Patents by Inventor Maynard A. Trutna

Maynard A. Trutna 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: 4648549
    Abstract: A self locking container formed of a series of side, bottom, and end walls, all integrally folded together, and incorporating one or a pair of covers, the container generally formed of a unitary blank of paperboard or corrugated material, that may be folded into its usable configuration. Intermediate each end wall and side wall are bellows flaps, that fold contiguously into adjacency against the outer surface of each of their respective end walls, during folding of the carton, and a connecting flap formed along the upper edge of each end wall folds overlying the upper edges of the disposed proximate bellows flaps, to interlock them into position, for forming the body or lower portion of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Assignee: Jefferson Smurfit Corporation
    Inventor: Maynard A. Trutna