Patents by Inventor Stephen Anthony Gaeta

Stephen Anthony Gaeta 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).

  • Tray
    Patent number: 7485083
    Abstract: A new, readily manufactured display tray having at least 5 sides, and preferably at least 8 sides, a blank therefor and processes for making and erecting the blank. The tray of the invention enjoys the sometime reported benefits of trays having numerous corners yet is more readily manufactured than the typical 8-sided cases disclosed in the prior art. In addition, the tray of the invention requires less corrugated board or other packaging material than the typical prior art 8-sided case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Unilever Bestfoods, North America, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Anthony Gaeta
  • Product tray
    Patent number: 6978892
    Abstract: A product tray having a back panel that is higher than the front and side panels is described. The product tray surprisingly has excellent compressive strength when filled with product and allows for good product visibility from the front and side without comprising the stability of the product within the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Unilever Bestfoods, North America, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Vinod Kumar Bansal, Stephen Anthony Gaeta
  • Product tray
    Publication number: 20040188305
    Abstract: A product tray having a back panel that is higher than the front and side panels is described. The product tray surprisingly has excellent compressive strength when filled with product and allows for good product visibility from the front and side without comprising the stability of the product within the tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Unilever Bestfoods North America
    Inventors: Vinod Kumar Bansal, Stephen Anthony Gaeta