Patents by Inventor Richard Louis Bontrager

Richard Louis Bontrager 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: 8944270
    Abstract: A container includes a basket and lid. The basket and lid each have a lip along at least a portion of a periphery and a tear strip connected along at least a portion of the lip. An outer edge of the lip includes notches and an inner edge of the tear strip complements the outer edge of the lip. The tear strip is connected to the lip by links arranged at notches of the outer edge of the lip. The basket tear strip is bonded to the lid tear strip to resist separation of the lid from the basket. The bonded basket tear strip and lid tear strip are detachable from the basket lip and the lid lip urged away from the basket and the lid, exposing the outer edge of the basket lip and the outer edge of the lid lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Natural Selection Foods, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Louis Bontrager, Randall Glenn Strange
  • Patent number: 8794471
    Abstract: A container comprises a basket having a basket lip and a lid with lid lip connected to a tear strip, the tear strip being bonded to the basket lip to form a seal. An applied force to the seal separates the tear strip from the lid so that the tear strip remains bonded to the basket lip and so that a lid tear surface is exposed. The basket lip includes a basket snap feature and the lid lip includes a lid snap feature. The basket snap feature and the lid snap feature are mateable to resist separation of the lid from the basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Naturall Selection Foods, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Louis Bontrager, Randall Glenn Strange, Joseph Michael Torquato
  • Patent number: 8701891
    Abstract: In specific embodiments, an energy dissipation structure for supporting an article comprises a cavity adapted to receive at least a portion of the article. The cavity is bounded by a plurality of sidewall structures, each of the sidewall structures having a length and including an inner wall, an outer wall, and an arcuate structure connecting the inner wall with the outer wall. Each of the sidewall structures is connected with another of the sidewall structures by a groove extending along at least a portion of the inner walls, the outer walls, and the arcuate structures of the connected sidewall structures. The cavity includes a platform adapted to supported the article above the base when the article is seated within the cavity and a support pillar extending from the platform toward the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Strategic Outsourced Services LLC
    Inventors: Richard Louis Bontrager, Randall Glenn Strange
  • Publication number: 20140034547
    Abstract: In specific embodiments, an energy dissipation structure for supporting an article comprises a cavity adapted to receive at least a portion of the article. The cavity is bounded by a plurality of sidewall structures, each of the sidewall structures having a length and including an inner wall, an outer wall, and an arcuate structure connecting the inner wall with the outer wall. Each of the sidewall structures is connected with another of the sidewall structures by a groove extending along at least a portion of the inner walls, the outer walls, and the arcuate structures of the connected sidewall structures. The cavity includes a platform adapted to supported the article above the base when the article is seated within the cavity and a support pillar extending from the platform toward the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: STRATEGIC OUTSOURCED SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: RICHARD LOUIS BONTRAGER, RANDALL GLENN STRANGE
  • Publication number: 20130341327
    Abstract: A container comprises a basket having a basket lip and a lid with lid lip connected to a tear strip, the tear strip being bonded to the basket lip to form a seal. An applied force to the seal separates the tear strip from the lid so that the tear strip remains bonded to the basket lip and so that a lid tear surface is exposed. The basket lip includes a basket snap feature and the lid lip includes a lid snap feature. The basket snap feature and the lid snap feature are mateable to resist separation of the lid from the basket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: EARTHBOUND FARM HOLDINGS
    Inventors: RICHARD LOUIS BONTRAGER, RANDALL GLENN STRANGE, JOSEPH MICHAEL TORQUATO
  • Patent number: 8511473
    Abstract: In specific embodiments, an energy dissipation structure for supporting an article comprises a cavity adapted to receive at least a portion of the article. The cavity is bounded by a plurality of sidewall structures, each of the sidewall structures having a length and including an inner wall, an outer wall, and an arcuate structure connecting the inner wall with the outer wall. Each of the sidewall structures is connected with another of the sidewall structures by a groove extending along at least a portion of the inner walls, the outer walls, and the arcuate structures of the connected sidewall structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Strategic Outsourced Services LLC
    Inventors: Richard Louis Bontrager, Randall Glenn Strange
  • Patent number: 8381944
    Abstract: A container for holding goods comprises a basket having a base and a sidewall, a lid mateable with the basket, a first sawtooth structure formed within the sidewall and a second sawtooth structure formed within the lid and substantially mirroring the first sawtooth structure when the lid is mated with the basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Penpack LLC
    Inventors: Randall Glenn Strange, Richard Louis Bontrager
  • Publication number: 20120067009
    Abstract: A container comprises a basket having a basket lip along at least a portion of a periphery of the basket, a basket tear strip connected to the basket along at least a portion of the basket lip; a lid mated with the basket, the lid having a lid lip along at least a portion of a periphery of the lid, and a lid tear strip connected to the lid along at least a portion of the lid lip. An outer edge of the basket lip includes a plurality of notches and an inner edge of the basket tear strip has a shape that complements the outer edge of the basket lip. The basket tear strip is connected to the basket lip by a plurality of basket links arranged at notches of the outer edge of the basket lip, each link extending between a notch and a complementary feature of the inner edge of the basket tear strip. Further, an outer edge of the lid lip includes a plurality of notches and an inner edge of the lid tear strip has a shape that complements the outer edge of the lid lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: EARTHBOUND FARMS
    Inventors: RICHARD LOUIS BONTRAGER, RANDALL GLENN STRANGE
  • Publication number: 20110139785
    Abstract: A container for holding goods comprises a basket having a base and a sidewall, a lid mateable with the basket, a first sawtooth structure formed within the sidewall and a second sawtooth structure formed within the lid and substantially mirroring the first sawtooth structure when the lid is mated with the basket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: PACKAGING PLUS LLC
    Inventors: Randall Glenn Strange, Richard Louis Bontrager
  • Patent number: D646563
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Earthbound Farm Holdings
    Inventors: Richard Louis Bontrager, Randall Glenn Strange
  • Patent number: D693671
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Earthbound Farm Holdings
    Inventors: Richard Louis Bontrager, Randall Glenn Strange, Joseph Michael Torquato
  • Patent number: D693672
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Earthbound Farm Holdings
    Inventors: Richard Louis Bontrager, Randall Glenn Strange, Joseph Michael Torquato