Patents by Inventor Wallace E. Noonan

Wallace E. Noonan 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).

  • Method of folding substantially smaller a disposable cat litter holding means
    Patent number: 8869744
    Abstract: A combination structural addition for folding a disposable cat box smaller for packaging. In addition to the prior art die-cuts and fold-line creases enabling the box structures to be folded smaller for packaging, a new embodiment of fold-line creases is added comprising the combination of folding in both directions along at least one longitudinal and transversal fold-line crease across a length and width of the paperboard blank; the fold-line creases being located in the approximate center of the blank and intersecting in the approximate center of the bottom means of the blank. This new embodiment enables the folded box when combined with prior art folds to be further book folded approximately in-half in both directions along said longitudinal and transversal fold-line creases to enable the folded box to occupy a cubic area about one-tenth the area of the erected box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Inventor: Wallace E. Noonan
  • Method of folding substantially smaller a disposable cat litter holding means
    Publication number: 20120186527
    Abstract: A combination structural addition for folding a disposable cat box smaller for packaging. In addition to the prior art die-cuts and fold-line creases enabling the box structures to be folded smaller for packaging, a new embodiment of fold-line creases is added comprising the combination of folding in both directions along at least one longitudinal and transversal fold-line crease across a length and width of the paperboard blank; the fold-line creases being located in the approximate center of the blank and intersecting in the approximate center of the bottom means of the blank. This new embodiment enables the folded box when combined with prior art folds to be further book folded approximately in-half in both directions along said longitudinal and transversal fold-line creases to enable the folded box to occupy a cubic area about one-tenth the area of the erected box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventor: Wallace E. Noonan