Patents by Inventor Michael Todd SCRIMGER

Michael Todd SCRIMGER 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: 9227751
    Abstract: Packages for housing consumable products or secondary containers having consumable products and methods of making and using same are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a tray having first and second opposing side walls, a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall, and an interior wall that divides the tray into at least two separate compartments. The interior wall may include first and second adjacent panels joined by one of a perforation and a score. The perforation and/or score will allow the tray to be configured, at least, as one tray having two separate compartments, or as two separate and discrete trays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventor: Michael Todd Scrimger
  • Publication number: 20140054360
    Abstract: Packages for housing consumable products or secondary containers having consumable products and methods of making and using same are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a tray having first and second opposing side walls, a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall, and an interior wall that divides the tray into at least two separate compartments. The interior wall may include first and second adjacent panels joined by one of a perforation and a score. The perforation and/or score will allow the tray to be configured, at least, as one tray having two separate compartments, or as two separate and discrete trays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventor: Michael Todd Scrimger
  • Publication number: 20130299507
    Abstract: Containers having improved load-bearing features are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a container having at least one beveled portion at a location where a side wall meets a bottom wall. In another embodiment, a container includes a bottom wall and at least four side walls, the side walls forming corners where adjacent side walls meet. The corners have a beveled shape at a location where the corners meet the bottom wall. The containers of the present disclosure have an axial load compression capacity that is substantially the same as a similar container having a greater wall thickness without the at least one beveled portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: John Joseph WOLF, Tomas Heinrich HARACOURT, William Arthur BOLTZ, Michael Todd SCRIMGER
  • Patent number: D690198
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle, S.A.
    Inventors: Tomas Heinrich Haracourt, William Arthur Boltz, Michael Todd Scrimger