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).
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Patent number: 6206280Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 14, 1999Date of Patent: March 27, 2001Assignee: Fold-Pak CorporationInventors: Glenn A. Thresher, Thomas W. Froom
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Patent number: 5474231Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 18, 1994Date of Patent: December 12, 1995Assignee: Fold-Pak CorporationInventor: Thomas W. Froom
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Patent number: 4712730Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 23, 1986Date of Patent: December 15, 1987Inventor: Thomas W. Froom
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Patent number: 4712689Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 14, 1987Date of Patent: December 15, 1987Inventor: Thomas W. Froom
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Patent number: 4669614Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 31, 1985Date of Patent: June 2, 1987Inventor: Thomas W. Froom
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Patent number: 4555027Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 19, 1983Date of Patent: November 26, 1985Inventor: Thomas W. Froom
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Patent number: 4526563Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 8, 1983Date of Patent: July 2, 1985Assignee: Rendoll Paper CorporationInventor: Thomas W. Froom
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Patent number: 4431129Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 17, 1981Date of Patent: February 14, 1984Assignee: Rendoll Paper CorporationInventor: Thomas W. Froom
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Patent number: 4328656Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 10, 1980Date of Patent: May 11, 1982Assignee: Rendoll Paper CorporationInventor: Thomas W. Froom
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Patent number: 4239115Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 17, 1977Date of Patent: December 16, 1980Assignee: Rendoll Paper CorporationInventor: Thomas W. Froom
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Patent number: RE33010Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 9, 1987Date of Patent: August 8, 1989Assignee: Somerville Packaging CorporationInventor: Thomas W. Froom
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Patent number: RE33204Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 25, 1987Date of Patent: April 24, 1990Assignee: Rolph-Clark-Stone Packaging CorporationInventor: Thomas W. Froom
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Patent number: RE33573Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 9, 1987Date of Patent: April 16, 1991Inventor: Thomas W. Froom