Patents by Inventor William K. Sambrailo
William K. Sambrailo 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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Publication number: 20120061391Abstract: The invention encompasses packaging and cooling methods and systems designed to improve cooling efficiencies, reduce damage to the contents of containers, and increase product packing density. A system of the present invention incorporates baskets loaded into trays and trays loaded in preferred configurations on a pallet. The trays are loaded with baskets arranged in the tray so that ventilation slots and/or channels of the baskets are aligned with tray ventilation openings. Nine (9) trays are loaded onto a standard pallet in a 3 by 3 configuration. Additionally, the trays are arranged so that the tray ventilation openings are in alignment with ventilation openings of other trays of the same layer. This 3 by 3 layer of trays comprises a so-called “nine-down” configuration. As will be discussed below, his configuration has some surprising cooling advantageous standard packaging configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: SAMBRAILO PACKAGING, INC.Inventors: Mark Sambrailo, William K. Sambrailo, Mark Sambrailo, Anthony Cadiente
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Patent number: 8083085Abstract: The invention encompasses packaging and cooling methods and systems designed to improve cooling efficiencies, reduce damage to the contents of containers, and increase product packing density. A system of the present invention incorporates baskets loaded into trays and trays loaded in preferred configurations on a pallet. The trays are loaded with baskets arranged in the tray so that ventilation slots and/or channels of the baskets are aligned with tray ventilation openings. Nine (9) trays are loaded onto a standard pallet in a 3 by 3 configuration. Additionally, the trays are arranged so that the tray ventilation openings are in alignment with ventilation openings of other trays of the same layer. This 3 by 3 layer of trays comprises a so-called “nine-down” configuration. As will be discussed below, his configuration has some surprising cooling advantageous standard packaging configurations.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2006Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Sambrailo Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Mark Sambrailo, William K. Sambrailo, Mark Sambrailo, legal representative, Anthony Cadiente
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Patent number: 7472799Abstract: A produce packaging system incorporates a tray for receiving a plurality of produce carrying baskets. The baskets each include upper ventilation slots and lower ventilation channels. The lower ventilation channels are formed by arching the bottoms of the baskets to form transversely oriented channels in the bottoms of the baskets configured to enable bi-directional cooling airflow to pass underneath the baskets in at least two transverse directions. Bi-directional airflow is also achieved in the upper portion of the baskets through the ventilation slots. The trays are configured such that, when the baskets are loaded into the trays, the upper ventilation slots and the lower cooling channels are aligned with sets of cooling vents in the trays thereby facilitating efficient cooling of produce contained in the baskets.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2005Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Sambrailo Packaging Inc.Inventors: Anthony Cadiente, William K. Sambrailo, Mark Sambrailo
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Patent number: 7413094Abstract: Method for improved packing and cooling of produce. According to the present invention, baskets for the packing of fruit are provided with ventilation channels disposed upon a lower surface of the basket. Vent apertures communicate between the ventilation channels and the produce stored in the baskets. Upper vents are formed on four sides of an upper portion of the baskets. After packing the baskets with produce, they are loaded into trays. The trays may be provided with tray vents that align with the ventilation channels. Alternatively, the trays may be formed without tray vents to improve some cooling regimes. In this manner, entire pallets of produce-filled baskets, oriented in either the “X” or “Y” directions can be efficiently chilled by introducing a flow of cooling air into the baskets and thence through the produce packed inside, regardless of the orientation of the trays.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2006Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: Sambrailo Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Cadiente, William K. Sambrailo, Mark Sambrailo
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Patent number: 7100788Abstract: Method for improved packing and cooling of produce. According to the present invention, baskets for the packing of fruit are provided with ventilation channels disposed upon a lower surface of the basket. Vent apertures communicate between the ventilation channels and the produce stored in the baskets. Upper vents are formed on four sides of an upper portion of the baskets. After packing the baskets with produce, they are loaded into trays. The trays may be provided with tray vents that align with the ventilation channels. Alternatively, the trays may be formed without tray vents to improve some cooling regimes. In this manner, entire pallets of produce-filled baskets, oriented in either the “X” or “Y” directions can be efficiently chilled by introducing a flow of cooling air into the baskets and thence through the produce packed inside, regardless of the orientation of the trays.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2001Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Sambrailo Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Cadiente, William K. Sambrailo, Mark Sambrailo
