Patents by Inventor Robert L. Fairchild, JR.

Robert L. Fairchild, JR. 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).

  • Publication number: 20160137389
    Abstract: An insulating cup sleeve is provided. The sleeve can be formed from a blank sheet of material and has a plurality of connected sidewall panels formed into a trapezoidal shape. The formed sleeve has an open top and a bottom end configuration. The end configuration can include major end flaps and minor end flaps, each connected to a lower edge of one of the plurality of sidewall panels. The major end flaps include locking means for placing the end configuration into a locked position. The sleeve can be configured for receiving a container such that when the container is inserted into the sleeve, one or more air gaps are created between the sleeve and container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Robert L. Fairchild, JR.
  • Patent number: 9278774
    Abstract: A carton assembled from a foldable blank including a base having a bottom panel and a plurality of walls and a lid having a top panel and a plurality of walls. The carton may include a tab extending from one of the plurality of walls of the base. The lid may have a slit defined proximate a fold line, the fold line being where at least one of the plurality of walls of the lid meet the top panel, and the slit may be adapted for receiving all or part of the tab therethrough. The lid may also have a slot disposed on the top panel and inward of the slit. After being received through the slit, the tab can be folded about the fold line to lie substantially parallel to the top panel of the lid and a distal end of the tab may be inserted into the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: HUHTAMAKI, INC.
    Inventor: Robert L. Fairchild, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140353367
    Abstract: A carton assembled from a foldable blank including a base having a bottom panel and a plurality of walls and a lid having a top panel and a plurality of walls. The carton may include a tab extending from one of the plurality of walls of the base. The lid may have a slit defined proximate a fold line, the fold line being where at least one of the plurality of walls of the lid meet the top panel, and the slit may be adapted for receiving all or part of the tab therethrough. The lid may also have a slot disposed on the top panel and inward of the slit. After being received through the slit, the tab can be folded about the fold line to lie substantially parallel to the top panel of the lid and a distal end of the tab may be inserted into the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventor: Robert L. Fairchild, JR.
  • Patent number: D762468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: HUHTAMAKI, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Pantelleria, Robert L. Fairchild, Jr.
  • Patent number: D769717
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: HUHTAMAKI, INC.
    Inventor: Robert L. Fairchild, Jr.
  • Patent number: D818773
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: HUHTAMAKI, INC.
    Inventor: Robert L. Fairchild, Jr.
  • Patent number: D821144
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: HUHTAMAKI, INC.
    Inventor: Robert L. Fairchild, Jr.