Patents by Inventor Scott M. Niesen

Scott M. Niesen 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: 5474171
    Abstract: A shipping and display carton which may be used for such applications as merchandising elongated items such as garden shears or garden loppers is formed without using glue, tape, staples, or the like and comprises a display tray and a slidable cover. The display shipper is configured to limit set up time at the point of purchase and provides for attractively displaying all items contained therein. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the display shipper comprises a tray having cut out portion configured to receive a pair of oppositely facing ramps on which the items are disposed, and a slidable cover. The tray, ramp, and cover, are each made from a blank of folding carton stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Fiskars Inc.
    Inventors: Scott M. Niesen, Joseph C. Petersen, Jr., Robert A. Seaton, John F. Ausman
  • Patent number: 4930627
    Abstract: A reclosable display package of thin flexible thermoformed material with a bubble body for mounting on a backing card is disclosed. The bubble body has continuous top, left and right peripheral flanges, a bottom flange, a front face to the body, and an egress opening in the front face. The reclosable display package includes a cover integral with the body and connected to the body by an integral hinge. The cover is pivotable about the integral hinge to fully close the egress opening in the front face of the package. The cover has a sealant tool opening adapted to permit the passage of a heat or pressure sealing tool through the plastic of the cover to make direct contact with the bottom peripheral flange and seal it to the backing card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Assignee: Placon Corporation
    Inventors: Rodney D. Borst, Scott M. Niesen
  • Patent number: D383049
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: Fiskars Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel E. Concari, Joseph C. Petersen, Jr., Scott M. Niesen
  • Patent number: D387649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Fiskars Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel E. Concari, Joseph C. Petersen, Jr., Scott M. Niesen