Patents by Inventor Richard A. Magnussen

Richard A. Magnussen 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: 4757899
    Abstract: Packaging for fresh fruit characterized as having a lower surface forming an upward, re-entrant recess, the packaging comprising(a) upper and lower container sections to receive the fruit,(b) first locating structure on one of the container sections to project into that recess, thereby to position the fruit, limiting its sideward movement relative to the container,(c) that one section having a wall engageable with another and like container during stacking of the containers, and that one section having a wall portion dished toward the interior of the container, that dished portion carrying said locating structure for flexing when the locating structure engages the fresh fruit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1988
    Inventors: Robert O. Magnussen, Jr., Richard A. Magnussen