Patents by Inventor Scott Fath

Scott Fath 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: 9635885
    Abstract: A display carton for displaying a plurality of containers. The display carton includes a base having a front edge, and a back edge, a front side member extending perpendicularly from the front edge of the base and terminating at an upper edge thereof, a rear side member extending perpendicularly from the rear edge of the base and terminating at an upper edge thereof, the rear side member having a cover panel detachably affixed to the rear side member; an upper tray member having a front edge, and a back edge, the front edge extending perpendicularly from the upper edge of the front side member, the upper tray member having a plurality of first apertures; and a lower tray member, the lower tray member positioned along a plane substantially parallel to the upper tray member and the base and located therebetween, the lower tray member having a plurality of second apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventor: Scott A. Fath
  • Publication number: 20170008683
    Abstract: Display packages include a packaging including a cavity for holding an item, and a trap seal card including a first opening. The trap seal card retains the packaging such that the item held within the cavity is visible to a consumer through the first opening, and a portion of the packaging protrudes through the first opening. The trap seal card includes a front panel integral with a back panel. The packaging is between the front panel and the back panel. Blanks for the trap seal card include the back panel or the front panel having a first length and a second length less than the first length. The first and second lengths extend in a perpendicular direction to a first fold line. Blanks for the display box include a tab detachable from a remaining portion of the back panel when the back panel is separated along a ninth fold line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Scott A. FATH, William J. BOGDZIEWICZ, III, Robert T. MITTEN, Ryan BAILEY
  • Patent number: 9533791
    Abstract: A self-locking display box is disclosed, which is configured to receive one or more electrical components, wherein the box is erected from a blank having a deck panel having a pair of tabs, which are configured to fit within a corresponding notch of a back panel and which snaps into place to form a rectangular box. The back panel has an upper flap panel and a lower flap panel, the upper flap panel and the lower flap panel each having the corresponding notch therein. The deck panel has a pair of tabs, which extend outward from an upper edge and a lower edge of the deck panel, respectively, and are configured to be received within the corresponding notches of the upper flap panel and the lower flap panel upon assembly of the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventor: Scott A. Fath
  • Publication number: 20160096658
    Abstract: A method of displaying an article, a package configured to display a selected portion of an article, and a blank for forming a rectangular box, which is configured to contain an elongate body are disclosed. The method includes establishing a box structure having an inner cavity and a side portion; dividing the side portion into a lower retention portion, and upper retention portion, and a window recess portion, the dividing including: establishing a side recess panel at a location along a side panel of the box structure; establishing a front recess panel along a front panel of the box structure, the front recess panel adjacent the side recess panel, the front recess panel having a greater width than the side recess panel; and establishing the window recess portion by folding the first and front recess panels into the box structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventor: Scott A. FATH
  • Publication number: 20160060020
    Abstract: A lighter holder for a cigarette or cigar package, comprising a substantially rectangular member foldable into the lighter holder, the rectangular member having a length and a width and five discrete panels defined in the length direction by foldable score lines in the width direction, the second and fourth panels being internally foldable and having apertures at corresponding locations in the width directions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventor: Scott A. Fath
  • Publication number: 20160021928
    Abstract: A carton for displaying articles attachable to a flip sign is disclosed, which includes a box structure having a back panel, a bottom panel, a top panel, a pair of side panels, a top front panel, a bottom front panel, a first inner panel and a second inner panel, the first inner panel having a pair of slots configured to receive a pair of tabs on an outer free edge of the second inner panel. The first and second inner panels rest adjacent to the back panel upon placing a plurality of articles within a recess, which is formed between the top front panel, the bottom front panel, the back panel, and the pair of side panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES INC.
    Inventor: Scott FATH
  • Publication number: 20150344169
    Abstract: Blank for display packages containing a cartomizer blister pack include a top panel and a bottom panel connected to a back panel, a front panel connected to the bottom panel, a first glue panel connected to the back panel, a second glue panel connected to the back panel front, a first side panel connected to the front panel, a second side panel connected to the front panel, a first bottom side panel connected to the first glue panel, a second bottom side panel connect to the second glue panel, and a plurality of first cut lines separating the first and second bottom side panels from the bottom panel and the first and second side panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventor: Scott A. FATH
  • Publication number: 20150342252
    Abstract: A method of displaying an electronic vaping device, display packages, blanks for forming a display package for containing an elongated body housing an electronic vaping device, and a method of manufacturing a display package for an electronic vaping device, include establishing a box structure having an inner cavity and a side portion, dividing the side portion into a lower retention portion, an upper retention portion, and a window recess portion, the dividing including establishing a side recess panel at a location along a first side panel of the box structure, establishing a front recess panel along a front panel of the box structure, and establishing the window recess portion by folding the first and front recess panels into the box structure. The front recess panel is attached to the side recess panel, and the front recess panel has a width greater than that of the side recess panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventor: Scott A. FATH
  • Publication number: 20150320112
    Abstract: A display carton for displaying a plurality of containers. The display carton includes a base having a front edge, and a back edge, a front side member extending perpendicularly from the front edge of the base and terminating at an upper edge thereof, a rear side member extending perpendicularly from the rear edge of the base and terminating at an upper edge thereof, the rear side member having a cover panel detachably affixed to the rear side member; an upper tray member having a front edge, and a back edge, the front edge extending perpendicularly from the upper edge of the front side member, the upper tray member having a plurality of first apertures; and a lower tray member, the lower tray member positioned along a plane substantially parallel to the upper tray member and the base and located therebetween, the lower tray member having a plurality of second apertures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventor: Scott A. Fath
  • Publication number: 20150305464
    Abstract: A handheld electronic device protective case includes a shell with a retention structure attached to the shell. The retention structure is capable or retaining an e-vaping article, where the e-vaping article is a blister pack or an e-vaping item. The retention structure can be a storage portion with a holding member that slideably receives and retains a blister pack, and a locking member that impedes the blister pack from sliding from the storage portion. The retention structure can also include a cavity or a compartment that receives and retains a cylindrically-shaped e-vaping item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: John R. NELSON, JR., William J. BOGDZIEWICZ, III, Scott A. FATH, Robert T. MITTEN
  • Patent number: 9120612
    Abstract: A folded dispensing unit and a blank therefore, wherein the blank is adapted to be glued and shipped in a folded condition and erected and further folded at a point of sale, and a method of erecting the glued and folded blank. The dispensing unit includes an interior slot adapted to receive a carton including a plurality of individual products to be dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES INC.
    Inventors: Scott A. Fath, Carl Miller
  • Patent number: D735996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES, INC.
    Inventor: Scott A. Fath
  • Patent number: D743248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Scott A. Fath, Monika Cascone
  • Patent number: D746699
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventor: Scott A. Fath
  • Patent number: D749428
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventor: Scott A. Fath
  • Patent number: D749429
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventor: Scott A. Fath
  • Patent number: D751251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Scott A. Fath, Monika Cascone
  • Patent number: D782326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Scott A Fath, Ryan J Sousa, Steven R Rinehart
  • Patent number: D797550
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Scott A. Fath, Monika Cascone
  • Patent number: D801803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Robert T. Mitten, Scott A. Fath, William J. Bogdziewicz, Benjamin Ivry, Aaron Ovadia, Gavriel Zeitlin