Patents by Inventor Richard T. Steichen

Richard T. Steichen 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: 6478181
    Abstract: Plastic trays used for baking shrink when in an oven such that lids which attached to the tray prior to baking no longer fit the tray after baking. Since the shrinkage of the tray is known for the temperature range expected during baking, a lid having two sets of locking tabs at different perimeters can be used to secure the lid to the tray. The first perimeter and locking tabs are used before the tray is baked and the second perimeter and locking tabs used after the tray baked. In this manner a tray with food therein can have a lid secured thereto before baking when the tray is one size and the same lid secured thereto after baking. The lid is removed during baking and reapplied after baking thus protecting the food in the tray before and after baking. Alternatively the tray may have two lid engaging perimeters for attaching the trays to the lids. The first tray perimeter used before baking and the second after baking. The lid would have one perimeter for engaging the tray before and after baking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Ivex Packaging Corporation
    Inventors: Calvin S. Krupa, Robert Knoss, Richard T. Steichen
  • Patent number: 5377862
    Abstract: A pair of identical thermoformed bottle holders support the bases and top portions of an array of glass bottles in an enclosing carton in a manner which spaces and flexibly cushions all portions of the bottles from the direct transmission of an impact through any carton wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Inventors: Shawn A. Oakes, Richard T. Steichen, Michael S. Freitas, Joseph G. Toma, Jr., Daryl J. Gray
  • Patent number: D446450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson Home Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Zettle, Richard T. Steichen
  • Patent number: D448288
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson Home Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Zettle, Richard T. Steichen
  • Patent number: D448991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson Home Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Zettle, Richard T. Steichen
  • Patent number: D495249
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Hormel Foods, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew L. Martinson, Richard T. Steichen, Gregory L. Nelson, John F. Mork
  • Patent number: D399737
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Kurt Zuhlke, Inc. Associates
    Inventors: Kurt William Zuhlke, Jr., Richard T. Steichen
  • Patent number: D737681
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew L. Martinson, Richard T. Steichen, Gregory L. Nelson