Patents by Inventor Sharon Weaver

Sharon Weaver 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: 11807432
    Abstract: A shipping and dispensing construct for engaging a plurality of product holding containers. The shipping and dispensing construct can comprise a plurality of panels comprising a front panel, a bottom panel, and a back panel. One or more panels of the plurality of panels is for being attached to attachment features of the respective product holding containers of the plurality of product holding containers. Dispensing features can be for removal of a respective product holding container from the shipping and dispensing construct. The dispensing features can be in one or more panels of the plurality of panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventors: Sharon Weaver, Ronald E. Hajek, Dana Exner
  • Publication number: 20210403199
    Abstract: A shipping and dispensing construct for engaging a plurality of product holding containers. The shipping and dispensing construct can comprise a plurality of panels comprising a front panel, a bottom panel, and a back panel. One or more panels of the plurality of panels is for being attached to attachment features of the respective product holding containers of the plurality of product holding containers. Dispensing features can be for removal of a respective product holding container from the shipping and dispensing construct. The dispensing features can be in one or more panels of the plurality of panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Sharon Weaver, Ronald E. Hajek, Dana Exner
  • Publication number: 20210403198
    Abstract: A shipping and dispensing construct for engaging a plurality of product holding containers. The shipping and dispensing construct can comprise a plurality of panels comprising at least a front panel, a first side panel, a back panel, and a second side panel. Attachment features can be for attaching the shipping and dispensing construct to the plurality of product holding container. The attachment features can be in one or more panels of the plurality of panels. Dispensing features can be for removal of respective product holding containers of the plurality of product holding containers from the shipping and dispensing construct. The dispensing features can be in one or more panels of the plurality of panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Ronald E. Hajek, Sharon Weaver, Dana Exner
  • Patent number: 9108761
    Abstract: A carton includes a chamfered corner, and a dispenser defined in the chamfered corner. A fitment may be mounted to the chamfered corner of the carton, for use in dispensing contents from the interior of the carton by way of the dispenser. The fitment may comprise a base with a rearward receptacle that is in receipt of the chamfered corner of the carton. A passageway extends through the base, from the receptacle to a front opening of the passageway, and the contents from the interior of the carton may be dispensed outwardly through the front opening of the fitment. The fitment may include one or more inwardly protruding mounting members that may engage behind one or more edges of the carton for restricting the fitment from being pulled off of the chamfered corner of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly R. Fitzwater, Scott Thomas Strand, Duane R. Mode, Sharon Weaver, Norman L. Jesch
  • Publication number: 20130306717
    Abstract: A carton includes a chamfered corner, and a dispenser defined in the chamfered corner. A fitment may be mounted to the chamfered corner of the carton, for use in dispensing contents from the interior of the carton by way of the dispenser. The fitment may comprise a base with a rearward receptacle that is in receipt of the chamfered corner of the carton. A passageway extends through the base, from the receptacle to a front opening of the passageway, and the contents from the interior of the carton may be dispensed outwardly through the front opening of the fitment. The fitment may include one or more inwardly protruding mounting members that may engage behind one or more edges of the carton for restricting the fitment from being pulled off of the chamfered corner of the carton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Grphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly R. Fitzwater, Scott Thomas Strand, Duane R. Mode, Sharon Weaver, Norman L. Jesch
  • Patent number: D627222
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Tom Oravez, Robert Friedman, JoAnne Risko, Sharon Weaver
  • Patent number: D996207
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventors: Sharon Weaver, Ronald E. Hajek, Dana Exner
  • Patent number: D1029630
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald E. Hajek, Sharon Weaver, Dana Exner