Patents by Inventor Thomas W. Zelinksi

Thomas W. Zelinksi 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).

  • Pressed paperboard servingware with improved rigidity and rim stiffness
    Patent number: 8584929
    Abstract: Products and methods of increasing the Rigidity and Rim Stiffness of disposable containers are provided. The containers have an outer flange portion extending outwardly with a brim portion sloping downwardly defining a declivity angle ? with respect to a horizontal generally parallel to the bottom portion and generally include an outward turn at the periphery of the container. A preferred method of improving rigidity includes press-forming: (i) a brim transition portion adjoining the downwardly sloping brim portion of the container and (ii) an outwardly extending annular evert portion adjoining the brim transition portion extending outwardly at an eversion angle ? of at least about 25 degrees with respect to the downwardly sloping brim portion of the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Dixie Consumer Products LLC
    Inventors: Mark B. Littlejohn, Gerald J. Van Handel, Thomas W. Zelinksi, Michael A. Breining, Albert D. Johns