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Patent number: 6962263Abstract: A produce packaging system incorporates a tray for receiving a plurality of produce carrying baskets. The baskets each include upper ventilation slots and lower ventilation channels. The lower ventilation channels are formed by arching the bottoms of the baskets to form transversely oriented channels in the bottoms of the baskets configured to enable bi-directional cooling airflow to pass underneath the baskets in at least two transverse directions. Bi-directional airflow is also achieved in the upper portion of the baskets through the ventilation slots. The trays are configured such that, when the baskets are loaded into the trays, the upper ventilation slots and the lower cooling channels are aligned with sets of cooling vents in the trays thereby facilitating efficient cooling of produce contained in the baskets.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2002Date of Patent: November 8, 2005Assignee: Sambrailo Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Cadiente, William K. Sambrailo, Mark Sambrailo
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Publication number: 20030198714Abstract: Method for improved packing and cooling of produce. According to the present invention, baskets for the packing of fruit are provided with ventilation channels disposed upon a lower surface of the basket. Vent apertures communicate between the ventilation channels and the produce stored in the baskets. Upper vents are formed on four sides of an upper portion of the baskets. After packing the baskets with produce, they are loaded into trays. The trays may be provided with tray vents that align with the ventilation channels. Alternatively, the trays may be formed without tray vents to improve some cooling regimes. In this manner, entire pallets of produce-filled baskets, oriented in either the “X” or “Y” directions can be efficiently chilled by introducing a flow of cooling air into the baskets and thence through the produce packed inside, regardless of the orientation of the trays.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2001Publication date: October 23, 2003Inventors: Anthony Cadiente, William K. Sambrailo, Mark Sambrailo
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Publication number: 20030077363Abstract: A produce packaging system incorporates a tray for receiving a plurality of produce carrying baskets. The baskets each include upper ventilation slots and lower ventilation channels. The lower ventilation channels are formed by arching the bottoms of the baskets to form transversely oriented channels in the bottoms of the baskets configured to enable bi-directional cooling airflow to pass underneath the baskets in at least two transverse directions. Bi-directional airflow is also achieved in the upper portion of the baskets through the ventilation slots. The trays are configured such that, when the baskets are loaded into the trays, the upper ventilation slots and the lower cooling channels are aligned with sets of cooling vents in the trays thereby facilitating efficient cooling of produce contained in the baskets.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Inventors: Anthony Cadiente, William K. Sambrailo, Mark Sambrailo
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Patent number: 5989606Abstract: Method for the improved packing of stemmed produce in produce containers, and apparatus to perform the method. The present invention teaches a methodology based on the use of a packaging adaptor for insertion into a produce container, such as a berry basket. The adapter is formed as a substantially hollow, box-like structure having at least one and preferably a plurality of apertures defined in an upper surface thereof. The adapter, inserted into the container defines a first, lower compartment and a second, upper compartment. The adapter is inserted in the container, and the stem of the fruit, for instance a strawberry, is inserted therein. The stems are retained in the first compartment and the body of the fruit in the second compartment. In this manner, the relatively soft body of the fruit is precluded from contact with, and damage from, the relatively tough, woody stem portion of fruit.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 1997Date of Patent: November 23, 1999Assignee: Plexiform CompanyInventor: William K. Sambrailo
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Patent number: 4951823Abstract: A collapsible, self-locking load block of the type used as dunnage to prevent cargo from shifting in a truck or rail car body. The load block is formed from a one-piece blank of foldable sheet material, such as paperboard, and includes opposed pairs of side walls joined to form an open-ended, tubular structure that is generally rectangular in cross-section with its width, length, and height of different dimensions. The load block also includes internal center panels extending diagonally between opposite corners of the tubular structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1989Date of Patent: August 28, 1990Assignee: Container Corporation of AmericaInventors: Robert A. Butkus, Robert C. Olsen, William K. Sambrailo
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Patent number: D473137Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2002Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: Sambrailo Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Cadiente, William K. Sambrailo, Mark Sambrailo