Patents by Inventor Thomas W. Froom

Thomas W. Froom 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: 6206280
    Abstract: An ice cream carton blank foldable into a flat sleeve for transportation and storage and erectable into a carton which includes a top cover having left and right top cover end flaps hingedly connected thereto, a cover panel extending downwardly from the top cover having left and right cover panel end flaps hingedly connected thereto, a cover panel extending downwardly from the top cover having left and right cover panel end flaps hingedly connected thereto, an in-folding flap folded under and adhesively adhered to the cover panel and left and right junctures connecting the in-folding flap with the left and right cover panel end flaps folded into abutting relation to the left and right cover panel end flaps, the cover panel end flaps being secured in abutting relation to the top cover end flap with the junctures strengthening the corners defined thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Fold-Pak Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn A. Thresher, Thomas W. Froom
  • Patent number: 5474231
    Abstract: This invention relates to a paperboard blank for forming a carton. The blank comprises top, rear, bottom and front panels hingedly connected in the order named. End wall-forming flaps are hingedly connected to right and left ends of the main panels. Non-linear edges are provided on middle end flaps which define adhesive ports in cooperation with the exterior surface of inner end flaps. A single glue line is deposited or caulked along the non-linear edge to provide secure end walls for a finished carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Fold-Pak Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas W. Froom
  • Patent number: 4712730
    Abstract: A carton for packaging ice cream, having several novel features, including full bottom panel end flaps which have a recess along a major portion of the outer marginal edge thereof which underlies the carton cover panel and front panel end flaps which have, along the upper edge thereof, a lip coinciding with the recess in the bottom panel full end flaps, and rear panel end flaps which overlie the other flaps and are secured thereto by single lines of adhesive extending along the edges of the front panel end flaps and ending at the cover panel end flap lower edges, as well as additional advantageous features, carton blanks and tubes for producing the same, and method of closing the carton ends, are all disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1987
    Inventor: Thomas W. Froom
  • Patent number: 4712689
    Abstract: A carton for packaging ice cream, having several novel features, including full bottom panel end flaps which have a recess along a major portion of the outer marginal edge thereof which underlies the carton cover panel and front panel end flaps which have, along the upper edges thereof, lips coinciding with the recesses in the bottom panel full end flaps, and rear panel end flaps which overlie the other flaps and are secured thereto by single lines of adhesive extending along the edges of the front panel end flaps and up to the cover panel end flap lower edges or up onto the cover panel end flaps, depending upon whether or not the rear panel end flaps comprise breakaway tabs to be adhesively secured to the cover panel end flaps, as well as additional advantageous features, carton blanks and tubes for producing the same, and method of closing the carton ends, are all disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1987
    Inventor: Thomas W. Froom
  • Patent number: 4669614
    Abstract: A box-shaped carton, for packaging ice cream or like frozen, initially liquid or semi-solid material which has a skirted cover and inturned lips on the front panel and front panel end flaps, which is formed by folding in the panel and flaps having a lip, and a resealing film arranged to either underlie or overlie the lips having enhanced protective properties for the contents, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Inventor: Thomas W. Froom
  • Patent number: 4555027
    Abstract: There is disclosed a rectangular or box-shaped carton suitable for packaging semi-solid material, such as ice cream, having front and end lips which are inturned, respectively, from the top edges of the front and end walls of said main body and which underlie the cover and extend all the way across said front edge and at least most of the way back along said end edges, and various refinements thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1985
    Inventor: Thomas W. Froom
  • Patent number: 4526563
    Abstract: A carton or package for packaging semi-fluid material which can be hardened by freezing, such as ice cream, sherbet, and the like, is formed from specially constructed integral carton blank and a special process for assembling the same. The carton blank has a front panel, a bottom panel, a rear panel, a cover panel, and a front cover sealing flap articulated one to the other in the order named, with end-forming flaps and glue-flap extensions extending laterally therefrom adapted to be glued together to form inner and outer walls and side-cover flaps. The bottom outer wall-forming flap is glued to the inner wall-forming flaps by glue strips along the side edges of the latter, where they are joined to the front and rear panels, and the side-cover flap has a tuck-in tab adapted to be tucked in under the bottom outer wall-forming flap between the glue strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Assignee: Rendoll Paper Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas W. Froom
  • Patent number: 4431129
