Patents by Inventor Michael Lee SCHULTZ

Michael Lee SCHULTZ 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: 12208952
    Abstract: A paper-based blister package comprising a flat card and a tray is provided. The tray comprises a bottom wall, two opposing side walls, two opposing end walls, two opposing side flanges, and two opposing end flanges. The bottom wall has a perimeter defined by two side fold lines and two end fold lines. Each side flange has at least one locking end that meets a side wall and a side flange fold line at a junction. The side flange and the side wall are contoured to define a side flange shoulder adjacent the junction. At least one end flange forms an outward projecting lip configured to engage the junction to maintain proper positioning of the side flange, the end flange, the side wall and the end wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Lee Schultz, Bradley James Linane
  • Publication number: 20230382621
    Abstract: A paper-based blister package comprising a flat card and a tray is provided. The tray comprises a bottom wall, two opposing side walls, two opposing end walls, two opposing side flanges, and two opposing end flanges. The bottom wall has a perimeter defined by two side fold lines and two end fold lines. Each side flange has at least one locking end that meets a side wall and a side flange fold line at a junction. The side flange and the side wall are contoured to define a side flange shoulder adjacent the junction. At least one end flange forms an outward projecting lip configured to engage the junction to maintain proper positioning of the side flange, the end flange, the side wall and the end wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Lee SCHULTZ, Bradley James LINANE