Patents by Inventor Valentin Stamer

Valentin Stamer 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).

  • PANEL INTERLOCKING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20250242987
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a panel interlocking device, a carton, and a blank for forming the carton. The carton blank incorporating a panel interlocking device for securing together a first and a second panel in overlapping relationship. The panel interlocking device comprises a locking tab struck from the first panel, and a retaining tab defining a locking aperture struck from the second panel. In use the retaining tab is displaced out of the plane of the second panel to receive said locking tab through the locking aperture to be engaged therewith. The retaining tab has opposing side edges each concavely curved as viewed from the outside of the retaining tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Peter HETTINGER, Valentin STAMER, Rainer ERSCHFELD
  • Panel interlocking device
    Patent number: 12208950
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a panel interlocking device, a carton, and a blank for forming the carton. The carton blank incorporating a panel interlocking device for securing together a first and a second panel in overlapping relationship. The panel interlocking device comprises a locking tab struck from the first panel, and a retaining tab defining a locking aperture struck from the second panel. In use the retaining tab is displaced out of the plane of the second panel to receive said locking tab through the locking aperture to be engaged therewith. The retaining tab has opposing side edges each concavely curved as viewed from the outside of the retaining tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Hettinger, Valentin Stamer, Rainer Erschfeld
  • PANEL INTERLOCKING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220135302
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a panel interlocking device, a carton, and a blank for forming the carton. The carton blank incorporating a panel interlocking device for securing together a first and a second panel in overlapping relationship. The panel interlocking device comprises a locking tab struck from the first panel, and a retaining tab defining a locking aperture struck from the second panel. In use the retaining tab is displaced out of the plane of the second panel to receive said locking tab through the locking aperture to be engaged therewith. The retaining tab has opposing side edges each concavely curved as viewed from the outside of the retaining tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Hettinger, Valentin Stamer, Rainer Erschfeld