    Abstract: A carton or package for packaging semi-fluid material which can be hardened by freezing, such as ice cream, sherbet and the like, is formed from specially constructed integral carton blank and a special process for assembling the same. The carton blank has a front panel, a bottom panel, a rear panel, a cover panel, and a front cover sealing flap articulated one to the other in the order named, with end-forming flaps and glue-flap extensions extending laterally therefrom adapted to be glued together to form inner and outer walls and side-cover flaps. The bottom outer wall-forming flap is glued to the inner wall-forming flaps by glue strips along the side edges of the latter, where they are joined to the front and rear panels, and the side-cover flap has a tuck-in tab adapted to be tucked in under the bottom outer wall-forming flap between the glue strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1984
    Assignee: Rendoll Paper Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas W. Froom
  • Patent number: 4328656
    Abstract: A carton for packaging semi-fluid material is formed from specially constructed integral carton blank and a special process for assembling the same. The blank has a front panel, a bottom panel, a rear panel, a cover panel, and a front cover sealing flap articulated one to the other in the order named, with end-forming flaps and glue-flap extensions extending laterally therefrom adapted to be glued together to form inner and outer walls and side-cover flaps. The bottom outer wall-forming flap is glued to the inner wall-forming flaps by glue strips along the side edges of the latter, where they are joined to the front and rear panels, and the side-cover flap has a tuck-in tab adapted to be tucked in under the bottom outer wall-forming flap between the glue strips. The glue-flap extensions fold over the side-cover flaps and are glued thereto by an extension of the glue strip adjacent the front carton front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1982
    Assignee: Rendoll Paper Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas W. Froom
  • Patent number: 4239115
    Abstract: A carton for packaging semi-fluid material, such as ice cream, and the like, is formed from specially constructed integral carton blank and a special process for assembling the same. The carton blank has a front panel, a bottom panel, a rear panel, a cover panel, and a front cover sealing flap articulated one to the other in the order named, with end-forming flaps and glue-flap extensions extending laterally therefrom adapted to be glued together to form inner and outer walls and side-cover flaps. The bottom outer wall-forming flap is glued to the inner wall-forming flaps by glue strips along the side edges of the latter, where they are joined to the front and rear panels, and the side-cover flap has a tuck-in tab adapted to be tucked in under the bottom outer wall-forming flap between the glue strips. The glue-flap extensions are adapted to fold over the side-cover flaps and to be glued thereto by an extension of the glue strip adjacent the front of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1980
    Assignee: Rendoll Paper Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas W. Froom
  • Patent number: RE33010
    Abstract: A carton or package for packaging semi-fluid material which can be hardened by freezing, such as ice cream, sherbet and the like, is formed from specially constructed integral carton blank and a special process for assembling the same. The carton blank has a front panel, a bottom panel, a rear panel, a cover panel, and a front cover sealing flap articulated one to the other in the order named with end-forming flaps and glue-flap extensions extending laterally therefrom adapted to be glued together to form inner and outer walls and side-cover flaps. The bottom outer wall-forming flap is glued to the inner wall-forming flaps by glue strips along the side edges of the latter, where they are joined to the front and rear panels, and the side-cover flap has a tuck-in tab adapted to be tucked in under the bottom outer wall-forming flap between the glue strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Assignee: Somerville Packaging Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas W. Froom
  • Patent number: RE33204
    Abstract: There is disclosed a rectangular or box-shaped carton suitable for packaging semi-solid material, such as ice cream, having front and end lips which are inturned, respectively, from the top edges of the front and end walls of said main body and which underlie the cover and extend all the way across said front edge and at least most of the way back along said end edges, and various refinements thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1990
    Assignee: Rolph-Clark-Stone Packaging Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas W. Froom
  • Patent number: RE33573
    Abstract: A carton or package for packaging semi-fluid material which can be hardened by freezing, such as ice cream, sherbet, and the like, is formed from specially constructed integral carton blank and a special process for assembling the same. The carton blank has a front panel, a bottom panel, a rear panel, a cover panel, and a front cover sealing flap articuated one to the other in the order named. With end-forming flaps and glue-flap extensions extending laterally therefrom adapted to be glued together to form inner and outer walls and side-cover flaps. The bottom outer wall-forming flap is glued to the inner wall-forming flaps by glue strips along the side edges of the latter, where they are joined to the front and rear panels, and the side-cover flap has a tuck-in tab adapted to be tucked in under the bottom outer wall-forming flap between the glue strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Inventor: Thomas W. Froom