Patents by Inventor Robert G. Kramer

Robert G. Kramer 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: 5462158
    Abstract: A disc package comprised of a paperboard carton adapted to store, e.g., a compact disc, and a separate paperboard sleeve of substantially the same thickness as the carton. The carton is slideable into and out of a shallow seat defined at one end of the sleeve. When the carton is seated in the sleeve, the assembly so formed is enclosed within a wrap to establish a disc package for a retail store's shelf. The sleeve cooperates with the carton when seated one with the other to provide an extended package length so that the package cannot be easily concealed by a retail consumer in order to protect against prospective retail store theft. The sleeve is thrown away after the package has been unwrapped, and after the carton has been separated from it. However, the carton itself is reusable, and constitutes a permanent storage box for the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: The C.W. Zumbiel Co.
    Inventor: Robert G. Kramer
  • Patent number: 5427236
    Abstract: A disc package comprised of a paperboard carton adapted to store, e.g., a compact disc, and a separate paperboard sleeve of substantially the same thickness as the carton. The carton is slideable into and out of a shallow seat defined at one end of the sleeve. When the carton is seated in the sleeve, the assembly so formed is enclosed within a wrap to establish a disc package for a retail store's shelf. The sleeve cooperates with the carton when seated one with the other to provide an extended package length so that the package cannot be easily concealed by a retail consumer in order to protect against prospective retail store theft. The sleeve is thrown away after the package has been unwrapped, and after the carton has been separated from it. However, the carton itself is reusable, and constitutes a permanent storage box for the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: The C.W. Zumbiel Co.
    Inventor: Robert G. Kramer
  • Patent number: 4230260
    Abstract: Foldable packaging member for tubes in erected condition comprising: pairs of parallel panels, one of the pairs constituting first and third side walls, the other pair constituting second and fourth side walls, the second, third, and fourth side walls extending successively from the first side wall along mutually parallel fold lines, the fourth side wall having an integral assembly panel extending beneath and adhered to an adjacent inside portion of the first side wall, the assembly panel including an elongate band along the adjacent inside portion of the first side wall for substantially the length thereof and a short band disposed beneath and adhered to the adjacent inside portion of the first side wall at one end thereof, the elongate band having an integral flap extending from one edge thereof toward the third side wall, the short band having a dome support on one edge thereof and adhered to an inside portion of the third side wall opposite the first side wall whereby the dome support extends from the fir
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1980
    Assignee: Diamond International Corporation
    Inventor: Robert G. Kramer