Patents by Inventor Ralph Gilbert Breth

Ralph Gilbert Breth 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: 3946874
    Abstract: A one-piece, relatively thick, resilient corner pad which is used in the packaging of fragile articles. The pad is formed from three identical pieces of resilient material, and assembled so as to form a polyagonal, generally triangular, enrapment in the shape of a truncated, hollow triangular pyramid for the corner of a box or similar container, whereby, when the pad is placed over and around the meeting point of three sides of the container, the container will be spaced and resiliently held within a larger shipping container, without damage from high impact shocks. The unique design cuts costs since only four of such corner pads or cushions are needed -- one each diagonally opposite another. The pads provide excellent dynamic cushioning under heavy static loads. The configuration of each of the three pieces is identical and so designed so that a minimum of raw material is utilized, with no significant waste when the pieces are cut from a sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1976
    Assignee: Federal Package Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph Gilbert Breth, James Robert Jenkins, James Arthur Thole