Patents by Inventor Vivian G. A. Skelton

Vivian G. A. Skelton 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: 4850611
    Abstract: A foldable container for tickets, and the like, purchased in advance and for advertisement and promotional materials for goods and services of the ticket purchaser's interests. The foldable container includes a plurality of panels of paper, paperboard, or similar material suitable for printing joined by a weakened hinge line, such as by perforation, embossing or scoring, one panel having a flap at its bottom edge and being larger in width than the adjoining panels. The adjoining panels progressively decrease in width from the panels to the right and left side of the one panel having a flap to the outermost panel at each side which are the smallest panels in the progression. One or more sides of the panels are printed with advertisement or promotional material, which may contain coupons. The panels are detachable from each other along the weakened hinge lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Inventor: Vivian G. A. Skelton