalism, and theft. The packaging provides a buffering frame around the doors. There are lateral wrap structures that retain the hardware and header rails, and end caps that provide locking cradles for the ends of the doors.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2007Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Mark A. Wisecarver, John R. Marquardt, Philip A. Blankenship, Mike Gammons, Buddy J. Thompson, Chris C. Beardsley, Tobin J. Vetting, Jason M. Roman, Kenneth S. Bashore
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Patent number: 7681781Abstract: An octagonal bulk bin has sidewalls, end walls and diagonal corner panels interposed between adjacent sidewalls and end walls. Bottom flaps are foldably joined to a bottom edge of the sidewalls, end walls, and diagonal corner panels, and gusset panels connect adjacent side edges of the bottom flaps, facilitating set up of the bulk bin and spacing flap cuts from the corners of the bin to minimize or eliminate initiation of tears in the vertical corners of the bin. A plastic pallet tray has an upstanding lip around its periphery, shaped and sized to closely receive the bottom end of the octagonal bin to reinforce the bottom end and facilitate handling of the bin.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2006Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: International Paper CompanyInventor: Mark A. Wisecarver
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Patent number: 7654440Abstract: An octagonal bulk bin has sidewalls, end walls and diagonal corner panels interposed between adjacent sidewalls and end walls. Major bottom flaps are foldably joined to a bottom edge of the sidewalls, minor bottom flaps are foldably joined to a bottom edge of the end walls, and diagonal bottom flaps are foldably joined to a bottom edge of the diagonal corner panels. A cut separates each major bottom flap from an adjacent diagonal bottom flap, and a web panel connects adjacent side edges of the minor bottom flaps and diagonal bottom flaps. According to one aspect of the invention, each diagonal bottom flap, web panel, and portion of an adjacent major bottom flap are crushed. According to another aspect of the invention, differently shaped notches in a free edge of the minor flaps form locking tabs that are engaged in slots near a free edge of the major flaps.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2006Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: International Paper Co.Inventors: Benjamin W. Quaintance, Mark A. Wisecarver
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Publication number: 20080148692Abstract: Packaging for one or more shower doors is provided where the doors are displayed to the consumer at the time of sale while associated hardware/header rails are secured from view, vandalism, and theft. The packaging provides a buffering frame around the doors. There are lateral wrap structures that retain the hardware and header rails, and end caps that provide locking cradles for the ends of the doors.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Mark A. Wisecarver, John R. Marquardt, Philip A. Blankenship, Mike Gammons, Buddy J. Thompson, Chris C. Beardsley, Tobin J. Vetting, Jason M. Roman, Kenneth S. Bashore
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Publication number: 20070131746Abstract: An octagonal bulk bin has sidewalls, end walls and diagonal corner panels interposed between adjacent sidewalls and end walls. Major bottom flaps are foldably joined to a bottom edge of the sidewalls, minor bottom flaps are foldably joined to a bottom edge of the end walls, and diagonal bottom flaps are foldably joined to a bottom edge of the diagonal corner panels. A cut separates each major bottom flap from an adjacent diagonal bottom flap, and a web panel connects adjacent side edges of the minor bottom flaps and diagonal bottom flaps. According to one aspect of the invention, each diagonal bottom flap, web panel, and portion of an adjacent major bottom flap are crushed. According to another aspect of the invention, differently shaped notches in a free edge of the minor flaps form locking tabs that are engaged in slots near a free edge of the major flaps.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Benjamin Quaintance, Mark Wisecarver
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Publication number: 20070051783Abstract: An octagonal bulk bin has sidewalls, end walls and diagonal corner panels interposed between adjacent sidewalls and end walls. Bottom flaps are foldably joined to a bottom edge of the sidewalls, end walls, and diagonal corner panels, and gusset panels connect adjacent side edges of the bottom flaps, facilitating set up of the bulk bin and spacing flap cuts from the corners of the bin to minimize or eliminate initiation of tears in the vertical corners of the bin. A plastic pallet tray has an upstanding lip around its periphery, shaped and sized to closely receive the bottom end of the octagonal bin to reinforce the bottom end and facilitate handling of the bin.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2006Publication date: March 8, 2007Inventor: Mark Wisecarver
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Publication number: 20060124716Abstract: A bin (10, 40, 50, 70, 80) has an auto-closing bottom and can be manufactured and shipped and stored in a flattened configuration and moved to an open expanded configuration at a point of use. The bin has opposed sidewalls (11, 12) and opposed end walls (13, 14 and 15, 16) and major bottom flaps (18, 19) on the sidewalls and minor bottom flaps (20, 21 and 22, 23) on the end walls. The flaps automatically move to their closed position when the bin is moved from its flattened configuration to its expanded configuration. A connecting web (25-28, 43) is foldably connected between each major bottom flap and an adjacent first side edge of an adjacent minor bottom flap, and adjacent side edges of the minor bottom flaps are foldably interconnected (29, 30 or 44), so that when the sidewalls and end walls are moved from their flattened configuration to their open expanded configuration, the major and minor bottom flaps automatically fold inwardly toward one another to close the bottom of the bin.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2005Publication date: June 15, 2006Inventors: Benjamin Quaintance, Mark Wisecarver
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Publication number: 20050121356Abstract: A container reinforcing member formed from a blank, comprising: a plurality of spaced-apart, substantially parallel score lines dividing the blank into at least four panels, the at least four panels including a first panel, a second panel, a third panel and a fourth panel, the first panel being foldable over the second panel to define a first leg of the member, the fourth panel being foldable over the third panel to define a second leg of the member; one or more tabs projecting from a side edge of the first panel; one or more slots provided in the third panel, at least one of the slots being positioned to receive one of the one or more tabs when the first panel is folded over the second panel; and, one or more notches provided in a side edge of the fourth panel, at least one of said notches being positioned to receive one of the one more tabs when the first leg is folded relative to the second leg.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2004Publication date: June 9, 2005Inventor: Mark Wisecarver