Patents by Inventor Ralf Kenner

Ralf Kenner 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).

  • Publication number: 20190210759
    Abstract: The present teachings are direct at tray, components in a tray, methods for assembling trays, and articles, such as boxes that include a tray. The covers and/or tray inserts include one or more features that result in one or more of the following benefits: improved performance during or after assembly of a tray, improved ease of assembling a tray, or improved appearance of a tray, or any combination thereof. The features can be used alone. However, a number of the features, when combined, result in particularly robust assembly processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Ralf Kenner, Lucien Wende
  • Patent number: 10252831
    Abstract: The present teachings are direct at tray, components in a tray, methods for assembling trays, and articles, such as boxes that include a tray. The covers and/or tray inserts include one or more features that result in one or more of the following benefits: improved performance during or after assembly of a tray, improved ease of assembling a tray, or improved appearance of a tray, or any combination thereof. The features can be used alone. However, a number of the features when combined, result in particularly robust assembly processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: MULTI PACKAGING SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Ralf Kenner, Lucien Wende
  • Publication number: 20180208351
    Abstract: The present teachings are direct at tray, components in a tray, methods for assembling trays, and articles, such as boxes that include a tray. The covers and/or tray inserts include one or more features that result in one or more of the following benefits: improved performance during or after assembly of a tray, improved ease of assembling a tray, or improved appearance of a tray, or any combination thereof. The features can be used alone. However, a number of the features when combined, result in particularly robust assembly processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Ralf Kenner, Lucien Wende
  • Patent number: 9957079
    Abstract: The present teachings are direct at tray, components in a tray, methods for assembling trays, and articles, such as boxes that include a tray. The covers and/or tray inserts include one or more features that result in one or more of the following benefits: improved performance during or after assembly of a tray, improved ease of assembling a tray, or improved appearance of a tray, or any combination thereof. The features can be used alone. However, a number of the features, when combined, result in particularly robust assembly processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralf Kenner, Lucien Wende
  • Publication number: 20150321783
    Abstract: The present teachings are direct at tray, components in a tray, methods for assembling trays, and articles, such as boxes that include a tray. The covers and/or tray inserts include one or more features that result in one or more of the following benefits: improved performance during or after assembly of a tray, improved ease of assembling a tray, or improved appearance of a tray, or any combination thereof. The features can be used alone. However, a number of the features, when combined, result in particularly robust assembly processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Ralf Kenner, Lucien Wende
  • Patent number: 9120592
    Abstract: The present teachings are direct at tray, components in a tray, methods for assembling trays, and articles, such as boxes that include a tray. The covers and/or tray inserts include one or more features that result in one or more of the following benefits: improved performance during or after assembly of a tray, improved ease of assembling a tray, or improved appearance of a tray, or any combination thereof. The features can be used alone. However, a number of the features, when combined, result in particularly robust assembly processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: MULTI PACKAGING SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Ralf Kenner, Lucien Wende
  • Publication number: 20130270133
    Abstract: The present teachings are direct at tray, components in a tray, methods for assembling trays, and articles, such as boxes that include a tray. The covers and/or tray inserts include one or more features that result in one or more of the following benefits: improved performance during or after assembly of a tray, improved ease of assembling a tray, or improved appearance of a tray, or any combination thereof. The features can be used alone. However, a number of the features, when combined, result in particularly robust assembly processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc
    Inventors: Ralf Kenner, Lucien Wende
  • Patent number: 7578426
    Abstract: A folded box has side walls and a base unit and/or a lid unit. At least one of the side walls has a convex curvature when the folded box is folded up. At least one supporting unit is connected to the inner wall of the convexly curved side wall and has a first adhesive tab and a second adhesive tab, which are connected to the inner wall and which are arranged spaced apart from each other in the direction of the curvature. Between the first and second adhesive tab there is a supporting tab, which is connected to the first and the second adhesive tab via a first and a second supporting tab fold, respectively. The length of the supporting tab corresponds to the distance between the first and the second adhesive tab. When the box is folded up, the supporting tab can be folded into the interior of the folded box or, folded up automatically into the interior of the folded box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: CD Cartondruck AG
    Inventors: Lucien Wende, Ralf Kenner
  • Publication number: 20060219761
    Abstract: A folded box (10) having side walls (12, 14, 16) and a base unit (60) and/or a lid unit (70), at least one side wall (12, 14, 16) having a convex curvature when the folded box (10) is folded up, is characterized in that at least one supporting unit (20; 50) is connected to the inner wall of the convexly curved side wall (12, 14, 16) and has a first adhesive tab (22) and a second adhesive tab (24), which are connected to the inner wall and which are arranged spaced apart (A1; A2) from each other in the direction of the curvature, and between the first and second adhesive tab (22, 24) there is a supporting tab (30; 56), which is connected to the first and, respectively, the second adhesive tab (22, 24) via a first and, respectively, a second supporting tab fold (32, 34), the length of the supporting tab (30; 56) corresponding to the distance (A1; A2) between the first and the second adhesive tab (22, 24) and, when the folded-box (10) is folded up, it being possible for the supporting tab (30; 56) to be folded i
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: CD Cartondruck AG
    Inventors: Lucien Wende, Ralf Kenner
  • Patent number: 6003759
    Abstract: A folding box (10) for storing and for transporting goods, in particular cosmetics, having a pack casing with an outer front-wall element (12), a rear-wall element (14), an inner front-wall element (16), a side-wall element (18), which is provided in each case between the outer front-wall element (12) and the rear-wall element (14) and between the rear-wall element (14) and the inner front-wall element (16) and is connected to the adjoining elements via border folding lines (24), a lid unit (28), which is connected via a folding line (22), and a base unit (30), which is connected via a folding line (20), is characterized in that provided in the region between the border folding lines (24) of one side-wall element (18) and/or of both side-wall elements (18) are at least a plurality of contour folding lines (26) running parallel to the border folding lines (24), with the result that the cross-sectional contour of the side-wall element (18) corresponds to a cross-sectional contour which is curved convexly outwar
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: CD Cartondruck GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Kenner, Wayne Loprete
  • Patent number: 5911358
    Abstract: The invention relates to a folding box (10) for storing, transporting and displaying goods, in particular cosmetic or pharmaceutical products, having a first wall element (12), which is arched out convexly, a second wall element (14), which is arched out convexly in the opposite direction and is connected to the first wall element (12) via a folding line (20), a top-cover unit (30), which is designed to correspond to the arching of the wall elements (12, 14) and is connected via a folding line (34), and a base unit (40), which is designed to correspond to the arching of the wall elements (12, 14) and is connected via a folding line (44), and the invention is defined in that a first outer-wall element (16), which is connected via a second folding line (22), arranged parallel to the first folding line (20), is provided, a second outer-wall element (18), which is connected via a third folding line (24), arranged parallel to the first folding line (20), is provided, the first outer-wall element (16) is folded ont
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: CD Cartondruck GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Kenner, Wayne Loprete